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Wayne LaPierre
January 26, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
NRA Leader Confirms Insane Details of Lavish Lifestyle in Corruption Trial
Former NRA leader Wayne LaPierre testified before a jury on how he used the gun rights group to fund his own opulent lifestyle.
January 5, 2024
Tori Otten
Here Are the Seven Most Heinous Things Wayne LaPierre Said as NRA Leader
Wayne LaPierre has resigned as longtime chief of the NRA. Here’s a look back at some of the deranged things he said while leading the gun rights group.
April 14, 2023
Tori Otten
NRA CEO Says Politicians Who Don’t Like Guns Should Go to Bed Afraid
Just a casual threat from the head of the NRA
May 25, 2022
Timothy Noah
My Letter to the Victims of the Next School Shooting
I’d like to save your lives, whoever you are, but I can’t. A reactionary electoral minority is blocking the way.
November 9, 2021
Chris Lehmann
How the Wheels Came Off at the NRA
Tim Mak’s new book, “Misfire,” traces the spectacularly bungled reign of Wayne LaPierre.
October 28, 2020
Frank Smyth
The Myths Fueling Today’s Armed Right
How the NRA seeded the storylines animating the violent groups that will be patrolling this year’s election
August 7, 2020
Matt Ford
New York’s Punishment May Not Fit the NRA’s Crime
The state has long had the gun rights group in their crosshairs, but there’s a Trumpian edge to their plan to bring them down.
August 6, 2020
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Adam Winkler
The Fall of the NRA
How New York officials brought the powerful gun rights group to its knees
April 25, 2013
Michael Kinsley
Crackpots for Crock Pots!
Will Wayne LaPierre defend every American's right to build a pressure-cooker bomb?
February 26, 2013
Julia Ioffe
Gun Shy
Wayne LaPierre’s surprisingly delicate psyche
December 21, 2012
Marc Tracy
A Guide to the NRA's Crazy Press Conference on School Violence
December 21, 2012
Alec MacGillis
The NRA's Emperor Has No Clothes
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