Beginning July 1, Virginia will prohibit the future sale, manufacture and transfer of certain semi-automatic firearms and magazines capable of holding more than 15 rounds under a new law supporters say is aimed at reducing access to weapons commonly used in mass shootings.

Along with stop, drop and roll, some states are teaching students to 'Stop and don't touch that gun.'.

The Justice Department is drawing swift condemnation from gun rights groups and LGBTQ advocates alike after floating that it was considering restricting transgender people from owning guns — a move that would all but certainly face immediate constitutional challenges if ever implemented.

President Donald Trump’s Justice Department is zeroing in on New York Attorney General Letitia James.

The Justice Department is escalating efforts to scrutinize perceived adversaries of President Donald Trump with investigations into New York Attorney General Letitia James and U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff, according to people familiar with the matter.

A New York judge declined to appoint an outside monitor to oversee the finances and internal policies of the National Rifle Association.

The second phase of the trial in a civil lawsuit against the National Rifle Association and its top executives is underway in New York.

The National Rifle Association’s former finance czar agreed to a decade-long ban from managing money for New York not-for-profits after a jury found him liable in a scheme to have the influential gun rights organization bankroll a longtime chief executive’s extravagant lifestyle.

Donald Trump’s campaign has found itself defending a Supreme Court decision to strike down a ban that he himself had hailed as an achievement on gun control six years ago.

Gun control advocates and many Democrats see fresh openings created by hard-line positions of the gun lobby.

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for a National Rifle Association lawsuit against an ex-New York state official over claims she pressured companies to blacklist it following the 2018 Parkland, Florida, school shooting.

Former President Donald Trump has urged gun owners to vote in the 2024 election as he addressed thousands of members of the National Rifle Association, which officially endorsed him just before Trump took the stage at their annual meeting in Texas.

The National Rifle Association is kicking off its annual meeting in downtown Dallas, gathering for the first time in decades without Wayne LaPierre at the helm as board members prepare to elect his replacement.

Supreme Court justices appeared receptive Monday to National Rifle Association claims that a former New York state official violated its free-speech rights by pressuring banks and insurance companies to blacklist the group after the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

The longtime head of the National Rifle Association, Wayne LaPierre, misspent millions of dollars of the organization’s money, using the funds to pay for an extravagant lifestyle that included exotic getaways and trips on private planes and superyachts, a New York jury determined Friday, ordering him to repay almost $4.4 million.

A New York state lawyer said in closing arguments at a civil trial claiming a former National Rifle Association executive wildly misspent millions of dollars on private flights and other lavish perks that the group and its ex-CEO were caught “with their hands in the cookie jar.”.

Outgoing National Rifle Association leader Wayne LaPierre has testified in the New York civil trial over allegations that he violated the trust of the group’s 5 million members by enriching himself and close associates.

Oliver North says he was pushed out of the National Rifle Association after raising allegations of financial misconduct against the group's CEO, Wayne LaPierre.

A lawyer for the New York attorney general’s office says the longtime head of National Rifle Association operated as the “King of the NRA.”.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from the National Rifle Association over comments from a former New York state official who urged banks and insurance companies to discontinue their association with gun promoting groups after the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

Two cable news personalities with little in common — Mark Levin and Jen Psaki — both learned on Thursday that they will be getting increased screen time on their respective networks.

Documents obtained by The Associated Press show Tennessee Gov_ Bill Lee’s administration accused the National Rifle Association of wanting to use involuntary commitment laws “to round up mentally ill people and deprive them of other liberties."

The roster of Republican presidential hopefuls who flocked to the National Rifle Association’s annual convention reflects the political potency of gun rights.

Top Republican hopefuls for the 2024 presidential race are vowing at the National Rifle Association’s annual convention to defend the Second Amendment at all costs.

A new federal lawsuit contends that Illinois’ two-week-old ban on semiautomatic weapons outlaws “ubiquitous” firearms in “radical” defiance of the Constitution’s Second Amendment.

The Justice Department is finalizing tighter regulations on guns with accessories known as stabilizing braces, a gun-control action touted by President Joe Biden after the devices were used in mass shootings.

A New York judge says the state attorney general’s lawsuit against the National Rifle Association is no mere “witch hunt.”.

Gun control and gun violence intervention advocates hope the mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York, will convince federal and state governments to take action again.

Nearly 10 years ago, the mass shooting of children at Sandy Hook Elementary School looked like it might lead to a breakthrough in the political stalemate on guns in the United States.

One by one, speakers took the stage at the National Rifle Association’s annual convention in Houston and denounced the massacre of 19 students and two teachers at an elementary school across the state.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Uvalde, Texas, on Sunday to console families and honor victims of Tuesday’s mass school shooting in which 19 children and two teachers were killed.

The National Rifle Association begins its annual convention in Houston on Friday, and leaders of the powerful gun-rights lobbying group are gearing up to “reflect on” -- and deflect any blame for -- the deadly shooting earlier this week of 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.

A judge has rejected an effort by New York’s attorney general to put the National Rifle Association out of business, but will allow her lawsuit accusing top executives of illegally diverting tens of millions of dollars from the powerful gun advocacy organization to proceed.

A federal lawsuit accuses the National Rifle Association of violating campaign finance laws by using shell companies to illegally funnel up to $35 million to Republican candidates, including former President Donald Trump, Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri and others.

A ransomware gang believed to operate out of Russia says it's hacked the National Rifle Association.

The National Rifle Association has been embroiled in a legal and financial battle that liberals have cheered as the potential downfall of the powerful gun rights lobby, opening up a wide path for reform.

A judge has rejected the National Rifle Association’s bankruptcy bid, blocking its plan to reincorporate in Texas.

A federal judge has dismissed the National Rifle Association’s bankruptcy case.

Wayne LaPierre flies exclusively on private jets, he sailed around the Bahamas for “security” and never sends emails or texts in his work running the nation’s most politically influential gun-rights group.

After school shootings that left dozens dead in recent years, National Rifle Association leader Wayne LaPierre said the resulting outrage put him in such danger that he sought shelter aboard a friend’s 108-foot yacht.

The ruling came under a Colorado law that bars local officials from making their own gun laws. Congress has not passed any major gun control laws since the mid-1990s, leaving most significant gun legislation in states' hands. The NRA has called the Boulder ordinance counter-productive, and argued it was a clear violation of Colorado's preemption law passed in 2003. … Do you think (the shooter) cares that the city of Boulder had an assault rifles ban? The 2018 Boulder ordinance banning the possession of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines was in effect for more than two years before enforcement stopped with the March 12 ruling.

The ruling came under a Colorado law that bars local officials from making their own gun laws. Congress has not passed any major gun control laws since the mid-1990s, leaving most significant gun legislation in states' hands. The NRA has called the Boulder ordinance counter-productive, and argued it was a clear violation of Colorado's preemption law passed in 2003. … Do you think (the shooter) cares that the city of Boulder had an assault rifles ban? The 2018 Boulder ordinance banning the possession of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines was in effect for more than two years before enforcement stopped with the March 12 ruling.

FILE - Dana Loesch, spokesperson for the National Rifle Association, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), at National Harbor, Md., on Feb. 22, 2018. Radio America announced Tuesday that it had signed Loesch to a multi-year contract extension. She's been doing a show in the same afternoon time slot that Limbaugh occupied since 2014, and is now on about 200 radio stations. On her show, which airs in nearly 200 radio stations, Loesch said she didn't want listeners to feel like they're being lectured to or yelled at. AdRadio America says it has added a handful of stations for Loesch since Limbaugh's death.

Andrew Cuomo's administration confirmed Thursday that thousands more nursing home residents died of COVID-19 than the state's official tallies had previously acknowledged, dealing a potential blow to his image as a pandemic hero. “Families like mine knew these numbers were not correct.”Cuomo’s office referred all questions to the state health department. Zucker's figure of 12,743 nursing home resident deaths included for the first time 3,829 confirmed COVID-19 fatalities of those residents who had been transported to hospitals. Her investigators looked at a sample of 62 of the state’s roughly 600 nursing homes. They reported 1,914 deaths of residents from COVID-19, while the state Department of Health logged only 1,229 deaths at those same facilities.

(AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)NEW YORK – A New York judge on Thursday denied the National Rifle Association’s bid to throw out a state lawsuit that seeks to put the powerful gun advocacy group out of business. Judge Joel Cohen’s ruling will allow New York Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit to move ahead in state court in Manhattan, rather than dismissing it on technical grounds or moving it to federal court, as the NRA’s lawyers desired. James’ lawsuit, filed last August, seeks the NRA’s dissolution under state nonprofit law over claims that top executives illegally diverted tens of millions of dollars for trips, no-show contracts and other expenditures. Cohen also rejected the NRA’s arguments that James’ lawsuit was improperly filed in Manhattan and should’ve been filed in Albany, where the NRA’s incorporation paperwork lists an address. The NRA’s lawyers said at a bankruptcy court hearing on Wednesday in Dallas that they wouldn’t use the Chapter 11 proceedings to halt the lawsuit.

The NRA's bankruptcy filing listed between $100 million and $500 million in assets and between $100 million and $500 million in liabilities. Sea Girt LLC made a separate bankruptcy filing Friday, listing few assets and fewer than $100,000 in liabilities. In an interview, NRA board member Charles Cotton made clear that the bankruptcy filing was motivated by litigation and regulatory scrutiny in what he called “corrupt New York” — not financial concerns. Going forward, the NRA said a committee will study opportunities to relocate segments of its operations to Texas and elsewhere. The NRA sued the company in 2019, alleging overbilling, and said in Friday's bankruptcy filing that the debt owed is disputed.

Manuel and Patricia Oliver, who lost their son in the Parkland massacre, are baking symbolic cookies with bullet holes that they plan to deliver to the National Rifle Association days before Christmas. Joaquin was among the 17 killed in the worst school shooting in history. It’s that simple.”On Tuesday Patricia Oliver says she plans to hand-deliver the baked goods to the NRA office outside of Washington, DC. “I feel that I’m representing not only Joaquin as a mom of him, but also every single mom. I am the person that represents every single mom that feels like me: Empty, frustrated, with anger about not having our kid with us,” she told The Associated Press.

Years ago, gun politics crossed party lines, and it was easier for Republicans and Democrats to find common ground. In the first years of his tenure, Americans amassed firearms amid fears about new gun measures following mass killings. Gun control groups also are more aggressively underscoring the fears they have about the abundance of guns in homes of Americans. And there are likely significantly more after this year, which consistently smashed monthly records for federal background checks. While it remains a force in the gun arena, it’s unclear what influence it will be able to muster during the Biden administration.

The organization went from a nearly $28 million surplus in 2015 to a $36 million deficit in 2018. The NRA is fraught with fraud and abuse, which is why, today, we seek to dissolve the NRA, because no organization is above the law.A message seeking comment from the NRA about the lawsuit was left Thursday. While the lawsuit accuses all four men of wrongdoing and seeks fines and remuneration, none of them have been charged with a crime. The advertising firm would pick up the tab for various expenses for LaPierre and other NRA executives and then send a lump sum bill to the organization for out-of-pocket expenses, the lawsuit said. He accused LaPierre of exerting dictatorial control.

– A West Virginia senator is inviting the National Rifle Association to move to his state as lawmakers pursue gun-control measures in neighboring Virginia, where the group now has its headquarters. “Where Virginia is pushing for stricter gun laws, West Virginia has worked on and passed a number of legislation in support of gun rights,” Smith wrote, also noting potential tax incentives for companies that bring their headquarters to the state. The day passed largely without incident. More than 100 Virginia communities have since passed measures declaring support for the Second Amendment. The NRA distanced itself from Monday’s rally and instead held a lobby day last week.

Copyright 2019 CNNWASHINGTON (CNN) - President Donald Trump and Wayne LaPierre, the chief executive of the National Rifle Association, met Friday at the White House, an administration official confirmed to CNN. The paper, citing conversations with two people familiar with Friday's meeting, said Trump and LaPierre discussed how the NRA could support Trump during impeachment and reelection. The Times noted that it's unclear whether Trump suggested the organization support him or if La Pierre presented the idea. The paper said that in exchange for the support, La Pierre "asked that the White House 'stop the games' over gun control legislation." "The NRA is not inclined to discuss private conversations with the President," says Andrew Arulanandam, managing director for NRA Public Affairs.

Much of the report focuses on a December 2015 trip to Moscow arranged by Butina and former NRA president and board member David Keene. The trip's attendees included top NRA officials, such as Keene, Brownell and Joe Gregory, who runs a high-dollar NRA fundraising program. "He went to support the NRA as the incoming President, and would not have gone if it was not an NRA trip. But when a key NRA official canceled ahead of the trip, other NRA leaders got a glimpse into the motives Russian officials had for cozying up to the NRA. During the planning, Allan Cors, who was then serving as NRA president, dropped out of the Moscow junket.

ROANOKE, Va. - You can find gun safety courses at businesses and police departments but when it comes to how the classes are taught, there's no set standard in Virginia. "I don't think guns are going anywhere. They've been around a long time and they're going to continue to be around," said Roanoke Police Chief Tim Jones, who wants to see change when it comes to gun safety classes. "The course we teach is offered by our firearms instructors who have decades of experience," said Eric Orange, Roanoke County's sheriff, who adds they had to develop their own gun safety course. We often use the term in law enforcement, 'Let's don't reinvent the wheel.'

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - The National Rifle Association is suing after the San Francisco Board of Supervisors labeled it a "domestic terrorist organization," according to the complaint. It further states that the city and county of San Francisco should encourage other cities and states to adopt similar positions. San Francisco Mayor London Breed has 10 days from September 3 to sign, not sign or veto the resolution. The lawsuit's messageThe lawsuit comes "with a message to those who attack the NRA," NRA chief executive Wayne LaPierre said in a statement to CNN. The lawsuit is "just (the NRA's) latest unsuccessful effort," San Francisco Supervisor Catherine Stefani said in a statement.

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The NRA has tapped Wade Callender, the former general counsel for Gearbox Software LLC, to replace David Lehman, who had served as deputy executive director and general counsel for the NRA's lobbying arm, two sources told CNN. "I think that the NRA went out and found the best of the best," said Blake Beckham, an attorney for Callender. During Callender's tenure as general counsel for Gearbox, from 2010 to 2018, the company released shooting games like "Battleborn," "Borderlands 2" and "Duke Nukem Forever." In 2017, Gearbox released a remastered version of one of the games LaPierre had called out by name: "Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition." At a time when the NRA is under serious legal and financial pressure, Callender brings along his own messy legal baggage.

Joe Raedle/Getty Images(CNN) - The world's largest brick-and-mortar retailer says it's time for Congress to act on gun control. The CEO of Walmart sent a letter to Congress on Tuesday demanding lawmakers "do their part." The letter echoes a blog post CEO Doug McMillon made on August 15 calling for reform. He noted there were "multiple bills before the House and Senate that address the issue of gun safety," and that they "are worth examining." White House and Senate staff continue to discuss gun control measures, an administration official said following Saturday's shooting, but consensus hasn't been reached on areas to move forward.

From NRA via CNN(CNN) - The drama between the National Rifle Association and its former advertising firm is playing out in yet another lawsuit. The NRA filed its latest lawsuit Friday in Dallas against Ackerman McQueen, as well as two of Ackerman's employees. After more than 30 years in business together, the NRA and Ackerman parted ways earlier this year amid a caustic legal battle. The NRA stopped fighting for any aspect of their members' agenda over a year ago," according to a statement from the Ackerman firm. The NRA's complaint also says Ackerman's website features ad campaigns it created for the NRA and makes them sound far more successful than they were.

"It is not enough anymore to simply say that 'we need more background checks.' According to the Washington Post, which first reported on the details of a Tuesday call, LaPierre told Trump that support for a background check bill from Sens. Toomey and Manchin's expanded background check bill from 2013 was opposed by the NRA, which claimed that the legislation would "not prevent the next shooting." "Well I'm looking to do background checks. She added that Trump had spoken with Toomey, a Pennsylvania Republican, and Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat, about their background check legislation.