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Susan LaPierre Hosted Galas That Had Nothing to Do With Gun Rights. The NRA...
At the National Rifle Association, her events were known for their extravagance. That could mean paying Rascal Flatts $315,000 to play a half hour acoustic set at a luncheon, or serving chilled Maine...
View ArticleWe Asked Every Republican in a Tight Race Whether They’d Denounce Alex Jones
More than 70 Republican candidates in competitive congressional and gubernatorial races across the country declined to denounce Alex Jones for popularizing the myth that the Sandy Hook Elementary...
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The Right’s Favorite Gun Researcher
In 1957, the small-arms manufacturer Armalite created the AR-15 — short for Armalite Rifle — at the invitation of the U.S. Army, which was seeking an effective lightweight combat weapon. When the...
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Who Gives a House to a Gun Researcher?
In July 2020, John Lott, the economist who for three decades has provided the statistical veneer for the gun rights movement, received a house in a hilly, picturesque neighborhood in Missoula,...
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The Gun Industry Has a Suicide Problem
One Saturday night in April 2017, Jenn Jacques and Bob Owens stayed up late drinking at an outdoor bar in Atlanta. They had worked together for more than two years, and Owens had become like an older...
View ArticleNew Recording Shows NRA Treasurer Plotting to Conceal Extravagant Expenses...
At a meeting in June 2009, the treasurer of the National Rifle Association worked out a plan to conceal luxury expenses involving its chief executive, Wayne LaPierre, according to audio of the meeting...
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The Unmasking of Wayne LaPierre
In early January, Wayne LaPierre, the longtime head of the National Rifle Association, and Donald Trump were one floor apart in the civil branch of the New York State Supreme Court, each on trial for...
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Red Flag Gun Laws Under Fire
Susan Webb stood with her colleague on Parks Road. The Chesapeake Bay and the abandoned store with the sagging roof were behind them, the smell of discarded crab lingering in the air. Once again,...
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A Gun Law the NRA Opposes Could Have Saved Its Employee’s Life
One week in November 2008, Dawn Williams-Stewart showed up for work at the headquarters of the National Rifle Association, in Fairfax, Virginia, with bruises on her face. A close friend in the...
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In the Land of Firearm Suicide, Republicans Ban a Policy That Might Help
In Natrona County, Wyoming, the Platte River runs alongside Casper Mountain, with its thick forests and astonishing vistas, and every year the local coroner assembles data into a package called the...
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