The NRA promotes its Second Amendment-absolutist views to children as young as kindergarteners. Essays on "What the Second Amendment Means To You" can win $1,000 prizes for kids in grades K-12.

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While the public knows the National Rifle Association chiefly as a lobbying and campaign juggernaut, the Internal Revenue Service classifies the group as a “social welfare organization” whose firearms ...

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