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Robin Abcarian: To avoid discussing common-sense gun measures NRA leaders stoke paranoia, fear and, in a new low, even play the race card

You know the National Rifle Association is losing when it tries to blame the media for the country's shameful epidemic of mass murder.

Thursday, one day after she dodged a pointed question at a CNN town hall in Florida about whether 18-year-olds armed with assault rifles are part of the 2nd Amendment's reference to a "well-regulated militia," NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch found herself in much friendlier territory, the annual meeting of conservatives known as CPAC.

With a fake smile that was eerily similar to one worn by Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore's wife, Kayla, when she snippily informed journalists that "one of our attorneys is a Jew," Loesch

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