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The NRA Is Still a Staple of Daily American Life

Even as the Parkland shooting has energized gun-control advocates, the organization’s youth programming continues to draw teens across the country.
Source: Susan Walsh / AP

Even after the impassioned response to the school shooting in February in Parkland, Florida, the NRA is not struggling with popularity or support: The group’s membership has reportedly risen in recent months. In March, its political-victory fund raised the most money in the course of a single month that it has in 15 years, bringing in a total of nearly $2.4 million.

Indeed, as the NRA hosts its national convention this around 80,000 attendees, and there in the 10,000-seat auditorium where President Trump spoke there Friday, his fourth year speaking at the convention.

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