Jury finds Wayne LaPierre, NRA liable in corruption civil case
Wayne LaPierre resigned as CEO and stepped down from the NRA last month after more than three decades at its helm.
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Wayne LaPierre resigned as CEO and stepped down from the NRA last month after more than three decades at its helm.
After a week of deliberations, a New York jury Friday found both the National Rifle Association and its former leader, Wayne LaPierre, liable of fraudulently spending NRA donor funds. He has been ordered to pay back more than $4.3 million. Errol Barnett has details on the verdict.
The National Rifle Association's longtime leader will step down on the eve of a legal showdown with New York's attorney general over allegations of corruption.
The convention kicked off in the same state where 19 children and two adults were killed earlier in the week.
This weekend the National Rifle Association is holding its annual convention in Houston. As former president Trump addressed attendees, gun-safety demonstrators rallied outside. Natalie Brand reports. (5-27-22)
President Trump said Wednesday he still plans on attending the convention.
A bill requiring parents to tell school officials if they keep guns in the house went "too far" according to some legislators and it died in committee Wednesday.
A bill to ban gun shows at the Cow Palace permanently has passed the California State Senate.
The National Rifle Association on Thursday dropped a lawsuit it filed against the city of San Francisco back in September over city supervisors' decision to label the group a domestic terrorist organization.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed on Tuesday dismissed the National Rifle Association's claims that she was backing down from the city's non-binding resolution labeling the NRA as a "terrorist organization."
The National Rifle Association has sued San Francisco where city officials recently declared the gun-rights lobby a terrorist organization.
President Donald Trump sought to reassure National Rifle Association members at their 2018 annual meeting Friday that their Second Amendment rights are safe in the midst of a national conversation on gun law reform.
Sales of firearms slowed after the election of Donald Trump as president in 2016 allayed fears of a Democratic crackdown on gun owners. That trend has continued.
Putting fellow Republicans in the hot seat, President Donald Trump is calling for quick and substantial changes to the nation's gun laws even as he criticizes lawmakers for being too fearful of the National Rifle Association to act.
The National Rifle Association is facing a corporate backlash as companies take a closer look at their investments, co-branding deals and other ties to the gun industry following the latest school massacre.
Responding to a backlash over a mass shooting that left 17 people dead at a Florida high school, car rental company Enterprise says it is ending a discount program for National Rifle Association members.
American Outdoor Brands, a major gun manufacturer which owns the Smith & Wesson brand, reported a 90% drop in quarterly profit when compared to the same period last year.
The House of Representatives approved legislation Wednesday loosening gun regulations and allowing those with permits to carry concealed weapons to legally travel with those firearms to other states, a top priority of the National Rifle Association.
Attorneys general from 17 states are calling on Congress to abandon legislation backed by the National Rifle Association that would allow concealed-carry gun permits issued in one state to be valid in all states.
The congressional inaction underscored the power of the National Rifle Association and the political stakes for lawmakers who maintain their support for the constitutional right to bear arms and fear any challenge to their fealty.
The first in a series of challenges to new California gun laws prompted by the San Bernardino terror attack has been filed by a state affiliate of the National Rifle Association.
The headline-driven nature of gun-violence coverage is starting to shift, with documentarians, TV networks and others producing more nuanced, probing examination.
An appeal of two of San Francisco's gun laws led by the National Rifle Association was rejected by the Supreme Court.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld Sunnyvale's ban on gun magazines that can hold more than 10 bullets.
Filing a false report for a restraining order to remove guns from someone thought to be at risk would become a felony under a proposed bill by a Southern California assemblywoman.
