Author: Lisa Marie Pane, The Associated Press
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In gun buyback talk, how do you round up so many weapons?
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Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke’s vow in Colorado and elsewhere to take away people’s AR-15 and AK-47 rifles raised one big question: How is it possible to round up the millions of such guns that exist in the United States? The number of AR-15 and AK-47s in the U.S. is estimated at a staggering 16…
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Weakened but unbowed, NRA head digs in against gun control
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In the aftermath of the back-to-back massacres in Texas and Ohio, the debate over gun control has returned to the National Rifle Association and its immense power to stymie any significant legislation on the issue. The man largely responsible for the NRA’s uncompromising stance is its decades-long CEO, Wayne LaPierre, who has been engulfed in…
