Associated Press
NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION Executive Vice President and CEO Wayne LaPierre speaks in February at Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2020. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) The National Rifle Association announced Friday it has filed for bankruptcy protection and will seek to incorporate the nation’s most politically influential gun-rights group in Texas instead of New York, where a state lawsuit is trying to put the organization out of business.
The announcement came months after New York Attorney General Letitia James sued the NRA, seeking its dissolution over claims that top executives illegally diverted tens of millions of dollars for lavish personal trips, no-show contracts for associates and other questionable expenditures.
Des Moines Register
Most states allow people to carry guns in their state capitols and few, except for Michigan, have plans to change that in the wake of FBI reports that pro-Trump groups are planning potentially violent state capitol protests ahead of Joe Biden s inauguration.
All but a dozen states Alabama, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Idaho, Louisiana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nevada, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia allow guns in most state capitol complex buildings, according to the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence and Des Moines Register reporting, although some have restrictions. Florida also prohibits all guns in meetings of the state Legislature.
Colorado Democrats to pursue mandatory waiting period for gun buyers
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Legislation is modeled after policies passed in other states
Monday, Jan. 11, 2021 2:03 PM Updated: Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021 10:17 PM A gun lock is seen on a pistol at the Meriden Police Department. Democrats plan to introduce three pieces of gun-control legislation this year. One bill would require a mandatory waiting period between the purchase of a firearm and taking possession of it; the other two bills would require gun owners to safely store their weapons and to report to authorities if one of their firearms is lost or stolen.
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