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  • 2012-12-22 (xsd:date)
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  • Did George H.W. Bush Resign from the NRA? (en)
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  • A month after the 19 April 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City which killed 168 people and injured 680 more, the Wilmington Star-News noted of the National Rifle Association (NRA) that: What the Star-News noted in 1995 was later turned into meme form after a rash of school shootings in the U.S.: The background for this item was that in a protest over statements made by NRA officials following the February 1993 Waco siege and the Oklahoma City bombing, particularly a March 1993 fund-raising letter (sent out over NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre's signature) that referred to federal law enforcement agents as jack-booted thugs who wear Nazi bucket helmets and black storm trooper uniforms and attack law abiding citizens, former president George H.W. Bush submitted a letter dated 3 May 1995 to the NRA, resigning his Life Membership in that organization: A week after President Bush's letter was publicized, NRA vice president Wayne LaPierre offered an apology on behalf of the NRA: (en)
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