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April 2, 2021 48 mins

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Two events, four decades apart: One is the murder of a 15 year old boy in 1930's Texas. The other is the attempted assassination of a U.S. President. These two events collide in ways no one could have imagined,  setting the stage for a war between common sense and one of the most powerful forces in American political history: The National Rifle Association.

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Visit the link below to find out who your Senators are and how to contact them. If solving the gun crisis is important to you, then call your Senators and tell them to support Senate passage of the recent bills passed in the House: HR 8 - The Bipartisan Background Checks Act and HR- 1446 The Enhanced Background Checks Act
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Key Topics

  • A Small Border Town Murder
  • The Attempted Assassination of Ronald Reagan
  • The Brady Bill: What Works, What Doesn’t
  • The Founding of the National Rifle Association 
  • An N.R.A. Divided Cannot Stand
  • The Cincinnati Revolt
  • A Buried News Dug Up in Texas
  • The Secret Behind the N.R.A.’s Power
  • Over and Over
  • The Winds Might Be Changing

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Derek Lichtner, Abby Gibson, Joshua Covill, Brandon Suthard, Rebecca Wycoff, Dale Wycoff, Chris Krager, Stevie Covill, Jamie Cody-Ferguson, Aurora Darling, Ásta Bowen, Chelsea O’Hara, Steve Hermes

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Kyle Korsa, Matt Becker, Larissa Wycoff, Natali Kragh, Ally Nagel, Kailey Adams, Aly Friesen



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