'NRA has got to go': Protesters, supporters rally outside gun organization's headquarters
Source: USA Today
CHRISTAL HAYES | USA TODAY
3:48 p.m. EDT Aug. 4, 2018
Dozens of protesters rallied outside the National Rifle Association's headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia, calling for stricter gun-control measures and a change to the group's tax-exempt status.
The protest is just the latest in months that have targeted the organization, stricter gun control laws and aim to increase voter registration after a string of mass shootings, stemming back to the high school attack in Parkland, Florida.
Protesters, including some from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, rallied outside the gun-rights organization and were met by several dozen of its supporters.
"Hey, hey, ho ho, the NRA has got to go," the crowds chanted while NRA supporters, some armed with weapons, waved President Donald Trump banners and held up signs, including one reading "Tyranny: When you disarm me."
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to systemic corruption so deep and ingrained they must be destroyed to be reborn back into their original purpose. We've seen it happen to churches, government bureaus, large and small corporations and even charities.
We humans seem to learn little in the long term from our mistakes and it seems the bigger the mistake (as in wars), the less we learn.
The NRA is far too stained with corruption and entrenched with Republican politics. It simply cannot be fixed. Organizations of this type should be politically neutral.
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