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Parkland shooting parents bake cookies for the NRA
The parents of a Parkland mass shooting victim will be hand delivering 1700 Christmas cookies to the National Rifle Association. Each cookie symbolizes a child killed by gun violence this year. (Dec. 21)
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The National Rifle Association, the powerful gun lobby that has been at the center of some of the nation’s most heated debates over weapons rights, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Friday.
The NRA’s bankruptcy filing in Texas comes after the New York attorney general recently filed a lawsuit seeking to dissolve the group. The New York AG, Letitia James, has accused the organization of diverting millions in charitable giving for “personal use by senior leadership.”
Chapter 11 bankruptcy is designed to allow companies or organizations to restructure their operations, shed debt and emerge as a sustainable enterprise. But can lead to dissolution or liquidation.
The Fairfax, Virginia-based NRAsaid in a statement Friday that it filed for bankruptcy protection to escape “a corrupt political and regulatory environment in New York.”
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