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N.Y. Times: The NRA is complicit in terrorism

By Becket Adams

Published June 16, 2016 2:31pm ET

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N.Y. Times: The NRA is complicit in terrorism — "And all this is made vastly easier by a gun lobby that has blocked sensible safety measures at every turn, and by members of Congress who seem to pledge greater allegiance to the firearms industry than to their own constituencies. There is a word for their role in this form of terrorism: complicity," the New York Times editorial board said. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg, File) | Daniel Acker

The National Rifle Association is complicit in acts of terrorism committed in America by mass shooters, according to the New York Times’ editorial board.

“Few places on earth make it easier than the United States for a terrorist to buy assault weapons to mow down scores of people in a matter of minutes,” the board said.

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