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NRA: 100,000 new members after Sandy Hook shooting

Posted By yihan On January 10, 2013 @ 12:08 pm In Featured Stories,Tile | Comments Disabled

Katie Glueck
POLITICO ^[1]
January 10, 2013

The National Rifle Association has gained more than 100,000 new members in the last 18 days, the organization told POLITICO’s Playbook on Thursday.

The number of paid new members jumped from 4.1 million to 4.2 million in that time frame.

“Our goal is to get to 5 million before this debate is over,” the NRA told POLITICO’s Mike Allen.

Those comments come as Vice President Joe Biden gears up to meet with NRA representatives on Thursday to discuss gun policy after the Dec. 14 mass shooting in Newtown, Conn. triggered a national conversation on the subject.

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