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Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee are calling for a probe of the gun rights group after numerous allegations of financial misconduct emerged.

The proposals would incur significant opposition from Republican lawmakers and organizations like the National Rifle Association.

Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee said that the allegations of financial wrongdoing could violate the NRA's nonprofit, tax-exempt status.

The NRA has strayed far from its original mission. 

Donald Trump Jr. has taken his repeated claims of social media censorship one step further, accusing Instagram "gods" of deleting his photographs solely because he appears in them.

Stone Mountain Park contains a carving of President of the Confederate States Jefferson Davis, General Robert E. Lee and General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.

Maria Butina was jailed for 18 months for trying to influence U.S. conservative activists and Republicans.

New York's Letitia James previously vowed to "use the constitutional power as an attorney general to regulate charities, that includes the NRA, to investigate their legitimacy."

The sudden announcement from North, who has served less than a year as the organization's president after leaving a post at Fox News, came after media reports detailed an alleged attempt by North to extort longtime NRA CEO and Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre.

"We are in a battle for the soul of America, but it's a battle between liberty and tyranny," Pence said.

"We had it done except for one vote," Trump said, referring to John McCain's vote against an Obamacare repeal.

Trump impersonated asylum seekers, touted his record and took aim at his opponents.

"Love being in Indiana," Trump tweeted the morning before his NRA speech in Indianapolis.

It's routine for conspiracy theories and even footage from live attacks to spread furiously online after a shooting.

"I want to get rid of that fear," said Representative Eric Swalwell, who launched his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination last week.

U.S. social media users have deployed hashtags such as #NRA to criticize changes in New Zealand gun laws, analysis finds.

"Leaders who put NRA blood money over women's lives shouldn't be anywhere near our laws," Senator Kirsten Gillibrand said.

Undercover investigation recorded Steve Dickson, leader of the One Nation party, saying, "We get the balance of power. Very simply, that means that we have the testicles of the government in our hand at every given stage."

The case is "ripe for an appeal," local officials said.

Former Police Minister Judith Collins said New Zealand's pro-gun lobbyists "spoke the language of the NRA" when she attempted gun law reforms.

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said "thoughts and prayers" only "deflected conversation away from policy change."

A woman was removed from a Connecticut gun hearing Monday after another attendee noticed her sending text messages threatening to shoot NRA members and a state lawmaker.

"I'm the only person here of color, OK?" Senator Flowers said. "I am a mother too. And I have a son. And I care as much for my son as y'all care for yours. But my son doesn't walk the same path as yours does. So this debate deserves more time."

The Fraternal Order of Police in the state also opposed the bill, which passed through the House overwhelmingly

The spread has since been characterized as "incitement" and a "call for violence."

"We are disturbed by the lack of transparency the NRA has demonstrated surrounding the December 2015 trip to Moscow," Representatives Ted Lieu and Kathleen Rice wrote in a letter.

The lauded song has more than 487 million views on YouTube and 280 million streams on Spotify.

The law passed the Los Angeles City Council by a 14-0 vote, but the NRA has vowed to file a lawsuit, saying the law is unconstitutional.

Sheriffs in 12 mostly rural counties are ignoring gun-control laws, including the raising of the minimum age for purchasing semi-automatic rifles from 18 to 21.

Despite attempts to minimize the involvement of its top officials, analysts say there is ample evidence that the NRA has deeps ties to Russia.