First Word: Has the NRA become the National Republican Association?

The NRA claims its largest membership ever -- 5 million members. 70,000 attended the annual conference in Houston over the weekend and celebrated the defeat of the gun legislation in the Senate.

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The NRA’s convention in Houston over the weekend featured conservative Republican speakers including Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin, Rick Santorum and Rick Perry, but did not ask a single Democrat to speak at the conference. With the NRA claiming its largest membership ever, 70,000 supporters of 5 million members attended as leaders of the NRA celebrated the defeat of gun legislation in the Senate and rallied supporters to look ahead to the next challenge — the 2014 elections.

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