WASHINGTON -- Gun control advocates marched to the National Rifle Association's Capitol Hill office on Monday, in an effort to pressure the powerful organization to stop standing in the way of reform. "The NRA has blood on their hands," said Becky Bond, political director of the progressive advocacy group CREDO, which led the protest.
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