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Readers write: A gun owner’s experience with the NRA, and more

David Dell’aquila checks his guns next to the makeshift shooting range on his ranch on Sept. 17, 2019, just outside of Burkesville, Kentucky. A member of the National Rifle Association, Mr. Dell’aquila is trying to change the leadership of the organization from within.

Editor’s note: The Oct. 14 Monitor Weekly cover story, “The gunfight of his life,” elicited many reader responses. Here’s a selection of letters discussing the article.

Gun owner’s NRA experience

The cover story was a great article with a narrative that needed to be told. I am a gun owner. I have never been a member of the National Rifle Association and never will. NRA leadership is too militant for me; they do not

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