LAPD To Pull NRA Pitches

The Los Angeles Police Department will remove NRA membership solicitations from boxes containing the Beretta pistols it buys and issues to recruits. The move follows criticism by City Council members. This is the latest skirmish between Los Angeles, with its tough restrictions on firearms, and NRA, with its tireless defense of the right to bear arms. NRA officials have questioned whether the city's resources would be better spent fighting crime than trying to prevent the NRA from reaching out to new members.

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