The National Rifle Association opens its annual conference on Friday in Houston — across the state from Uvalde, Texas, which was the site of the country’s second-deadliest school shooting earlier this week.
The group has drawn criticism from gun control advocates for moving ahead with its previously-scheduled convention, its first in three years after multiple pandemic cancellations.
The gathering will hear from former President Donald Trump and other Republican officials, and draw protests, including from the leaders of teachers’ unions. Some of its planned speakers and performers have canceled their engagements.
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