She didn’t know that the second one, Lewis Tabler, had made the National Rifle Association the beneficiary of his retirement savings through its planned-giving program. In this feature, co-published with _The New Yorker_, Mike Spies describes what happens when the NRA, which has long denied a connection between access to guns and suicide rates, comes to collect: > Fisher, the NRA’s planned-giving director … e-mailed Applied Industrial, pointing out that Tabler had been dead for two months, and that “accounts with properly designated beneficiaries” are “generally available for distribution within 7–10 business days.” He went on, “We want to do whatever is needed to make this a smooth process.” > Meanwhile, multiple debt collectors had filed claims against Tabler’s estate, and the register of wills informed Stormy that she also owed an inheritance tax, since she was now the sole owner of the home. > As a favor, a neighbor of Stormy’s who was a lawyer spoke to the NRA’s assistant general counsel, Sarah Gervase, on her behalf. The neighbor raised the possibility that the organization might give up some of the money, according to Gervase, who recounted the exchange in an e-mail with Applied Industrial in early June.
Gervase wrote that she “informed” Stormy’s neighbor that the “NRA is not willing to settle this.” Tabler’s cause of death did not seem to have any bearing on the organization’s position. The Smallest Victims: Why Does America Keep Allowing Toddlers to Shoot Themselves? It’s one of the most preventable forms of gun violence—but that doesn’t mean it’s easy to solve.” Skip Hollandsworth | Texas Monthly | May 8, 2023 | 7,580 words “One year ago, before the school shooting in Uvalde, Kimberly Mata-Rubio had never been on a plane or given a public speech or scolded a U.S. senator right there in his office.
A year in the life of a grieving mother.” “’Will I be okay?’ my children ask me as the mass shootings in America continue. None of us like my answer.” Tagged: gun control,guns,Mike Spies,National Rifle Association,NRA,suicide,The New Yorker,The Trace . And if you want Longreads in your inbox, select the newsletters you want to receive: Tuesdays and Thursdays, we'll send you our latest originals and all our editor's picks—and Fridays, go even deeper with our Top 5 of the Week.
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