![In this Feb. 22, 2018, photo, Dana Loesch, spokeswoman for the National Rifle Association, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), at National Harbor, Md. She is poised, photogenic and articulate _ the new public face of an organization that long has been associated with older white men. Yet Loesch is not softening the message of an organization that has morphed from a hunting and Second Amendment rights advocacy group into an active voice in the nation’s culture wars, with positions on everything from immigration to socialism. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/ZLYJEKPYMK5IH5NL64QXLJ3AL4.jpg?smart=true&auth=b3323950f78d3630822d82655a9dd154f8f5bfa008cd85c46bed7f1a9cac1204&width=400&height=225)
Ms Loesch said the NRA believes individual schools should decide whether to arm teachers. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin
Ms Loesch said the NRA believes individual schools should decide whether to arm teachers. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin
Gun lobby pushes back on Trump’s plans after Florida shooting
The powerful lobby group does not support proposals to raise the age limit for buying certain types of guns
Reuters
26 February, 2018