Ex-NRA President Duped Into Speaking At Event Staged By Parkland Parents’ Group

A gun safety group tricked two high-profile gun advocates into addressing a fake high school graduation ceremony featuring a sea of empty chairs meant to represent the children who did not finish school because they were shot.

Videos of the stunt were posted Wednesday by Change the Ref, an organization founded by Patricia and Manuel Oliver, whose son Joaquin was murdered in the Parkland, Florida school shooting in 2018.

The group staged a ceremony in Las Vegas for the graduating class of James Madison Academy, a school that does not...