Coulter is the executive director of the Indian Law Resource Center, with offices in Montana and in Washington, D.

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Keene seemed to be broadening the NRA's position by encouraging wider discussion, said Mo Canady, executive director of the National Association of School Resource Officers, a nonprofit nonpolitical group that trains armed officers in schools.

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