Fargo mayor, NRA at odds about past membership

FARGO, N.D. (AP) Fargo Mayor Dennis Walaker says he dropped his National Rifle Association membership because of the organization's stance on automatic weapons.

But the N-R-A says Walaker never belonged to the group. A spokesman says the group could not find any record of Walaker ever having a membership after running a comprehensive search for him in its database.

Walaker says he paid N-R-A dues for one or two years, though it was a long time ago.

He says he dropped his membership around the time of the 1983 shooting death of a U-S marshal by Gordon Kahl, an anti-government protester, near Medina, when federal officers tried to arrest Kahl.

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