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  • July 2008

    • NRA Plots Multimillion-Dollar Campaign Against Obama

      newser  |  Politico  |  Jul 1, 08 11:29 AM CDT

      NRA Plots Multimillion-Dollar Campaign Against Obama

      The NRA has budgeted $40 million for the fall elections, with more than one-third of it set aside to spotlight Barack Obama's gun policies. The ad blitz will deny Obama the opportunity to neutralize the issue, Politico reports. A rep says the NRA will target 15 battleground states. “We look forward to showing him ‘bitter,’” he said. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Chicago  • gun  • NRA  • handgun ban

  • June 2008

    • NRA Targets Obama, but Does Anyone Care?

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 14, 08 3:51 PM CDT

      NRA Targets Obama, but Does Anyone Care?

      The NRA is aiming both barrels at Barack Obama, but the gun rights group is no longer a formidable GOP weapon, the LA Times reports. Congress hasn’t passed gun control laws in 14 years, and Democrats are terrified to touch the issue, scarred from old campaigns. In other words, the NRA has won—and is a victim of its own success. More »

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      Barack Obama  • election  • gun control  • NRA  • special interests

  • May 2008

    • Huckabee Jokes About Gun Pointed at Obama

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  May 16, 08 6:57 PM CDT

      Huckabee Jokes About Gun Pointed at Obama

      At an NRA convention today, Mike Huckabee quipped that an offstage sound was Barack Obama leaping from a loaded gun. “That was Barack Obama,” the former Arkansas governor said. “He just tripped off a chair. He's getting ready to speak and somebody aimed a gun at him and he—he dove for the floor." The Obama camp has not yet returned fire over the remark, the AP reports. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • election 2008  • Mike Huckabee  • gun  • NRA  • jokes

  • April 2008

    • Florida Passes 'Take Your Gun to Work' Law

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Apr 10, 08 6:06 AM CDT

      Florida Passes 'Take Your Gun to Work' Law

      Florida lawmakers have passed a law that prohibits most businesses from banning employees keeping guns in their cars on company property, Reuters reports. Backers hail the measure as a victory for Second Amendment rights. Business groups, fearing an increase in workplace shootings, are urging the governor to veto the so-called "take your gun to work" bill. More »

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      Florida  • shooting  • gun  • gun control  • NRA  • Second Amendment  • workplace safety

    • Hollywood's 'Man-Deity' Honored

      newser  |  Time  |  Apr 7, 08 6:17 AM CDT

      Hollywood's 'Man-Deity' Honored

      Charlton Heston was “the man-deity of movies,” writes Richard Corliss in a Time appreciation, declaring of the actor who stepped into the shoes of no less than the Almighty, "God is dead." Indeed, from Moses to Ben-Hur. “He was the epic hero,” Corliss notes. “Heston didn't just play great roles, he imposingly, thrillingly embodied them.” More »

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      film  • Hollywood  • actor  • NRA  • Moses  • Charlton Heston  • Ben Hur  • tribute

    • Charlton Heston Dead at 84

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Apr 5, 08 11:50 PM CDT

      Charlton Heston Dead at 84

      Charlton Heston, the longtime Hollywood leading man who portrayed everyone from Moses to Michelangelo and won an Oscar for his chariot-driving performance in Ben Hur , has died at age 84, the AP reports. Heston, who announced in 2002 that he had Alzheimer's, became the unapologetic head of the NRA in 1998, a position that nearly overshadowed his acting career. More »

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      obituary  • Hollywood  • actor  • NRA  • Moses  • Ten Commandments  • Charlton Heston  • Ben Hur

    • Obama Prods Pro-Gun Pa. Voters

      newser  |  Politico  |  Apr 5, 08 8:52 PM CDT

      Obama Prods Pro-Gun Pa. Voters

      Barack Obama is aiming to win pro-gun votes in Pennsylvania by touting the Second Amendment, Politico reports. His camp emailed state gun clubs this week about “the right and traditions of sportsmen" as Obama courted Pennsylvania's pro-gun Democratic lawmakers. The NRA fired back at Obama—and Hillary Clinton, too—calling overtures “scripted rhetorical tricks.” More »

  • February 2008

    • Gun Lobby Holds Up Bush ATF Nominee

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Feb 25, 08 2:15 PM CST

      Gun Lobby Holds Up Bush ATF Nominee

      Michael Sullivan has spent a long time waiting to become head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, but his appointment has run into a roadblock in the Senate. Not with Democrats—with his fellow Republicans. Gun-rights supporters have blocked the appointment of Sullivan, also a US Attorney who can't be replaced while the ATF job is in limbo, the LA Times reports. More »

    • Feds to Allow Guns Inside National Parks

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Feb 23, 08 11:57 AM CST

      Feds to Allow Guns Inside National Parks

      The federal government is preparing to loosen a ban on bringing loaded guns into national parks, reports the Los Angeles Times . The NRA has been pushing for the ban to be eased, saying it violates the right to bear arms and puts citizens at risk of attack from savage wild animals—and humans. Others say letting guns in would spoil the park experience. More »

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      gun  • gun control  • NRA  • national park  • Interior Department

  • January 2008
  • December 2007

    • NRA Sues for Guns Seized After Katrina

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Dec 27, 07 4:25 AM CST

      NRA Sues for Guns Seized After Katrina

      The National Rifle Association has filed a federal lawsuit to recover hundreds of guns seized from New Orleans residents in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, AP reports. The suit claims that residents were left "at the mercy of roving gangs, home invaders and other criminals" because they lost their weapons. Police say they only confiscated stolen guns or those found in abandoned homes. More »

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      lawsuit  • Hurricane Katrina  • gun  • New Orleans  • NRA  • Katrina aftermath

    • '08 Alert: Mitt Misspoke on King March

      newser  |  Boston Globe  |  Dec 21, 07 5:29 PM CST

      '08 Alert: Mitt Misspoke on King March

      Mitt Romney backtracked yesterday from claims that he saw his father march with Martin Luther King in the 1960s, saying he used "saw" as “a figure of speech." The Boston Globe dissects the partial mea culpa, noting that the candidate couldn't have "seen" it even figuratively because Romney père never walked an inch with the civil-rights leader. Worse, Mitt “went a step further” in 1978, the piece notes, declaring, “My father and I marched with” King. More »

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      Mitt Romney  • Martin Luther King Jr.  • NRA  • lying  • George Romney

  • October 2007

    • Rudy's Blunt Opinions Ruled NYC Airwaves

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Oct 5, 07 11:45 PM CDT

      Rudy's Blunt Opinions Ruled NYC Airwaves

      Rudy Giuliani is a tempered presidential candidate these days, belying the fiery personality displayed on his mayoral radio show in the '90s. Radio Rudy was a loose cannon, known for telling callers to seek psychiatric help, the Times reports. He was unafraid to needle interest groups, once saying “the NRA has lost all credibility” because of its assault weapons support. More »

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      Rudy Giuliani  • New York  • radio  • mayor  • NRA  • black community  • ferret

  • September 2007

    • Rudy Takes Call During NRA Speech

      newser  |  Chicago Tribune  |  Sep 21, 07 7:07 PM CDT

      Rudy Takes Call During NRA Speech

      Rudy Giuliani, former gun control-lover,  wasn't exactly killing with a speech to the National Rifle Association today when he interrupted his remarks at the podium—to take a phone call from his wife. After a little lovey-dovey with Judith ("OK, have a safe trip, bye-bye. Talk to you later dear, I love you.") he turned back to his audience. More »

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      Rudy Giuliani  • gun  • violence  • NRA  • Second Amendment

  • August 2007

    • Rivals Attack Rudy's Record as NY Mayor

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Aug 23, 07 6:09 AM CDT

      Rivals Attack Rudy's Record as NY Mayor

      Rudy Giuliani uses his tenure as New York mayor as a badge of courage as he campaigns for the White House, but now his record is being turned against him. Attack ads by GOP rival Mitt Romney portray Giuliani's New York as "sanctuary city" for illegals, while would-contender Fred Thompson blasts this administration's efforts to sue gun manufacturers . More »

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      Mitt Romney  • Rudy Giuliani  • presidential campaign  • New York  • immigration  • Iowa  • Fred Thompson  • abortion  • gun control  • mayor  • NRA

    • Net Hunting: The Nonexistent Menace

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 10, 07 11:00 AM CDT

      Net Hunting: The Nonexistent Menace

      States are rushing to ban internet hunting—despite the fact that nobody does it. Since hunting by remote control gun over the internet was floated as a business plan, a Humane Society campaign spread outrage, and 33 states have banned the practice—a bill has even been introduced in Congress. But the idea never got past the planning stages anyway. More »

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      Internet  • NRA  • hunting  • Humane Society

  • June 2007
  • May 2007
  • April 2007

    • Brits Find US Feckless On Gun Control

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Apr 18, 07 11:23 AM CDT

      Brits Find US Feckless On Gun Control

      The Guardian takes aim at U.S resistance to gun control, calling it an "enduring civic failure" that allows tragedies like the Virginia Tech shootings to occur. The paper describes a country held hostage by the NRA, failing its basic responsibilities by being "unable to defend its ordinary citizens from its armed maniacs." More »

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      violence  • Virginia Tech shootings  • gun control  • weapon  • NRA

    • NRA Targets Post-Katrina Gun Seizures

      newser  |  Stateline  |  Apr 16, 07 2:31 PM CDT

      NRA Targets Post-Katrina Gun Seizures

      After New Orleans cops confiscated guns in the wake of Katrina, 13 states have barred officials from seizing firearms in emergencies. NRA types were livid over the post-hurricane gun grab, which they vowed would not be repeated. “You don't go and abuse good citizens because of a concern for their safety," says state Rep. Russell Pearce of Arizona. More »

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      Hurricane Katrina  • New Orleans  • weapon  • NRA  • Katrina aftermath

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