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NRA stories: 33 news summaries

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OPINION

NRA Shouldn't Tolerate Gun-Toting Protesters

It's just not a safe way to use a firearm

Aug 20, 09 9:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - If the National Rifle Association is really, to quote its website “dedicated to the lawful, effective, responsible, and above all safe use of firearms,” then it should loudly discourage people from carrying those firearms to political rallies, writes Stephen Stromberg of the Washington Post. Politics aside,... More »

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NRA • gun control • protests • health care reform • town hall meeting • National Rifle Association • political protest • guns

Blogger's Case Tests Limits of Free Speech

Far-right critic remains in jail after calling for judges' deaths

Aug 15, 09 1:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - When three federal judges rejected an NRA lawsuit, Internet radio host Hal Turner got angry. “These judges deserve to be killed,” he wrote on his blog. “Their blood will replenish the tree of liberty.” Then he posted photos of the judges, maps to their courthouse, and... More »

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FBI • free speech • NRA • First Amendment • National Rifle Association • right-wing extremism

(Newser) - The National Rifle Association is taking aim at lawmakers over Sonia Sotomayor but failing to buckle many knees, the AP reports. Breaking from its habit of avoiding Supreme Court nomination picks, the NRA has threatened to penalize legislators who vote for Sotomayor. But Blue Dog Democrats and some Republicans are... More »

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Congress • NRA • US Supreme Court • National Rifle Association • Sonia Sotomayor

Senate Dems Bring Down Concealed-Weapons Measure

Schumer leads effort to quash Thune amendment

Jul 22, 09 1:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Senate Democrats today narrowly defeated a measure that would have let concealed weapons be transported across state lines, the Hill reports. The amendment, which required 60 votes to pass according to a prior, bipartisan agreement, went down 58-39. Sen. Charles Schumer and majority whip Dick Durbin fought hard to drum... More »

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Congress • Charles Schumer • Senate • NRA • Senate Democrats • concealed weapon • Dick Durbin • concealed-weapons laws • John Thune • amendment

OPINION

Meghan McCain: Don't Politicize, Take My Guns

2nd Amendment 'one issue where I’m red through-and-through'

May 14, 09 11:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - She supports gay marriage and thinks the Republican Party is out of touch, but on guns, Meghan McCain is “red through-and-through,” she writes in the Daily Beast: “The right to bear arms, and specifically the idea of it being taken away from me, is one of my... More »

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NRA • gun control • Second Amendment • Meghan McCain

OPINION

Save Some Outrage for
Gun Violence

Wall St. malfeasance
is a crisis—but so is shooting epidemic

Apr 12, 09 10:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - We look back at witch hunts and slavery with shame and consternation, but after reading about our recent spate of gun violence, future historians will regard us as similarly misguided, Cynthia Tucker writes for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “These mass shootings are a form of madness, but what’s even... More »

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NRA • nursing homes • Oakland • Pittsburgh • mass shootings • guns

 Guns OK'd in National Parks 

Campers will be allowed to pack heat in all but 3 of America's national parks

Dec 6, 08 6:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Visitors will be allowed to carry concealed and loaded weapons in all but three of America's 391 national parks under a new Bush administration policy, the Washington Times reports. The move, widely seen as a parting gift to the NRA from the president, reverses a 25-year-old Interior Department policy and... More »

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Bush administration • NRA • gun control • Department of the Interior • national park • guns

Bush's Pardons
Favor Gun Lovers

President restores right to bear arms to convicted felons

Nov 29, 08 8:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Second Amendment enthusiasts seem to have a better-than-average chance of winning a presidential pardon as the Bush presidency nears its end, the Wall Street Journal reports. Of the 14 felons pardoned in the last week, seven are fans of hunting or shooting and five say they specifically mentioned their desire... More »

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NRA • presidential pardon • pardon • felon • Second Amendment • George W. Bush • guns

GOP Donors Pour Millions Into Ga. Race

'Unbelievable' sum
of money fuels runoff
for Senate seat

Nov 28, 08 2:22 PM CST
(Newser) - With Democrats just two seats away from mounting a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, GOP donors are injecting millions into Georgia’s runoff election, USA Today reports. Republican incumbent Saxby Chambliss raised $1.6 million in large contributions in about a week, compared to $462,000 for Democrat Jim... More »

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Barack Obama • Democrats • Republican • NRA • Georgia • filibuster • campaign fundraising • US Senate • Jim Martin • Saxby Chambliss

 Post-Election Gun Sales Spike 

Some afraid of bans; others expect civil unrest

Nov 12, 08 10:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Gun sales were up before the election, but the numbers have shot through the roof since Barack Obama's win, the Chicago Tribune reports. As stores sell out of assault rifles and enthusiasts stock up on Glocks, people offered a few different reasons for their purchases. Some anticipate new weapons bans;... More »

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Barack Obama • NRA • gun sales • concealed weapon • Second Amendment • assault rifles • ammunition • President Obama

(Newser) - Justifiable homicides committed by cops and civilians are at their highest levels in more than 10 years, USA Today reports. Last year's totals: 391 for police and 254 for civilians. Analysts attribute the rise to a growing “shoot-first” attitude among both groups, especially as criminals improve their arsenals.... More »

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crime • NRA • police • shooting • gun violence • handgun • guns • justifiable homicide • citizen

NRA Endorses McCain, Despite Differences

Gun lobby has already spent millions
attacking Obama

Oct 9, 08 9:51 AM CDT
(AP) - The NRA is endorsing John McCain for president, the group announced today, overlooking differences between the gun-rights lobby and McCain on campaign finance restrictions and gun show rules.The vice president of the NRA, whose political action committee has already spent more than $2.3 million opposing Barack Obama, said... More »

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John McCain • NRA • National Rifle Association • endorsement • Election 2008 • gun lobby

Top Gun-Control Activist Is Firearms Industry Spy

For-hire spy infiltrated deep into anti-gun movement

Jul 31, 08 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mary McFate is a longtime prominent member of the gun-control movement; she is also, Mother Jones shockingly reveals, Mary Lou Sapone, a spy who infiltrates citizen groups for corporations targeted by activists—and who has been employed by the NRA. Over a decade, she reached high levels in a... More »

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NRA • gun control • espionage • Daughters of the American Revolution • Brady Campaign

NRA Plots Multimillion-Dollar Campaign Against Obama

Bittergate, Chicago gun ban to make appearances

Jul 1, 08 11:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

NRA Targets Obama, but Does Anyone Care?

Gun control issue largely off the table, experts say

Jun 14, 08 3:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

 Huckabee Jokes About
 Gun Pointed at Obama 

At NRA, ex-hopeful jests about Obama ducking loaded firearm

May 16, 08 6:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • NRA • Mike Huckabee • Election 2008 • jokes • guns

 Florida Passes 
 'Take Your Gun to Work' Law

Biz groups fear increase in office shootings

Apr 10, 08 6:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

TRIBUTE

 Hollywood's 'Man-Deity' Honored

Critics reflect on legend's career

Apr 7, 08 6:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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.... More »

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

 Charlton Heston Dead at 84 

Longtime leading man, former NRA president, had Alzheimer's

Apr 5, 08 11:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Hollywood • NRA • obituary • actor • Moses • Ten Commandments • Charlton Heston • Ben Hur • El Cid • Soylent Green • Planet of the Apes

 Obama Prods
 Pro-Gun Pa.
 Voters 

Hopeful plays down liberal image to tout individual rights

Apr 5, 08 8:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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—... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • NRA • gun control • Second Amendment • Pennsylvania primary • Dan Surra

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