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NRA likens universal checks to gun registry
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Rifle Association's executive vice president continued to oppose background checks for all gun purchases despite polls indicating that most NRA members don't share his position. The NRA's Wayne LaPierre said on...
Tags: U.S. Congress, National Rifle Association of America, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Washington, DC, Shootings
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Ind. Dem Donnelly opposing assault weapons ban
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Freshman Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly is opposing a ban on assault weapons sought by President Barack Obama. A Donnelly spokesman on Wednesday said that the Indiana lawmaker will vote against the ban but has not decided whether...
Tags: Joe Donnelly, National Rifle Association of America, Politics, Laws, Assault
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Sarah Palin, NRA's backward view of guns, 'politics of emotion'
It’s been kind of entertaining to see the world-class sophistry on display in Houston at the NRA’s annual convention. The message is: If you feel devastated about the slaughters of Sandy Hook, or Aurora, or Tucson, instead of trying to...
Tags: New York City, Michael Bloomberg, Sarah Palin, National Rifle Association of America, Politics
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The NRA doesn't deserve my sympathy, or yours
Usually when a senator suffers a big public defeat, he slinks off to lick his wounds. He rarely retwists the arms that didn't bend his way. Colleagues don't like to be seen switching. Were they horribly mistaken the first time? Don't know what they...Tags: Harry Reid, U.S. Congress, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Minority Groups, National Rifle Association of America
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Jon Stewart accuses NRA of fear-mongering at convention
The National Rifle Assn. held its annual convention last weekend in Houston, where conservative pundits like Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck railed at efforts to enact tighter gun control measures -- and, as Jon Stewart pointed out Monday on "The Daily Show,"...Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Sarah Palin, Conservative Political Action Conference, National Rifle Association of America, Glenn Beck
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Whose side is the NRA on?
Terrorism, whether practiced in the U.S. or overseas, can be defined as a deliberate act of violence to instill fear in a target audience. We fight terrorism when we stay calm but resolute; we abet terrorists when our response is to panic or try to foment...
Tags: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, National Rifle Association of America, Terrorism, George W. Bush, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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NRA pledge on gun rights: 'We will never surrender'
HOUSTON — Vowing that “we will never surrender,” the leader of the National Rifle Assn. claimed victory over recently defeated gun control legislation and denounced “political and media” elites for vilifying gun owners and...
Tags: Activism, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), National Rifle Association of America, Politics, Gun Control
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Michael Bloomberg, Wayne LaPierre talk guns on 'Meet the Press'
Staff writerWhich Sunday morning show will generate the most headlines? I'm leaning toward NBC's "Meet the Press," which airs at 9 a.m. on WESH-Channel 2. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and NRA President Wayne LaPierre discuss gun control with moderator David...Tags: Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Kamala D. Harris, National Rifle Association of America, Museum of Natural History, Eric Shinseki
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At NRA convention, both sides of gun debate
HOUSTON — On the morning of the first day of the National Rifle Assn. convention, before the doors opened, scores of visitors lined up outside the convention center, part of what organizers expect will be a record crowd. Among them was Tilman...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Politics, Executive Branch, Laws, Johnsburg
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NRA convention gets underway; Sarah Palin and Ted Nugent on tap
HOUSTON -- The National Rifle Assn.’s annual convention begins in earnest Friday in Houston, with leaders who have spent the year defending the group in the wake of mass shootings emboldened by the recent defeat of federal gun control legislation...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Politics, Executive Branch, Tea Party Movement, Bobby Jindal
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