Tag Archives: NRA

• News

  Gun control in crosshairs at NRA convention

  The group’s leaders went after gun control proposals and advocates who sought to expand tougher firearm laws following the deadly Newtown school massacre.
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  NRA to get new president

  The National Rifle Association is getting a new president, the organization confirmed Wednesday.
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  W. Va. teen arrested for NRA shirt goes back to class

  And he walked into the classroom wearing the exact same shirt, which depicts a hunting rifle with the statement, “protect your right.”
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  Manchin, Kelly vow to fight for expanded background checks

  The Democrat who worked to expand background checks in the Senate told a group of reporters Thursday that the National Rifle Association’s “scoring system” derailed the measure.
• Politics

  Gun lobby may emerge victorious when smoke clears

  The NRA exerts political clout through a rating system that identifies friends and foes of its positions in Congress.
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  Lawmakers take aim at gun control debate

  As the debates continue in our Nation’s Capital, a newly released poll said 86 percent of Americans support strengthening background checks for guns in some way.
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  NRA: ‘Expanding background checks at gun shows will not prevent the next shooting’

  NRA: The president should be as committed to dealing with the gang problem that is tormenting honest people in his hometown.
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  NEA Chief rejects NRA recommendations

  The president of the nation’s largest teachers group on Wednesday rejected the National Rifle Association’s proposal to put guns in schools.
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  NRA ‘plucks the bird’ to weaken gun proposals

  The National Rifle Association and its allies in Congress are trying to overcome what would seem to be overwhelming public support for stronger gun legislation in the aftermath of the Newtown school massacre.
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  NRA-backed group unveils plans for guns in schools

  The plan will arm adults to protect children from shooters.
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  Jim Carrey mocks Charlton Heston

  (CNN) — Charlton Heston’s declaration that gun control advocates would have to pry his firearms “from my cold, dead hands” provides the punch line for comedian Jim Carrey’s new video mocking the late actor and NRA president.
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  Senators blast NRA for robocalls in Newtown

  The National Rifle Association has “stooped to a new low” in making robocalls to residents in Newtown, the two U.S. senators from Connecticut argued in a letter to the NRA on Monday.