Gun Rights

Meet The NRA's Top Lobbyists, A 4-Foot-11 Grandma

Bloomberg | Michael C. Bender | Posted 05.11.2012

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The woman responsible for many of the nation's most permissive gun laws is a 4-foot-11, 73-year-old grandmother who carries a Smith & Wesson .38 Speci...

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Obama Campaign Nightmare

Richard Feldman | Posted 05.08.2012

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The question is, will the Romney campaign understand the relationships between these two freedom- and liberty-related issues and pilot a course to maximize gun owners' fear and marijuana reformers' distrust?

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Your Vote Will Be Counted But It Will Not Count

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 05.04.2012

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After the election those votes which we so freely give will not mean as much as those that have been bought. The corporations, the PACs, the special interest groups that dominate the elections will be heard and the voice of the voter ignored and forgotten.

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Audit: State's FOID Program Broken, Puts Public 'At Risk'

Posted 05.04.2012

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Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart has lashed out against the state's firearm owners identification (FOID) program, which a recent audit found to have serio...

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Georgia Couple Held At Gunpoint While Trying To Enter New Home

Posted 04.26.2012

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A Georgia couple who were trying to move into their new home were confronted by neighbors at gunpoint before they were then arrested and held overnigh...

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Why Would Dems Take Money from an Organization That Wants to Behead Them?

Josh Horwitz | Posted 04.23.2012

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How can any Democrat take money from the NRA or accept their endorsement? It's bad enough that the NRA has been in bed with Republicans for decades. Now Ted Nugent is leveraging his position as NRA board member/spokesperson to incite violence against them and their president.

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Bill Clinton Gives Obama Advice

AP | By KAREN MATTHEWS | Posted 04.20.2012

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NEW YORK -- President Barack Obama should not bother trying to pass gun-control legislation because the issue is partly cultural and Obama is from an ...

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Jesse Jackson Sets Sights On Oklahoma Gun Laws

AP | KATIE FRETLAND | Posted 04.18.2012

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OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson says his Rainbow PUSH Coalition will organize to change gun laws in Oklahoma, where a shooting spree recently ...

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Dianne Feinstein Places Hold On Controversial Concealed Weapon Bills

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.18.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Tuesday placed a hold on two controversial pieces of legislation that would force states that a...

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Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right for Issa

Josh Horwitz | Posted 04.18.2012

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Why would a man in charge of an ostensibly independent, on-going investigation into the Obama administration appear before a special interest group that is openly hostile to our president and engage in a scathing attack on him, his attorney general and the Department of Justice?

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Brewer Vetoes GOP-Backed Proposal

Reuters | Posted 04.18.2012

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By David Schwartz PHOENIX, April 17 (Reuters) - Arizona Governor Jan Brewer on Tuesday vetoed a controversial bill that would have all...

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Brewer Vetoes GOP-Backed Proposal

The Arizona Republic | Posted 04.17.2012

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Gov. Jan Brewer has vetoed a bill that could have allowed guns on public property, including city halls, police stations, county courts, senior center...

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Newt: Fewer Women Raped, Children Killed If Everyone Had Gun Rights

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 04.13.2012

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ST. LOUIS -- Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says the United Nations should adopt a treaty giving everyone on the planet the right to bear firearms...

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Santorum Hails Pro-Gun Group's Fight

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 04.13.2012

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ST. LOUIS -- Former GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum says no group has done a better job of promoting American freedom than the National Rifle...

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Trayvon Martin, Drug Policy, Civil Liberties, Gun Rights: The Common Thread

Richard Feldman | Posted 04.13.2012

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In an economy where failing corporations have to be bailed out by the government, is it not time to end the madness, stop wasting the billions, and begin to create drug policies based on science, personal liberty, and learned lessons?

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Mitt Romney At NRA: Beware Of Obama 'Unrestrained By The Demands of Re-Election'

The Huffington Post | Mike Sacks | Posted 04.13.2012

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Speaking at the NRA national convention in St. Louis on Friday, likely GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney warned that re-electing President Barack O...

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Most Americans Back Gun Lobby, Right To Use Deadly Force: POLL

Reuters | Posted 04.14.2012

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* 68 pct of Americans have favorable view of NRA * Americans want to be able to defend themselves * Back curbs on automa...

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The NRA "Good Guy" You Didn't Hear About

Josh Horwitz | Posted 04.13.2012

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Reflecting on the murder-suicide perpetrated by his friend Landon Jorgensen, ConcealedCarryForum.com owner Nathan Collier said, "Prior to this incident Landon was one of the good guys. He taught people how to protect themselves from these very types of attacks."

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Romney And The NRA: A 'Diss' Before Embrace

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.12.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Two hours before then-Gov. Mitt Romney was to sign a bill outlawing assault weapons and small handguns in Massachusetts, John Rosenthal,...

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Romney's NRA Courtship Poses Risks

AP | DAVID A. LIEB | Posted 04.12.2012

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Running for the Senate in Massachusetts, Mitt Romney once assured voters in a state with strong gun-control laws: "I don't...

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How Do Gun Advocates and the NRA React to Gun Massacres and Killings?

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 04.04.2012

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If a car kills someone you don't ban cars. But if there is something that can be done with the car without banning it, such as regulating who drives it or how it is made and sold, why would anybody fight that?

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Gun Control Group Launches Petition: 'Freedom To Buy Skittles Without Getting Shot'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 04.02.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A major gun control group on Monday launched a nationwide petition to Congress -- "The Freedom To Buy Skittles Without Getting Shot" -- ...

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Despite Controversy, State Lawmaker Pushing 'Stand Your Ground' Bill

Posted 03.29.2012

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Even as outrage continues to build both nationally and locally in the wake of Trayvon Martin's slaying, an Illinois lawmaker continues to push for a s...

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What the NRA's "Founder" and George Zimmerman Have in Common

Josh Horwitz | Posted 05.29.2012

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If Harlon Carter, Ted Nugent, and other NRA peddlers of vigilantism wanted a poster boy for their ideas about justice and the "rule of law," they have certainly found one in George Zimmerman.

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Arming Zimmerman

Josh Horwitz | Posted 05.20.2012

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Trayvon Martin's father, Tracy, recently told reporters of his son's murder: "There is no justice in this." And even if George Zimmerman were ultimately to be convicted, Tracy Martin will still be right, because his son will still be lost to him as a result of ill-advised and reckless changes to Florida law in the past. Meanwhile, the NRA continues its push to arm civilians by liberalizing the use of lethal force. Four states now allow citizens to carry loaded guns in public with no permitting, screening or training. Until this lethal agenda is countered by Americans of conscience, the inevitability of future Trayvon Martins will hang over America like a funeral shroud.

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