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With smokescreens and a barrage of bullets, the NRA is intentionally playing into the fears of a very few people. To create more hysteria and confusion about our relationship with our government is what the NRA would like to do.
Women and the Latino community are both leading the calls for the passage of effective gun control legislation that would put families' safety at the forefront of the debate.
Did you know that international laws dictate the rules of the game when it comes to selling bananas and iPods, but not grenade launchers and AK-47s?
The site promises comments from "diverse" commentators on gun owners' rights on NRANews.com and kicked off with a YouTube appeal from a black gun lover touting the benefits of gun ownership and the NRA.
If the National Rifle Association (NRA) were not so dangerous to the physical health and general welfare of the people of the United States, they'd probably qualify as some of the most unintentionally hilarious people on the planet. Seriously, you can't make this stuff up.
In the past year, 31,000 Americans have been the ultimate victims of gun violence. For each deceased, there are countless 'secondary' victims -- parents, siblings, classmates, teachers, first responders and community members.
Normally a Democratic Congressional primary would attract little national attention. But the contest Tuesday in Illinois' Second Congressional District pitted two political giants against each other: the National Rifle Association and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Appearing on the latest edition of CANTV's Chicago Newsroom, author and publisher of We the People Media Ethan Michaeli takes on the NRA, whose instructors, he said, trained him in the use of firearms.
It's a problem for which Republicans have historically argued a common-sense solution, and it's not contraception or sex-education. Their fix is simple and straight-forward: abstinence. Just keep the penis out of the vagina. So how come the same philosophy doesn't apply to gun violence?
In the present debate about gun control in the US, both sides consistently fail to push the analysis deep enough. Debate stays mired in superficial questions such as whether every child should carry an assault rifle to school.
According to National Rifle Association President David Keene, fully automatic weapons should be illegal. As far as I know, this is actually news.
There are 75 million NASCAR fans. This year could be one of the most viewed Daytona 500s ever, making it an especially attractive venue for a powerful statement of change.
The NRA argues, on the basis of two reasons, why everyone should be able to get assault-weapons: (1) It's self-defense against law-breakers. (2) It'...
I own guns and would like to continue owning guns. I might even buy some more guns. I like to hunt. Kill animals and eat them.
Remember all the times that as a full-time salaried worker, you stayed home with a cold or to take care of a sick child? It's a perk many of us take for granted, but for workers who handle our food, in jobs where spreading germs is among the most risky, calling in sick not even an option.
