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The Freedom Cruise, Newt and the Gay Piano Player: Tales From Our Man-on-the-Inside

Andy Ostroy | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Steele, Oliver North, Atlantis Group, Freedom Cruise, Ed Meese, Freedom Alliance, Newt Gingrich, Nra, Wayne LaPierre, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

It's the Freedom Cruise and Conference, and it's been billed as a 10 Night Gems of the Baltic excursion at sea sponsored by the Freedom Alliance and the National Rifle Association. I

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Consequences of Hate

Murray Fromson | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Binghamton Shooting, Stephen Tyrone Johns, National Rifle Association, Hate Crimes, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Columbine, James Von Brunn, San Ysidro Ranch, Virginia Tech, Nra, Kileen, Politics News
Murray Fromson

Von Brunn was under federal observation for years. That should have prevented a felon like him from ever purchasing a deadly weapon again. But it didn't and the question is why not?

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James von Brunn, Yet Another Guy With a Gun Making the Rules

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Violent Extremism, National Rifle Association, James Van Brunn, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Wayne LaPierre, Violence Policy Center, Holocaust Museum, Chip Berlet, James-Van-Brunn, Nra, Extremism, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

Sometimes words are more than just words. Especially when those listening have their finger on the trigger of a gun.

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NRA, Chicago Prepare To Dig In On Gun Ban Fight

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 07.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Second Amendment, Mayor Daley, Gun Rights, Chicago Handgun Ban, Nra Chicago Gun Ban, Supreme Court Guns, Nra, Chicago Gun Laws, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) -- The National Rifle Association and Chicago long have been the biggest and toughest guys on the block in the fight over handguns. Afte...

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NRA Appealing Chicago Handgun Ban To Supreme Court

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 07.05.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Handgun Ban Supreme Court, Chicago Handgun Ban, Gun Rights, Nra Chicago Gun Ban, Judge Frank Easterbrook, Nra, Gun Rights Federalism, Chicago News

WASHINGTON — The National Rifle Association is asking the Supreme Court to strike down strict gun control laws in the Chicago area, setting the ...

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Handgun Ban Upheld By Federal Appeals Court

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 07.03.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Handgun Ban, Handgun Bans, Chicago Gun Ban, Nra, Oak Park Handgun Ban, Guns, Judge Frank Easterbrook, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) -- A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld ordinances barring the ownership of handguns in most cases in Chicago and suburban Oak Park,...

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Scott Roeder: Latest Guy With a Gun Who Made the Rules

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 07.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, George Tiller, National Rifle Association, Richard Poplawski, Militia Groups, Timothy McVeigh, Scott Roeder, Cpac, Extremist Movement, Nra, Wayne LaPierre, Gun Violence Prevention, Assault Weapons, Freemen, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

"The guys with the guns make the rules" was the rallying cry Wayne LaPierre of the NRA offered attendees at this year's CPAC convention.

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Gun-Control Advocates Accidentally Side With NRA

CQ | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun-Control, Gregory W. Meeks, Ed Perlmutter, Nra, Guns, Second Amendment, Joe Courtney, Shelley Berkley, National Parks Guns, Bennie Thompson, Hank Johnson, Frank Pallone Jr., Patrick J. Kennedy, Melissa Bean, Adam Smith, Politics News

As they study the vote in Congress to ease gun restrictions in national parks, the National Rifle Association and gun-control groups agree on one impo...

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P.J. O'Rourke: Gun Control Futile

Blaise Zerega | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Political News, Brady Bill, Pj O'rourke, Nra, National Parks, Concealed Weapons Permits, Columbine, Gop, Gun Control, Gun Control Legislation, Politics News
Blaise Zerega

P.J. O'Rourke concludes that gun control is futile: "You simply can't change the nature of America as far as gun control goes. It's the nature of the beast."

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Congress Says Yes to Guns in National Parks

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Credit Card Bill, National Rifle Asssociation, Guns in Parks, Wildlife Refuges, Gun Control, Guns in National Parks, Nra, National Parks, Wayne LaPierre, Violence Policy Center, U.S. Congress, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

In its ongoing efforts to open up every possible space in America to gun toting, the NRA succeeded in attaching to the credit card bill legislation allowing loaded guns in National Parks and Wildlife Refuges.

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The NRA Credit Card

Scott Blakeman | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Control, Tom Coburn, Credit Card, Brady Bill, National Parks, Nra, Concealed Carry, Politics News
Scott Blakeman

President Obama and Congressional Democrats refused to fight Republicans and the NRA on a despicably unrelated amendment to the credit card reform bil...

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Steele: Americans Need Guns To Defend Against Terrorists

Think Progress | Posted 06.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Steele Gun Control, Michael Steele Guns, Michael Steele, Michael Steele NRA, National Rifle Association, Celebration of American Values Forum, Nra, Politics News

Today, RNC Chairman Michael Steele spoke at the National Rifle Association's (NRA) "Celebration of American Values" Leadership Forum. During his speec...

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Obama, the NRA, and Alice Cooper

Dawn Teo | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Honorary Degree, ASU Comencement Adress, Phoenix, Asu, President Obama, Barack Obama, Nra, Politics News
Dawn Teo

Obama will be delivering his address to the graduating class just 11 miles from the Phoenix Convention Center, where more than 10,000 supporters of the National Rifle Association (NRA) will be checking into their hotels for the NRA Annual Meeting.

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Dick Cheney: A Life Pattern of Sabotaging the Security of the United States

Paul Abrams | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Enemies, Valerie Plame, Plastic Guns, Torture, Nra, Detainee Memos, Bush Torture Memos, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Paul Abrams

Cheney's argument that he is just trying to protect America does not wash. He has a scurrilous life pattern of providing aid-and-comfort to enemies of the United States. Here are 4 examples.

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Palin Skipping NRA Fundraiser, Won't Get Specially Crafted Rifle

The Washington Times | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: National Rifle Association, Sarah Palin NRA, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin NRA Fundraiser, Sarah Palin NRA Rifle, Nra, Politics News

The National Rifle Association Foundation will not present an assault weapon to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin at an upcoming banquet despite media reports a...

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The First 100 Days and Guns

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tiahrt Amendment, Assault Weapons Ban, Mexico, Gun Control, Assault Weapons, Nra, Eric Holder, National Rifle Association, Violence Policy Center, Tobacco, 100 Days, Gun Lobby, Obama Adminstration, Atf, Jimmy Carter, Import Ban, First Hundred Days, Obama 100 Days, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

The recent incidents of gun violence are just discrete examples of the estimated 84 Americans who die on average each day in our nation from guns. Yet in the White House, the response remains muted.

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Why Not Gun Insurance? An Invitation to the NRA

Gerald Sindell | Posted 05.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Gun Laws, Gun Insurance, Bob Herbert, Gun Rights, Gun Control, Nra, Ralph Nader, Vince Bugliosi, Politics News
Gerald Sindell

Gunshot wounds directly cost some $2 billion dollars a year. Gun insurance would help with medical bills and funeral expenses.

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Arthur Delaney

Sarah Palin To Be Given Huge Engraved Assault Rifle

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Assault Rifle, National Rifle Association, Sarah Palin, Nra, Guns, Politics News

A custom firearms manufacture plans to give Sarah Palin a smokin' gift at a May banquet of the National Rifle Association, according to RedState. NR...

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Mass Shooting Template -- Repeat as Necessary

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, National Rifle Association, Gun Violence Prevention, Josh Sugarmann, Assault Weapons, Violence Policy Center, Nancy Pelosi, Gun Control, Harry Reid, Vpc, Rampage Shootings, Nra, Mass Shootings, Columbine 10 Years Later, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

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Ammo, Gun Accessory Shortages Nationwide

McClatchy | Anna M. Tinsley | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama and Guns, Gun Laws, Second Ammendment, Ammos, US Gun Lobby, Gun Lobby, Guns, Nra, Politics News

Most days are like Christmas for Glen Furtardo. When he opens boxes sent to the Winchester Gallery gun store in east Fort Worth, he finds out what ...

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Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.19.2009 | Home

Read More: Columbine, Binghamton Shooting, Pittsburgh Police, Oakland Police Shooting, Gun Control, Police Shooting, Nra, Virginia Tech Anniversary, Home News
Arianna Huffington

Why has the idea of sensible gun control legislation become so politically radioactive? Not even a recent run of deadly gun rampages (including the shooting deaths of four police officers in Oakland, the gunning down of three policemen in Pittsburgh, and the massacre of 13 people in Binghamton, New York), the second anniversary of Virginia Tech (the worst mass shooting in U.S. history), and the president of Mexico all but pleading for Barack Obama to do something about the tidal wave of bought-in-America assault weapons wreaking bloody havoc on his country have been able to create the political will to reinstate the assault weapons ban. Tomorrow is the 10th anniversary of Columbine; what better moment for the president to forget how difficult it would be to take on the NRA, and remember his campaign promise to push for a ban on these killing machines?

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Sorry NRA -- Mexican Gun Traffickers Buy American

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 05.16.2009 | World

Read More: Nra, Mexico, Mexican Drug Cartels, Mexico Violence, Mexico Drug Wars, Guns, Drug Violence, World News
Josh Sugarmann

Why are "Mexican drug lords who make Forbes magazine's list of billionaires" shopping for guns in the U.S.A.? Because they know a bargain when they see one.

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Post Passover Ponderings

Sam Greenfield | Posted 05.15.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Miley Cyrus, Lists, Vermont Gay Marriage, Gm, Lewis J. Carrol, Yankee Stadium, Robert Smigel, Judd Apatow, Obama, Drugs, Pirates of the Carribean, Nra, Alice in Wonderland, Rush Limbaugh, National Rifle Association, Frank Sinatra Jr., Ecstasy, General Motors, Mel Gibson, Tiger Woods, Don't Mess With ZOhan, Lewis Carrol, Adam Sandler, William Kristol, Somalia Pirates, E-Drug, Comedy News
Sam Greenfield

Two thousand six hundred dollars for a seat in Yankee Stadium? For that money, do i get a lap dance during the seventh inning stretch?

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Gun Permits: What The Latest Mass Killings Have In Common

AP | DEBORAH HASTINGS | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Licenses, Binghamton Shootings, Gun Permits, Gun Control, Pittsburgh Police Shootings, Mass Killings Gun Permits, Nra, Jiverly Wong, Politics News

They had more in common than unleashing carnage _ nearly every gunman in this monthlong series of mass killings was legally entitled to fire his weapo...

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Trigger-Happy in America

Cindy Handler | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mental Illness, Gun Violence, Binghamton Shooting, North Carolina Shooting, Shootings, Loner, Alabama Shooting, Conceal and Carry Laws, Economic Crisis, Why People Kill, Gun Control, Gun Lobby, Nra, Suicide by Cop, Politics News
Cindy Handler

I start wonder why the NRA hasn't launched a lucrative travel channel show. They could start each segment with "Today's shooting comes to you from..." filling in any given American locale.

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