National Rifle Association

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Lawmakers in gun-loving Texas have quietly gone around the National Rifle Association by slipping language into a massive spending bill that would fund a $1 million public safety campaign on gun storage. The last-minute move late Sunday sets up a political test rarely seen in Texas for Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, […]

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Wayne LaPierre, the fiery public face of the National Rifle Association for decades, fended off a backlash inside the organization over its finances and direction, winning re-election Monday as the gun lobby’s CEO. The move, announced on the NRA magazine’s American Rifleman website, came during a closed-door meeting of the group’s board […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Schools across the nation should train selected staff members to carry weapons and should each have at least one armed security officer to make students safer and allow a quicker response to an attack, the director of a National Rifle Association-sponsored study said Tuesday. The task force that produced the report has […]

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — The head of the National Rifle Association is attacking President Barack Obama’s call for mandatory background checks for gun owners. The NRA’s Wayne LaPierre says those who favor mandatory background checks may be, quote, “insane.” LaPierre says background checks won’t make schools safer. Instead, he says, the checks will let […]

Blogs don’t write, people write them. That makes about as much sense as that old NRA line “Guns don’t kill, people do.” With all the gun violence happening almost daily in our community and other places as well, it’s time to start making sense.  The NRA and many of those who are supporters have a […]

The NRA (National Rifle Association) has recently unveiled a new campaign to target the black community. Hip-Hop mogul Russell Simmons believes that the NRA is trying to convince black people that they need guns to fight “the man”. Adding that recent hiring of “urban gun enthusiast” Colion Noir is also problematic. Read his opinion below. […]

CHICAGO (AP) — After months of drama surrounding Jesse Jackson Jr.’s seat in Congress, the race to replace the congressman with the prominent name has pivoted to a different high-profile topic: guns. Only a short time ago, most of the attention in Illinois’ 2nd District was fixed on Jackson himself, specifically his mysterious leave of absence […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican congressman says he’s invited rocker Ted Nugent, who has referred to President Barack Obama‘s administration as “evil, America-hating,” to the State of the Union address. Rep. Steve Stockman of Texas said Monday on his website that Nugent will be his guest for the president’s speech Tuesday night. Stockman has talked […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Banning some assault weapons and requiring background checks for all firearms purchases aren’t a serious attempt to reduce gun violence, a top National Rifle Association official warned Tuesday as Congress geared up for the year’s first hearing on the subject. Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the NRA, said the country must […]

Debbie Halvorson is a white Democrat, a staunch supporter of The National Rifle Association, and an ex-congresswoman who desperately wants to represent the majority-black district vacated by former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. And she could win. Some black Democrats initially considered Halvorson a longshot candidate, but in politics anything is possible and now folks are […]

Don’t drag President Barack Obama’s daughters into the debate over guns. Just when I thought the National Rifle Association couldn’t sink any lower – it did. The NRA released a shameless video ad this week that references Obama’s daughters, Sasha and Malia, and links the girls to Obama’s $500 million plan to reduce gun violence […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says a National Rifle Association video referencing President Barack Obama‘s daughters is “repugnant and cowardly.” Obama spokesman Jay Carney says most Americans agree that a president’s children should not be used as “pawns in a political fight.” Carney was referring to an online video from the pro-gun lobby. The […]