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The NRA doesn't deserve my sympathy, or yours
Usually when a senator suffers a big public defeat, he slinks off to lick his wounds. He rarely retwists the arms that didn't bend his way. Colleagues don't like to be seen switching. Were they horribly mistaken the first time? Don't know what they...Tags: Glenn Beck, Personal Weapon Control, John McCain, Republican Party, Joe Manchin III
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COLUMN - Benghazi and the Republican abandonment of the center
Reuters(Nicholas Wapshott is a Reuters columnist) By Nicholas Wapshott May 10 (Reuters) - In World War Two, the Libyan port of Benghazi was hard fought over, changing hands five times between Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps and the Allied forces. Seventy years on,...Tags: PBS (tv network), Interior Policy, Elections, Democratic Party, Shootings
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Is NRA protecting weapons manufacturers?
Wayne LaPierre, the mouthpiece of the National Rifle Association, has said it over and over again. "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun." Of course, in his simplicity, he ignores the all-to-human propensity for...Tags: Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, National Rifle Association of America, Criminals, Interior Policy
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LETTER: LaPierre: Boston Proves ... Something
Wayne LaPierre told the NRA convention that "Boston proves" gun control is dangerous. This is just more fear-mongering rhetoric -- the same old NRA mantra. Have some more Kool-Aid ... Notice he doesn't say how Boston proves anything about gun control....Tags: Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, National Rifle Association of America, Interior Policy, Politics
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LETTER: NRA Making Stand Against Government?
Wayne LaPierre's remarks at The NRA enclave come frighteningly close to declaring war on the U.S. government [May 5, news, "We Will Never Surrender, NRA Chief Vows At Meeting"]. They'll "never surrender" and they prefer to "stand and fight"? If that... -
RPT-FEATURE-Video game maker drops gun makers, not their guns
Reuters(Repeats for wider subscribers) By Malathi Nayak SAN FRANCISCO, May 7 (Reuters) - In the midst of the bitter national debate on gun violence, gun manufacturers and videogame makers are delicately navigating one of the more peculiar relationships in...Tags: Weaponry, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Coca-Cola Co., EA Tiburon, Electronics
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Jon Stewart accuses NRA of fear-mongering at convention
The National Rifle Assn. held its annual convention last weekend in Houston, where conservative pundits like Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck railed at efforts to enact tighter gun control measures -- and, as Jon Stewart pointed out Monday on "The Daily Show,"...Tags: Gun Control, Glenn Beck, Personal Weapon Control, National Rifle Association of America, Conservative Political Action Conference
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Whose side is the NRA on?
Terrorism, whether practiced in the U.S. or overseas, can be defined as a deliberate act of violence to instill fear in a target audience. We fight terrorism when we stay calm but resolute; we abet terrorists when our response is to panic or try to foment...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, George W. Bush, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Firearms, Shootings
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NRA pledge on gun rights: 'We will never surrender'
HOUSTON — Vowing that “we will never surrender,” the leader of the National Rifle Assn. claimed victory over recently defeated gun control legislation and denounced “political and media” elites for vilifying gun owners and...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Glenn Beck, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Crime, Law and Justice, Interior Policy
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Sarah Palin, NRA's backward view of guns, 'politics of emotion'
It’s been kind of entertaining to see the world-class sophistry on display in Houston at the NRA’s annual convention. The message is: If you feel devastated about the slaughters of Sandy Hook, or Aurora, or Tucson, instead of trying to...
Tags: Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, National Rifle Association of America, Interior Policy, New York City
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La Asociación Nacional del Rifle: "Nuestra libertad está siendo atacada"
ReutersPor Corrie MacLaggan HOUSTON, EEUU, 4 may (Reuters) - Es hora de dejar de demonizar a todos los propietarios de armas que cumplen la ley por los actos violentos cometidos por unos pocos criminales, dijeron el viernes los líderes de la Asociación...Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama
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At NRA convention, both sides of gun debate
HOUSTON — On the morning of the first day of the National Rifle Assn. convention, before the doors opened, scores of visitors lined up outside the convention center, part of what organizers expect will be a record crowd. Among them was Tilman...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Crime, Law and Justice, Interior Policy, Rick Perry, Shootings
May 10, 2013
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May 10, 2013
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May 3, 2013
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