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Piers Morgan blasts NRA ‘cowards’ for refusing interview
CNN host Piers Morgan continued to berate gun rights advocates on Wednesday, calling the NRA “cowards” on Twitter. “I’ve repeatedly asked the @NRA leaders to come on my show, and they’ve repeatedly refused. Cowards, the lot of them,” the former British tabloid editor tweeted. Morgan has been on a personal…
The NRA Uses Uppity Obama Card to Sell More Guns
Boy, what’s it with the NRA and their disdain for the very real threat of assassination that black leaders face? First they put Gun Appreciation Day on MLK weekend, because there’s no time like the public mourning of an important leader felled by a racist gunman to celebrate guns. Now…
‘Morning Joe’ hosts eviscerate ‘sick in the head’ NRA for targeting Obama’s kids
The hosts of MSNBC’s Morning Joe on Wednesday ripped into the National Rifle Association (NRA) for using President Barack Obama’s daughters in an advertisement opposing new gun safety measures. On Tuesday, the pro-gun lobbying group sparked outrage by releasing an ad calling Obama an “elitist hypocrite” for opposing guns in…
NRA triggers furor with its shooting-range app
The National Rifle Association, which blames video games in part for mass shootings, triggered controversy Tuesday after coming out with its own game for iPhones and iPads. “NRA: Practice Range,” released Sunday, is billed as “the NRA’s new mobile nerve center” with access to information about gun safety, legislation and…
NRA president calls on gun makers to give him more money
National Rifle Association (NRA) President David Keene admits that that the gun industry funds his organization with generous donations but would like to see even more cash pumped into pro-gun lobbying as opponents try to move forward with efforts to stop mass shootings. “One of the big questions here is…
Will gun control ‘dream team’ rival NRA for political firepower?
Gun control 'dream team' is born: Can it rival NRA for political firepower? (via The Christian Science Monitor) A month after the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, a once-moribund gun-control movement this week unleashed a broad, coordinated campaign aimed at curbing America’s fascination with high-powered firearms by, in part, blunting…
Maddow: NRA’s political clout is on the wane
Wednesday night on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” host Rachel Maddow discussed how, in spite of all of the organization’s noise and bluster, the NRA’s political clout appears to be on the wane. She began by discussing the political phenomenon of “low-hanging fruit,” the kinds of things that everyone is pretty…
Philadelphia mayor: NRA’s armed school guards plan ‘a completely dumbass idea’
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter had harsh words on Wednesday for the National Rifle Association’s call to plant armed guards at every school in the country, citing the Dec. 24 shooting attack on firefighters in Webster, New York as proof the group’s proposal was untenable. “[A] guy sets a fire, firefighters…
Ron Paul blasts NRA plan for ‘Orwellian surveillance state’
Texas congressman and erstwhile Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) is distancing himself from the National Rifle Association (NRA)’s plan calling for massively increased security in schools. According to Politico, the Libertarian Paul said that “government security is just another kind of violence.” In a statement on his website,…
NRA issues point-blank ‘no’ on gun control
The NRA, the most powerful gun lobby in the United States, ruled out any support Sunday for greater regulation of firearms or ammunition magazines after the Sandy Hook elementary school massacre. Wayne LaPierre, the executive vice president of the National Rifle Association, said planned legislation to outlaw military-style assault weapons…
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