THE NRA UNDER FIRE
Tags: FIREARMS -- Law & legislation; GUN control; NATIONAL Rifle Association of America; FIREARMS ownership; FIREARMS owners; REAGAN, Ronald, 1911-2004
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- Missouri showdown. Cannon, Angie // U.S. News & World Report;04/19/99, Vol. 126 Issue 15, p48
Discusses how Missouri has become the first state in the nation to defeat an initiative that would have permitted residents to carry hidden weapons if they passed background checks and completed 12-hour training courses. How the vote was a major setback for the National Rifle Association; How...
- NRA = NO RATIONAL ARGUMENT? HOW THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION EXPLOITS PUBLIC IRRATIONALITY. Medlock, Scott // Texas Journal on Civil Liberties & Civil Rights;Fall2005, Vol. 11 Issue 1, p39
The article focuses on the gun control movement of some advocates and how the National Rifle Associations (NRA) can counter it in the U.S. It states that most gun owners are less likely to support the banning of handguns and other weapons. The conflict between gun owner and those supporting gun...
- A flip-flop for the ages. Foer, Franklin; Cannon, Angie // U.S. News & World Report;05/24/99, Vol. 126 Issue 20, p28
Reports how United States Senate agreed to pass regulations requiring background checks for buyers at gun shows in the wake of the Columbine High School massacre in Littleton, Colorado. The Republican impulse to distance the party from the National Rifle Association and its lobby; Democrats'...
- Counterpoint: Does Gun Control Destroy Freedom? Parrish, Ann // Points of View: Gun Control;2013, p6
This article presents an argument in favor of gun control in the United States. Unlike the right to drive an automobile, the right to bear arms is specifically named in the U.S. Constitution. Likewise, the responsibility of ?we the people? to ?promote the general welfare? as well as to ?preserve...
- Gay guns. Ivory, Dawn // Guide;May2004, Vol. 24 Issue 5, p11
Examines key policies governing citizens' right to carry arms and weapons in the U.S. Gun control policies; Bill of Rights' provisions on guns and weapons.
- 'Gored'? Not in '04. Rosenberg, Debra // Newsweek;1/19/2004, Vol. 143 Issue 3, p8
Reports that a survey of U.S. presidential candidates suggests Democrats are moderating their stances on gun laws. Reference to Al Gore's proposal to issue federal licenses to gun owners; Opposition by the six major contenders to licensing of gun owners and the registration of handguns; Their...
- Gun control issue far from one-sided. McIntyre, KathrynJ. // Business Insurance;05/31/99, Vol. 33 Issue 22, p21
Presents views of the insurance industry on the issue of stricter gun control in the United States. Position of the National Rifle Association on the issue; Comments on the selective imposition of the ban; Role of the insurance industry in gun control efforts.
- Gun laws, gun culture. // Christian Century;06/02/99, Vol. 116 Issue 17, p603
Discusses the gun control legislation in the United States. Lobbying efforts of the National Rifle Association to block the passage of the bill on gun control; Number of gun-related deaths in the country every year; Comparison of the government policy on the policy of Great Britain concerning...
- NRA ditches rifle for shotgun approach. Dodosh, Mark // Crain's Cleveland Business;07/17/2000, Vol. 21 Issue 30, p10
Comments on the direct approach employed by the National Rifle Association in expressing its opposition to legislation on gun bans in the United States. Contention that gun bans violate the rights granted by the Second Amendment of the US Constitution; Disadvantages of an unarmed civilian...
