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NRA’s LaPierre Rips ‘Elite Media’ as Thousands Jam Convention
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National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre delivered a fiery — some might call it pure boilerplate — speech to a crowded members’ meeting Saturday focusing on one of the organization’s favorite targets: the media.
Using a series of clips from past confrontations with the press and speeches over the years in which he predicted the course of the gun control effort that has become a gun prohibition movement, LaPierre threw punch after verbal punch.
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Texas Governor Explains The True Source of Gun Violence at NRA: ‘Hearts Without God’
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While speaking at the National Rifle Association (NRA) convention on Friday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott spoke his mind about the “true source of gun violence.”
Abbott pushed back on gun control advocates arguing that “the answer to gun violence is not to take guns away, the answer is to strengthen the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens.”
Friday’s meeting was the first convention since the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, as well as the resulting activism in favor of gun control.
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TX: Dallas Restaurant's Gun Regulation Message Draws NRA's Ire
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The National Rifle Association has tweeted at followers to avoid patronizing a Dallas restaurant that said it's donating a portion its proceeds this week to "organizations dedicated to implementing reasonable and effective gun regulations." The restaurant, Ellen's, is located in downtown Dallas, where the NRA is holding its annual meeting this weekend. Owner Joe Groves told television station KTVT that no NRA member wants kids or police officers to get killed and that "people like me don't want to take their guns away either. Can we not have both?" |
Top NRA Official Warns: Democrats are 'On Fire Right Now'
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A top official at the National Rifle Association warned Republicans of what’s at stake if Democrats flip the House in the 2018 midterms. Chris Cox, the chief of the NRA’s legislative-lobbying arm, said Saturday at the group’s annual convention in Dallas that “everything will be on the table” if Republicans lose control of the House. “If we lose Congress and the White House, we don’t have to guess what they’ll do to our rights — they’re already openly calling for a complete repeal of the Second Amendment,” Cox said, according to the Washington Times.
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AP review: More than 30 Mishaps from Armed Adults at Schools
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They are the "good guys with guns" the National Rifle Association says are needed to protect students from shooters: a school police officer, a teacher who moonlights in law enforcement, a veteran sheriff. Yet in a span of 48 hours in March, the three were responsible for gun safety lapses that put students in danger. The school police officer accidentally fired his gun in his Virginia office, sending a bullet through a wall into a middle school classroom.
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Tony Holmes on Critics of Second Amendment
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Competitive shooter Tony Holmes was asked: What would you say when someone criticizes our Second Amendment and wants to pass more gun control laws in the wake of a tragedy, like a school shooting? “The Second Amendment was written to protect the people of this country against a tyrannical government and the ability to protect themselves and their home. It doesn’t decide what particular guns should be disallowed. |
CO: Nearly 200 Rally in Support of Gun Rights in Fort Collins
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The same organizers that planned the pro-gun "Rally for our Rights" event in Loveland hosted a rally in Fort Collins on Saturday, which drew more contention than the inaugural event. Organizers hosted the non-permitted demonstration on the sidewalk at the intersection of Mulberry Street and College Avenue "in support of the right to keep and bear arms," according to the event's page on Facebook. |
IL: More Southern Illinois Counties Consider Gun Sanctuary Resolutions
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Derrick Fletcher wanted to take matters into his own hands in order to send a message to legislators in Springfield.
Fletcher, 32, of Galatia, found out about a number of laws being floated in the Illinois General Assembly to regulate firearms. At the same time, he watched Iroquois and Effingham counties pass resolutions in opposition. He said he was shocked to hear Saline County was not considering such a resolution and sprang into action. |
MI: Off-Duty Police Officer's Gun Accidentally Fires During Wrestling Tournament at Michigan High School
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A gunshot rang out at Fowlerville High School during a wrestling tournament Saturday.
Police said an off-duty police officer was at the school to watch his son wrestle when his off-duty weapon accidently discharged about 12:40 p.m. The bullet struck the gymnasium floor.
One person was treated for a twisted ankle they suffered while fleeing the scene, police said, but no one was hurt as a result of the shooting.
The incident remains under investigation, and a report will be forwarded to the Livingston County Prosecutor for review after the investigation is complete, police said. |
Trump’s Comments About Gun Laws in Britain and France Prompt Anger and Rebukes
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President Trump's long-delayed visit to Britain to meet Prime Minister Theresa May is scheduled for July 13. Meanwhile, it was only last month he had warmly received French President Emmanuel Macron in Washington. But despite the outward appearance of warm ties with Britain and France, traditionally two of the United States' strongest European allies, Trump managed to stoke outrage and anger in both London and Paris this weekend — and he did so with a single speech. |
TX: Sutherland Springs Tragedy Energizes NRA, Gun-Rights Supporter
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The National Rifle Association came to Texas on a mission, determined to fight the perception that Second Amendment political forces are on the defensive going into this year’s crucial midterm elections. Get the latest news, sports and food features sent directly to your inbox. They found their new rallying point here. Upward of 80,000 NRA members — President Donald Trump and association officials call it a record turnout — left the four-day convention to fight for Second Amendment-friendly candidates nationwide, using a Texas tragedy as a grisly counterpoint to gun-control activists who have built momentum after a deadly Florida high school shooting. |
Gov. Considering Bill That Removes State Hurdles To Carrying Guns In Public
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A bill that would allow Oklahomans to carry handguns in public without getting permission from the state is on Gov. Mary Fallin’s desk. State senators gave Senate Bill 1212 their final approval late Wednesday night on a measure that allows gun owners to carry their firearms openly or hidden from view without a permit, passing state background checks or paying the related fees. They also won’t have to take 16 hours of firearms safety training currently required before carrying a gun in public. |
"Guns and Gunfights of the Texas Rangers" Display at the 2018 NRAAM
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A stroll down the collectors’ aisles at the 147th NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits always reveals interesting artifacts. This year, a display by the Dallas Arms Collectors Association is a particular delight. It is titled “Guns and Gunfights of the Texas Rangers.” The display of items used by Texas Rangers dating from the time of the Republic of Texas (circa 1836) includes long arms, sidearms, sabers, bullet molds, holsters and other rare artifacts.
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NY: Plan for Statue of WWII Hero Holding Rifle Lands in Controversy
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For years, veterans on Grand Island have been planning to expand a park dedicated to a World War II hero who received the Medal of Honor for stepping into the line of fire to provide an escape for his platoon in Normandy. But a plan to erect a statue in the park depicting the soldier, Charles DeGlopper, in battle has landed in the center of debate after a committee that oversees funding for regional greenway projects rejected a request for $150,000 for the project. |
NY: Le Roy Students Urging Lawmakers not to Take Their Guns Away
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Some Genesee County students are pleading with state lawmakers not to take their guns away. Sunday members of the brand new Le Roy High School trap shooting team came together to practice, and speak out against a proposed new state gun law for shooting programs. The bill proposed by a New York City assemblywoman would ban riflery, archery and even gun safety education programs at New York public schools.
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Bank of America's Loan to Remington Tests Its Firearms Pledge
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Bank of America Corp is preparing to provide critical financing to Remington Outdoor Co, which makes assault-type rifles, just weeks after the U.S. bank said it would stop financing "military-style" firearms for civilians. The bank is contributing $43.2 million to a $193 million lending package funded by seven banks, according to court documents, which will help put Remington back on stable footing as it emerges from bankruptcy later this month into an uncertain environment for gun makers.
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TX: Gun Supporters Outshoot Opponents at Dallas NRA Protest
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Practitioners of the First and Second Amendments faced off on the plaza at Dallas City Hall Saturday, one block away from the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center where an estimated 80,000 gun rights advocates were attending the 147th Annual Meeting of the National Rifle Association. One side carried guns while the other stayed mostly stayed silent in a political and social standoff that most likely may be repeated when the NRA brings its 2019 conference to Indianapolis next spring. |
LA: Gun Owners Weigh in on Ways to Improve Gun Safety
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For Steven Briggs, a gun show is a part of what makes Louisiana the sportsman's paradise. He also says it's no place for a criminal. "Anybody that comes in has to do a background check before the gun is purchased. So they have to be legal through the United States to own a gun," said Briggs. |
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