The National Rifle Association announced Tuesday it is cancelling the annual meetings and exhibits that were to be held in Houston, Texas over Labor Day weekend. The organization is citing concerns over “the safety of our NRA family and community.” This would have been the gala 150th anniversary celebration for the organization. “We make this […]
Rights Groups Slam Cuomo on Gun Control ‘Emergency Declaration’
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s declaration of a “disaster emergency on gun violence” has been met with a barrage of criticism from two leading national gun rights organizations, and some critics are portraying this move as an attempt to distract public attention from his legal problems over his response to the COVID-19 crisis and allegations […]
NRA On the Ropes with Bankruptcy Dismissal? Anti-Gunners Think So
Within hours of a Texas federal judge’s dismissal of the National Rifle Association’s bankruptcy case—part of an effort to get the organization out of New York State and re-established in the Lone Star State—a billionaire-backed gun prohibition group in Seattle was calling it a “HUGE blow to the already-beleaguered NRA.” The Alliance for Gun Responsibility […]
NRA Reportedly Pledges $2M Ad Campaign to Fight Biden Gun Control
Fox Business is reporting that the embattled National Rifle Association is “pushing back on President Biden’s efforts to rein in gun rights following a series of mass shootings, pledging to spend millions on ‘fighting and educating lawmakers’ in Washington.” “At least 12 states will be targets for the NRA campaign, but the group told Fox News that […]
NY Attorney General Suing NRA Praises Biden’s Call for Gun Control
Anti-gun New York Attorney General Letitia James, currently pressing a lawsuit that seeks to dismantle the National Rifle Association, is heaping praise on Joe Biden for issuing a call for “gun reform” in the wake of Boulder, Colorado’s mass shooting by a 21-year-old man armed with a semi-auto rifle. Ten people were killed and the […]
House Passes 2 Background Check Measures; Rights Groups React
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed two bills to expand background checks on gun sales, and two national gun rights organizations have been quick to respond. According to CBS News, the hotly debated “Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021,” (H.R. 8,) was passed on a vote of 227 to 203, with eight Republicans joining […]
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