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So Far, Obama Era Has Been Good for Gun Owners

By Steve PendleburyJun 29th 2010 – 3:02PM
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Karen Bleier, AFP / Getty Images

(June 29) -- Monday's Supreme Court decision upholding individual gun rights is the latest development to challenge the notion that the Second Amendment is a target for the Obama administration. In fact, one commentator says, the last couple of years have been a "gun rights renaissance." Even before he was elected, some...

High Court's Gun Ruling Won't End Local Skirmishes

By Andrea StoneJun 28th 2010 – 4:27PM
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Karen Bleier, AFP/Getty Images

WASHINGTON (June 28) -- By extending the Second Amendment right to bear arms to state and local governments, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday opened the door to legal challenges to gun laws across the country. Whether the decision will change the status quo, though, remains unclear. The case, McDonald v. City of Chicago,...

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Why Would NRA Denounce Media Coverage of Trayvon Martin Case?

By Dean Obeidallah Apr 18th 2012 - 03:37PM

Over the weekend, the National Rifle Association's (NRA) Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre attacked the media for "sensational reporting from Florida" about the Trayvon Martin case.

Wayne LaPierre News From the Web

  • 04/30/12 Guns Stores Can't Get Guns Fast Enough To Keep Up With... Source: Think Progress Last year, NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre made the odd claim that President Obama intentionally avoided gun regulation during his entire first term as part of a " massive Obama conspiracy to deceive voters and hide his true intentions to destroy the Second Amendment in our country."
  • 04/18/12 Why Would NRA Denounce Media Coverage of Trayvon... Source: The Huffington Post Over the weekend, the National Rifle Association's (NRA) Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre attacked the media for "sensational reporting from Florida" about the Trayvon Martin case.
  • 04/17/12 MSNBC Slimes NRA as Having 'Blood on Its Hands,' Is... Source: NewsBusters.org MSNBC analyst David Goodfriend appeared on Tuesday's Dylan Ratigan Show to slime the National Rifle Association as having "blood on its hands."
  • 04/17/12 In the wake of shooting deaths, the NRA stays on... Source: Keene Sentinel "Guns don't kill people. People kill people," proclaims the National Rifle Association.
  • 04/17/12 New at PolitiFact Tennessee: Checking White House and... Source: The Commercial Appeal - Memphis TN Over the weekend, the National Rifle Association held its annual meeting in St. Louis, so our partners with PolitiFact National looked at two items having to do with guns.

Background on Wayne LaPierre

Wayne LaPierre (born November 8, 1948), is an American author and Second Amendment advocate. He is best known for his position as the Executive Vice President of the National Rifle Association.

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