s. Back to Top OTHER FBI NEWS The Secret History of Gun Rights: How Lawmakers Armed the N.R.A. The New York Times (07/28, McIntire) reported that the National Rifle Association (NRA)'s rise to power was influenced by a strategy devised by Representative John D. Dingell Jr. in 1975, which transformed it into a powerful lobb

s. Back to Top OTHER FBI NEWS The Secret History of Gun Rights: How Lawmakers Armed the N.R.A. The New York Times (07/28, McIntire) reported that the National Rifle Association (NRA)'s rise to power was influenced by a strategy devised by Representative John D. Dingell Jr. in 1975, which transformed it into a powerful lobb

is indicative of the GOP's indifference to find a solution that includes any expansion of gun control. Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the National Rifle Association, said in 2012 that "the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun." His point is often repeated by gun control opponents.

y remember that we spoke about guns just a few days before Christmas, following the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut. So did Wayne LaPierre, CEO of the National Rifle Association. WAYNE LAPIERRE: The only way, the only way to stop a monster from killing our kids is to be personally involved and invested in a plan of absolute

d of tepid talk will do nothing to push this crucial legislation through Congress. Mitt Romney was far worse. As the recently anointed candidate of the National Rifle Association, he flatly opposes renewal of the assault weapons ban, even though as governor of Massachusetts he signed a statewide ban in 2004 after the federal

rsuade Trump to change his mind on public policy is to convince him that he would lose support from his base, whether it's true or not. This is how the National Rifle Association, which should be viewed first and foremost as a trade association for the gun industry, got him to break his promise to impose "very meaningful bac

Trump has said about expanding gun background checks THE DOMESTIC AGENDA: -- Lucy and the football, cont.: The inside story of how Trump caved to the National Rifle Association yet again on taking meaningful action to curb gun violence. Josh Dawsey and David Nakam_ura report: "Since the shootings, NRA officials have repea

Trump has said about expanding gun background checks THE DOMESTIC AGENDA: -- Lucy and the football, cont.: The inside story of how Trump caved to the National Rifle Association yet again on taking meaningful action to curb gun violence. Josh Dawsey and David Nakamura report: "Since the shootings, NRA officials have repeate