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	The Truth About Gun Shows
	10/01/09 - Recent attacks on American gun shows are not about law enforcement or punishing the guilty, they are about exploiting a lack of knowledge on the part of the general public and paving the way for universal firearm registration ... and, if history is anything to go by, confiscation.


	Welcome to NRA Country
	09/16/09 - Hold onto your hats for NRACountry--a new partnership between the NRA and the brightest stars of country music! We’re going to bring a new presence for the NRA into one of the fastest-growing entertainment segments today. The NRA is slated to become country music’s first brand of freedom.


	Expressing Shared Political Values
	08/26/09 - In an astonishing and rare procedural shift, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to produce an expected narrow decision on a critical First Amendment case before its last term ended. Instead, the court deferred its ruling and ordered a new hearing--calling for the case to be re-argued under a vastly broadened scope--scheduled for September, even before its new term begins.


	Right-to-Carry In Restaurants
	08/26/09 - Right-to-Carry is not a new concept. It` been the law in Tennessee for more than ten years. A 1998 article in the Tennessean newspaper carried the incredulous headline, "Gun law hasn`t led to carnage"--as if this were a big surprise.


	A Year after Heller, Second Amendment Cases Move Fast
	08/26/09 - As this issue goes to press, we’ve just celebrated the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in District of Columbia v. Heller, which firmly established that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to arms.


	NRA Has a Dog in This Fight
	08/15/09 - Many Americans find it hard to believe that there are groups lobbying across the country to malice it much more expensive and difficult to obtain dogs or occasionally breed them for others to enjoy. It should come as no surprise, however, that the lead agitator is the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS).


	Chaining the Second Amendment in Chicago
	08/14/09 - Should state and local governments be allowed to ban handguns? Yes, says the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, because it is important that governments be able to prohibit self-defense.


	The OAS Treaty: Blueprint for Dismantling the Second Amendment
	08/14/09 - The Obama administration’s offensive against the Second Amendment has begun. As was predicted, the strategy uses international law to create a foundation for repressive and extreme gun control. The mechanism is an international treaty, the “Inter-American Convention Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives and Other Related Materials.”


	Changing Times--Time To Take Action
	08/14/09 - A right that’s not exercised is a right that can be lost.


	Blind Alleys On The Information Superhighway
	08/06/09 - During World War II, soldiers stuck on troopships or remote bases would often start rumors, just for the sake of seeing how fast a tall tale would get back to them. All patriotic Americans appreciate what those GIs did to preserve freedom, but we can only imagine what the rumor mill would have been like if the Internet had existed in those days.


	Bloomberg's Half Truths
	07/01/09 - The “off year” gubernatorial election that’s underway in Virginia is traditionally considered a political bellwether for the next regular election cycle. But now, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is trying to transform the Virginia governor’s race into a referendum on gun control.


	Bloody Pirates!
	07/01/09 - American merchant sailors are now at greater risk of pirate attack than at any time since the presidency of James Madison. While Somali pirates have been getting all of the media attention, pirates also thrive off West Africa, especially near the Niger Delta. Piracy also flourished near the Philippines and Indonesia.


	Disarming Citizens: On Land And At Sea
	07/01/09 - Recently, demanding a harsh new federal ban on semi-automatic firearms, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell evoked the defining argument of the gun-ban movement--their twisted confusion between good and evil.


	"20/20" Turns a Blind Eye on Self-Defense
	07/01/09 - As big media mounts an attack on gun owners’ rights, a TV “news” magazine mocks your ability to defend yourself.


	The State of Heller
	06/09/09 - Does the Second Amendment apply to state and local governments? The Supreme Court has not definitively ruled, but in Nordyke v. King, decided just before this issue of America’s 1st Freedom went to press, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Second Amendment does bind state and local governments. The Ninth Circuit covers the nine westernmost states, including California.


	Showing Their True Colors
	05/30/09 - Following the election of the most anti-gun president in American history and a Congress led by some of the most extreme anti-gun politicians ever to set foot on Capitol Hill, the most surprising news out of Washington during Obama-Biden’s first 100 days was that gun control was suddenly--and supposedly--not a priority. Make special note of that “supposedly.”


	The"Blame America" Beat Goes On
	05/30/09 - Last month I reported that the anti-gunners are gearing up to use the crisis in Mexico to advance their agenda.Now, Congress and the Obama administration have jumped into the issue with both feet.


	One on One with Chuck Norris
	05/26/09 - It was the week before the election of 2008 and the Second Amendment needed some help. Economic bad news was drowning out the key differences between candidates on core Second Amendment issues in some of the nation’s tightest races. The media obsession with the presidential race was diverting voter attention from key congressional contests. Freedom hung in the balance. In that final, fateful week, one of America’s favorite action heroes stepped up to take command. Screen star Chuck Norris, known to generations of Americans as an icon of toughness, filmed a television ad on behalf of the NRA Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF). “Some politicians say they support your rights--but their voting records say otherwise,” warned Norris in the ad. “Protect your rights on Election Day--check the candidate’s record, and see who stood up for your family--and who protected the criminals.”


	Divided We Fall, United We Will Prevail
	05/20/09 - Hunters have countless, well-funded, politically sophisticated enemies whose goal is to end our enjoyment of America`s mountains, fields, woods and wetlands: Chief among them is the $120 million-a-year Humane Society of the United States (HSUS).


	The Pieces Fall Into Place
	05/07/09 - Another bright star has been added to President Barack Obama’s anti-gun constellation.


	We Saved A Space For You
	05/07/09 - It was a five-year-long battle, but Oklahoma gun owners emerged victorious.


	Bolder Bolton
	05/07/09 - In an exclusive interview, NRANews.com Managing Editor Ginny Simone visits with John Bolton, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and hero to Second Amendment supporters.


	Mexico Drug Wars: Will Gun Owners be the Scapegoats?
	04/27/09 - As drug-related violence soars on the border, some on both sides are all too ready to blame the Second Amendment.


	The Constitution, Bill of Rights, and Firearms Ownership in America
	04/21/09 - A resource for students and teachers on the Right to Keep and Bear Arms


	Courts Clarify Standard for Dealer Violations
	04/09/09 - Two federal appeals courts recently handed down important decisions that clarify the standard for revoking a dealer’s federal firearms license (FFL). While the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) can only revoke an FFL for "willful" violations of the law, the batfe has argued that repeated recordkeeping errors are all it takes to prove a "willful" violation. All too often, the courts have agreed.


	"Assault Weapons" 2009
	03/27/09 - Legislation to require a federal license to possess any detachable-magazine, semi-automatic rifle or shotgun, or any handgun, has been introduced in Congress. Legislation to reimpose the federal “assault weapon” and “large capacity” magazine ban of 1994, or an even broader ban--both introduced in the last two congresses--is sure to follow. And legislation to ban all semi-automatic and pump-action firearms, starting with those that use detachable magazines, has been pro-posed in the past and may not be far behind.


	The Coming Storm
	03/27/09 - Even before Inauguration Day, the Brady Campaign provided President Barack Obama with a wish list of gun-prohibition measures it’s hoping he will champion in the coming months.


	The World According To Cass
	03/27/09 - If you’ve followed the opening moves of the new White House, you know that President Barack Obama has staffed his cabinet from top to bottom with some of the most radical anti-gun extremists ever seen in Washington, D.C.


	Education at the Extremez
	03/27/09 - With President Barack Obama’s Cabinet reading like a “who’s who” of gun-ban advocates, it’s difficult to say which member is the most anti-gun. That is, until you meet Arne Duncan.


	President Obama`s Election and the Future of Hunting in America
	02/25/09 - Obama’s voting record as it relates to gun ownership is an open book for all to see. Regardless of the lies told by Fact Check, American Hunters and Shooters Association (AHSA) and other partisan front groups during the recent presidential election, his votes were more extreme than the most radical gun banners in American history—Ted Kennedy, Chuck Schumer, Hillary Clinton and Dianne Feinstein.


	Moving Targets
	02/19/09 - Every shooter and hunter knows that moving targets are the hardest to hit. Whether it’s a flushing pheasant in a cornfield or a “mover” at a handgun match, a moving target tests your nerves and your skill. Second Amendment litigation is much the same, as some local governments have changed their laws to duck challenges based on the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic Heller decision last summer.


	Shes BAAAAACK!
	02/19/09 - As a presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton caused a scare for gun owners. Now named Barack Obama’s secretary of state, the Clinton anti-gun nightmare has returned.


	Park Raving Mad
	02/19/09 - A new order lifting the ban on licensed concealed carry in national parks brings a tremendous outcry from ignorant, gun-hating “mainstream” media sources. Is anyone really surprised?


	Standing Guard: Ever Vigilant
	02/19/09 - Remember all those phony election stories floated by the media that the gun control issue was irrelevant, that anti-gun rights politicians had seen the light, that gun owners had nothing to worry about? We said they were lies and distortions. Now the Brady Campaign and the big media are proving we were right all along.


	President`s Column: Grassroots Activism Is A Powerful Force
	02/19/09 - Everyone now knows the danger the Obama-Biden White House poses to the rights of law-abiding gun owners. We watched as President Barack Obama assembled his team from among the most anti-gun zealots to ever hold public office. With Hillary Clinton, Tom Daschle and Eric Holder in the cabinet, and Rahm Emanuel as chief of staff, America’s gun owners know the dangers we face and that our friends in Congress will be mightily challenged in their defense of America’s beloved Second Amendment.


	Sword & Tome
	01/26/09 - With a new presidential administration that is hostile to private firearm ownership now in office, we`ll likely be hearing a renewed torrent of anti-gun rhetoric coming from all directions. As we prepare for these challenges and arguments, it`s a good time to recall some important quotes that provide a long-term perspective.


	The Holder Distortion
	01/26/09 - On the heels of naming gun-banner Rahm Emanuel as his chief of staff, Barack Obama once again puts the lie to his supposed support of the Second Amendment by selecting former Clintonite and gun-hater Eric Holder as attorney general.


	Political Report: Same Anti-Gunners, Different Year
	01/26/09 - One of the most stinging blows that Hillary Clinton delivered to Barack Obama's presidential campaign came when she mocked his motto "change you can believe in," by altering it to "change you can Xerox." Now, even as she prepares to join the Obama administration as secretary of state, her criticism is ringing true. Ironically, her own appointment is the most obvious example. Obama is staffing his administration from top to bottom with refugees from the Clinton White House, including two of the most aggressive anti-gun operatives of that era. They, in turn, promise to bring the same approach to the Second Amendment that Bill Clinton, Al Gore and Janet Reno pioneered.


	Has Their Time Come?
	01/26/09 - Last year, when then-Senator Barack Obama told his adoring faithful, "we are the ones we`ve been waiting for," anti-gun groups must have thought he was talking to them.


	Beware the Rahm
	12/22/08 - Barack Obama’s children may be getting a new puppy, but American gun owners will soon be the targets of an attack dog named Rahm Emanuel. On Jan. 20, this fierce enemy of the Second Amendment will become the chief of staff to the president of the United States.


	Political Report: Election 2008 and the Long Road Ahead
	12/22/08 - The 2008 elections are not yet completely over and they may not be for a while. But it’s not too early to thank each and every NRA member for your dedication and hard work.


	Standing Guard--Disdain for Freedom
	12/22/08 - As Barack Obama takes the reins as U.S. president—bolstered by control of both houses of Congress—the nation’s gun owners, the National Rifle Association, in particular, and our allies in the “new media” will face sustained threats to the free exercise of liberty.


	N.C. Gun Stores Beat BATFE
	11/21/08 - In an all-too-rare court victory, a pair of North Carolina gun stores has defeated an attempt by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) to revoke the stores’ federal dealers’ licenses. The win came in a Sept. 16 opinion by Senior U.S. District Judge Malcolm J. Howard of the Eastern District of North Carolina.


	Change . . . For The Worse
	11/20/08 - For eight long years, Bill Clinton, Al Gore and Janet Reno mocked and attacked gun owners’ rights. Now, despite our hard-fought battles, we are poised to see history repeat itself under a gun-hating Obama-Biden administration.


	Big Wins In The States In 2008
	11/20/08 - The year 2008 could go down as one of the most important years in our lifetime, as far as the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is concerned. In June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in District of Columbia v. Heller that the Second Amendment protects an individual right, and that laws banning handguns and prohibiting the use of guns for protection in your home are unconstitutional—a decision that may ultimately have a greater long-term impact on the ownership and use of firearms and ammunition than the Gun Control Act of 1968, the Firearms Owners’ Protection Act of 1986 and the now-expired Clinton Gun Ban of 1994 combined.


	Poison Pill
	11/20/08 - The Supreme Court’s decision overturning the D.C. handgun ban makes it more difficult for gun banners to do their job, at least until an anti-gun rights president is in position to appoint new justices to the court. In the meantime, the prohibitionists are implementing a new strategy—ban as many people as possible from owning guns.


	Right To Hunt
	09/16/08 - This past session, legislators in Oklahoma passed legislation by a combined vote of 143-2 allowing Oklahomans to decide whether to adopt a truly meaningful Right-to-Hunt constitutional amendment in November. Over the last five years, NRA-ILA has been leading the effort to adopt these improved amendments, and it is hoped this success in Oklahoma will lead to a wave of meaningful protections in other states as well.


	WE`RE BARAAACK! The Billionaire Gun-Banners Who Back Obama`s "Change"
	09/11/08 - How Bill Clinton`s point man on gun control, backed by gun-ban king George Soros, is set to play a major role in Barack Obama`s anti-gun plans.


	Barack Obama and the Global Gun Banners
	09/11/08 - Self-anointed “candidate of change” Barack Obama has earned the support of billionaire socialist George Soros. United Nations officials who, like Soros, sneer at U.S. sovereignty and the Second Amendment rights of ordinary Americans, also cheer his White House bid.


	Joe Biden: The Voice Of Anti-Gun Experience
	09/05/08 - Last week, we highlighted the enormous differences between vice presidential nominees Sarah Palin (R) and Joe Biden (D).


	Sarah Palin and Joe Biden: Worlds Apart
	08/29/08 - Even before this week, the difference between Barack Obama and John McCain was clear.


	Know Your Rights
	08/27/08 - As an FFL holder, you have specific legal rights that can help when the ATF comes calling. A time will probably come when you, as a federal firearms licensee, will have interaction with an agent or “investigator” (inspector) of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) during either an investigation of a customer or an inspection of your records and inventory. Because your license is your livelihood, you need to know your legal rights.


	Post-Heller Junk Science
	08/22/08 - The recent Supreme Court decision concerning the Washington, D.C., handgun ban, District of Columbia v. Heller, is a big win for American gun owners because simply banning firearms is no longer an option. Now that an individual right to arms has been confirmed by the Supreme Court, firearm prohibitionists can only accomplish their goal of civilian disarmament by regulating the Second Amendment out of existence.


	Standing Guard: The Company He Keeps
	08/11/08 - What do a radical South Side Chicago priest who has demanded that law-abiding firearm dealers and state legislators be “snuffed out,” and Chicago’s political boss, who is “livid” and “outraged” over the Supreme Court’s recognition of the Second Amendment, have in common? Influence over Barack Obama.


	Hanging by a Thread
	08/11/08 - In the U.S. Senate, support for the Second Amendment is razor thin. For that reason, during this election season, your gun rights may very well be hanging by a thread.


	VINDICATED!
	08/11/08 - By now, virtually all Americans, and millions of other people around the world, know that an important battle has been won in the long term war to protect the right of the people to keep and bear arms. On June 26, in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court stated outright what its previous decisions had recognized implicitly—that the Second Amendment protects “the individual right to possess and carry weapons in case of confrontation.”


	An Army of Lies
	08/04/08 - When Wayne Pacelle, head of the anti-hunting Humane Society of the United States, recently wrote a column stating that hunters have more in common with his group than with the National Rifle Association, he told one lie too many, prompting a quick and thorough rebuttal from NRA staffers involved in promoting hunting.


	Freedom Unbound!
	08/04/08 - In striking down the D.C. gun ban, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Second Amendment protects an individual right of all Americans.


	Why Microstamping and Bullet Serialization Won’t Work
	08/01/08 - A firearm examiner dispels the myths of these common gun-ban schemes being pushed in states throughout the nation.


	Battling Elite Conceit
	07/31/08 - In his speech to members at the NRA Annual Meetings in Louisville, NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre warned of the battle ahead to protect the Second Amendment.


	Standing Guard: An Individual Right Affirmed
	07/31/08 - We start therefore with a strong presumption that the Second Amendment right is exercised individually and belongs to all Americans.” --U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, June 26, 2008.


	Obama Wins Delegate Race, But AHSA Endorsement Flames Out
	07/28/08 - It was the very last day of the presidential primary season before Barack Obama amassed enough delegates to secure the Democratic nomination. He did not secure this critical mass from delegates won in primary elections and caucuses, but from so-called “superdelegates”—elected officials and other heavy hitters—who rushed to endorse him on the final day. In fact, Hillary Clinton surprised the pundits with a victory in the South Dakota primary on that final day, when many predictions were for Obama to take that state and Montana in a sweep.


	America's Worst Gun Laws: Coming Soon to a State Near You
	07/28/08 - As you go to the polls in November, remember some of the laws anti-gun politicians think are “reasonable.”


	President's Column: Pretenders Dressed as Patriots
	06/27/08 - A perfect example of duplicity and deception at work is the so-called American Hunters and Shooters Association (AHSA), which claims to support your Second Amendment rights--yet attacks your NRA and endorses Barack Obama for president.


	Political Report: NRA-ILA Wins Court Victories On Two Coasts
	06/27/08 - The Supreme Court has handed down its landmark decision in the Heller case, but we must also remember that legal skirmishes over our Second Amendment rights are not limited to the Supreme Court. Before and after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Heller, other cases were playing out across the country, with huge implications for the rights of citizens in those jurisdictions. When the situation demands, NRA-ILA goes beyond legislative and political advocacy to defend the Second Amendment in court.


	Standing Guard: Victory in Florida
	06/27/08 - Florida firearm owners, led by the unrelenting former NRA President Marion Hammer, have once again preserved armed self-defense, with the enactment of legislation to prohibit anti-gun employers and business owners from banning legal firearms kept out of sight in locked vehicles in parking lots.


	Election Preview, 2008
	06/23/08 - It’s a major election year. Add to it the election of the leader of the free world, and it seems pretty easy to understand why this election, even more than most, is critically important. But in the context of protecting the Second Amendment, it becomes crystal clear why Election 2008 is one of the most important in our history.


	Political Report: Right-to-Carry In Our National Parks
	06/23/08 - On April 30, the U.S. Department of Interior, through the National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, issued a proposed rule to ease the current strict regulations on firearms in national parks and wildlife refuges. NRA-ILA led the effort to amend the existing policy regarding the carrying and transportation of firearms on these federal lands. The public has until June 30 to comment on the proposal, and NRA strongly urges members to file comments in support.


	The Two Reasons We Must Stop Clinton And Obama
	06/23/08 - Gun rights advocates considering skipping this November's presidential election should keep two things in mind--the Supreme Court and the United Nations.


	ILA Report: Time for Public to Comment on New Rules for Guns in National Parks
	06/23/08 - On April 30, the U.S. Department of Interior, through the National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, issued a proposed rule to ease the current strict regulations on firearms in national parks and wildlife refuges. NRA-ILA led the effort to amend the existing policy regarding the carrying and transportation of firearms on these federal lands. The public has until June 30 to comment on the proposal, and NRA strongly urges members to file comments in support.


	AHSA Endorses Barack Obama
	05/29/08 - As this unusual campaign season has unfolded, we`ve seen the candidates ratcheting up their politically expedient rhetoric in an attempt to distinguish themselves as the "candidate of choice" for every constituency, while testing the far reaches of credibility in the process. We`ve heard blatantly anti-gun politicians claim to be supportive of the Second Amendment. We`ve seen hypocrisy, and we`ve heard double-speak and insults to our intelligence.


	Awaiting a Second Amendment Decision
	05/29/08 - The year 2008 will go down as an historic one in America--for the dramatic choices we`ll face in the presidential election, among other things.


	Freedom Restored In Florida!
	05/29/08 - After sparking America`s Right-to-Carry revolution in 1987 by passing its "shall-issue" carry law, then reinforcing that right in 2005 by passing landmark "Castle Doctrine" legislation, Florida is again leading the nation in securing your Second Amendment rights--this time, by passing a law protecting the right to have a firearm in your vehicle when driving to work, shop, do business or go anywhere you have a right to be.


	An Exclusive Interview With John McCain
	05/16/08 - To say that the 2008 elections will be crucial for the future of the Second Amendment would be an understatement. Future efforts to preserve our gun rights and our hunting heritage hinge on who will take the helm at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue next January. NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre and NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox recently sat down with presumptive Republican nominee Senator John McCain. They asked him some direct questions about his record and his philosophy. Here's what Senator McCain had to say.


	Second Amendment Showdown
	05/16/08 - The U.S. Supreme Court heard District of Columbia v. Heller, a monumental Second Amendment case that will likely decide whether you have an individual right to keep and bear arms.


	A Patriot Lays Down His Arms
	05/16/08 - he man who brought the heavens down to Earth through the power of his God-given talent is gone away now—gone to join those whom he portrayed with such persuasion. Charlton Heston, actor, advocate for individual rights and voice of reason in a time of turbulent political manipulation, relinquished the power of his rich baritone to the angels and, following a long battle with Alzheimer’s Disease, slipped gently into that good night.


	Standing Guard: Equality For All
	05/16/08 - With the sad passing of Charlton Heston, his lifelong record of courageously fighting for the restoration and preservation of the civil rights of all Americans comes sharply into our hearts and minds. Forty-five years ago, Chuck Heston marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to correct the wrongs of racial segregation--wrongs existing under the cover of unconstitutional state and local laws


	President`s Column: A True Threat To Freedom
	05/16/08 - Right now, one of the most anti-gun politicians ever to set foot in Washington, D.C., may be just one election away from the Oval Office, and far too few gun owners realize the true threat to freedom this candidate represents.


	No Bullets, No Shooting!
	04/23/08 - All gun owners are familiar with the 17th century maxim, "Keep your powder dry.” But if we expect to be gun owners in the 21st century, we have to update that to read, “Keep your powder—and all the rest of your ammunition—at all.” That’s because politicians who want to ban guns, but who don’t have the votes in Congress and state legislatures, are trying to achieve the same effect by banning the manufacture, importation, sale and possession of as much ammunition as possible, and severely restricting the rest.


	Monks Poached by Peta!
	04/16/08 - PETA shuts down a monastery’s 50-year-old egg-producing operation, calling it “hell on earth for chickens.” Yet, PETA slaughtered thousands of pets it collected from animal shelters under the pretense of finding homes for them.


	Michigan Celebrates Sixcess!
	04/16/08 - Michigan celebrates six years of lower crime rates since enactment of Right-to-Carry laws.


	Standing Guard: Barack Obama's Slippery Oratory
	04/11/08 - To understand Barack Obama on the Second Amendment, you have to know about the clash of character between the then-Chicago state senator and an ordinary citizen who exercised his right to armed self-defense in violation of a local gun ban.


	Self-Defense is a Basic Human Right
	04/03/08 - As the Supreme Court deliberates whether or not the District of Columbia’s 30-year-old gun ban is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment, a deep background look is critical to understanding what is at stake in terms of our personal liberties and the rights that ensure them.


	What Are The Anti`s Thinking?
	04/03/08 - Dave Kopel drills down into the filings for D.C.`s Supreme Court gun-ban case to answer the question: What Are The Anti`s Thinking?


	Obama Mentor Ted Kennedy's Anti-Gun Career
	04/03/08 - The man who has cast more anti-gun votes than any other lawmaker in U.S. history has endorsed a candidate for president. On Jan. 28, Sen. Ted Kennedy formally, and to great fanfare, bestowed his political blessing on Sen. Barack Obama.


	Time to Stop BATFE Abuses: Congress Pursues Firearm Law Reforms
	03/13/08 - Since we last reported on our drive to reform federal firearm laws (“BATFE Hearings Lead to Reform Bills,” June 2006), concern about treatment of firearm dealers by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) continues to rage. In response, members of the U.S. House of Representatives--with NRA-ILA`s full support--have begun to push for new and improved reform legislation.


	NRA-ILA
	03/09/08 - Protecting our Second Amendment Freedom and Hunting Heritage


	Mike's March To The Sea (interrupted)
	02/27/08 - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s agents marched across neighboring states with their questionable “sting” tactics, burning legitimate gun dealers as they went. Now, some of those law-abiding gun dealers have filed suit against the gun-banning mayor. Can they really afford to fight city hall--and its resident billionaire?


	Political Report: Free Right-to-Carry: Truth Wins More Allies
	02/22/08 - osen. They harbor fear of change, fear of the unknown and the strangest of all—fear of their fellow citizens and neighbors. Those who choose to exercise the basic right of self-defense have chosen a life of confidence.


	A (Really) Brief History of the "Collective" Right to Keep and Bear Arms
	02/22/08 - As the Supreme Court prepares to hear the case of District of Columbia v. Heller, involving the District’s bans on handguns and on self-defense with any firearm, gun prohibition advocates claim that the Second Amendment has no modern relevance because it protects only the “collective right” of state governments to control their own militias, or that it protects only the “narrow individual right” of National Guardsmen who are actively engaged in Guard duty.


	Standing Guard: Danger! Gun Free Zone
	02/22/08 - When thoughtful people consider the concept of “gun-free zones,” words like “futility” come to mind. But in light of recent horrific events, there is another word that more accurately sums it up: “dangerous.”


	Your Vote is Your Voice: Make it Heard!
	02/20/08 - With the rise of early and absentee voting, Election Day is no longer a single day, but rather a period that can last for weeks. Voting early or absentee “banks” your vote, freeing you up to help friendly candidates’ campaigns turn out the remaining pro-gun votes on Election Day, when final victory is won.


	Backfire in Britain
	02/19/08 - Want to see that celebrated British stiff upper lip begin to quiver? Just mention to Parliament or press that England is not the isle of tranquility envisioned more than a century ago, when the nation began the systematic disarmament of its citizens.


	The Ten Facts You Need to Know About Heller.
	02/08/08 - On November 20, the Supreme Court agreed to hear one of the most important Second Amendment cases in history. The case is a challenge to Washington, D.C. laws that forbid possession of handguns not registered before 1977; forbid possessing any firearm at home if not unloaded and disassembled or secured by a trigger lock; and forbid carrying a handgun, openly or concealed, without a license-even from room to room in the home.


	Standing Guard: License For Tyranny
	02/08/08 - There is no element in the poisonous alchemy of the globalist gun ban crowd more dangerous to American freedom than the twin evils of gun-owner licensing and firearm registration. Never forget that they exist only as precursors to gun confiscation.


	Political Report: The Bloomberg Treatment
	02/07/08 - The annals of political history are littered with careers cut short by a reflexive, media-driven embrace of gun control.


	The Election Promise Gun Owners Can`t Ignore
	02/07/08 - Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton mocks the nation`s 80 million gun owners when she says, "I support the Second Amendment." That cynical pronouncement fits the scripted instructions of former Clinton administration anti- gun activists who preach that to get elected, so-called "progressives" must cloak themselves in Second Amendment rhetoric while pursuing their unchanged anti-gun rights agendas. And it attempts to hide her deep commitment to disarmament of the American people.


	Never Forget-Never Again
	12/20/07 - I remember chaotic scenes of homeowners handcuffed, forced to watch police search for and seize their guns at a time when they needed them most.


	Uganda: We`re from the government, and we`re here to help you.
	12/20/07 - While the United Nations works diligently to curb the Second Amendment rights of Americans, it is turning a blind eye to abused Karamojong tribesmen fighting a brutal government to keep their only means of self-defense.


	NRA Celebration Of America
	12/20/07 - Presidential Candidates Ask for NRA Support


	Sliding Down The Slippery Slope
	12/19/07 - As California goes, so goes the nation," is a familiar saying in politics. No one hopes more than gun-control extremists that the saying is true. If Congress and other states follow California's increasingly aggressive lead on banning guns and ammunition, and carry it to its extreme conclusion, most or all guns will eventually be illegal to sell, and most or all ammunition will eventually be illegal to shoot.


	The Supreme Decision
	12/19/07 - The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear the D.C. gun ban case, setting the stage for a ruling on the real meaning of the Second Amendment.


	One on One with Senator David Vitter
	12/15/07 - For over a decade, gun-banners entrenched at the United Nations (UN) have continually leveled attacks against law-abiding Americans' sovereign right to bear arms. Though the NRA has thus far been successful in flanking these efforts, the UN's anti-gun agenda continues. Recently, a pro-gun ally in Congress, U.S. Senator David Vitter, R-La., introduced legislation that would financially paralyze any global organization intent on dismantling the Second Amendment, such as the UN. He recently spoke with Ginny Simone of NRANews.com about this legislation.


	Political Report: The 2007 Elections
	12/13/07 - The mainstream media is so obsessed with the presidential race that few media outlets paid any attention to the 2007 elections. But here at NRA Headquarters, we sure did.


	The New Campus Revolt: Empty Holsters
	12/13/07 - Many students at universities throughout the country are asking the same question: Why are we not allowed to defend ourselves against campus attacks?


	Political Report: Every Vote Counts
	11/16/07 - Every voter who decides the state elections aren’t worth the time will be surrendering the opportunity to help shape the U.S. Senate race in 2008, and maybe even shift control of the Senate itself.


	Will State Constitutions Protect the Future of Hunting?
	11/16/07 - Over the last few years, NRA-ILA has been working diligently to change the course of the well-intended campaign to enshrine the Right to Hunt in state constitutions. Voters in eight states have overwhelmingly approved these constitutional amendments since 1996. Vermont, the only other state with a constitutional protection of hunting, has had its provision since 1777.


	Follow the Money
	11/15/07 - Why does a new report from the International Association of Chiefs of Police read like every gun-ban strategy we’ve heard for the last 10 years? To find out, all one has to do is.


	Political Report: Why Elections Matter--Wisconsin's Case in Point
	11/13/07 - We’ve often written in these pages that elections matter. But often, it’s too easy to look at that statement in the abstract--in terms of inside-the-Beltway political maneuvering and media spin. And that makes it too easy to forget that the outcome of elections affects the freedom--and the lives--of real Americans. This month, I’m going to tell you about one of those Americans.


	Poltical Report: Bullying Bloomberg’s Bubble Gets Burst
	10/16/07 - Congratulations are due once again to you and your fellow NRA members. When New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg came to Washington, D.C. in an all-out effort to strip the Tiahrt Amendment from a government spending bill, you handed him a crash course in civics--and civility.


	Presidential Candidates Ask for NRA Support
	10/10/07 - By Frank Miniter The scene was common enough in American politics: 500 people seated in a ballroom at the Capital Hilton in Washington, D.C., television cameras glaring at a podium, and a full cast of 2008 presidential candidates set to speak. Only the event wasn’t common at all. The candidates came to a first-ever symposium where they would affirm their support for the Second Amendment of the Constitution before a crowd of National Rifle Association members. Just a few election cycles ago political pundits might have deemed the event poor presidential politics.


	Gag Order
	09/04/07 - When the so-called “mainstream” media completely ignore an important firearm study by the FBI, there’s got to be a good reason--doesn’t there?


	Political Report: An Assault on Hunting Equals an Attack on the Second Amendment
	09/04/07 - It's no coincidence that the politicians who oppose our Second Amendment freedoms also tend to oppose hunting. Direct, frontal attacks on our gun rights have been rare in the new Congress so far, but our opponents are showing no such caution in launching assaults on our hunting heritage. There are many parallels between congressional action to restrict hunting and firearms, and it is clear to me that in the end, the point of the game is the same.


	Standing Guard: A Win For Free Speech
	09/04/07 - For all of us who have worked so hard to reshape the federal judiciary, proof positive of our success came this summer with a stunning turnaround by the U.S. Supreme Court in support of First Amendment rights.


	Would Banning Firearms Reduce Murder and Suicide?
	08/28/07 - To research that question, researchers Gary Mauser (left) and Don Kates compiled statistics for the rates of murder and gun ownership for nations stretching from the Baltic to the Mediterranean and the Atlantic to the Pacific.


	Political Report: Congress and The Tiahrt Amendment
	08/04/07 - It's taken six months, but Congress is finally turning its attention to the Second Amendment debate. By the time you read this article, the U.S. House Appropriations Committee will have decided whether to renew the so-called Tiahrt Amendment.


	Standing Guard: The Terror Watch List
	08/04/07 - When it comes to well-placed fears over widespread errors, civil liberties abuses and injustices involving tens of thousands of innocent Americans whose names have been indelibly added to huge federal "terror watchlists," the mainstream media is on the job, on point. Their concern is well-founded.


	Clearing the Air on the Instant Check Bill (H.R. 2640)
	08/02/07 - A recent U.S. House bill to improve the federal background check system has stirred up a flurry of misinformation. NRA-ILA sets the record straight.


	NRA-ILA Fights for Workers` and Customers` Rights
	07/24/07 - Does a parking lot have more rights than you do?


	One-on-One with NRA-ILA`s Chris W. Cox
	07/24/07 - Chris W. Cox took over as the Executive Director of the NRA Institute For Legislative Action in 2002. Chris and ILA have had some incredible successes, but we now face some of the greatest threats ever to our Second Amendment rights. The American Rifleman recently caught up with Chris to give NRA members the inside track on how the fight for firearm freedom has been going, and what we can expect in the future.


	Political Report: AHSA and the Tiarht Amendment
	07/04/07 - Led by gun-ban lobbyist Robert Ricker and high-dollar underwriter of gun control groups and politicians Ray Schoenke, AHSA was hoping that the thin camouflage of their deceptive name would be enough to blend in. Their goal was to hold a press conference and fool the media into parroting their anti-gun agenda. That agenda, in turn, came straight from anti-gun luminary Mike Bloomberg, mayor of New York City and self-appointed Gun Policy Czar for the nation.


	Standing Guard July 2007--"... appropriately suspected ..."
	07/04/07 - With the full support of Alberto Gonzales' U.S. Department of Justice, New Jersey U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg is pushing legislation to give the government unprecedented discretionary power to secretly decree that a citizen is banned from owning firearms. The government would need nothing more than a "suspicion" using information it would not have to divulge, ever.


	Don’t Buy Claims About Tiahrt Gun Amendment
	05/24/07 - Some of America’s mayors, led by Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City and Thomas M. Menino of Boston, would like you to believe that their Mayors Against Illegal Guns coalition is about fighting illegal firearms in their cities and across the country. It’s not.


	Political Report: The Tiahrt Amendment
	05/23/07 - Ronald Reagan put it this way four decades ago: “The only choice we have is up or down--up, to the ultimate in individual freedom consistent with law and order, or down, to the deadly dullness of totalitarianism.”


	Buyer Beware
	05/23/07 - When it comes to studies linking firearm ownership to criminal behavior, three anti-gun Harvard researchers can always find the answers they want. Here’s how.


	Get Ready For RICO
	05/23/07 - Anti-gun politicians want to apply RICO racketeering statutes--designed to prosecute organized crime figures--to federal firearm law in an all-out effort to put the bite on all American gun owners.


	Standing Guard June 2007
	05/23/07 - That March 14, 2007, New York Times headline trumpeted an editorial excoriating the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia for declaring Washington D.C.’s 31-year-old ban on handguns in the home as unconstitutional under the Second Amendment.


	The False Promise of Gun Control by Daniel D. Polsby
	04/19/07 - Polsby explains why gun control does not prevent criminals from acquiring guns, and it diverts attention from the roots of our crime problem.


	Who Needs Another Alternative To NRA
	04/16/07 - Hot on the heels of the American Hunters and Shooters Association comes yet another group that promises to represent the views of traditional hunters and shooters. This time the promises are directed at union members who own guns and carry NRA membership cards.


	Landmark Decision
	03/21/07 - An historic decision by a federal appeals court says the Second Amendment protects an individual right, and it may restore self-defense rights to Washington, D.C. residents. But the battle isn't over.


	State of the States
	03/01/07 - The new frontiers in the battle to protect our rights are being carved out in the 50 state capitals. The state legislatures are the incubators for issues that will soon come to Washington, so it's even more critical that we kill the noxious spores of restrictions on our rights before they spread.


	Political Report: A New Majority in Congress
	02/01/07 - We built an extensive record of accomplishments between 2000 and 2006, and now the enemies of freedom are mustering to capture back all of this ground—and then some.


	Defending Our Schools
	01/11/07 - If you’ve watched any television news at all lately, you know that Americans need to do a better job of defending our children from killers in our schools. Not only is there a risk from lone sociopaths--student or adult--there is also the danger of a terrorist attack since, as the horrible crimes in Beslan, Russia, showed, al Qaeda and its allies know how to target schools and murder children.


	Unleashed
	01/11/07 - 20/20 hindsight: Looking back in retrospect, if you could have put armed air marshals on those four doomed 9/11 airliners, would you? If you could have arrayed air-defense radars and rockets at Pearl Harbor, would you? What if the White House had ignored Albert Einsteinï¿½s warnings--and America had finished second in the race for the atomic bomb? American gun owners now face similar, fateful decisions: Readiness? Or apathy?


	Off-Target
	01/10/07 - A 1989 college shooting in Montreal incited a $2 billion Canadian long gun registry. Seventeen years later, another Montreal college shooting mocks the failed registry.


	Political Report: AHSA and Anti-Gun Groups
	01/01/07 - AHSA's deep relationship with the major gun-ban groups has already been thoroughly documented. AHSA’s role as an anti-gun shell operation for political misdirection was admitted in sworn testimony.


	Election Day 2006
	11/15/06 - On Election Day 2006, voters took out both frustration and anger on the Republican Party and turned over the levers of power to the Democrats. Importantly, however, on a day that saw an electorate expressing dissatisfaction over such things as conduct of the war, political corruption and competency to govern, Americans cast their votes for pro-gun candidates from both parties. Candidates who championed gun control in contested races were nearly non-existent.


	President's Column: The Senate and the Judiciary
	09/24/06 - If we lose control of the Senate, then we lose control of the judicial nomination process, and the Second Amendment is at the mercy of those who think it is a relic of history.


	Chris W. Cox's Political Report: False Allegiance
	09/22/06 - One of the most pressing issues of our time--prohibiting the confiscation of lawfully owned firearms during times of emergency--is drawing votes of support from politicians with anti-gun voting records that stretch over decades. We’ll take the votes--but we won’t be taken for fools.


	Fables, Myths & Other Tall Tales
	09/18/06 - "Once upon a time . . . " Sometimes it seems that news reports about guns or gun owners should begin with that phrase. Those four short words would inform readers that while the story to follow will be presented as fact, it is really fiction, or better said, a myth or a fable. Unfortunately, non-truths, through constant repetition, have come to displace facts in the public dialog about guns in America.


	Chris W. Cox's Political Report: “Disaster Recovery Personal Protection Act”
	08/24/06 - One of the most pressing issues of our time--prohibiting the confiscation of lawfully owned firearms during times of emergency--is drawing votes of support from politicians with anti-gun voting records that stretch over decades. We’ll take the votes--but we won’t be taken for fools.


	Chris W. Cox's Political Report: Pro-Gun Lip Service
	08/24/06 - More and more anti-gun candidates have realized that they must give lip service to the Second Amendment, camouflaging their real anti-freedom agendas until they are safely in office.


	De-Clintonizing America
	08/24/06 - Thanks to your votes and grassroots efforts, efforts, pro-Second Amendment majorities in Congress have ripped out most of Bill Clinton’s anti-gun legacy. Now, however, anti-gun forces are working to take over control of the Senate and House in November.


	Travel Smart With Firearms
	08/18/06 - In order to help NRA Members navigate their way through the nation’s airports with the least amount of trouble, we asked TSA’s Michael J. Restovich key questions about traveling with firearms and ammunition.


	Gun Ban & Genocide, The Disarming Facts
	08/17/06 - The international gun prohibition lobbies and their United Nations allies insist that there is no personal right of self-defense—that people should be forced to rely exclusively on the government for protection. The prohibitionists also insist that there is no human right for people to possess the means of self-defense, such as firearms.


	Targeting Criminals, Not Gun Owners
	08/17/06 - Beginning in 1997, police in Richmond, Va., began carrying a wallet-sized card (above) that outlined the existing law to prosecute felons caught in possession of a gun.


	What Disaster Will Be The Next Excuse?
	08/17/06 - The National Rifle Association has implemented a two-part initiative that may be the most important in its 135-year history,” Wayne LaPierre, NRA executive vice president, said at a May 18 press conference at the NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits in Milwaukee, Wis.


	Anti-Gunners Don Camo As Elections Loom
	08/14/06 - Seeking to pick up the baton dropped by the ham-fisted Americans for Gun Safety, the American Hunters and Shooters Association (AHSA) has arrived on the scene to become the latest front group for the anti-gun movement in America.


	The State (by State) of Right-To-Carry
	07/28/06 - Thirty-eight states? Thirty-nine? Forty? We attempt to resolve the states of confusion by giving you all you ever wanted to know about the status of Right-to-Carry laws but were afraid to ask.


	This Train Keeps a Rollin`
	07/28/06 - With the NRA at the switch, the Castle Doctrine continues chugging throughout the nation, reuniting Americans with the right to protect themselves and loved ones from danger.


	Chris W. Cox's Political Report: Ignoring S. 397
	07/27/06 - Freedom’s enemies want to eliminate gun owner privacy. Their intentions are clear—conduct massive fishing expeditions into the BATFE tracing database, examine the chain-of-custody of every gun BATFE traces, and then assign blame, file more baseless lawsuits and seek damages from everyone in their path, including you.


	Standing Guard--July 2006
	07/27/06 - Republicans, especially those who make up the pro-Second Amendment majority in Congress, should recognize this powerful adversary as one who would destroy what they stand for and remove them from positions of leadership.


	Standing Guard--August 2006
	07/27/06 - For the ultimate definition of the term “illegal gun,” look no further than the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans’ door-to-door gun confiscation


	NRA Victories: Eighteen Million Safer Kids
	07/27/06 - If it weren’t for the nra Eddie Eagle GunSafe Program, the only gun safety curriculum in American elementary schools would be anti-gun propaganda.


	BATFE Hearings Lead To Reform Bills
	05/10/06 - Congressional investigations into ongoing BATFE abuses have led to two bills to change how the agency does business, and to fix other problems in federal firearms law.


	Shining a Light On BATFE'S Richmond Roundup
	05/04/06 - At the urging of NRA-ILA, a key Congressional subcommittee examines the heavy-handed tactics used by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives at a gun show in Richmond, Va.


	Butting Heads Over Hunting
	02/18/06 - In a debate on the future of hunting, it was PETA who found itself in the crosshairs of NRA’s Wayne LaPierre.


	Why You Should Care About Brazil
	02/18/06 - When 78 million Brazilians went to the polls Oct. 23 to vote down a referendum calling for a ban on the sale of all firearms and ammunition, it was a resounding “no!” heard round the world.


	Chris W. Cox's Political Report: Workers Protection Laws--April 2006
	02/16/06 - The right to defend yourself against violent, criminal attack is a fundamental human right. NRA-ILA is in state capitals, fighting for laws like the Castle Doctrine, which guarantees your right to defend yourself against criminals anywhere you have a right to be. We’re also fighting for Workplace Protection laws, to prevent employers from discriminating against employees who choose to keep firearms in their locked vehicles while working.


	Standing Guard-February 2006(UN Internet Grab)
	02/08/06 - Suppose some day that you are sitting at your computer, ready to take action against a repressive gun ban pending before Congress, a ban the media says is a benefit to society. They are lying. And you want access to the truth so you can convince your friends and neighbors to contact their senators and congressmen.


	Chris W. Cox's Political Report: Hunting Heritage
	02/01/06 - Those of us who know the magic of a day afield understand that simple exposure of youngsters to our hunting heritage can overcome competing interests and cultural pressures in a single outing. But in many states, the most insurmountable obstacle to recruiting a new hunter is not our culture or society—it is our government.


	Chris W. Cox's Political Report: Victory With S. 397
	01/01/06 - Our opponents are determined to undo our victory. They simply cannot accept that their cause has been repudiated and their objectives deemed illegitimate. They ignore the clear evidence of overwhelming majority votes in both chambers of Congress, and the president’s subsequent signature of S. 397.


	Chris W. Cox's Political Report: Emergency Powers
	12/01/05 - In all 50 states and in the U.S. Congress, we are pushing legislation to amend existing emergency-powers statutes to guarantee that local authorities never again attempt the confiscation of lawfully owned firearms.


	Paving Waterfowl Paradise
	11/10/05 - The main hub of the Mississippi Flyway--where millions of ducks and geese stop over fall and spring--is being turned into a parking lot.


	Chris W. Cox's Political Report: Surviving Katrina
	11/01/05 - In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, when all else failed, only the Second Amendment withstood the immediate fury of the tragedy. The fundamental right to protect one’s life, loved ones and property yielded not an inch. Not, at least, for those who were prepared to exercise it.


	Turning Tragedy Into Travesty
	09/20/05 - The situation we're seeing in New Orleans represents a complete vindication of everything we've been saying in defense of the Second Amendment," said NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre.


	Standing Guard--Remember New Orleans
	09/20/05 - NRA is committed to ensuring that innocent Americans always have the means to defend themselves in their homes and neighborhoods.


	Freedom Rings In Idabel, Oklahoma
	09/15/05 - At a rally to show support for employees fired for exercising their rights, the NRA calls for the boycott of ConocoPhillips, a company leading the fight to eviscerate federal and state constitutions and statutes on the Right to Keep and Bear Arms


	Victory in the Senate
	09/12/05 - When the U.S. Senate voted 65-31 to pass S.397--the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act--and end predatory lawsuits against our firearm industry, gun owners scored their greatest legislative win since enactment of 1986`s Firearms Owners` Protection Act.


	Chris W. Cox's Political Report: Judging Judges
	09/01/05 - This new approach to “judging” judges is such a departure from accepted precedent that commentators have started calling it “Schumerism.” Anything with that name can’t be good for the Second Amendment.


	Surrendering Rights In San Francisco?
	08/23/05 - Last December, five members of San Francisco's board of supervisors submitted to the Department of Elections a proposed law that would ban the possession of handguns and the sale, manufacture and transfer of all firearms and ammunition in the city and county of San Francisco. The proposal has been placed on the November 8 special election ballot. If a simple majority of voters approves Proposition H on that day, the ban will take effect on Jan. 1, 2006.


	Chris W. Cox's Political Report: D.C. and S. 397
	08/01/05 - The same-song chorus of reactions to a bill to reform D.C. gun laws is not a new one. But now, another obscure D.C. law has emerged as a major threat to gun owners all across the nation. This is a law you have probably never even heard or read about.


	Standing Guard: Protecting Workers Rights
	07/20/05 - In the meantime, except for two union members, the fired employees and contract workers were still fired, without incomes. These were “model employees”—some with 20 and 30 unblemished years with the company.


	Chris W. Cox's Political Report, August 2005
	07/13/05 - The same-song chorus of reactions to a bill to reform D.C. gun laws is not a new one. But now, another obscure D.C. law has emerged as a major threat to gun owners all across the nation. This is a law you have probably never even heard or read about.


	Chris W. Cox's Political Report, July 2005
	07/01/05 - The gun-ban lobby has gone bankrupt on creativity and is recycling old gun control schemes that have been imposed, repealed and dormant for years, and are now proposed again. In the process, they are proving the old saw that those who forget history are doomed to repeat it


	Will America’s Safest Hunters Save America’s Hunting?
	06/16/05 - According to "Families Afield," a research report compiled by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the National Wild Turkey Federation and the U.S. Sportsmen`s Alliance, the safest hunters in the woods are often the youngest hunters in the woods.


	Will Darkness Fall On The Land?
	06/16/05 - Fighting state-by-state for No-Net-Loss legislation, Free Hunters and the National Rifle Association are at the vanguard of protecting hunting lands across the United States.


	Science Takes A Hit In Jersey
	04/20/05 - By canceling the state`s bear hunt, the New Jersey Supreme Court has placed residents at risk as bear numbers continue to grow.


	The Hocus Pocus of Ballot Box Biology
	04/20/05 - When anti-hunters take wildlife management away from trained professionals, what we`re left with is an illusion.


	Infested
	04/14/05 - When government officials politicize wildlife management, hunters aren`t always the only ones who suffer.


	Bowhunting On The Urban Fringe
	04/14/05 - As white-tailed deer populations continue to expand in urban areas, some municipalities are turning to bowhunters to help solve the problem.


	Science Wins in Maryland
	04/14/05 - Maryland`s first bruin hunt in 51 years met its objectives in one day thanks to a detailed, data-driven plan and scientists who did their homework.


	U. S. DOJ Letter On Interstate Firearms Transportion
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	Sweet Deal
	04/08/05 - Throughout the country, some state wildlife agencies seem to be hearing the call. Hunters are dropping out at alarming rates for a variety of reasons, but one that continues to surface is the lack of quality places to hunt. Existing public lands are already crowded, and private farmland is developed at a rate of about 1 million acres per year.


	Divided We Fall
	04/08/05 - Anti-hunters love nothing more that to see hunters fighting amongst themselves, fragmenting both their ranks and their political clout. Only unity can defeat a common enemy out to put an end to all hunting.


	Only a .50 Caliber Ban? Don't You Believe It!
	04/05/05 - The .50 caliber is being dishonestly branded as a "terrorist" weapon, supposedly because it's a hair's breadth larger than other rifles. The anti-gunners' language reveals their true strategy: to ultimately ban all rifles, no matter their size


	S. 397 Call to Arms
	04/05/05 - The U.S. Senate is preparing to debate S. 397, the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act. And the debate could be already underway by the time you read this column.


	The Non-Smoking Gun
	03/27/05 - Well, it's finally complete--a Clinton administration-inspired study into the efficacy of various firearm-related controls, restrictions, freedoms and programs by the National Research Council (NRC) of the National Academy of Sciences. Published as a 300-page report entitled Firearms and Violence: A Critical Review, the study concluded: More research is needed.


	Who`s Bankrolling The Enemy
	03/18/05 - The anti-hunting capital of the world is located at 2100 L St., NW in Washington, D.C. There, under the shadow of the Capitol Dome, is the national headquarters of The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), a multinational conglomerate with 10 regional offices in the U.S.


	Nelson County Blues
	03/15/05 - This past Election Day, citizens in Louisiana and Montana voted for amendments to their respective constitutions making hunting a protected practice. Thus, these states joined the growing ranks of other states--14 in all--that have bestowed constitutional protection upon this fundamental heritage.


	Guarding the Rear
	02/27/05 - The Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) in the Department of Justice recently released a comprehensive 160-page memorandum it sent to the attorney general last August addressing the question of whether the Second Amendment secures an individual right. The memorandum concludes that the Second Amendment does indeed guarantee an individual Right to Keep and Bear Arms.


	Gun Ban Fight Moves To The States
	12/09/04 - With the Clinton gun ban now atop history's trash heap, anti-gunners are trying to force their agenda on the states, and their definition of "assault weapon" is getting broader and broader. Your hunting guns are now being targeted for extinction.


	Your Tools For Victory
	12/06/04 - Working together, NRA Members, gun owners and sportsmen played a deciding role in election victories across the nation, including the race for the White House.


	Kerry Rated “F”. . . Fake, Fraud and Second Amendment Phony
	10/22/04 - John Kerry says he’s a hunter. He’s even got the campaign photos to prove it. Kerry says he supports the Second Amendment, but says that you don’t need an AK-47 to hunt deer. The problem is, the Clinton gun ban was not about AK-47s or about any other machine gun. It was the most comprehensive ban ever on self-loading firearms just like those you and I and our neighbors use every day for personal protection, hunting and competitive shooting.


	President Bush Opening More Inroads For Hunters
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	President Bush Opening More Inroads For Hunters
	10/22/04 - The Bush Administration has announced plans to open new hunting and fishing programs on 10 national wildlife refuges and wetland management districts in Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, North Dakota, South Carolina and South Dakota as part of its annual Refuge-Specific Hunting and Sport Fishing Regulations.


	Elect A Second Amendment Safe Senate
	10/19/04 - While the presidential election is critical for gun owners, the importance of U.S. Senate elections cannot be overlooked by those who value their Right to Keep and Bear Arms.


	John Kerry Wants To Ban Guns In America
	10/19/04 - John Kerry's two-decade long U.S. Senate record of opposing Second Amendment rights makes him the most anti-gun presidential nominee in history! Here’s the proof.


	Grave Expectations
	10/19/04 - If you sleep through this election, here’s what you’ll wake up to.


	America's Freedom Is Threatened On Multiple Fronts
	10/18/04 - There was a time when politicians who attacked our Second Amendment freedom made no secret about it—they came at NRA and gun owners directly, with character assassination most often the preferred weapon of choice. Today, the assault on the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is no less real, but the war on our rights is being waged on multiple fronts, with new stealth strategies that seek to deceive and divide.


	President George W. Bush Speaks On The Record
	10/18/04 - NRA’s Wayne LaPierre and Chris Cox discuss with President George W. Bush the Right to Keep and Bear Arms in America and the importance of the 2004 elections.


	(Fabulas, Mitos y Otros Cuentos, En Español)
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	Kerry & Edwards: Unsportsmanlike Conduct
	09/17/04 - Fooling the tens of millions of america’s hunters and sportsmen is a top priority of the Kerry/Edwards campaign. You would think they would make an effort to sound convincing.


	Chris Cox's Political Report--Sen. John Edwards
	07/28/04 - John Edwards' four years in the Senate are characterized primarily by poor attendance, but the votes he has cast are far closer to the Massachusetts liberal benchmark set by John Kerry than to views held by North Carolina voters.


	Attorney General Ashcroft & The Second Amendment
	07/01/04 - Distinguished author and Constitutional lawyer Stephen Halbrook responds to the Violence Policy Center's attack upon Attorney General John Ashcroft's letter on the meaning of the Second Amendment.


	One on One with Interior Secretary Gale A. Norton
	06/28/04 - Interior Secretary Gale A. Norton met recently with NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox to discuss sportsmen`s issues and the Bush Administration`s policy for wildlife management and conservation.


	Chris Cox`s Political Report--Ronald Wilson Reagan
	06/14/04 - When it came to support for the Second Amendment, President Ronald Reagan demonstrated the difference between mere words and resolute action. As such he was the polar opposite of politicians such as John Kerry.


	Rolling Back Bill Clinton's Anti-Gun Legacy
	06/03/04 - Reversing anti-gun regulations imposed by the Clinton-Gore-Reno Administration is a major victory for law-abiding Americans who exercise their Second Amendment rights.


	No Compromise
	06/02/04 - "We are committed to winning passage of the 'Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act,' but we will never compromise our support of the Second Amendment to do so." -- NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox


	Hidden Agenda
	06/01/04 - If you thought the eight long years of the Clinton/Gore administration's war on firearms owners' rights were oppressive, they would pale in comparison to what John Kerry would have in store for us if he captures the White House and evicts President George W. Bush in November. By Wayne LaPierre


	Standing Guard, May 2004
	06/01/04 - Making sure that law--always considered a critical "first step" by the anti gun rights radicals--sunsets is the most important goal in our singular mission to preserve the rights of peaceable Americans.


	One On One With Rep. Tom Delay
	05/26/04 - NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox recently met with House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) to discuss current legislation and the 2004 elections.


	Wheel Man For Disabled Hunters
	05/26/04 - When President Bush appointed Graham Hill to the National Council on Disability, he picked a man who knows firsthand how the rewards of hunting can help disabled folks lead a better life.


	Chris Cox's Political Report, May 2004
	04/28/04 - Anti-gun candidates have now accepted that they must give grudging lip service to the Second Amendment. But they refuse to abandon their broad agenda of pushing incremental, creeping restrictions on our fundamental rights. They are blind to the inconsistency of their rhetoric, and they are hoping to blind you with it as well.


	Chris Cox's Political Report -- John Kerry and the Second Amendment
	04/02/04 - As he campaigns to take the White House, John Kerry claims he respects the Second Amendment. But his 20 years of casting anti-gun votes in the U.S. Senate reveal the truth.


	Chris Cox's Political Report -- www.ClintonGunBan.com
	02/09/04 - We need to be prepared for this battle from the very first moment Congress turns to new business for the year. We at NRA-ILA are proud to unveil a new Web site designed as a tool to help us meet this challenge ClintonGunBan.com.


	Chris Cox`s Political Report, February 2004
	01/21/04 - The field of Democratic presidential candidates is rapidly dwindling, but see where all of the original nine stood on your right to keep and bear arms.


	Is There A Child Psychologist In The House
	01/20/04 - NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox (left) recently had the opportunity to chat with Pennsylvania Congressman, and child psychologist, Tim Murphy, whose home district includes the city of Pittsburgh, host to the 2004 NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits


	Which Freedom Won't You Surrender
	01/20/04 - If you're not worthy of owning one type of semi-automatic firearm, what makes you worthy of owning any? And if you're not worthy of one constitutional right, why should you have any? Right now, U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., and Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y., are seeking to demolish the Second Amendment rights of all Americans by undermining the rights of a few.


	President's Column-January 2004
	01/20/04 - The Clinton semi-automatic gun ban of 1994 has been a decade-long vicious slap at veterans and Americans whose families have served in the military. For more than 200 years American soldiers, sailors and Marines have developed an interest in the rifles, pistols and shotguns involved with their military service. They lived with some of those guns. Some saved their lives. Some were used by their allies or enemies.


	Chris Cox`s Political Report, January 2004
	01/20/04 - It`s time to tell both of your U.S.senators to stop playing politics with the Second Amendment. Tell them it`s time to pass S. 659/S. 1805. Make no mistake--with your help, we will win this fight and see this critical legislation signed into law.


	"Mr. & Mrs. America, Turn Them All In."
	01/20/04 - The most sweeping gun ban in history has been introduced in Congress. H.R. 2038 does more than "reauthorize" the infamous 1994 gun ban--it bans millions more guns.


	What's So Scary About Banning Assault Weapons?
	12/15/03 - What if--under the threat of criminal prosecution--peaceable gun owners were only allowed to obtain and keep selected firearms based solely on a very limited list of government-approved activities?


	Defenseless In D.C.
	12/15/03 - The National Rifle Association is working with a handful of disarmed Washington, D.C., residents to have their Second Amendment rights restored.


	"Do Your Best, Keep Your Promises"
	10/10/03 -


	The Armed Criminal In America
	09/09/03 - Fear of the armed citizen and the threat of tough punishment for using a gun (or other weapons) in committing a violent crime are significant factors in both reducing and deterring crime, according to the results of a survey of imprisoned felons conducted by Professors James D. Wright and Peter H. Rossi.


	Armed Citizens & Crime Control
	06/08/03 - Research by award-winning criminologist Gary Kleck and Marc Gertz reveals Americans use guns for self-defense as often as 2.5 million times a year--that`s three to five times more often than they are misused by criminals.


	P*BS
	06/04/03 - The "Public" Broadcasting Service and Bill Moyers are using your tax dollars to deliver their biased view of the Second Amendment to the nation`s high schools.


	Pattern Of Deceit Is Deeper Than Times Wants To Admit
	05/22/03 - The New York Times has suffered a major black eye with revelations that one of its reporters made up events, facts, or engaged in plagiarizism some 50 times. Yet, the Times has won praise for owning up to this problem, and in doing so may seem to have put the controversy behind it. From *Investors Business Daily*


	The Great Arsenal of Democracy
	05/20/03 - Sixty-four years ago, with Europe at war and America on the brink, our inventory of modern small arms was as pathetically short as was the personnel roster of our Army Ordnance Dept. (AOD). That department had the task of procuring and supplying all ordnance to the Army and most of the small arms and ammunition used by all our services plus, as it turned out, much of such material used by our allies.


	The Bias Against Guns
	05/15/03 - John Lott`s new book expands upon a refreshing theme that we rarely see in the firearm debate--that gun control has gone too far. His style is hard-hitting. This is exemplified in the title of Lott`s book, The Bias Against Guns: Why Almost Everything You`ve Heard About Gun Control is Wrong. And Lott doesn`t stop there, noting, "Unfortunately, this bias against guns costs lives."


	One Big Victory, Now Another Big Battle
	05/15/03 - While we savor the U.S. House`s overwhelming vote on H.R. 1036, our work goes forward. We now must pass S. 659 and end the politically motivated lawsuits that threaten not only the American firearm industry, but also our Second Amendment rights and traditional rule of law.


	Talking Shop with Majority Leader Bill Frist
	04/17/03 - NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris Cox recently sat down with the new Senate Majority Leader to talk about freedom, firearms, and even a little football.


	Letter From Chris W. Cox To Members Of Congress Regarding Conyers - McCarthy "Assault Weapons" Bill
	03/25/03 - Dear Member of Congress: You may have received a "Dear Colleague" letter dated March 10 from Representatives John Conyers and Carolyn McCarthy seeking your cosponsorship of the so-called "Assault Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2003."


	Sliming America
	03/24/03 - Michael Moore`s so-called documentary Bowling for Columbine isn`t so much anti-gun as anti-American. And he films with forked tongue.


	Ninth Circuit Disputes Silveira Decision, Judge Calls Second Amendment an Individual Right
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	Review AB1717 report Technical Evaluation: Feasibility of a Ballistics Imaging Database for All New Handgun Sales
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	"Smart Guns" by Dave Kopel
	01/29/03 - New Jersey`s new "smart gun" law proves that a gun ban by any other name still has the same devastating results.


	Free Speech in the Twilight Zone
	11/14/02 - ON NOV. 6, AMERICANS became less free to speak out than at any time in our nation`s modern history, losing a large measure of their right to exercise collective paid political speech. On that date, John McCain`s dream of political thought control--the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA)--took effect. And when it did, American liberty entered the Twilight Zone.


	Don`t Be Fooled, The Fight Continues
	10/16/02 - As gun owners, you and I are now the targets of a massive, coast-to-coast deception campaign. Anti-gun politicians who have attacked us in the past are now trying to make us believe that our Second Amendment rights aren`t in jeopardy in the 2002 elections. Chris W. Cox


	BB Guns & Gun Control ABCs By James O.E. Norell
	05/09/02 - The Consumer Product Safety Commission`s lawsuit to force a BB gun recall is reason to revisit why Congress voted overwhelmingly to exempt firearms and ammunition from the CPSC`s purview. That vote marked NRA-ILA`s opportune arrival on the political scene.


	NRA Comments On Proposed BATF Rulemaking
	05/06/02 - Official NRA comments submitted to BATF on the proposed rulemaking regarding the transfer of firearms to aliens.


	Stanford Law School Campaign Finance Materials
	03/26/02 - This site includes NRA`s legal complaint as well as legislation, news coverage, links and other related materials.


	What Does AGS Really Stand For?
	03/20/02 - No claim is too outrageous for the anti-gun lobbyists masquerading under the name "Americans for Gun Safety" (AGS). Unfortunately, much of the media is willing to play along with AGS`s deceptions, depicting the group as a "moderate voice," a "third way" in the gun-policy debate.


	Champions Of Civilian Marksmanship
	11/29/01 - Rudyard Kipling and Arthur Conan Doyle both witnessed the lethal fire that Boer farmer-riflemen rained on British troops in 1899. They returned home to promote civilian marksmanship through the expansion of rifle clubs in England.


	Technical Evaluation: Feasibility of Ballistics Imaging Database for All New Handgun Sales
	10/05/01 - Automated computer matching systems do not provide conclusive results. Rather, a list of potential candidates are presented that must be manually reviewed. When applying this technology to the concept of mass sampling of manufactured firearms, a huge inventory of potential candidates will be generated for manual review. This study indicates that this number of candidate cases will be so large as to be impractical and will likely create complications so great that they cannot be effectively addressed.


	Nazi Repression Of Firearms Owners
	09/11/01 - New research into Adolf Hitler`s use of firearm registration lists to confiscate guns and execute their owners teaches a forceful lesson that reveals why the American people and Congress have rejected registering honest firearms owners.


	Americans For Gun Safety May Be The Name . . .
	07/16/01 - James L. Pate explains that AGS is an anti-gun group trying to present itself as a "moderate" alternative in the debate over firearms.


	An Armed Society
	06/11/01 - By Stephen P. Halbrook. Where is freedom guaranteed by a heavily-armed civilian population? In Switzerland, where fully-automatic assault rifles are freely in citizens' hands.


	Gun Laws Around The World: Do They Work? By Don B. Kates
	06/11/01 - Peaceful societies do not need general gun bans, and violent societies do not benefit from them. Take a look at the facts the gun-grabbers don`t want you to know.


	Gun Control Disguised As Crime Control
	06/07/01 - H. Sterling Burnett, of the National Center for Policy Analysis, explains that there is no gun show "loophole" and that "gun control" advocates are instead trying to stop all legal private gun sales.


	James Jay Baker Letter On Background Checks
	05/22/01 - A March 29, 2001, USA TODAY article highlighted problems with the National Instant Check System, but failed to identify their causes.


	HCI Attacks John Ashcroft With Lies
	03/29/01 - Dishonesty took center stage when Handgun Control testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee against John Ashcroft's nomination as Attorney General. But Ashcroft and the truth prevailed.


	Betrayal Of Trust, Parts I and II
	12/24/00 - Since 1937, sportsmen have paid taxes on firearms and ammunition, trusting their dollars would go to the states to buy land, manage wildlife, train hunters, and build ranges. A congressional investigation found the trust fund had been misused by the Clinton-Gore Administration, which even tried to fund a group working to ban hunting.


	Prosecution Is Prevention
	10/17/00 - Congress has enacted tough sentencing laws to put violent armed felons in prison--laws ignored by the Clinton Administration.


	Polls: Anti-Gun Propaganda By David Kopel
	09/13/00 - Kopel explains that anti-gun pollsters can, and do, design poll questions to get a pre-determined result.


	Seth Waxman letter on Second Amendment
	08/22/00 - Letter from Clinton Administration Solicitor General Seth Waxman regarding the Second Amendment.


	Texas Concealed Handgun Carriers Are Law-Abiding...
	08/21/00 - By H. Sterling Burnett. Gov. Ann Richards had vetoed a Right to Carry bill prior to the vote and vowed that no such bill would become law while she was governor.


	The Second Amendment & The U.S. Supreme Court
	05/04/00 - Attorney Stephan Tahmassebi explains that the Supreme Court has recognized the right to arms as an individual right in several landmark cases.


	Outgunned: How The Network News Media Are Spinning...
	03/30/00 - By Geoffrey Dickens. At a press conference at the National Press Club, the MRC's Brent Bozell said that the media's treatment of the firearms issue is "hardly what any news observer would call unbiased." NRA Director and broadcaster Oliver North called the network news' bias "a frontal assault on our Second Amendment liberties."


	The Arms Of The People Should Be Taken Away
	03/21/00 - Attorney and constitutional scholar Stephen P. Halbrook details evidence that the Second Amendment was prompted by British plans to disarm each and every American.


	Canada: Where Gun Registration Equals Confiscation
	02/15/00 - Canada's political leaders promised gun registration would never lead to gun confiscation. They lied.


	My One Vote Doesn`t Matter
	02/09/00 - As a hunter you are not just one vote. As hunters, we are millions of votes, says NRA-ILA Executive Director, James Jay Baker.


	Firearm Traces: The Anti-Gunners' Big Lie
	02/02/00 - Anti-gunners misrepresent BATF firearm traces to advance their gun prohibition agenda.


	Targeting Gun Shows
	01/27/00 - By the Independence Institute`s David B. Kopel. "Close the gun show loophole" demanded Handgun Control, Inc. But many Democrats didn`t want a law as much as they wanted a campaign issue for the 2000 elections.


	To Save Hunting In The 21st Century
	01/03/00 - By NRA-ILA Executive Director James Jay Baker.


	Selective Disarmament: No Guns For The Poor By David Kopel
	10/06/99 - Kopel explains how gun control proponents, like predators in the wild, pick the most vulnerable targets. In the U.S., gun control often goes after the poor, generally minorities, particularly blacks.


	The Hidden Agenda Behind Gun Storage Laws By David Kopel
	10/05/99 - The Independence Institute`s Kopel discusses Canada`s and Great Britain`s "safe storage" laws, which led to government invasion of gun owners` homes.


	Our 2nd Amendment: The Original Perspective
	10/04/99 - Attorney David Kopel explains how the greatest judges and legal scholars have considered the right to arms an individual right.


	5th Amendment, Self-Incrimination, & Gun Registration
	09/03/99 - Clayton Cramer answers the question, "What`s wrong with gun registration?"


	The Bill Of Rights And The States
	07/28/99 - By Stephan B. Tahmassebi. Viewed by Chief Justice John Marshall as a check against excesses of the federal government, the safeguards of the Bill of Rights have been extended over state powers by the Supreme Court.


	Virginia`s Great Dissenters
	07/28/99 - By Thomas M. Moncure, Jr. Fearful of an all-powerful federal government, Patrick Henry and George Mason conditioned Virginia`s support for the U.S. Constitution on passage of a Bill of Rights


	The False Promise Of Gun Control By Daniel D. Polsby
	07/28/99 - Polsby explains why gun control does not prevent criminals from acquiring guns, and it diverts attention from the roots of our crime problem.


	Fables, Myths & Other Tall Tales
	07/28/99 - NRA sets the record straight on many of the anti-gun groups' most commonly made false claims. Arthur Kellermann


	Armed Citizens And Police Officers
	07/16/99 - It was way back in 1932 that The American Rifleman, the official journal of the National Rifle Association of America, began publishing abridged newspaper accounts of law-abiding citizens who had used firearms to defend themselves and others and to protect property.


	Madison And The Bill Of Rights
	07/16/99 - James Madison`s lonely struggle against his fellow Federalists yielded one of the greatest documents of liberty ever written.