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...proofing hand-guns, more comprehensive background checks at gun shows, and strictly enforcing existing gun laws. These are measures long advocated by the gun-control lobby, but with the force of mothers behind them, Congress may finally find the strength to free itself from the moneyed-grasp of the NRA...
...NRA, of course, claimed that the two-thirds were unduly influenced by the "sensationalism" of the media coverage of events like the Kayna Rolland shooting. The moms know better than to buy that lie. The shootings have been sensational, simply by the fact that they continue to occur and recur, again and again. The marchers noted that 12 children are killed by guns everyday, the same guns that 45 percent of Americans keep in their homes...
...vacation until November. Much to chagrin of Bush's campaign, the National Rifle Association, according to a report in the Washington Post, has been boasting about its "unbelievably friendly relations" with the Texas governor. In a video obtained by the Post of a Los Angeles branch meeting in February, NRA vice president Kayne Robinson, who is widely expected to take over the top job from Charlton Heston, tells the audience that "the NRA will have... a President where we work out of their office" if Bush wins in the fall...
...worst possible time for Bush," says TIME Washington correspondent Karen Tumulty. "He's been trying to reposition himself in the center after a bruising primary season that pushed him further to the right than be might have liked." Even if voters are able to shake off the image of NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre setting up shop in the Oval Office, many Americans - increasingly in favor of gun control in the wake of Columbine and similar incidents - may not be entirely comfortable with the idea of an NRA so confident in its standing in a Bush presidency. And when...
...opponent has a 100 percent approval rating from the NRA, a 100 percent approval rating from the Gun Owners of America and a 100 percent approval rating from the Christian Coalition," Cranley said...