Beware the Rahm - 12/22/2008
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. More...
Political Report: Election 2008 and the Long Road Ahead - 12/22/2008
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. More...
Standing Guard--Disdain for Freedom - 12/22/2008
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. More...
N.C. Gun Stores Beat BATFE - 11/21/2008
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. More...
Change . . . For The Worse - 11/20/2008
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. More...
Big Wins In The States In 2008 - 11/20/2008
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. More...
Vote Freedom - 10/31/2008
In no other nation does the average citizen enjoy as much political power as we do in America. If not for a handful of Florida voters in 2000, the last eight years would have been a dark time for those of us who cherish our Right to Keep and Bear Arms and our hunting heritage. More...
Standing Guard: Vote For The Second Amendment - 10/14/2008
In just a few days, on November 4, gun owners will be presented with a very clear choice of a pro-Second Amendment versus an anti-Second Amendment Presidential ticket. John McCain and Sarah Palin versus Barack Obama and Joe Biden represents a stark contrast for the future of our freedom. More...
McCain-Palin vs. Obama-Biden A Clear Choice For Gun Owners - 10/14/2008
In this year’s presidential election, some of the watchwords have been “experience” and “change.” While the Obama-Biden ticket has worked to change gun owners’ rights for the worse, the McCain-Palin ticket couples John McCain’s experience with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s new energy and lifelong support of Alaska’s hunting heritage. More...
Obama: Issue by Issue - 10/14/2008
In his speech accepting the Democratic nomination for president, Barack Obama tried to spin his words skillfully. As he has before, Obama claimed he would "uphold the Second Amendment." But Obama, who's lived his whole life in cities, states and foreign countries with restrictive gun laws, once again suggested that "the reality of gun ownership may be different" in rural and urban areas--implying that the Second Amendment means something different depending on where you live. More...
Joe Biden: The voice of anti-gun experience - 10/14/2008
Most people are saying that Barack Obama chose Biden as his running mate to compensate for his own lack of experience. After all, Obama has been in the Senate since only 2005, while Biden has been a senator since 1973, when Obama was 11 years old. But few in the Senate have as much experience as Biden in attacking our Right to Keep and Bear Arms. More...
Governors 2008: Protecting Your Rights Close to Home - 10/14/2008
While the presidential race grabs the headlines, the governors elected this year will play a key role in protecting--or diminishing--gun owners’ rights. More...
Presidential Tickets Are Worlds Apart - 10/14/2008
The parties’ political conventions usually serve only as an alarm clock that rings for four days straight. Every four years, the clock is set to go off around Labor Day, reminding Americans to start paying attention to electoral contests that are generally well-defined by that point--all set to play out their final months according to script.
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Sarah Palin: new energy for hunters and shooters - 10/14/2008
Few events have shaken up a recent campaign like the choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin—an NRA Life member—for the Republican vice-presidential nomination. Proof of Sen. John McCain’s wisdom in choosing her is that more Americans watched her acceptance speech than watched Barack Obama’s. Many commentators compared Gov. Palin’s natural stage presence to Ronald Reagan’s. More...
Right To Hunt - 9/16/2008
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. More...
Protecting the People`s House - 9/11/2008
The Founding Fathers designed the U.S. House of Representatives to mirror the political landscape of America, and it has usually done that. While senators serve for six years (and were elected by state legislatures until 1913), House members have always been directly elected every two years. In the early days of the Republic, most congressmen represented fewer people than state representatives do today. That closeness to the people was intentional: the Founders wanted the House to reflect the people`s views. More...
WE`RE BARAAACK! The Billionaire Gun-Banners Who Back Obama`s "Change" - 9/11/2008
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. More...
Barack Obama and the Global Gun Banners - 9/11/2008
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.
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Joe Biden: The Voice Of Anti-Gun Experience - 9/5/2008
Last week, we highlighted the enormous differences between vice presidential nominees Sarah Palin (R) and Joe Biden (D). More...
Sarah Palin and Joe Biden: Worlds Apart - 8/29/2008
Even before this week, the difference between Barack Obama and John McCain was clear. More...
Standing Guard: The Company He Keeps - 8/11/2008
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. More...
Hanging by a Thread - 8/11/2008
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. More...
An Army of Lies - 8/4/2008
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. More...
Freedom Unbound! - 8/4/2008
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. More...
Battling Elite Conceit - 7/31/2008
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.
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Barack Obama's 10 Point Plan to "Change" The Second Amendment - 7/28/2008
For the Brady Campaign, Violence Policy Center, Dianne Feinstein, Chuck Schumer, U.N. gun-ban extremist Rebecca Peters and her globalist billionaire sugar-daddy George Soros, for New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his horde of big-city politicians—in fact, for all those individuals and organizations who would harm or destroy our Second Amendment rights—Barack Obama’s mantra of “change” means their agenda will be harnessed to the total power of an aggressive, activist and radical federal government. More...
Obama Wins Delegate Race, But AHSA Endorsement Flames Out - 7/28/2008
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. More...
America's Worst Gun Laws: Coming Soon to a State Near You - 7/28/2008
As you go to the polls in November, remember some of the laws anti-gun politicians think are “reasonable.” More...
President's Column: Pretenders Dressed as Patriots - 6/27/2008
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. More...
Political Report: NRA-ILA Wins Court Victories On Two Coasts - 6/27/2008
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. More...
Election Preview, 2008 - 6/23/2008
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. More...
The Two Reasons We Must Stop Clinton And Obama - 6/23/2008
Gun rights advocates considering skipping this November's presidential election should keep two things in mind--the Supreme Court and the United Nations. More...
ILA Report: Time for Public to Comment on New Rules for Guns in National Parks - 6/23/2008
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. More...
AHSA Endorses Barack Obama - 5/29/2008
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. More...
Awaiting a Second Amendment Decision - 5/29/2008
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. More...
An Exclusive Interview With John McCain - 5/16/2008
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. More...
Second Amendment Showdown - 5/16/2008
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. More...
A Patriot Lays Down His Arms - 5/16/2008
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. More...
Standing Guard: Equality For All - 5/16/2008
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 More...
President`s Column: A True Threat To Freedom - 5/16/2008
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. More...
No Bullets, No Shooting! - 4/23/2008
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. More...
Standing Guard: Barack Obama's Slippery Oratory - 4/11/2008
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. More...
Self-Defense is a Basic Human Right - 4/3/2008
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. More...
Obama Mentor Ted Kennedy's Anti-Gun Career - 4/3/2008
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. More...
What Are The Anti`s Thinking? - 4/3/2008
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? More...
NRA-ILA - 3/9/2008
Protecting our Second Amendment Freedom and Hunting Heritage More...
Mike's March To The Sea (interrupted) - 2/27/2008
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?
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Political Report: Free Right-to-Carry: Truth Wins More Allies - 2/22/2008
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. More...
Standing Guard: Danger! Gun Free Zone - 2/22/2008
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.” More...
Your Vote is Your Voice: Make it Heard! - 2/20/2008
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. More...
Standing Guard: License For Tyranny - 2/8/2008
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. More...
Political Report: The Bloomberg Treatment - 2/7/2008
The annals of political history are littered with careers cut short by a reflexive, media-driven embrace of gun control. More...
The Election Promise Gun Owners Can`t Ignore - 2/7/2008
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. More...
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