NRA-backed candidate lacks hunt license
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Republican Bob Corker, a self-described hunter, has the backing of the National Rifle Association yet the Tennessee Senate candidate won't be firing a gun anytime soon.
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AUSTIN, Texas - A lawmaker in this firearm-friendly state wants to help more people get the chance to shoot live animals - even if those people can't see. A bill filed for the 2007 legislative session would permit legally blind hunters to use laser sights, or lighted pointing instruments.
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Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, seeking to cut George W. Bush's edge on security issues, branded him a puppet of the powerful US gun lobby who allowed a decade-old ban on assault weapons to lapse.
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MANCHESTER, N.H. -- The venue was vintage Fred D. Thompson: a gun shop. Perfect for the down-home, Washington-outsider candidate who campaigned across Tennessee in the 1990s with a red pickup truck, rolled-up shirt sleeves and a straight-talking attitude.
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WASHINGTON -- Hours before it once again became legal to sell military-style assault weapons, Democratic Sen. John Kerry sharply criticized President Bush on Monday for supporting an extension of the 10-year gun ban while doing little to make it happen.
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US Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, seeking to cut George W. Bush&#39;s edge on security issues, has branded him a puppet of the powerful US gun lobby who allowed a decade-old ban on assault weapons to lapse.
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The National Rifle Association mocks John Kerry's attempts to portray himself as friendly to hunting and other gun sports, putting the Democrat in its sights with a &#36;400,000-a-week television ad buy in several presidential battleground states.
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As Republican presidential candidate Rep. Duncan Hunter has staked out the U.S.-Mexico border fence as one of this top priorities, he has repeatedly criticized the Department of Homeland Security for planning to build only half of the 700 miles of border fence authorized by Congress last year and acting too slowly to do even that.
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No one Republican candidate goes into election with commanding lead
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Â· Forensic scientists dismiss firearms residue discoveryÂ· Research used as basis to launch killer's appeal
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Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter, best known for his advocacy on behalf of the military, launched a longshot bid for the presidency Thursday in this early voting state.
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Description: Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry says President Bush did not do enough to urge the Republican-controlled Congress to extend a 10-year federal ban on the sale of assault weapons that expired Monday.
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California Rep. Duncan Hunter has decided to drop his longshot bid for the Republican presidential nomination after drawing minimal support in the contests so far -- including Nevada's GOP caucuses Saturday, in which he took just 2 percent of the vote.
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Forget the economy. The candidate has to find his voice on terrorism
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Facing a strong re-election challenge from Democrat Heath Shuler, veteran Republican Rep. Charles Taylor is going after a candidate who gets an "F" from the National Rifle Association and a perfect score from a leading abortion-rights group.
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To the National Rifle Association, John Kerry brings to mind a pink-bowed poodle -- and for the powerful gun lobby, calling someone a lapdog that "don't hunt" is not a compliment.
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Worried that both doctors and lawyers were wounded in their Election Day shootout, legislators are once again trying to make it harder for voters to amend the state&#39;s constitution.