Victorious on Gun Ban, NRA Looks Toward Elections
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With its battle to kill the  decade-long U.S. ban on assault weapons won, the National Rifle  Association is now setting its sights on the Nov. 2  presidential and congressional elections.
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For the first time since taking control of Congress, gun-control Democrats are taking on the National Rifle Association. The NRA seems to be nipping the effort in the bud.
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Bipartisan majorities in both the House and the Senate are backing gun owners in a landmark Supreme Court case.
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Rudy Giuliani, who sued firearms manufacturers and called for tough gun control as New York's mayor, said Tuesday the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and a recent court ruling framed his current defense of a right to own guns.
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The National Rifle Association, a powerful US lobbying group supporting the right to own firearms, endorsed Republican George W. Bush for president in the November 2 presidential election.
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Plans are under way for a scheme aimed at encouraging people to inform on others who have a gun illegally.
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The Republican-controlled House emphatically defeated a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage Thursday, the latest in a string of conservative pet causes pushed to a vote by GOP leaders in the run-up to Election Day.
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Senior Democrats have reached agreement with the National Rifle Association on what could be the first federal gun-control legislation since 1994, a measure to significantly strengthen the national system that checks the backgrounds of gun buyers.
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Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson walked through rows of assault rifles, pistols and other firearms, signing autographs and greeting people at a gun show Saturday.
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A 10-year-old ban on assault weapons  expired across the United States on Monday with a political  firefight but no apparent rush to rearm by gun fanciers.
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Two weeks after the Republican leadership in Congress allowed the federal assault weapons ban to expire, the House voted overwhelmingly yesterday to repeal the District
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C arolyn McCarthy was a content homemaker and a nurse before gun violence blew up her life. Yesterday, she found a moment of peace when a promising piece of gun-control legislation cleared the House.
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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee  won the Republican presidential nominating race in West  Virginia on Tuesday, defeating rivals John McCain and Mitt  Romney in the first of the day's 24 state contests to pick  candidates for the November election, MSNBC projected.
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A 10-year-old ban on assault weapons  expired across the United States on Monday with a political  firefight but no apparent rush to rearm by gun enthusiasts.
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The government said Thursday that it plans to ban deactivated firearms by the end of the year after a huge increase in the number of model and pellet guns that have been converted to fire live ammunition.
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MADISON, Wis.  - 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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Turkey's ruling AK Party won a resounding election victory on Sunday, giving the pro-business, Islamist-rooted party a mandate for reform but potentially setting the stage for renewed tensions with the secular elite.