On May 6, liberal comedian Jon Stewart opened The Daily Show by making fun of last weekend’s 142nd Annual Meeting of the National Rifle Association. Imitating the dialect of a southern gent, he pointed out that this year’s meeting was held
Don’t look for a new Justice Department report about American gun violence to receive any serious media coverage over the coming days, or ever. According to the report from the department’s Bureau of Statistics, every argument the media and the
During a panel discussion on his May 6 broadcast of Hardball, MSNBC talking head Chris Matthews called Glenn Beck and the NRA “Hitlerian” for their arguments against Obama’s gun-ban plans–but only minutes later scolded those same people for likening others
The rhetoric of the gun debate comes into clear focus when we step outside of conference calls and 30 second gun control commercials and look at the reality of what is really happening in America right now. For example, in
At its recent convention, the board of directors of the National Rifle Association of America elected Alabama lawyer James W. Porter II as the 62nd president of the nation’s oldest and largest civil-rights organization, founded in 1871 and boasting over
A day after the Oklahoma City Thunder eliminated his Houston Rockets from the NBA playoffs, Rockets head coach Kevin McHale attended the National Rifle Association convention on Saturday. McHale was captured on camera listening to Glenn Beck’s NRA keynote speech,
Mike Lupica, the ESPN host and regular panelist on the network’s Sunday “The Sports Reporters” program, wrote in a column that former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin addressed “mean,” “dumb,” “angry,” and phony patriots at the NRA convention last Friday in
Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) met with Mark Malkowski, owner of Stag Arms of New Britain, Connecticut, who was in Houston for the NRA convention. The two met to discuss a possible move to Texas for the firearm manufacturer. The
Speaking to a group of law enforcement personnel, Vice President Joe Biden said he will revive the Manchin-Toomey background check ‘compromise’ and will “prevail” in pushing it through the Senate. Referencing the heinous crime at Sandy Hook Elementary, Biden said,
Speaking to NRA convention attendees Friday, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) called attention to Vice President Joe Biden’s promise to bring gun control back for a Senate vote and challenged him to an hour-long debate on the legislation and the real
Speaking the NRA convention in Houston, TX on May 4, NRA chief lobbyist Chris Cox said, “Where we see tragedy, Barack Obama and Michael Bloomberg… see opportunity.” He continued: While we pray for God to comfort those suffering unimaginable pain,
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin told attendees at the National Rifle Convention on Friday that those who fight to preserve America’s freedoms, the Second Amendment, while being ridiculed by the mainstream media and the Washington establishment keeps her optimistic and
At the National Rifle Association’s convention in Houston, TX, NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre announced that the NRA has now grown to an unprecedented 5 million active members. He concluded his speech with the theme of all the NRA
The principals at Peck Elementary and Martin Luther King Early Childhood Center were happy to start gun safety programs at their schools, but when they found out the National Rifle Association (NRA) developed the lessons they quickly pulled out. “The
Speaking at the NRA convention in Houston on May 3, former Governor Sarah Palin said the fight to protect the Second Amendment is a battle that must be rigorously undertaken because “this is a fight for the constitution, this is a fight
HOUSTON — Speaking at the National Rifle Association (NRA) convention on Friday, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin accused the mainstream media of allowing President Barack Obama to exploit tragedies like Newtown to push for more gun control and defended the
Speaking to a wildly cheering crowd at the National Rifle Association convention in Houston, Sarah Palin slammed President Obama and gun control advocates for trying to take away American citizens freedoms…
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz addresses the crowd at the NRA-ILA Leadership Forum, an event of the 2013 NRA Annual Meetings in Houston, Texas. He emphasizes the importance of the unalienable liberties the country was founded on. “The Constitution matters. All
To say that Dave Perry, the editor of the Aurora Sentinel doesn’t like the NRA would be a colossal understatement. He wrote in a recent oped that they are the real terrorists in America, and the “guilty monsters” should be
Senator Ted Cruz R-Texas spoke at the National Rifle Association meeting in Houston Friday. NRA supporters were gathering there for the first time since successfully fending off the Obama administration’s push to enforce stricter gun laws. Cruz, noting Joe Biden’s
MyFoxHouston says it has learned one person has suffered a “life-threatening injury” from a gunshot wound. However, the station adds “it was not immediately clear if anyone was injured or whether the incident was still ongoing. The National Rifle Association
