February 15, 2013
Semi-automatic firearms were introduced more than a century ago. The first semi-automatic rifle was introduced in 1885, the first semi-automatic pistol in 1892, and the first semi-automatic shotgun in 1902. Semi-automatics account for about 20 percent of the 300 million privately-owned firearms in the United States and the percentage is quickly rising, because semi-automatics now account for about 50 percent of all new firearms bought annually. Americans bought about five million new semi-automatics in 2012.
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February 5, 2013
Like other gun control supporters, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) campaigned for banning handguns in the 1980s.1 Since the early 1990s, however, she has campaigned for banning a variety of firearms—mostly rifles—she calls “assault weapons,” along with any firearm magazine that holds 11 or more rounds of ammunition, which she calls “large.” Feinstein sponsored the federal “assault weapon” and “large” magazine ban imposed from 1994 to 2004.
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January 14, 2013
In the late 1980s, gun control groups realized that they had failed in their original goal—getting handguns banned—and began campaigning against semi-automatic firearms they called “assault weapons,” most of which are rifles.
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June 3, 2011
Semi-automatic firearms were introduced more than a century ago. The first semi-automatic rifle, a Mannlicher, appeared in 1885; the first pistol, a Schonberger, in 1892; and the first shotgun, the legendary Browning Auto-5, in 1900.
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April 5, 2013
It has been widely reported that the killer in the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut last year was a semi-automatic AR-15 stolen from its rightful owner. In fact, it was for precisely that reason that President Obama said that gun control will be a "central issue" of his last four years in office.
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March 1, 2013
As we recently reported, Vice-President Joe Biden has a knack for putting his foot in his mouth. Well, someone better find Biden a chair, because he’s now put his other foot in his mouth too.
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January 25, 2013
On Jan. 24, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) introduced S. 150, her long-anticipated bill to ban "assault weapons" and "large" magazines. Contrary to media claims that Feinstein wants to "reinstate" the 1994 ban, the bill will go much further toward her stated long-term goal of gun confiscation, imposing a host of absurdly broad definitions and onerous restrictions.
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January 18, 2013
Wednesday morning, the White House accused the NRA of using children as "pawns in a political fight," because we pointed out in an advertisement that while President Obama's children are protected by armed guards at school, their father had shown little interest in armed protection for anyone else's children.
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January 18, 2013
Anti-gun New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D), in stunningly brazen fashion, took a hatchet to gun rights in New York this week.
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February 8, 2012
Last Thursday, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder appeared before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to answer questions about his role in the deadly “Fast and Furious” gun-running scandal. However, instead of answers, Congress got more defiance, more arrogance, and more wasted time with an attorney general who clearly feels no sense of obligation to the American people or our rule of law.
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December 6, 2011
Ever since Attorney General Eric Holder stated in 2009 that the Obama administration would work to reinstate Bill Clinton’s so-called “assault weapons ban,” Jesse Jackson and the gun-control lobby have grown increasingly impatient. It isn’t enough that President Obama promised the Brady Campaign that he would work “under the radar” to enact their gun-control agenda. Jackson and his allies want the president to begin his war on the Second Amendment right now.
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March 23, 2011
In February 2011, Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) introduced the Collectible Firearms Protection Act, S. 381 and H.R. 615, respectively. The bills propose to amend the Arms Export Control Act to guarantee that U.S.-made military firearms that were previously exported to a foreign government, and which under that law are eligible for re-importation into the U.S. as “curios and relics,”1 will not be blocked from importation.
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February 18, 2011
Fairfax, Va. – The U.S. House of Representatives adopted an amendment to H.R. 1 offered by Reps. Dan Boren (D-OK) and Denny Rehberg (R-MT) that prohibits the use of federal funds for...
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August 25, 2010
The Electoral Board in Cook County, Illinois has agreed to dismiss a bogus petition to create a referendum on the November ballot asking if the sale of semi-automatic firearms should be banned in Illinois.
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August 25, 2010
With Mexico`s president calling for new U.S. gun laws, and international treaties waiting in the wings, this year`s elections may be a turning point for our Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
Mexico`s president, Felipe Calderón, addresses a joint session of Congress.
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August 12, 2010
The National Rifle Association is backing a protest filed with the Electoral Board in Cook County, Illinois, in response to a petition to ban the sale of semi-automatic firearms across the state.
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January 12, 2010
More and more hunters are taking to the field with modern semi-automatic rifles based on the AR platform. Here, a hunter with a lot of field experience with the rifles tells why he has embraced them . . . and why you should, too.
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May 30, 2009
Following the election of the most anti-gun president in American history and a Congress led by some of the most extreme anti-gun politicians ever to set foot on Capitol Hill, the most surprising news out of Washington during Obama-Biden’s first 100 days was that gun control was suddenly--and supposedly--not a priority. Make special note of that “supposedly.”
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May 30, 2009
Last month I reported that the anti-gunners are gearing up to use the crisis in Mexico to advance their agenda.Now, Congress and the Obama administration have jumped into the issue with both feet.
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April 27, 2009
As drug-related violence soars on the border, some on both sides are all too ready to blame the Second Amendment.
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March 27, 2009
Legislation to require a federal license to possess any detachable-magazine, semi-automatic rifle or shotgun, or any handgun, has been introduced in Congress. Legislation to reimpose the federal “assault weapon” and “large capacity” magazine ban of 1994, or an even broader ban--both introduced in the last two congresses--is sure to follow. And legislation to ban all semi-automatic and pump-action firearms, starting with those that use detachable magazines, has been pro-posed in the past and may not be far behind.
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March 18, 2009
65 House Democrats Express Opposition To Reinstatement Of The Failed 1994 Gun And Magazine Ban
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February 19, 2009
As a presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton caused a scare for gun owners. Now named Barack Obama’s secretary of state, the Clinton anti-gun nightmare has returned.
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September 3, 2008
Semi-automatics, like all firearms other than machine guns, fire one shot when the trigger is pulled, and they reload themselves after each shot. They were introduced in the 1880s and account for about 15 percent of the 250+ million firearms in the United States.
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November 15, 2007
Why does a new report from the International Association of Chiefs of Police read like every gun-ban strategy we’ve heard for the last 10 years? To find out, all one has to do is.
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August 15, 2007
Concerns have been raised in response to statements made by NRA Board Member Joaquin Jackson to Texas Monthly in 2005. We have received
inquiries seeking clarity as to NRA’s positions...
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March 1, 2007
On Feb. 14, 2007, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.) introduced H.R. 1022, a bill with the stated purpose, “to reauthorize the assault weapons ban, and for other purposes.” McCarthy’s choice of words warrants explanation.
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February 22, 2007
(FAIRFAX, VA) – The following statement was issued by the National Rifle Association of America.
Comments expressed by outdoor writer Jim Zumbo reflect neither the opinions of the...
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July 18, 2005
Council’s Decision to Ban Guns Prompts Exodus
Columbus, OH -- As a direct result of the Columbus City Council decision to ban semi-automatic firearm ownership for law-abiding citizens,...
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July 18, 2005
Comments from NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre
Two months ago, I was pleased to announce that the National Rifle Association chose the great city of Columbus to host...
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March 9, 2005
Given the large number of lies that anti-gun groups and politicians have told over the years, we hesitate to say that this is the most dishonest and deceptive thing we have ever heard from them. But what they are saying about Fabrique Nationale`s Five-seveN pistol is among the most dishonest and deceptive to date.
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December 9, 2004
With the Clinton gun ban now atop history's trash heap, anti-gunners are trying to force their agenda on the states, and their definition of "assault weapon" is getting broader and broader. Your hunting guns are now being targeted for extinction.
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August 3, 2004
The CMP is continuing a long history of service to the nation, supporting marksmanship training, administering the historic Excellence-in-Competition program, and sponsoring the National Trophy Matches.
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July 28, 2004
John Edwards' four years in the Senate are characterized primarily by poor attendance, but the votes he has cast are far closer to the Massachusetts liberal benchmark set by John Kerry than to views held by North Carolina voters.
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June 1, 2004
Making sure that law--always considered a critical "first step" by the anti gun rights radicals--sunsets is the most important goal in our singular mission to preserve the rights of peaceable Americans.
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May 22, 2004
Claiming people "can't be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans to legitimately own handguns and rifles," President Bill Clinton championed the federal "assault weapon" (AW) and "large" ammunition magazine ban, and signed it into law on Sept. 13, 1994.
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April 8, 2004
As Mark Twain once quipped, "A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." Apparently, this is the hope of the Brady Campaign as they launch another...
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March 2, 2004
NRA Statement on S. 1805 from Wayne LaPierre, NRA Executive Vice President, and Chris W. Cox, NRA`s Chief Lobbyist
In a move to exploit meaningful legislation designed to preserve...
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March 2, 2004
Below are the Roll Call votes for the Feinstein amendment which would renew the so-called "assault weapons" ban. This is an amendment to S. 1805, Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms...
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February 9, 2004
We need to be prepared for this battle from the very first moment Congress turns to new business for the year. We at NRA-ILA are proud to unveil a new Web site designed as a tool to help us meet this challenge ClintonGunBan.com.
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