September 8, 2010
President Harry Truman famously observed, “If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.” Lately, many “friends” have been misrepresenting actions we’ve taken on H.R. 5175, a campaign finance reform bill called the “DISCLOSE Act,” so I’d like to set the record straight.
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June 24, 2010
The NRA’s sworn duty is to protect the Second Amendment above all else. We face attacks daily from the White House, Congress, state legislatures, city councils, courts, the United Nations,...
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June 18, 2010
I received your email regarding the NRA's position on H.R. 5175, the "DISCLOSE Act". Regrettably, our position has been misstated by some and intentionally misrepresented by others....
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March 15, 2010
A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision marks a resounding victory for the Constitution, for freedom of speech and for every member of the National Rifle Association—a victory that was possible only because NRA members never stopped fighting.
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January 21, 2010
The National Rifle Association praised the U.S. Supreme Court's decision today in the case of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, removing unconstitutional restrictions on the NRA’s ability to speak freely at election time.
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September 4, 2007
For all of us who have worked so hard to reshape the federal judiciary, proof positive of our success came this summer with a stunning turnaround by the U.S. Supreme Court in support of First Amendment rights.
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November 14, 2002
ON NOV. 6, AMERICANS became less free to speak out than at any time in our nation`s modern history, losing a large measure of their right to exercise collective paid political speech. On that date, John McCain`s dream of political thought control--the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA)--took effect. And when it did, American liberty entered the Twilight Zone.
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March 26, 2002
This site includes NRA`s legal complaint as well as legislation, news coverage, links and other related materials.
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September 24, 2001
Like to think your opinion counts? Under the guise of reforming election funding, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and others are attempting to muzzle your voice concerning critical national issues--including the Second Amendment. And with the mainstream media trumpeting his cause, the truth isn`t seeing the light of day. Until now.
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July 11, 2001
By James O.E. Norell. Campaign finance reform in the guise of S.27, the McCain-Feingold legislation that passed the Senate in April 2001, attacks every American`s First Amendment right to use political speech to protect the entire Bill of Rights.
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March 30, 2000
By Geoffrey Dickens. At a press conference at the National Press Club, the MRC's Brent Bozell said that the media's treatment of the firearms issue is "hardly what any news observer would call unbiased." NRA Director and broadcaster Oliver North called the network news' bias "a frontal assault on our Second Amendment liberties."
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