Article: FLOOD OF FIREARMS AIDS U.S. VIOLENCE.(LOCAL)

Article: Gun lobby in bid to open Times Square restaurant
The Sunday Herald;  June 11, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... National Rifle Association, the gun lobby group infamous for opposing even ... Using a cry of defiance from the Civil War, he warned Vice President Al Gore ... Bush's election would give the gun lobby strong access to the White House ...

Article: Outrage over Bush's thanks to pro-gun lobby
The Scotsman;  May 21, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... between the administration and the United States' powerful gun lobby, Ms Norton, the interior secretary, praised the NRA as ... praising the valour of confederate forces during the American civil war. Their case had been weakened by "bad facts" in that they ...

Article: Gun lobby lays down defensive barrage
The Independent - London;  May 18, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... action "some time later this year". Founded in 1871 by army officers worried by the poor marksmanship of Union troops in the Civil War, the NRA loves to call itself "the oldest civil rights organisation in the country". But it has become a broad, even sinister ...

Article: Lieberman counters pro-gun lobby; Following Heston ...
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  November 3, 2000 ;     596 words ... ... Bush next week. Heston, NRA president, called the Nov. 7 presidential election "the most important election since the Civil War." Lieberman, the first Jewish vice presidential candidate on a major party ticket, asked people not to be "fooled" by ...

Transcript: BATTLE OVER GUNS -- IS IT TURNING INTO CIVIL ...
ABC Nightline;  May 11, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... over) Tonight, the battle over guns -- is it turning into a civil war? ANNOUNCER: From ABC News, this is Nightline. Substituting ... makers for damages, there is a growing division within the gun lobby. The NRA, which represents gun owners, is sticking to its ...

Article: No Mandate For Gun Extremism; Gun Lobby Losing ...
PR Newswire;  November 9, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... results show that despite the extremist gun lobby's efforts to make a claim of victory ... Senator John Kerry, pilloried by the gun lobby as supposedly the worst threat to gun ... among the leaders in NRA membership. The gun lobby also saw total rejection in Illinois ...

Article: Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort Reveals Gun Lobby to ...
PR Newswire;  September 28, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... and Strong Opposition From Voters, the Gun Lobby Pushes an Extremist Agenda to Put More ... Effort (WAVE) has learned that the gun lobby plans to introduce legislation at the ... officials throughout the state oppose the gun lobby's agenda to put more deadly handguns ...