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Kansas Governor Pushes Back After Holder Calls Pro-Gun Law Unconstitutional


Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 18, 2013.

Remember all those gun nullification bills that cropped up back in January? Last month, Kansas went ahead and passed one. Senate Bill 102, also known as the Second Amendment Protection Act, became effective in Kansas on April 25. And it has led to a high-level back and forth between Attorney General Eric Holder and Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R).

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Topics: 2nd Amendment, Gun Rights

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Little-Known Charity Brings Gun Lobby, Lawmakers Together


Members of the 'Top Gun' Team Republican at the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation's annual Congressional Shoot-Out and Industry Challenge in 2012.

You've heard of the National Rifle Association. But have you heard of the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation?

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Topics: Gun Control, Gun Rights, National Rifle Association

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On The Bus To Albany With New York's Gun Guys


The Long Island Firearms bus, en route to a large rally in Albany, N.Y., at a rest stop on Feb. 28, 2013.

ALBANY, NY — Jaime Rios is a Republican, but he loves liberals. His wife is one. Most of his other family members are, too, along with many of his friends. One friend of his, Rios says, is a "really, really, really, really, really left, left, left, left-as-left-can-go person. I think it goes off the radar left."

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Topics: Gun Control, Gun Rights