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Meet The New Faces Of The NRA


From left, Dom Raso, Natalie Foster, and Colion Noir, new contributors to NRA News.

NRA News, the National Rifle Association's online news website and "your first source for Second Amendment news and information," has recently added three commentators to its lineup, to compliment its daily online video broadcasts. Videos featuring the commentators will apparently include a disclaimer that they do not "necessarily reflect the views of the National Rifle Association." But from what little has been put out so far about the commentators, that disclaimer might just be for show. For those of you who don't normally click over to NRA News during your lunch hour, here's a quick introduction to the new faces:

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Topics: NRA, NRA News

World Forum on Shooting Activities

Meet The NRA's International Brother Organization


A woman looks through a telescopic sight for a hunting rifle at a hunting trade fair in Dortmund, Germany, in January 2003.

In 1995, Tom Mason was at a United Nations conference in Cairo, Egypt, where one of the issues being discussed was what Mason calls "a very stringent anti-gun resolution."

So Mason got in touch with the National Rifle Association.

"I talked to the NRA, and they said, 'Oh, will you watch it for us?'" Mason recalled. "And I did."

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Topics: NRA, United Nations, World Forum on Shooting Activities

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After Sandy Hook, NRA Told Gun Makers LaPierre Would Handle It


Wayne LaPierre, chief executive of the National Rifle Association testifies at a Senate hearing on gun violence on Jan. 30, 2013.

Does the National Rifle Association take orders from the gun industry? Or is it the other way around?

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Topics: Gun Control, NRA, Wayne LaPierre

Wayne LaPierre

WND Offers Wayne LaPierre's 336-Page Survival Manual At Incredible Price


Wayne LaPierre, executive vice-president of the National Rifle Association, speaks at a Dec. 21, 2012 news conference at the Willard Hotel, near the White House, in Washington, DC.

If you've been waiting for the right time to purchase National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre's tips on protecting your home from potential disasters, your time may have come.

WND, the conservative website and publisher of Chuck Norris columns, is offering readers a steep discount on "Safe: How to Protect Yourself, Your Family and Your Home," a 336-page survival manual written by Wayne LaPierre, CEO of the National Rifle Association.

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LaPierre Accuses Obama Of Fraud In Defiant NRA Speech


National Rifle Association chief Wayne LaPierre responds to President Obama's State of the Union address in a Feb. 14, 2013 webcast.

In a speech billed as his official response to President Obama's State of the Union address, National Rifle Association chief Wayne LaPierre on Thursday accused the President of only pretending to care about school safety in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., mass shooting in December.

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Topics: NRA, Wayne LaPierre