For Release: Tuesday, December 9, 1998 New VPC Report Documents Shift in Party Line on Deadly Military-Style Guns Report Debunks “Myths” NRA Circulating as New Fight Looms on Assault Ban Trying to head off growing pressure to close loopholes in the…
For Release: Tuesday, December 9, 1998 New VPC Report Documents Shift in Party Line on Deadly Military-Style Guns Report Debunks “Myths” NRA Circulating as New Fight Looms on Assault Ban Trying to head off growing pressure to close loopholes in the…
For Release: Friday, June 27, 1997 Today’s ruling by the United States Supreme Court that 1993’s Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act violates the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution foreshadows an inevitable debate in Congress over the value of the national…
For Release: Wednesday, June 11, 1997 Gun Lobby Promoted “Final War” Against Federal Government National Rifle Association (NRA) Led Fight, Warning “Final War Has Begun” Soldier of Fortune Publisher Robert K. Brown Also Serves on NRA Board of Directors Anti-government writings in Soldier…
For Release: March 18, 1996 Bill Would Protect Gun Dealers Who Knowingly Sell to Criminals and Minors Bill Would Cut Off Manufacturer’s Liability for Notoriously Defective Handgun If the U.S. Senate votes tomorrow to pass the grossly misnamed “Common Sense…
For Release: Thursday, April 18, 1996 Organization Continues To Use Anti-Government, Anti-Law Enforcement Rhetoric On Friday, April 19th, 1996 the first anniversary of the Oklahoma bombing the National Rifle Association of America (NRA) will open its 125th annual meeting. In defending…
For Release: Thursday, June 20, 1996 Extremism, Racism, Legal Woes, and Gun Industry Ties Are Rampant on NRA Board of Directors Study is Excerpted in NRA Expose Contained in July/August Mother Jones Magazine A new study released today by the Violence Policy…
For Release: Friday, January 20, 1995 Firearm manufacturers and pro-gun organizations will meet this weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada for the S.H.O.T. (Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade) Show, the annual trade show for America’s gun industry. The show is sponsored by the…
For Release: Wednesday, March 22, 1995 The historic Morton Grove ban on handgun sale and possession — the first of its kind in the nation — may soon be overturned as the result a campaign being waged by the National Rifle…
For Release: Friday, April 21, 1995 The Oklahoma bombing is an inevitable result of an inflammatory two-year campaign waged by America’s gun lobby attacking the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) and the Clinton Administration in the wake of…
For Release: Wednesday, May 17, 1995 Charges this week by the National Rifle Association (NRA) voiced on national television and in full-page ads placed in major newspapers of race and sex discrimination at the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms…