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Guns In Your Home: A Statistical Accident Waiting To Happen

Over 70 percent of the time a minor is killed by a gun, the gun used was housed in that minor’s own home.

2013/05/15

'Alexa' mannequin which bleeds when shot. (credit: Zombie Industries)

NRA Vendor Sells “Bleeding” Female Mannequin Target In Texas

A company is selling a female zombie doll that bleeds fake blood when shot. The ‘Alexa’ doll is reportedly one in a range of life-size zombie mannequins sold by Zombie Industries, which displayed its products at last weekend’s NRA convention in Houston.

2013/05/09

An 11-year-old boy handles a SIG Sauer SIG556 semi-automatic rifle during the 2012 NRA Annual Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri. (credit: Whitney Curtis/Getty Images)

Republicans Sound Off At NRA Convention

The National Rifle Association held their annual meeting in Houston today. This year’s theme is “Stand and Fight,” and some politicians in attendance had plenty to say about it.

2013/05/03

Texas Gov. Perry Urges Fight Against Gun Control

Texas Gov. Rick Perry says passing new gun control laws won’t stop criminals and would only make law-abiding citizens easy targets by depriving them of weapons to defend themselves.

2013/05/03

NRA Preparing For Start Of Annual Convention In Houston

The NRA annual convention is about to get underway in Houston after the group spent much of the past year under siege, ardently defending gun rights following mass shootings in two states and fighting back against mounting pressure for stricter laws in Washington.

2013/05/02

U.S. Gun Sales Reach Record Levels In 2012

Senate Votes Against Tighter Background Checks For Gun Buyers

Senate Republicans backed by a small band of rural-state Democrats scuttled the most far-reaching gun control legislation in two decades on Wednesday, refusing to tighten background checks on firearms buyers or ban assault weapons as they spurned the personal pleas of families of the victims of last winter’s elementary school shootings in Newtown, Conn.

2013/04/17

NASCAR Takes Closer Look At Sponsorships

NASCAR said Friday it might take a closer look at how it approves sponsors after the National Rifle Association became the title sponsor of this weekend’s Sprint Cup race at Texas during a national debate over gun rights.

2013/04/12

An woman takes aim with a pistol. (credit: Karim Sahib/AFP/Getty Images)

State Senate Considers Gun Training For Schools

The state would pay for school employees to learn to carry a gun on the job under a proposal set for consideration at the Capitol.

2013/03/19

A general view of Texas Motor Speedway from the Lone Star Tower rooftop in Turn 2 as cars race during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AAA Texas 500 on November 4, 2012 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images for Texas Motor Speedway)

NRA To Sponsor NASCAR Cup Race In Texas

The National Rifle Association is taking its relationship with racing to a new level as the title sponsor of a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race.

CBS 11–2013/03/05

Fans React To NRA & NASCAR Partnership

Word spread fast over the Texas Motor Speedway announcement that the National Rifle Association will serve as its title sponsor for the April 13 Sprint Cup Race.

CBS 11–2013/03/05

NRA Title Sponsor For NASCAR Cup Race In Texas

NRA’s sponsorship with Texas Motor Speedway was announced during the track’s media day Monday. The April 13 race, the first scheduled night race of the season, will be known as the NRA 500.

2013/03/04