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Fred Guttenberg, whose 14 - year - old daughter Jaime was killed at Stoneman Douglas, got loud applause when he told the crowd he would work tirelessly to «break» the gun lobby in the United States and bring about common sense regulations.

An ambitious lobbyist faces off against the powerful gun lobby in an attempt to pass gun control legislation.

National Harbor, Maryland (CNN) The head of the biggest gun lobby in the US has accused Democrats of pushing a «socialist» agenda to deprive gun owners of their weapons, in an uncompromising speech just a week after 17 people died in the Florida school shooting.

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Hundreds more convened outside NRA headquarters in Virginia, criticizing the influence the gun rights lobby has on politicians.

Signs are emerging that companies and investors are starting to push back against the gun industry and its main lobbying group, the National Rifle Association (NRA), in the wake of last week's Florida high school shooting.

In the early 2000s, gun makers successfully lobbied for protection from such lawsuits.

While in the midst of putting together one of her perfectly structured pay - for - play deals to help kill an import - tax bill (even hiring actors as instigators among the protesters), Sloane is asked to take the lead in her firm helping the gun lobby attract scared moms.

Today's Republican politicians have shifted gears, adopting the increasingly absolutist view of the Second Amendment proffered by the gun lobby, which, in the Trump era, has itself become more ambitious.

Students who survived the Parkland, Florida, shooting met with top leaders in the state Capitol to lobby for gun control.

(No retailer has ever sold a «smart gun» in the country, in part because of pressure from the gun industry and lobby.

This week, Trump stunned his party and the National Rifle Association (NRA) gun lobby by coming out in favor of tighter gun controls.

The three lobbyists tapped by Dick's to push for gun control are listed by name in the federal disclosure forms, which are required by the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to be filed quarterly: Joel Johnson, who worked for both President Bill Clinton and Senate Democrat leadership; Andrew King, who worked for Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)

President Donald Trump is set to give an address to the National Rifle Association just two months after he declared that he would stand up to the powerful gun lobby following a deadly school shooting in Parkland,...

Mr. Scott can afford to break with the gun lobby now because he is unlikely to face a Republican primary in his expected Senate campaign against Bill Nelson, the Democratic incumbent, in the midterms in November.

A week after a gunman opened fire with an AR -15-style assault rifle at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., killing 17 people and prompting a rash of student - driven lobbying for new gun restrictions, Mr. Trump met for more than an hour with grieving people in search of solutions.

«We're going to be the generation that takes down the gun lobby,» Marisa Pyle, 20, said through a red megaphone to a group of several hundred people gathered in front of the Dahlonega Gold Museum.

Since the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Fla., last month, renewed calls for remedies to firearms violence have led to sweeping consumer boycotts and unprecedented moves by corporate America to distance itself from the powerful gun lobby.

Hall said political leaders have been «in terror of the gun lobby,» but now they need to know that faith communities such as his are willing to stand behind efforts to push for gun control.

With one of the most sophisticated and well - heeled lobbies in the country ($ 8 to $ 9 million annual budget), the NRA fiercely stymies all efforts by legislators to pass gun laws, even though the results of local attempts have shown beyond reasonable doubt that such laws can be effective.

The magazine's strong Christian lobby has also ranged from Vietnam to postal rates, from gun control (pro) to child abuse (con), from amnesty (a la Ford) to television programming to crime in the streets.

Trump told governors gathered in D.C. that he would take action to ban the sale of bump stocks without Congress, and said it's «OK» to push back against the NRA «every once as a while,» as the powerful gun lobbying group fights calls to enact stricter gun control laws after the shooting.

Given everything that's happened of late, the Senate rejecting gun safety legislation appears to make so sense whatsoever — unless, of course, we consider the continuing and maddening congressional deadlock, the sinful lobbying powers of the National Rifle Association (NRA), and the deeply - felt belief among many in the American public that more guns — not fewer guns — will keep us all safe.

January 13, 2010 (readMedia)-- On January 12th over 1,500 gun owners celebrated the Second Amendment in Albany and lobbied their representatives in the State Assembly and Senate to reform NYS gun laws and bring them into line with the landmark legal decision in District of Columbia v. Heller.

«The federal government must take action, but for too long forces in Washington backed by the gun industry lobby have offered empty words instead of life - saving laws and policy changes.

Democrats, including Jose Peralta (D - Queens), who sponsored the «microstamping» bill in the Senate, argue that the gun lobby's donations to the GOP are a key reason for the demise of the bill.

He heaped praise on the NRA on Thursday and repeated full phrases from a speech Wayne LaPierre, the gun lobby head, gave earlier in the day.

Following several tragedies in recent months, Cuomo made an impassioned plea during his address on Wednesday for the state's legislature to ignore pressure from gun lobbies and deliver New York the toughest gun laws in the nation.

Libous privately argued to members of his conference that Bloomberg, who has contributed $ 1.2 million to the Senate GOP since 2003, is unlikely to continue his support given the close split in the chamber and should therefore not be put ahead of the gun lobby, which not only has deep pockets, but also passionate grassroots advocates in crucial upstate districts.

The NRA is a powerful pro-gun lobby largely credited with the defeat of gun control legislation in Congress last year, and through their Political Victory Fund spent $ 1,276 to purchase materials that oppose Malloy's re-election bid.

At 1 p.m., on his second day in office, Westchester County Executive George Latimer will sign an executive order prohibiting gun shows from being held on county property, Westchester County Center, main lobby, 198 Central Ave., White Plains.

Workers at the Remington Arms gun factory in Ilion, in the Mohawk Valley, came to the Capitol to lobby against the gun package.

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They've announced a nationwide protest on March 24 in Washington, D.C.. They've traveled to the Florida State Capitol lobbying for stricter gun laws.

Earlier Monday, Clinton held a panel discussion on reducing gun violence, telling a somber audience in Port Washington that as president she would stand up to the powerful gun lobby.

I expressed surprise that Golden would break with Mayor Bloomberg, who was in Albany to lobby for this bill today and even launched an ad campaign through his Mayors Against Illegal Guns group.

While the response from the gun lobby has been remarkably similar — blaming the massacre on mental - health issues, advocating for policemen or armed teachers in schools as well as the need for «good guys with guns» — they have a new kind of adversary.

On Sunday, Clinton told worshipers at the Christian Cultural Center in Brooklyn's Canarsie neighborhood that there was a «big difference» between her and Sanders on the issue, and that he «has voted with the National Rifle Association and the big gun lobby.»

«Even if the gun industry lobby and its allies in Washington continue to block federal progress on this issue as they have for so long,» said Kavanagh «I believe that New York lawmakers can and will step up.

Another piece in the Washington Post about the N.R.A.'s evolution from sportsmen's club to gun - rights lobby says «The NRA learned that controversy isn't a problem but rather, in many cases, a solution, a motivator, a recruitment tool, an inspiration.»

Democrats point to the gun lobby's donations to the GOP as a big reason the Senate has continued to refuse to pass the microstamping bill — even as crimes committed by perpetrators armed with illegal guns are plaguing law enforcement efforts in the city.

If the latest push for tighter gun restrictions has any better chance of success than the ones that came before, it is in large part a result of the fierce lobbying effort by the student advocates, including those from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the site of this month's mass shooting.

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«Hillary Clinton has spent decades taking on the gun lobby and fighting in Washington for sensible gun control,» Cuomo told the Daily News.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo spent his first four years in office holding sway over the Legislature, hashing out on - time budgets and lobbying Republican lawmakers to cross party lines on same - sex marriage and gun control.

Michael Bloomberg's group and other advocates are also claiming victory in gun lobby losses.

But as he was digging into the study, his source of funding came under attack from the National Rifle Association (NRA), a powerful lobbying group based in Fairfax, Va., that supports gun ownership.

The US government has relaunched research into the causes of firearm violence, funding for which was cut in 1996 after pressure from the gun lobby.

Also, the movie does not portray the gun right's lobby in the best light, which may offend some audience members.

Filmed in New Orleans and based on John Grisham's book, the courtroom drama stars Hackman as a ruthless jury consultant for the gun lobby.

A fifteen - year - old boy died from a mysterious gunshot wound to his head while he was sitting in the lobby of his father's gun club.