Sentences with phrase «gun rights organizations»
Also against the convention: both pro and anti-abortion groups, environmentalists and gun rights organizations.
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The groups include the state's major labor unions, the Conservative Party, gun rights organizations and environmentalists.
This case has attracted the attention of virtually every major gun control and gun rights organization in the nation, many of which have filed briefs either in support of or against the original suit filed by the New York State Rife & Pistol Association.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Rifle Association has endorsed Claudia Tenney in the 22nd Congressional District's Republican primary, only two years after she blasted the gun rights organization.
«I can not imagine any candidate in our district who would not want the endorsement of the NRA Victory Fund, which is by far the largest gun rights organization in the country,» the campaign said.
ALBANY — The state's leading gun rights organization has halted its lawsuit looking to strike down Gov. Cuomo's 2013 gun control law because of the recent death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
Foley, a private investor from Greenwich, has been endorsed by the Connecticut Citizens Defense League — a 15,000 member grassroots gun rights organization.
The NRA is the nation's largest gun rights organization with about five million members, and a powerful lobbying organization that wields significant influence on Capitol Hill.
The nation's largest gun rights organization today decided to back Hanna, the two - term congressman from Oneida County.
Without context, the airlines» twin announcements on Saturday morning might look trivial: The end of a discount program for NRA members, which few outside the gun rights organization likely knew existed before the boycott efforts.
Many businesses including FedEx, Hertz, Avis and LifeLock offer discounts to 5 million NRA members, but an angry outpouring on Facebook and Twitter under the trending hashtag #BoycottNRA has resulted in a host of companies distancing themselves from the gun rights organization as a polarizing debate rages on gun control.
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During the freewheeling meeting, Trump made several statements that appeared to worry Republican lawmakers, including telling Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania that he might be «afraid of the NRA,» referring to the National Rifle Association, an influential gun - rights organization.
Gun - rights organizations also weighed in, including the National Rifle Association, which argued that the case stood to «eviscerate» the gun companies» legal protections.
Sitting with a group of Democrats and Republicans, including some who are backed by the NRA, Trump made what sounded like an extraordinary break with the powerful gun - rights organization.
23 February 2018 A Facebook meme gets the basic facts right about the gun lobby's status as a social welfare organization.
The rest of the money comes from unions, gun control organizations, and gun rights groups looking to boost the chances of the candidate whose political ideology best supports their own policy aims.
The group is a coalition of organizations — including the Conservative Party, gun - rights organizations and environmental groups — who worry a convention would be a staging ground for potentially losing hard - won rights in the existing state constitution.
«The reason nearly every progressive leader in New York and organizations like Naral Pro-Choice and Citizens Union are all supporting Eric Schneiderman is because no one in this race has fought harder for social justice, reproductive rights and cracking down on gun violence,» said James Freedland, a Schneiderman campaign spokesman.
23 February 2018 A Facebook meme gets the basic facts right about the gun lobby's status as a social welfare organization.
NRA members are offered discounts and other deals as part of their belonging to the gun - rights organization.
«I as well as most of the people in this room support the Second Amendment and an individual's right to own a gun,» Hastings said Wednesday at the announcement of a new gun control organization in Coral Springs.
«We generate a notice to the merchant that they are being reported and give them a chance to remove signs before their business» contact information is released to tens of thousands of gun rights supporters,» says Paul Valone, president of the organization.