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NRA's next president to lead its court fights against gun control

May 8, 2013 12:30
By Andrea Lorenz HOUSTON (Reuters) - Alabama lawyer Jim Porter, in line to become the next president of the National Rifle Association, is expected to spearhead the group's court challenges of gun-control laws enacted in several states since the Newtown, Connecticut, school shooting massacre. Porter, 64, the son of another Alabama lawyer who served as NRA president from 1959 to 1961, is likely to succeed David Keene on Monday in the two-year post at the nation's leading gun-rights organization.

U.S. think tank says immigrant amnesty would worsen deficits

May 7, 2013 14:07
By Richard Cowan and Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Granting legal status to 11 million undocumented foreigners living in the United States would significantly add to government budget deficits, according to a study released on Monday by the conservative Heritage Foundation. Heritage, a think tank headed by former Senator Jim DeMint, has assumed a leading role in opposition to a bipartisan, comprehensive immigration bill being considered by the U.S. Senate.

NRA chief: Boston-area residents were vulnerable without guns

May 7, 2013 14:06
By Andrea Lorenz HOUSTON (Reuters) - Heavy-handed gun laws and a culture disapproving of gun ownership put citizens in a vulnerable position during the door-to-door search for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev last month, NRA Chief Executive Wayne LaPierre said on Saturday. "How many Bostonians wished they had a gun two weeks ago?" LaPierre asked in a speech at the National Rifle Association's annual convention in Houston.

Heritage Foundation study on immigration bill's cost sets off squabble among conservatives

The Canadian PressMay 6, 2013 05:00
WASHINGTON - A bipartisan Senate immigration bill would cost the government a net $6.3 trillion over the next 50 years to provide benefits for millions of people now living in the U.S. illegally, the Heritage Foundation said in a report Monday, setting off a fierce dispute with fellow conservatives who attacked the study as flawed and political.

Top US gun group opens meet in combative mood

Agence France-PresseMay 3, 2013 21:01
The National Rifle Association styled itself Friday as the champions of fundamental freedoms in the United States as it kicked off its annual convention in a combative mood. More than 70,000 members of the nation's premier gun rights organization have flocked to Texas for the three-day gathering, hard on the heels of the defeat of new federal gun laws in the US Senate.

US reels after 5-year-old kills sister with 'my first rifle'

Agence France-PresseMay 2, 2013 22:45
The accidental shooting death of a two-year-old at the hands of her five-year-old brother has revived the perennial gun debate in the United States, where weapons are made just for kids. The .22 caliber rifle used in Tuesday's tragedy is marketed by Crickett to young ones with the slogan "My First Rifle." It had been left loaded with a single shell in a corner of the family's home. But unlike other similar cases, the weapon actually belonged to the child from Cumberland County in Kentucky. He had received it last year as a gift.

US gun rights lobby meets in Texas in fighting mood

Agence France-PresseMay 2, 2013 16:30
The National Rifle Association (NRA) opens its annual meeting in gun-friendly Texas on Friday with its leadership determined to fight off any fresh attempt to tighten the nation's gun laws. More than 70,000 people are expected at the three-day gathering in Houston, taking place a little over two weeks after the US Senate rejected President Barack Obama's proposal for universal background checks on gun buyers. "The NRA doesn't do pep rallies," said NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanandam, dismissing suggestions that the 142nd NRA convention will be a time for celebration.

Southern Baptists say site blocked on some military bases; military blames software glitch

The Canadian PressApril 29, 2013 08:49
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Some military chaplains trying to access the Southern Baptist Convention website this week were surprised to find it blocked with a message that it contained "hostile content." The problem left military officials having to explain to leaders of the nation's largest Protestant denomination that it was an unintentional software glitch.

Iraq lurks at Bush's Texas-sized party

Agence France-PresseApril 25, 2013 22:15
Something was unmentionable in polite company gathered to dedicate George W. Bush's presidential library here Thursday: the words "Iraq war." But memories of the US invasion in 2003 lingered anyway, like an uninvited guest, as living US presidents came to Dallas to honor one of their own. The gathering of the powerful clan was hardly the place to reargue one of the most divisive issues yet in 21st century US politics. But the silence was notable nonetheless, because the Iraq war may be the defining political moment for presidents Bush and Barack Obama.

Protesters target lobbyists in US

Agence France-PresseApril 25, 2013 16:01
Lobbyists in Washington have blood on their hands for helping the top US gun lobby derail President Barack Obama's push for tougher gun laws, protesters said Thursday. Several dozen people gathered in McPherson Square, near the White House, at lunch hour to name and shame six lobbying firms which, they said, have earned a total of $650,000 in fees from the National Rifle Association.
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