Fwd: Freedom Times, Issue no. 91

Follow Us:       April 2013 Statement from Chris W. Cox on U.S. Senate Defeat of Manchin-Toomey-Schumer Amendment NRA-ILA Today, the misguided Manchin-Toomey-Schumer proposal failed in the U.S. Senate. This amendment would have criminalized certain private transfers of firearms between honest citizens... read this Shy No More, N.R.A.'s Top Gun Sticks to Cause By Sheryl Gay Stolberg & Jodi Kantor, New York Times Victims of the massacre in Newtown, Conn., had just been laid to rest when Wayne LaPierre, the chief executive of the National Rifle Association, met with his board of directors in early January... read this Chris Cox: Broken Background Checks Won't Stop Gun Violence By Chris Cox, Executive Director, NRA-ILA, U.S. News & World Report Members of Congress should reject the idea that expanding a broken background check system will make anyone safer. The American people deserve better than politicians who continue to pursue failed policy agendas... Read this Keene: Gun Shows Not Source for Criminals CNN Anderson Cooper asks National Rifle Association President David Keene why he doesn't support expanded background checks... Watch this Letter from NRA Institute for Legislative Action Executive Director Chris Cox to the United States Senate On Background Checks National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action Read the letter from NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris Cox that was sent to members of Congress warning of the NRA's opposition to any amendments that might restrict Second Amendment rights... Read this Survey Finds Law Enforcement United Against Gun Control NRA-ILA PoliceOne.com released today the results of an extensive survey of about 15,000 active and retired law enforcement officers of all ranks and from departments ranging in size from less than 25 to more than 1,000... Read this John Bolton & John Yoo: Obama's United Nations Backdoor to Gun Control By John Bolton & John Yoo, Wall Street Journal Even before his most ambitious gun-control proposals were falling by the wayside, President Obama was turning for help to the United Nations. On April 2, the United States led 154 nations to approve the Arms Trade Treaty in the U.N. General Assembly... read this Dom Raso for NRA News: Episode 5 NRA News Former U.S. Navy SEAL Dom Raso discusses a situation that happened recently in New Jersey and the complacency our nation has fallen into when it comes to personal protection... Watch This John Lott: Fact vs. Fiction on Background Checks and the Gun Control Debate By John Lott, FoxNews.com Will Senate Democrats be able to end debate on their new gun control bill Tuesday night? President Obama says that it is "not right" to continue the debate. But he might be more afraid that Senators will point out all of his false claims and reveal the gun control bill's dangers... read this   Issue No. 91 Quick Links Be Heard: Write your Representatives Watch NRA Videos NRA Annual Meeting and Exhibits Donate I Support Renew or Upgrade Your Membership Get NRA News The most important gun rights poll EVER! Forward to a friend Know someone who might be interested in the email? Why not forward this email to them.       For more information, visit us online at www.nra.org