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High caliber advocacy: how the NRA won the fight over gun rights.(Public Policy)
'WHEN I was growing up in Tennessee, we had a saying for something that was so outrageous nobody could believe it: 'That dog don't hunt,'" says Chris Cox, the chief lobbyist of the National Rifle Association. The old phrase came back to him a couple of years ago, as Cox was plotting the NRA's strategy for 2004. "I knew the Democrats were going to go after the pro-gun vote, and I knew their efforts would be full of bald-faced lies. We had to figure out a way to expose them."
So Cox visualized a dog that didn't hunt. He came up with the concept of a French poodle with a pink ribbon in its exquisitely groomed fur, wearing a sweater bearing the name of the Democratic ...
- The Brady Bill and its effect on the industry. (gun industry)
- Magazine article from: Shooting Industry Schneider, Jim January 1, 1994 700+ words
...Although stung by the Brady Bill's passage, the NRA was quick to point...check provisions of the Brady Bill makes progress toward...system as the folks at NRA. "Despite all they...hailed passage of the Brady Bill as "a wonderful Thanksgiving...
- The Brady Bill will change the way that people buy handguns. (Originated from...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service December 1, 1993 700+ words
...biggest opponent of the Brady Bill was the National Rifle Association. The NRA said any gun bill...million. 2. The Brady Bill was first introduced...1993. 3. The Brady Bill was opposed by...Americans (c) the NRA. ANSWERS: 1...
- Gun control: steps on a sticky slope. (Brady bill would impose seven day...
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) April 6, 1991 700+ words
...legitimate gunshops; the Brady bill would have only a slow...Rifle Association (NRA) is worried. It has...did not endorse the Brady bill when in office, his...overwhelming support for the Brady bill) rather than with the NRA. George Bush thinks...
- Senate passes crime bill; Republicans filibuster over Brady bill. (Originated...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Hess, David November 19, 1993 700+ words
...scheduled for late Friday night, but Brady bill sponsor Sen. Howard Metzenbaum...they did this to appease the NRA.'' Brady supporters pointed...indicated that 68 percent of NRA members favor the Brady bill. And a CNN/USA Today poll...
- Remarks on signing the Brady Bill. (House Resolution 1025; Public Law No....
- Newspaper article from: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents December 6, 1993 700+ words
...who would be here today if the Brady bill had been law, I am honored to...or thought to be attached. The Brady bill was first introduced almost 7...reason was that he voted for the Brady bill. And the NRA came after him in an unusual election...
- BRADY BILL VIOLATES PEOPLE'S BASIC RIGHTS.(Editorial)
- Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) January 23, 1997 700+ words
...local officers to help carry (the Brady Bill) out (at no expense to them, incidentally...The basis of the suit against the Brady Bill is its blatant violation of the Ninth...basis of the suit brought by the NRA and some sheriffs is that local law...
- Brady Bill top priority. (seven-day waiting period for handgun purchases)
- Magazine article from: Shooting Industry April 1, 1991 700+ words
...giving top priority this year to the so-called Brady Bill with its nationwide seven-day waiting period...director of the Federal Affairs Division of the NRA's Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA). "I would almost bet my life that...
- The death of a Brady bill crime bill victim.
- Magazine article from: Shooting Industry Ayoob, Massad January 1, 1995 700+ words
...downward trend. This has been due partly to the efforts of the NRA, in making available programs like Voluntary Home Firearms...taking place. Rev. Kershaw had been a non-gun owner when the Brady Bill was passed, newspaper reporters quoted his family as saying...