NY Observer > National Rifle Association http://www.observer.com/taxonomy/term/26170/feed Articles from Observer.com en The NRA Dinner, An Armed Bloomberg Supporter http://www.observer.com/2007/nra-dinner

Hours after a gun-toting student was arrested at St. John's University, Manhattan resident Vera Reale and about a hundred others attended the annual dinner for the NRA's New York City chapter. In this clip, Reale, an auxiliary police officer, said she grew up with guns in her house, thinks Michael Bloomberg is a good mayor, but that he's wrong on gun control.

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/nra-dinner#comments Politics Guns National Rifle Association Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:47:31 -0400 Azi Paybarah 58296 at http://www.observer.com Judges Give Ammo to Gun Owners http://www.observer.com/node/37070 A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/37070#comments James Madison National Rifle Association Sanford Levinson Washington, DC Sun, 08 Apr 2007 20:00:00 -0400 Nicholas von Hoffman 37070 at http://www.observer.com Armed Revolt http://www.observer.com/node/29667 Backlash to Mayor Bloomberg's national war on ilegal gun dealers has surfaced in Georgia, where Former U.S. Rep. Bob Barr filed a lawsuit against the mayor today arguing that his crackdown was "careless, willful and clearly illegal."

Supporters of Mr. Barr's have suggested the lawsuoit it is about the second amendment, Bloomberg has long held that his lawsuit was about gun dealers breaking the law and allowing illegal arms to flow into the city.

Mr. Barr's press office at the American Conservative Union said that practically all of New York media has tied up their phones since the announcement, and that Barr was, for now, unavailbale to comment beyond the press release they sent us (after the jump).

In the small print on the bottom, we noticed that he serves on the Board of Directors of the National Rifle Association.  read more »

-- Jason Horowitz UPDATE: We spoke with Mr. Barr's personal spokesperson and not the press office of the American Conservative Union. ]]> http://www.observer.com/node/29667#comments Politics Bob Barr Georgia Michael Bloomberg National Rifle Association Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:50:28 -0400 Observer Staff 29667 at http://www.observer.com NRA: We Didn't Nix Diana http://www.observer.com/node/29163 A lot of idle media speculation had the National Rifle Association secretly nixing Bloomberg-girlfriend Diana Taylor's FDIC nomination.

Over at Urban Elephants, NRA head Wayne LaPierre, speaking at a Young Republicans gala dinner over the weekend, was asked directly about this, and answered.

Follow the link for Mr. LaPierre's speculation on how it happened. - Tom McGeveran]]> http://www.observer.com/node/29163#comments Politics Bloomberg-girlfriend Diana Taylor's FDIC National Rifle Association Wayne Lapierre Mon, 24 Apr 2006 05:03:26 -0400 Observer Staff 29163 at http://www.observer.com Medical Machers Ask: Should Guns Be Part of Patient Profile? http://www.observer.com/node/44145 If Jeremiah Barondess, the patrician elder statesman of theNew York medical community, has his way,  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/44145#comments Handgun Injury Jeremiah Barondess National Rifle Association Tim Wheeler Sun, 18 Mar 2001 19:00:00 -0500 Josh Benson 44145 at http://www.observer.com Anti-Gun Zealots Ignore Reality of Street Crime http://www.observer.com/node/43078 One of the issues sure to be raised in the New York Senate race, because it is thought to be dear to  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/43078#comments National Rifle Association New York City Rosie O'Donnell Times Square Sun, 18 Jun 2000 20:00:00 -0400 Richard Brookhiser 43078 at http://www.observer.com A Republican Flack's Stealth Attack on Hillary http://www.observer.com/node/41612 Over the past few months, we have been hearing a lot of cigar-chomping chatter about the "tough New  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/41612#comments Craig Shirley Gary Nolan National Rifle Association Sun, 13 Jun 1999 20:00:00 -0400 Joe Conason 41612 at http://www.observer.com