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The NRA's Hot New Web Show For Youngs Is Hilariously Bad Poser Garbage

Adam Weinstein · 05/15/14 11:04AM

Everybody wants to get a piece of that sweet sweet millennial gold. Even the lead-slug tycoons who bankroll the NRA. Behold "Noir," the gun lobby's can't-miss shot at a hot web series for the hip, urbane American who wants a multicolored gun to match that iPhone case!

Adam Weinstein · 04/29/14 10:41AM

Remember when hunters and gun-owners were serious conservationists and stewards of the environment? The NRA sure as hell doesn't.

Sarah Palin: "Waterboarding Is How We Baptize Terrorists"

Adam Weinstein · 04/28/14 03:03PM

Verily I say unto thee: There's no better way to express the love and saving grace of Jesus Christ and the God who sent Him than to hire Sarah Palin to use baptism as a metaphor for torturing "jihadis" before a cheering crowd of nuts at a National Rifle Association rally.

Sarah Hedgecock · 04/25/14 04:00PM

Attendees wait to register for the National Rifle Association's annual convention on Friday in Indianapolis. Image via AJ Mast/AP.

Second Amendment Men Rally in New York Around Crazy Effigy of Cuomo

Adam Weinstein · 04/01/14 02:28PM

Is it an effigy? Is it a "puppet"? Dude, when it's a likeness of the governor being hoisted by a demonstrator in a minuteman uniform over a crowd of angry gun-toting protesters in the capital, the optics sort of overpower the semantics.

Adam Weinstein · 02/25/14 11:17AM

The Supreme Court has declined to hear a National Rifle Association challenge to state laws that forbid under-21s from buying handguns. So there's that.

The NRA Literally Wrote Florida's New Bill to Legalize Warning Shots

Adam Weinstein · 01/17/14 02:15PM

Despite years of negative publicity over Florida's "Stand Your Ground" self-defense law, lawmakers are close to expanding it to protect gunmen who fire warning shots or wave weapons in a threatening manner—and they're doing it with a bill written by a top NRA lobbyist, Gawker has learned.

The New NRA President Fantasizes About "Whipping" Anti-Gun Opponents

Adam Weinstein · 05/02/13 04:19PM

Just in time for its wingnut-filled annual meeting tomorrow, the National Rifle Association is set to install a new president: an Alabama lawyer who laments "the war of Northern Aggression," calls Barack Obama "this fake president," and fantasizes about "whipping" opponents of the gun lobby's agenda.

Here Is the Crazy 1990s TV Ad Molly Shannon Did for the NRA (UPDATE)

Adam Weinstein · 04/11/13 10:34AM

Mother Jones recently posted a roundup of National Rifle Association ads through history, depicting the lobby group's descent into madness, but our eyes caught one particular pit stop on the road to crazy—this pro-gun 1993 TV commercial titled "Laughing Criminal," featuring a speaking role by future SNL star Molly Shannon.

Gun Deaths Continue Since Newtown

Max Rivlin-Nadler · 03/23/13 12:30PM

The Huffington Post is running a lengthy feature which profiles the shooting deaths of five Americans over the past decade. Similar to the AP story from a few weeks ago that profiled the shooting deaths of Americans on a single day, the Huffington Post feature outlines the lives lost and, more extensively, their survivors.

The NRA Wants to Keep Gun Records Secret From Everyone Except the NRA

Sergio Hernandez · 02/27/13 02:00PM

Legislators and gun rights advocates get really angry whenever nosy reporters try to use public records laws to find out who's packing heat. When the Westchester Journal News published an online map of local residents with handgun licenses last year, the paper was excoriated by the NRA and its allies; it eventually took the map down. When Gawker published a similar list—without addresses—of New York City handgun permit-holders last month, we were attacked by Fox News and received multiple death threats. And when the editor of the North Carolina Cherokee Scout dared to request—not publish, but merely request—similar data from his local sheriff, he was forced to apologize and resign; he plans to leave the state entirely.

Fox News Host Tells NRA Chief 'That's Ridiculous and You Know It, Sir.'

Max Rivlin-Nadler · 02/03/13 10:58AM

Appearing on Fox News this morning, NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre reiterated his organization's claim in a recent ad that all American children deserve the same amount of protection that the President Obama's daughters receive. Fox News host Chris Wallace responded, "That's ridiculous and you know it, sir." Throughout the interview Wallace continues to be critical of LaPierre, refuting his claims that inner-city gangs are the problem, and pointing out the insanity of putting armed guards in every public place.

White House Releases Literal Smoking Gun to Prove Obama Uses Guns

Max Rivlin-Nadler · 02/02/13 01:15PM

In an interview last week with The New New Republic, President Obama revealed that "we do skeet shooting all the time" at Camp David. Not everyone believes him. In response to these "Skeet Truthers", the White House released a photo this morning which shows President Obama shooting a shotgun last August. There is smoke coming out of the barrel, an indicator that the shotgun has just fired something, which, we can assume, was a bullet shotgun shell. Or maybe he did nothing at all.

Watch Gabrielle Giffords' Moving Statement at the Senate's Gun Safety Hearings

Max Read · 01/30/13 11:08AM

"Speaking is difficult, but I need to say something important," former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, currently convening hearings on gun safety. "We must do something. It will be hard but the time is now." This is the full text of her statement: