NRA: exposed or demonized? (National Rifle Association and gun-control advocate have different agendas)(Cover Story)

From: Insight on the News | Date: February 3, 1997| Author: | Copyright information

Two faces have been given to the NRA. The pro-gun control faction in the US, backed by the powerful media, portrays it as evil and against all of the basic tenets of America. The NRA sees itself as mainstream champions who are fighting for the freedom to bear arms and to protect oneself with arms.

Liberal Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen regularly labels the National Rifle Association, or NRA, as extremist and beyond the pale of reasonable discussion. Gun-control advocates such as Josh Sugarmann, executive director of the Violence Policy Center, say the NRA is tainted by a ...

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