Definitions for national rifle association
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1. National Rifle Association, NRAnoun

   a powerful lobby that advocates the right to own and bear arms and rejects any gun regulation by the government

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1. National Rifle Association

   The National Rifle Association of America (NRA) is a gun rights advocacy group based in the United States. Founded in 1871 to advance rifle marksmanship, the modern NRA has become a prominent gun rights lobbying organization while continuing to teach firearm safety and competency. The organization also publishes several magazines and sponsors competitive marksmanship events. According to the NRA, it had nearly 5 million members as of December 2018, though that figure has not been independently confirmed.The NRA is among the most influential advocacy groups in U.S. politics. The NRA Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) is its lobbying division, which manages its political action committee (PAC), the Political Victory Fund (PVF). Over its history, the organization has influenced legislation, participated in or initiated lawsuits, and endorsed or opposed various candidates at local, state, and federal levels. Some notable lobbying efforts by the NRA-ILA are the Firearm Owners Protection Act, which lessened restrictions of the Gun Control Act of 1968, and the Dickey Amendment, which blocks the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from using federal funds to advocate for gun control. Starting in the mid-to-late 1970s, the NRA has been increasingly criticized by gun control and gun rights advocacy groups, political commentators, and politicians. This criticism began following changes in the NRA's organizational policies, following what is now referred to as the Revolt at Cincinnati at the 1977 NRA annual convention. The changes, which deposed former NRA executive vice president Maxwell Rich and included new organizational bylaws, have been described as moving the organization away from its previous focusses of "hunting, conservation, and marksmanship" and toward a focus on the defense of the right to bear arms. The organization has been the focus of intense criticism in the aftermath of high-profile shootings, such as the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting and the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, after which they suggested adding armed security guards to schools.

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1. national rifle association

   The National Rifle Association (NRA) is a U.S. nonprofit organization that advocates for gun rights. Founded in 1871, the group advocates for the protection of the Second Amendment, provides firearm training and safety programs, and also publishes several magazines and sponsors marksmanship events. Its political activity includes lobbying against gun control legislation and supporting political candidates who align with their views.

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1. National Rifle Association

   The National Rifle Association of America is an American nonprofit organization founded in 1871 that promotes firearm ownership, as well as police training, firearm safety, marksmanship, hunting and self-defense training in the United States. The NRA is designated by the IRS as a 501 and it has a 527 lobbying organization: The NRA Political Victory Fund. The NRA also controls, through its board of trustees, the following 501 organizations: The NRA Foundation, The NRA Freedom Action Foundation, the NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund and the NRA Special Contribution Fund. The NRA is the parent organization of affiliated groups such as the tax-deductible NRA Foundation and a lobbying group, the Institute for Legislative Action. The NRA is also one of the United States' largest certifying bodies for firearm safety training and proficiency training courses for police departments, recreational hunting, and child firearm safety. The organization publishes several magazines and sponsors marksmanship events featuring shooting skill and sports. The NRA's political activity is based on the premise that firearm ownership is a civil right protected by the Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights. The group has a nearly century long record of influencing as well as lobbying for or against proposed firearm legislation on behalf of its members. Observers and lawmakers see the NRA as one of the top three most influential lobbying groups in Washington. NRA membership surpassed 5 million in May 2013.

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   The numerical value of national rifle association in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

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   The numerical value of national rifle association in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of national rifle association in a Sentence

1. Andy Parker:

   That's what the( National Rifle Association) is thinking right now, the NRA is saying, The NRA will go away. And, you know, they are the most powerful lobby in the country. And someone has got... to take them on. By God, I am going to do it.

2. Bernie Sanders:

   I have cast thousands of votes, including bad votes. That was a bad vote, if Im elected, NRA [the National Rifle Association], Im coming for you and gun manufacturers, Im gonna take you on and Im gonna beat you.

3. Tim Macy:

   Gun Owners of America devised a plan to slow things down over that three-day holiday to allow us, the National Rifle Association, other gun organizations to alert their members to call in and absolutely bury the United States Senate phone lines, email access and everything else with the threat of' You're going to lose all your races if you do this,' at the end of the three-day weekend, even the Republicans in the U.S. Senate who were saying' We've got to cave on something' -- all of a sudden Gun Owners of America backbones turned into titanium.

4. Ilhan Omar:

   I want to talk about the political influence in this country that says it's OK for people to push for allegiance to a foreign country. I want to ask why is it OK for me to talk about the influence of the NRA (National Rifle Association), of fossil fuel industries or Big Pharma, and not talk about a powerful lobbying group that is influencing policies?

5. Shahad Smith:

   Enough of National Rifle Association. Enough of that.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Rifle_Association
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4. ^ Wikidata
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