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Shocking. The Hill reports: The National Rifle Association (NRA) has endorsed Donald Trump for president. NRA chief lobbyist Chris Cox announced the endorsement Friday during the gun lobby’s annual conference in Louisville, Ky. The NRA told supporters Trump is the only remaining presidential candidate who will defend their Second Amendment rights, and urged skeptical Republicans who supported other candidates during …

From People For The American Way: Outspoken “gun rights” activist Ted Nugent, a BOARD MEMBER of the NRA, just posted a SHOCKING edited video on Facebook of Hillary Clinton getting shot, with the caption, “I got your guncontrol [sic] right here bitch!” If this outrageously violent “spoof” video, in which Bernie Sanders draws a gun and shoots Hillary Clinton on …

The Hill reports: The gun lobby is facing criticism for rewriting a series of children’s fairy tales to put guns in the hands of beloved characters. The National Rifle Association (NRA) this year has released two stories — “Little Red Riding Hood (Has a Gun)” and “Hansel and Gretel (Have Guns)” — that arm the main characters with firearms. “Have …

This afternoon Jeb Bush embarrassingly sucked up to the NRA by tweeting a photo of a handgun engraved with his name and an accompanying single word: “America.” Twitter is having a field day, as you see below.

From the New York Daily News: National Rifle Association head Wayne LaPierre, after unloading with both barrels on President Obama, challenged the Commander-in-Chief to an hour-long debate on guns. “I’ll meet you for a one-on-one, one-hour debate — with a mutually agreed moderator — on any network that will take it,” LaPierre declared in a video released Thursday on the …

The New York Daily News today again strikes effectively at the gun lobby, calling the GOP “the party of pro-death.” Today’s front page calls out Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Carly Fiorina, and Paul Ryan for their “blood-soaked chase for cheap votes.” Yesterday the tabloid blasted the NRA for its “act of terror” in tweeting out a bullet-strewn image of pro-gun …

Raving nutbag Breitbart editor John Nolte has fired off a half-dozen tweets in which he claims that President Obama smeared something on his “fascist finger” before touching his face to create “fascist tears” for the children murdered in mass shootings. We must presume that like the NRA, Nolte is a heartless ghoul who celebrates every time a toddler takes a …

The Guardian reports: A National Rifle Association publication targeted a pair of New York state legislators who sponsored recent bills aimed at limiting ammunition by tweeting a threatening photo on Monday of several bullets strewn across polaroid pictures of the two women. New York state senator Roxanne Persaud and Assemblywoman Jo Anne Simon, both Democrats in Brooklyn, sponsored twin bills …

“The gun lobby may be holding Congress hostage but they cannot hold America hostage. We cannot make carnage the price of freedom.” USA Today reports: President Obama announced a series of executive actions on guns Tuesday, focusing on the victims of gun violence in a White House event intended to prod Congress to take further action. Speaking to an East …

Jeb Bush today rushed out a pro-gun ad just one day after he was busted for “mistakenly” claiming to have received an award from the NRA and a rifle from Charleton “Moses” Heston. CNN reports: Jeb Bush loves talking about how Moses once gave him a gun. A staunch supporter of Second Amendment rights, Bush frequently tells the story of …

From the Associated Press: Texas Gov Greg Abbott criticized President Barack Obama’s plan to move ahead with possible executive actions on guns in a tweet in which he told the Commander-in-Chief to ‘come & take’ the state’s guns. Obama said in his weekly radio address that he is looking for ways to keep guns out of the hands of ‘a …

The New York Daily News continues its loud campaign against the gun industry: For America’s gun makers, the slaughter of school children at the Sandy Hook Elementary School turned out to be very good for the bottom line. In the three years since the massacre in Newtown, Conn., the country’s biggest gun manufacturers have made loads of money following a …

“It’s a God-given right. Or so says Jesus. He told His disciples, for instance, ‘When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe’ (Luke 11:21). Additionally, as he was preparing to selflessly surrender Himself for imminent crucifixion, He likewise encouraged His followers to arm themselves for imminent self-defense, saying, ‘But now if you have a …

Some welcome news from the Supreme Court, which today refused hear an NRA appeal arising from an Illinois city which has banned residents from owning assault weapons. The Hill reports: In refusing to take the case known as Friedman v. Highland Park, the court — at least for now — lets stand a lower court’s ruling in favor of the …

A few days ago the New York Daily News earned the furor of Teabagistan with its God Isn’t Fixing This headline, which it followed up with a front page that called NRA head Wayne LaPierre a “terrorist.” Today the tabloid trolled its critics with a blazing Everything Is Awesome! headline complete with photos of cute animals. But pay attention to …

The New York Daily News reports: The GOP front-runners are reloading in their defense of the gun lobby after the latest mass shooting. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Iowa) pushed forward with unveiling his “National 2nd Amendment Coalition” at a shooting range in Iowa, mocking those who call him “insensitive” for defending guns after the San Bernardino massacre. “I really don’t view …

One day after their God Isn’t Fixing This headline infuriated Teabagistan, the New York Daily News today listed NRA head Wayne “Jihadi” LaPierre in a front page photo panel of infamous terrorists. You’ll note that the first photo on the bottom left is Christian terrorist Robert Dear.

Teabagistan is flipping out over a column published yesterday in the New York Daily News. An excerpt: One terrorist group is responsible for more civilian deaths since December 2012 (the Sandy Hook massacre) than Al Qaeda, Boko Haram, Hamas and the Taliban. Yet it is the only nearly-state sponsored terrorist group that is not listed by the U.S. State Department …

Via USA Today: Sen. Ted Cruz, one of two declared Republican candidates for president, told National Rifle Association members in Nashville that he’s fought the conservative battles, unlike his opponents. “In a Republican primary, every candidate’s going to stand up and say, ‘I oppose Obamacare,'” Cruz said at the NRA’s annual meeting Friday. “The question we ought to ask is, …