National Rifle Association

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An organization that acts as a powerful lobby against governmental restrictions on the private ownership of guns. NRA supporters argue that “guns don't kill people; people kill people.” They often cite the Second Amendment to the Constitution, which states: “A well-regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”

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How to use National Rifle Association in a sentence

Have you looked around the American Dental Association website for an explanation of how fluoridation actually works?
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The juxtaposition planted a story of association on websites that touted both men for their talks.
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The scheme has been condemned by civil liberties groups and queried by the National Association of Head Teachers.
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Portraits of Lincoln and Eisenhower were removed from the offices of the Republican National Committee.
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Whether he can do it on the national stage is the unanswered question.
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There was no fighting; a rifle shot now and then from the crests where we saw our fellows clearly.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
"It is ill-fated;" and Alessandro blamed himself for having forgotten her only association with the name.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
He was long a correspondent of the National Intelligencer and other papers, residing in Virginia.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
One Turkish Company, about a hundred strong, was making an ugly push within rifle shot of our ship.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
He has come to believe in such things as old age pensions and national insurance.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock