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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...resistance to reform shows the depths of money and influence in our government. Powerful interest groups--the media, labor groups, tobacco, the National Rifle Associations (NRA) and religious conservatives--use big bucks to back candidates for public office. As a result, elected representatives are responsible to them and not the citizens they are supposed to represent. These special interest groups are holding our Constitution hostage and will not give it back...

Author: By Vasant M. Kamath, | Title: Putting a Cap on Campaign Finance | 4/13/1999 | See Source »

...tobacco companies for the medical expenses caused by their product, cities nationwide including Chicago, Miami, New Orleans and Atlanta have filed suits against gun manufactures, trying to hold them accountable for the damage guns have done to their respective communities. In a rather predictable response, the National Rifle Association (NRA) has released its political hounds, engaging in a nationwide effort to lobby state legislatures to write laws blocking or preempting litigation...

Author: By Joshua S. Carson, | Title: Don't Sue for Gun Control | 3/4/1999 | See Source »

Academy Award-winning actor and National Rifle Association (NRA) President Charlton Heston issued a call to arms last night in a cultural civil war "raging" across America...

Author: By Richard J. Wegener, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Heston Lays Down Commandments at Law School | 2/17/1999 | See Source »

...question and answer period following Heston's speech primarily focused on his role in the NRA and his staunch defense of second amendment rights...

Author: By Richard J. Wegener, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Heston Lays Down Commandments at Law School | 2/17/1999 | See Source »

Charlton Heston, Academy Award-winning actor and president of the National Rifle Association (NRA) will speak at Harvard Law School next Tuesday, the Harvard Law School Forum (HLSF) announced yesterday...

Author: By Kevin E. Meyers, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Heston Comes to HLS | 2/11/1999 | See Source »

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