In a speech to conservatives, National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre distorted the facts when talking about the federal system for conducting background checks on prospective gun buyers.

Anyone who thought a weakened National Rifle Association couldn't hold off expanded gun laws doesn't understand a key point about American politics: It doesn't take a majority, it takes a pressure ...

WASHINGTON — Senior Democrats have reached agreement with the National Rifle Association on possibly the first federal gun-control legislation since 1994, a measure to significantly strengthen the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The head of the National Rifle Association says the organization has no problem with tighter background checks of gun purchasers. But association president David Keene also says too ...

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) - The head of the National Rifle Association is attacking President Barack Obama's call for mandatory background checks for gun owners. The NRA's Wayne LaPierre says those who ...

National Rifle Association head Wayne LaPierre dismissed President Barack Obama and other Democrats’ call for mandatory background checks for gun owners, calling the checks a “placebo” that won’t make ...