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National Rifle Association

Noun

Meaning

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

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Oh, he was probably a member of the National Rifle Association. It was a group that helped criminals get guns so they could shoot citizens. It was a public service. Woody Allen

[The] National Rifle Association is always arguing that the Second Amendment determines the right to bear arms. But I think it really is the people's right to bear arms in a militia. The NRA thinks it protects their right to have Teflon-coated bullets. But that's not the original understanding. Robert Bork

In Washington last week, officials from the National Rifle Association met with a group of 200 high school students. There were no survivors. Tina Fey

I can't imagine that a Republican majority in the United States Senate would want to confirm, in a lame duck session, a nominee opposed by the National Rifle Association. Mitch McConnell

I don't care. Charlton Heston is the head of the National Rifle Association. He deserves whatever anyone says about him. George Clooney

I've always been endorsed by the National Rifle Association. Howard Dean

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