1. NRA - Noun
2. NRA - Proper noun
a powerful lobby that advocates the right to own and bear arms and rejects any gun regulation by the government
Source: WordNetI would rather be the candidate of the NAACP than the NRA. John Kerry
[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
We have to go to war against the people who enable the gun violence, the people who stop us from keeping guns out of the hands of mentally unstable people, of felons, and that means the NRA leadership. Jerrold Nadler
The NRA was one of the items that we pointed to when we added money to the labor, health and Education appropriations bill by reducing the size of the tax cut. Dave Obey
I am in support of the NRA position on gun control. Bill Clinton
I look forward to working with the NRA to come up with ways in which we can use common sense approaches to reduce the level of violence that we see - in our streets, and make the American people as safe as they possibly can be. Eric Holder