Americans get to know once-obscure Alaska governor
AP - Thu Sep 4, 6:40 pm EDTDoug Watts, a painter from Phoenix, watched in spite of himself. There was Sarah Palin on television, and he found himself mesmerized.
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Doug Watts, a painter from Phoenix, watched in spite of himself. There was Sarah Palin on television, and he found himself mesmerized.
After five days of scrutiny, criticism and adulation, Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin introduced herself to the nation with a combative, funny and patriotic speech highlighting experience she says is more valuable than the Democratic ticket's.
Gun rights groups are planning a busy election season.
The Canadian government should ban the type of semiautomatic rifle used by a gunman who killed a student and wounded 16 others at a Montreal college nearly two years ago, a coroner said in his report on the shooting released Thursday.
A closer examination of her background reveals that Palin has embraced views on gun ownership that are ideologically extreme even by the standards of gun rights advocates.
A Kremmling police officer has started his own business teaching others how to defend themselves in a course on carrying a concealed weapon.
A look at where Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain stand on a selection of issues as the national party conventions affirm their presidential nominations and launch the fall campaign:
McCain: Opposes abortion rights. Has voted for abortion restrictions permissible under Roe v. Wade, and now says he would seek to overturn that guarantee of abortion rights while being open to a running mate who supports abortion rights. Would not seek constitutional amendment to ban abortion.
Shares of Smith & Wesson closed at $5.82 on September 2, just about where they traded three years ago. Between then and last October, the firearms maker became a growth-stock darling, beating profit estimates and zooming to as high as $22 before stalling badly. Investors dropped the stock (symbol...
Doug Watts, a painter from Phoenix, watched in spite of himself. There was Sarah Palin on television, and he found himself mesmerized. "I was flipping channels and stuff and when she finally came on I'm like, 'I'm not going to watch this.'
TRURO — Local writer and media personality Peter Manso will fault government officials for not notifying him of a change in gun laws as one defense against gun charges he faces from a police search of his home in December.
When John McCain picked Alaska's sharp shooting Gov. Sarah Palin for his vice-presidential running mate, the selection underscored the significance of Americans' gun rights in the forthcoming presidential election, galvanizing the Second Amendment movement into support for the McCain candidacy," firearm rights advocate John M.
Rep. Brad Ellsworth's re-election campaign garnered endorsements Thursday from political committees representing the National Rifle Association, Indiana Farm Bureau and U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Until Wednesday night, many political professionals were whispering that there was a good chance that in picking Sarah Palin as his running mate John McCain had lost the election.
The National Rifle Association is dismissing a lawsuit against the village after trustees in late July repealed the village's 27-year-old handgun ban.
With the political world atwitter over John McCain's vice presidential pick, Sarah Palin, and the always thorny debate on gender in politics, one interest group is trying to refocus attention on another heated issue - gun rights. The National Rifle Association has launched a new Web site focused on Barack Obama's record on gun rights.
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