To those who wish to blame gun owners or the National Rifle Association for gun violence.
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According to court documents, Rogers told investigators he had fired the assault rifle at a gun range on two separate occasions.
Kennedy, brother of Cuomo's ex-wife, Kerry, described a governor who is intensely involved in the emotion-charged issue, which Cuomo privately likened to taking on the National Rifle Association over gun control laws.
Advocates for tighter gun laws argue there's no need for Americans to own the powerful rifle, but the gun's proponents say the AR-15's accuracy makes it safe.
But the pro-gun National Rifle Association (NRA), which has more than four million members, has rejected the need for tighter gun control.
According to a Pew Research Center report, 35% of Americans in a recent survey said they have a gun, rifle or pistol in their home.
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The Hermans' story of self-defense is being used by the National Rifle Association and the Gun Owners of America to make their point to the White House and Congress about gun ownership.
The National Rifle Association, the American gun lobby, has vowed to oppose the treaty's ratification in the U.S. Senate.
The Sports Council for Wales has recognised the need for an Olympic standard range for air gun, air rifle, and small bore rifle shooting.
Most Republicans in the House of Representatives have top rankings from the National Rifle Association, the powerful gun-rights lobby, which quickly criticized the White House plans.
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Beginning in the early nineteen-seventies, lawyers for the National Rifle Association, concerned about gun-control laws passed in the wake of the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Another unique feature of the Delta Six is that by removing the barrel and collapsing the stock it converts from an assault rifle to a Sub Machine Gun.
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Joe Manchin of West Virginia, who once featured in a political advert shooting a rifle, said "proud gun owners are proud parents too" and said Congress needed to "move beyond rhetoric".
Authorities also seized a bolt-action rifle, a .22-caliber rifle, a Marksman BB gun and a .22 revolver starter pistol, along with nine knives of varying sizes, a nearly 7-foot-long pole with a blade on one end and a spear tip on the other, and three samurai swords.
The suspect also bought an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle, a military-style gun popular with sportsmen.
On Thursday, the vice-president is scheduled to meet the National Rifle Association, the powerful pro-gun group.
Fierce opposition by the National Rifle Association makes passage of any significant gun legislation uncertain.
He had no hand gun but he carried his rifle slung across his back on a piece of cotton plow line.
The nation's top gun lobby, the National Rifle Association (NRA) says it will fight any attempts to limit access to guns or ammunition.
President Barack Obama has promised to push for action on gun control while the National Rifle Association (NRA) has called for armed security in all American schools.
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Thus, if your senator opposes more regulation on gun ownership and receives a contribution from gun owners or the National Rifle Association, prosecutors will try to twist that into a crime.
And it all ended with the Republican-controlled Congress failing to pass the bill and with Mr Hastert, who had promised some sort of gun-control measure, pleasing neither gun controllers nor the National Rifle Association.
The weapons used in the shooting include a hunting gun and a historical army rifle known as a carbine, which dates back to the first half of the 20th Century, general prosecutor Catherine Sappey said.
Organisations also backing gun rights include groups as diverse as Pink Pistols and Gays and Lesbians for Individual Liberty, Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership, as well as the powerful gun lobby, the National Rifle Association (NRA).
Now, before the National Rifle Association (NRA) and the gun manufacturing industry for which it fronts spring out of their chairs to do a victory dance, the one that celebrates the lack of definitive connection between gun laws and gun deaths and thus justifies any and all behavior, they should consider that there may be other factors that explain the data better.
He wants both sides of the gun control debate - the politicians who want background checks as well as the National Rifle Association, which opposes new regulations - to listen to what these "average gun guys" want.
But the National Rifle Association (NRA), the main gun lobby, vastly prefers him to Mr Obama.
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Gun makers, gun retailers, even the National Rifle Association could underwrite a similar prize.
At the time, Gregory was interviewing Wayne LaPierre of the National Rifle Association, a strong opponent of new gun control proposals.
Dershowitz said Americans who want even-handed gun policy should not leave the arguments up to gun advocates such as the National Rifle Association and Jones without speaking up themselves.
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