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**FILE** David Keene, president of the National Rifle Association, speaks during an exclusive interview with Associated Press reporters in Denver on Feb. 7, 2013. (Associated Press)

NRA ad uses administration’s own memo to counter Obama’s gun crackdown

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Background checks represent ground for compromise on gun control

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President Obama greets law enforcement officers before taking the stage to speak on ideas to reduce gun violence Monday in Minneapolis. He tried to channel a bipartisan sentiment similar to the message of a group of college presidents. (Associated Press)

College presidents oppose more guns on campus

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

The Senate Conservatives Fund, founded by then-Sen. Jim DeMint (left) in 2008, is already criticizing the Conservative Victory Project, a new super PAC organized by American Crossroads, the sleek 2012 fundraising machine that boasted Karl Rove as point man. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: NRA ‘stamina’

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

National Rifle Association CEO and Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre (background) said on "Fox News Sunday" that the American people want enforcement of gun laws already in place. "They don't want more laws imposed on what is only going to be the law-abiding," he said. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

As gun-ban prospects fade, NRA takes aim elsewhere

By David Eldridge - The Washington Times

National Rifle Association President David Keene (center) and NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre (right) greet Mark Kelly, husband of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, after a hearing Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee on "What Should America Do About Gun Violence?" (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

NRA head wary on background checks, wants better instant check system

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, a Colorado grass-roots gun-rights organization, drew more than 300 participants for a free firearms training course for local teachers Monday. (Rocky Mountain Gun Owners)

Inside the Beltway: Teachers and targets

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Freedom isn’t free

The Washington Times

NRA boycott of outdoors show shuts it down

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Illustration Gun Control by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

NORTH: Gun talk from the experts

By Oliver North - The Washington Times

President Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joseph R. Biden (left), hugs 8-year-old letter writer Grant Fritz during a news conference on proposals to reduce gun violence on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, in the South Court Auditorium at the White House complex in Washington. Mr. Obama and Mr. Biden were joined by law enforcement officials, lawmakers and children who wrote the president about gun violence following the shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., last month. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama backers aim to outflank NRA on gun control

By Erica Werner - Associated Press

**FILE** President Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joseph R. Biden and children who wrote the president about gun violence following last month's shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., signs executive orders to reduce gun violence on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, in the South Court Auditorium at the White House complex in Washington. From left are Mr. Biden; Hinna Zeejah, 8; Nadia Zeejah, Hinna’s mother; Taejah Goode, 10; Kimberly Graves, Taejah’s mother; Julia Stokes, 11; Dr. Theophil Stokes, Julia’s father; and Grant Fritz, 8. (Associated Press)

Gun-control advocates say Obama is too late

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Illustration Second Amendment by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

NORTH: Preserving the Second Amendment

By Oliver North - The Washington Times

Biden seeks video game industry input on guns

By JULIE PACE and ERICA WERNER - Associated Press

Biden voices interest in new technology for guns

By JULIE PACE and ERICA WERNER - Associated Press

**FILE** David Keene, president of the National Rifle Association (Associated Press)

No assault weapon ban coming, NRA confidently predicts

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Vice President Joe Biden, flanked by the president of the National Association of Police Organizations and Boston police officer, Thomas Nee, left, and president of the Police Executive Research Forum and Major Cities Chiefs Association and Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey, right, speaks during a meeting at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House complex, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, in Washington. Biden is leading a task force that will look at ways of reducing gun violence. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Biden to meet with gun-safety, victims groups

By Julie Pace - Associated Press

Vice President Joseph R. Biden listens as President Obama announces his assignment to head a task force to look into the causes of gun violence. Mr. Biden is to consult Cabinet officials and outside groups and submit proposals to the president by the end of January. (Associated Press)

MILLER: White House goes after guns

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks to reporters in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington after meeting with congressional leaders regarding the fiscal cliff, Friday, Dec. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama wants ban on assault weapons

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times