{"id":4991,"date":"2011-10-11T07:59:46","date_gmt":"2011-10-11T12:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freethoughtblogs.com\/xblog\/?p=742"},"modified":"2011-10-11T07:59:46","modified_gmt":"2011-10-11T12:59:46","slug":"is-the-nra-losing-its-battle-to-put-a-gun-in-every-dresser-drawer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/11\/is-the-nra-losing-its-battle-to-put-a-gun-in-every-dresser-drawer\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the NRA losing its battle to put a gun in every dresser drawer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, according to this:<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The National Rifle Association (NRA) has not enjoyed the legal success it anticipated after the U.S. Supreme Court three years ago affirmed the right to own handguns while striking down the District of Columbia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s tough gun-control law.<\/p>\n<p>The NRA since then has spent millions of dollars on lawyers to challenge state gun laws, believing the 2008 District of Columbia v. Hellerdecision signaled the judicial system was on its side. Instead, the gun-rights organization has lost numerous court cases, including in Second Amendment-friendly Texas, where a judge ruled against the NRA\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s effort to give teenagers the right to buy semi-automatic handguns.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allgov.com\/Controversies\/ViewNews\/NRA_Pouring_Millions_into_Failed_Attempts_to_Attack_Anti_Gun_Laws_111010\">More here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, according to this:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[421,449,290],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-1iv","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4991"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4991\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}