NRA
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- noun
- /ɛn ɑr eɪ/
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Asociación Nacional del Rifle (NRA)
- The NRA advocates for the protection of gun rights in the United States.
- National Rifle NRA
- the NRA
But it won't matter if people don't vote against NRA funded candidates come November.
- But it won't matter if people don't vote against NRA funded candidates come November.
- And the actual NRA website was below the fold.
- I don't have a smart answer, but I will say that it's interesting how you're either in the NRA or you're not.
- Reagan was governor and he passed those gun laws with the full cooperation and support of the NRA.
- Ideological groups ranging from the NRA on the right to, you know, to NARAL on the left are corporations.
- And the NRA, by the way, changed its, its motto from one about safe sporting and so forth to quoting the Second Amendment.
- So this is a partnership with the NRA in this company called carry guard.
- Buffy's making spritzers In light of the revelation the NRA has made a slight change to its logo.
- We care more about our children than I care about the NRA's backing.
- No one wanted to make sure that everybody knew about one of the NRA's greatest strengths, diversity.
- Challenge of Don challenging you on your appearance at the NRA.
- They went to the National Prayer Breakfast, evangelicals, they went to the NRA.
- I was there and told America that on Election Day, you have as much say as any NRA lobbyists.
- Umm, does this bitch support the NRA?
- And I went out with ringing NRA and then blacks and so and so's shouldn't be here.
Examples
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Wealthy interest groups like the NRA argue that more guns in the hands of citizens will make the country safer.
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My daddy's in the NRA.
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So this is a partnership with the NRA in this company called carry guard.
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We had just come from the NRA and I turned you and I said you want my gun, try and take it.
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And you believe this is going to change because the NRA tells you so?
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I'm a member of the NRA, man.
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And Obama is the best friend in the White House that the NRA has ever had.
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I was required to take an NRA course by my county, and my class was full of wingnuts.
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I don't think the NRA is the only lobby group, and I said nothing of the sort.
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But it won't matter if people don't vote against NRA funded candidates come November.
Synonyms
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An American group that supports people's right to own guns and opposes many gun laws
Surface Forms
Morphology
NRA = N + R + A
This is an initialism/acronym (letters stand for 'National Rifle Association'), so the component letters do not transparently convey the word's meaning to learners.
Etymology
NRA is an acronym for the American group National Rifle Association, and the word rifle in the name is a common kind of 'gun'. Today NRA means the organization that fights for gun owners and often opposes government rules about guns.