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NRA

NRA

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An organization that supports the right to own guns and is against government gun rules
  • noun
  • /ɛn ɑr eɪ/
translation icon : 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.

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Examples

  • Wealthy interest groups like the NRA argue that more guns in the hands of citizens will make the country safer.

  • My daddy's in the NRA.

  • So this is a partnership with the NRA in this company called carry guard.

  • We had just come from the NRA and I turned you and I said you want my gun, try and take it.

  • 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.

  • 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

An American group that supports people's right to own guns and opposes many gun laws

is the short, commonly used form in speech and informal writing

Surface Forms

NRA singular
NRAs plural

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.