Gun lobby alters plans for 2007 convention."Thanks to the Columbus Columbus. 1 City (1990 pop. 178,681), seat of Muscogee co., W Ga., at the head of navigation on the Chattahoochee River; settled and inc. 1828 on the site of a Creek village. City Council, 65,000 people will not be coming to your wonderful Greater Columbus Convention Center in 2007." National Rifle Association National Rifle Association (NRA) Governing organization for the sport of shooting with rifles and pistols. It was founded in Britain in 1860. The U.S. organization, formed in 1871, has a membership of some four million. Both the British and the U.S. executive vice president Wayne LaPierre Wayne LaPierre (born November 8, 1948) is a prominent gun rights advocate and author in the United States. Since 1991, he has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Rifle Association, the largest American gun rights organization. canceled plans for the group to hold its convention in Columbus five days after the mayor signed the city council's legislation banning the sale of some weapons and requiring owners to register them with police. |
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