National Rifle Association

Adolphus Busch IV Quits NRA; Slams Gun Rights Organization for "Distorted Values"

In a letter to the National Rifle Association that was also forwarded to KSDK Channel 5 News reporter Leisa Zigman, one of the heirs to the Anhesuer-Busch fortune took a surprising stand against the powerful gun rights organization. Adolphus Busch IV, eldest son of August "Gussie" Busch, Jr., was a ... More >>

Gun Docket: Proposal to Revamp Firearms Prosecution in St. Louis Advances in Senate

It has been a particularly heated week for gun debates. In Missouri, a Republican outcry about gun owner privacy in Missouri sparked a major policy change and a high-profile resignation. Nationally, the U.S. Senate failed to pass a background check proposal, angering even some longtime NRA members. ... More >>

Thousands Sign Petition to Stop Pro-Gun Publicity Stunt Bills: "Get Serious Or Go Home"

A Missouri bill to stop bills that force others not to introduce certain kind of bills? Almost. Representative Stacey Newman, a Democrat who has been very vocal on gun control, has collected thousands of signatures on a petition to urge lawmakers and legislative leaders to quit introducing pro-gun ... More >>

Mandatory Gun Class For First Graders? Senator Dan Brown On His Misunderstood Bill

State Senator Dan Brown is not trying to teach all Missouri first-graders how to use guns. But a lot of people think he is. A frustrated Brown tells Daily RFT that his proposed school safety and training bill, which was introduced exactly one day before the tragic Sandy Hook massacre, would mandat ... More >>

Cleopatra Records to Reissue Ultraman's Constant Weight of Zero LP, Ultraman Unaware

The other night an associate and I were having a discussion regarding our distaste for crust-punk forefathers Amebix and other d-beat bands from the '80s/'90s -- "music that sounds like two castles crashing into one another," as we dubbed it. In the midst of this conversation, the band Christ On a C ... More >>

Stacey Newman on Missouri GOP Gun Bill: "Could you imagine anything crazier?"

Gun debates are alive and well in Missouri and Representative Stacey Newman, a Democrat, is currently promoting her bill that would require all sales or transfers of firearms to go through a licensed dealer. She is also, however, speaking out about some Republican proposals that are directly in op ... More >>

RFT Founder Ray Hartmann Really Lets the NRA Have It

Some you readers are gun-rights absolutists. We know this from the comments you leave on our blog posts. Thus you may be interested to know that on Friday,  just hours after a deranged young man shot and killed 27 people (including 20 children) in a Connecticut school, Riverfront Times' founde ... More >>

University City Boy, Age 12, Accidentally Shoots and Kills His Buddy

Isn't it the NRA that likes to argue that, "Guns Don't Kill People; 12-year-olds Kill People"? Daily RFT can't remember. Nevertheless, gun-related tragedy struck yesterday in University City when a young boy accidentally and fatally shot his friend in the head while playing with his grandfather's gu ... More >>

Use This Rating System to Help Determine Whether You Should Start Firing Bandmates

Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Ask Fan Landers! Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. She is here to help you ... More >>

Top Five Pieces of Furniture Barack Obama May Address on Thursday Night

In case you ain't heard, the ultimate visual prop for any would-be national political convention these days is a piece of furniture. But not just any piece of furniture. You can't walk out there and address a dog-hair covered Barcalounger. C'mon, this is the big leagues. If you want to win over the ... More >>

Peter Kinder Gets NRA Endorsement in Lt. Governor's Race, Rubs it in Brad Lager's Face

Yesterday, incumbent Lt. Governor Peter Kinder issued a press release to gloat about the endorsement he's received from the National Rifle Association in his re-election race. His quote:"I am honored [that] the NRA and its many Missouri members have renewed their longstanding support for my service ... More >>

KMOV Endangers Anti-Gun Liberal Media Conspiracy with Postive Gun Story

Whoa. KMOV Channel 4 has gone way off-script. What is reporter Maggie Crane doing reporting the story of 69-year-old Ed Gischer? This is the guy who, in the wee hours of Monday morning, was snoozing in his Lemay home when a masked burglar kicked in the back door, pryed open the locked bedroom door, ... More >>

Straight Shootin': The firepower at the NRA convention is incredible, just like the rhetoric

Ted Nugent's Outrageous Remarks at the NRA Conference: What the Videos Don't Show

While reporting our current feature on the 2012 NRA Conference, I happened to be walking past right when Ted Nugent made these remarks: As you've probably heard, the Secret Service has arranged a meeting today with The Nuge in order to do "appropriate follow-up," but Nugent ain't concerned.

The NRA Conference Is About To Rock Your Face; And Not Just With Guns

Whoowee! The America Center was all a-bustle yesterday with fork lifts bleeping, booths erecting, gun-lovers registering, and Daily RFT trying not to have an over-stimulated panic attack. Today begins the 2012 NRA Annual Meeting & Exhibits; last time this happened in St. Louis, more then 64,000 ... More >>

Mayor Blasts NRA Leadership at Start of St. Louis Convention

As thousands of gun-loving Americans (and the politicians who crave their votes, including GOP-presidential candidates Mit Romney, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum) descend on St. Louis today for the start of the NRA Annual Convention, one city mayor isn't having any of it. Conveniently that mayor is ... More >>

If You Like Guns, Ted Nugent, Mitt Romney & More Guns, the NRA's Got a Deal for You!

Next weekend, more than 60,000 people are flocking to downtown St. Louis for the 2012 National Rifle Association Annual Meetings and Exhibits! This is a huge deal because, first of all, I will have a tougher time finding a parking spot. Secondly, an important national figure will be present: Ted Nug ... More >>

Guns Claim Two More Children in St. Louis Region

"From an infant's cold, dead hands!"​A ten-year-old Belleville boy accidentally shot and killed his five-year-old brother yesterday while playing with a shotgun kept in the home. An "extremely tragic accident" is how Belleville police chief William Clay described the incident. A day earlier -- Tu ... More >>

Three Children Killed, Injured in Separate Shootings Proves Need for Laxer Gun Laws

That's right. Open the floodgates.​Here's what happened between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. in and around St. Louis last night. A three-year-old girl in south city found a gun belonging to her dad's girlfriend and accidentally shot herself in the head while playing with the weapon. She's dead. A twelve-ye ... More >>

Brandon Tate: Three-Year-Old's Death By Gun Reinforces NRA Position

The home on S. 38th where Brandon Tate drew his last breath.​St. Louis police have identified the toddler who accidentally shot himself yesterday in a home in south St. Louis as three-year-old Brandon Tate. According to police, the toddler apparently found the gun in a back bedroom in the 4200 blo ... More >>

Cigar and Pipe Association Denounces Proposed Smoking Ban in St. Louis County

 Ever hear of the IPCPR? No? Well, they're not quite the NRA, but they do lobby hard for what they believe is a fundamental right for all Americans: the right to smoke in public. Today the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association sent out a release alerting media that it wil ... More >>

Look Back in Awe

Retrospection is a bitch

The Gun Show as Art

Beer, Guns and Big Bird

Unreal gets down to brass tacks with the NRA, Anheuser-Busch and Big Bird, shares an intimate Keith Urban moment and cries bloody Murder.

Bad Blood

Ever hear the one about the unions and the convention bureau?

Best Gun Shop

Mid America Arms

Making the List

What does the National Rifle Association have against the St. Louis Cardinals?

Gun Ho

We cover all the major issues, from the concealed-carry legislation to the nifty new coffee lids at Kaldi's; plus, the latest on the Sanford-Brown Indians' winning season (and you still don't know Dick)

Marky Mark and the Monkey Bunch

Despite its derivative plot and frustrating ending, the new Planet of the Apes is deliriously charming fun

Gunning for Gun Control

Ashcroft fires a shot in the name of NRA paranoia

Cat Scratch Fever Benefit

Thursday, June 21; Way Out Club

The Top 10 Reasons to Reject John Ashcroft

It's not that he's pious. He's simply unfit to serve.

Running Scared

Rally in St. Louis exposes Democrats' weak strategy

The Politics of Alcohol: Way Over the Limit

Inside the Soap Box

Michael Moore gets out of his La-Z-Boy to find The Awful Truth

Letters to the Editor

Published the week of April 12, 2000

Letters to the Editor

Published the week of April 5

Bull's-Eye

NRA's false premises are no longer protected by Smith & Wesson

Letters to the Editor

Civilization and Its Discontents

The NRA Goes "Reasonable"

Letters to the Editor

Guns and Poses

Frenzied politicians do the Littleton shuffle

Letters to the Editor

Short Cuts

Arms and the Man

Shooting Back

As gun makers stockpile money for a PR and marketing battle to convince still more citizens to take up arms, besieged cities such as St. Louis aren't taking it lying down. They're returning fire with lawsuits.

But What About Knives?

Proposition B quirk shows that it's for guns, not safety

A Dangerous Call to Arms

Proposition B blows away common sense, but that won't stop the NRA

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