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Vice
President Cheney accepts a musket from the NRA at
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The National Rifle Association is moving
its new NRANews program to satellite radio this week.
The New York Times described the broadcast as a "direct
challenge to federal limits on political advocacy."
The daily radio program offers news and
Second Amendment commentary. As a media organization,
it is not restricted by federal campaign finance law.
That means NRANews may continue broadcasting in the run-up
to the November election - at a time when federal law
requires political advocacy groups to stop running ads.
"There is no government licensing
of journalists. Tom Paine was free to pamphlet. So are
we," the newspaper quoted NRA Executive Vice President
Wayne LaPierre as saying.
LaPierre said the NRA was looking to buy
radio stations in the Midwest, the Rockies and the South.
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