‘NRA’s Sick Jihad': N.Y. tabloid declares war on the NRA

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A New York tabloid is calling the National Rifle Association's platform "sick jihad" and the organization's leader "Jihadi Wayne" after the organization fought legislation that would prohibit people on the government's watch-list for terrorists and suspected terrorists from purchasing guns.

The New York Daily News, a longtime NRA adversary, has published two front-page stories during the past week calling out the NRA and its "gun-loving Republican cohorts" for opposing legislation that would block people on the watch-list from purchasing firearms.

The tabloid's response comes after The Washington Post and others reported that, over the past decade, more than 2,000 terror suspects legally purchased guns in the United States — and a bill to put an end to it had hit NRA resistance. 

"These bills have rarely made it out of committee, in part due to vehement opposition from the National Rifle Association and its allies in Congress," Wonkblog's Chris Ingraham wrote last week.

Most Over-the-Top Smears of NRA Gun Owners in 2015

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8) “NRA’s sick jihad.”

The New York Daily News ran a cover photo on an estimated 2,000 firearms purchased by individuals on the TSA’s no fly list over the course of eleven years.

To illustrate its point, this was their front page:

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So, there are just eight examples of insults and attacks on the NRA and its more than 5 million members. There are likely to be more in the future.