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The NRA list includes actor Danny DeVito, right, who posted several pro-gun-control messages on his Twitter account after the massacre in Newtown, Conn. DeVito is shown with “Solitary Man” costar Michael Douglas in 2010. (Phil Caruso/Solitary Man Productions)

NRA compiles 'anti-gun' list

WASHINGTON — The National Rifle Association classifies Bob Barker as anti-gun, even though the retired game-show host sleeps with a .38-caliber pistol next to his bed, shoots skeet and donated to the group’s choice for president, Republican Mitt Romney.

Barker is among 494 people, organizations and companies on an NRA list of those holding positions it finds hostile. The roster, posted on the website of the largest U.S. pro-gun group, includes poet Maya Angelou, the United Methodist Church and the Kansas City Chiefs.

A group of New Jersey mayors gather to urge Congress to act on gun control, Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, in Cranford, N.J. The group has joined the national Mayors Against Illegal Guns coalition in the past month since the school shootings in Newtown, Conn. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

State's pursue gun restrictions despite firearms lobby

BALTIMORE — Democratic governors and lawmakers in at least 10 U.S. states are seeking new restrictions on guns and ammunition after last month’s school shooting in Connecticut, challenging the firearms lobby’s political clout.

Penn. mayors battle NRA over gun laws

Pennsylvania’s mayors are waging a running gun battle with the National Rifle Association.

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