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Four iron cannon balls used in the Mexican-American War. ; https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/portisabel/1069/thumbnail.jpg

Black colored Canon Ball. Cannon ball used in the Mexican-American War. ; https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/portisabel/1047/thumbnail.jpg

A variety of cannon balls used in the Mexican-American War. ; https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/portisabel/1068/thumbnail.jpg

Iron fragments of a cannon ball belonging to the United States Army. ; https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/portisabel/1016/thumbnail.jpg

The National Rifle Assoc's (NRA) recent vulnerability after many years of success is argued to stem from its refusal to join its natural allies, especially law enforcement organizations, in conservative coalitions, & from its tendency to act in favor of short-term goals & temporary expediency rather than in its own long-term best interests. One example of the NRA's "go it alone" policy is its refusal to cooperate with those who were attempting to secure the confirmation of Robert Bork for the Supreme Court. A second source of strain between the NRA & other conservatives was NRA insistence on an absolutist interpretation of the second amendment. However, there are signs that the NRA is relenting in its absolutism; eg, it now concedes ordinary citizens have no right to own surface-to-air missiles. A. Waters

[p. 1] ; columns 2–3 ; 5 ¾ col. in. ; George Q. Cannon, Utah's delegate to Congress, speaks about the George Reynolds case. Reynolds had volunteered to be tried for polygamy because Mormon leaders believed that the Supreme Court would rule anti-polygamy laws unconstitutional. Cannon is astonished that Reynolds was convicted, and he regrets encouraging Reynolds to take part in the test case.