A man checks out an ArmaLite rifle at the National Rifle Association of America's (NRA) annual meeting at the Kentucky Exposition Center in May 2008 in Louisville, Kentucky. The National Rifle Association (NRA), the powerful US gun lobby, has reached an agreement with federal and local authorities on reuniting gunowners with weapons lost or confiscated during Hurricane Katrina, officials said.
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