Evil, violent, demented people are going to do evil, violent, demented things regardless of how constrained and helpless we make the rest of society…
Senate Kills Gun Control Efforts
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Evil, violent, demented people are going to do evil, violent, demented things regardless of how constrained and helpless we make the rest of society…
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has declared that he will bring the Democrat gun control package to the floor of the Senate for a vote this week.
The UN’s long-standing antipathy toward private firearms ownership demands that the language of the treaty must be viewed through the prism of hostility…
The Firearms Coalition, along with the National Coalition to Stop the Gun Ban and other rights groups from around the nation, is calling for all concerned citizens to join us in this important call to action…
Unlike the healthcare debate though, the proposals for new gun control would make instant felons out of hundreds of thousands, possibly millions, of otherwise law-abiding citizens…
Almost everything he has proposed is based on lies and distortions propagated by anti-rights politicians and their cheerleaders in the major media…
In an open letter addressed to Congress and the American people, a recently formed coalition of groups supporting gun rights declared their opposition to any new regulations encroach on citizens’ rights to keep and bear arms…
After a year and a half behind bars, a judge yesterday ruled that Rick and Ryin Reese could be released on bail. Yesterday the judge followed up that order with a decision that the Reese’s original trial was tainted and that a new trial should be granted…
The politicians remember what happened after the ban was passed in 1994 and they know there would be a serious price to pay for supporting bans on these popular tools today.
What Feinstein, Obama, and Holder are calling “assault weapons” are semi-auto firearms that fire one round each time the trigger is pulled, just like a typical revolver or semi-auto pistol…
Abrogating an enumerated right – and spending billions of dollars doing it – in a futile attempt to keep guns away from deranged killers is not an acceptable option. Let your elected servants know…
I ask responsible parents, grandparents, and school personnel to join me in answering the call and saying “Here am I; send me.”…
They follow the killers story for weeks, making the vile killer(s) household names and guaranteeing that they will go down in history for their atrocious actions…
All of our representatives in Washington must stand resolutely against further encroachment of the Constitution – and the confirmation of judges and Justices who would defend such encroachment…
The Reese family is thankful that, so far, the bad they’ve suffered has not been as bad as it could have been. They have been so abused, harassed and persecuted that they feel thankful for the crumbs of “less bad” news…
There is a strong perception among gun owners that new restrictions are lying in wait just over the horizon if Barack Obama and his Democrat colleagues are returned to power in this year’s election…
The implications are profound in some ways, yet in other ways they are nothing new. As we have pointed out before, there is nothing complicated about firearms – the basic technology is medieval…
With the announcement of Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., as Mitt Romney’s pick for vice president, the first question among GunVoters was where Ryan stands on gun issues.
With the terrorist-exporting state of Iran in a leadership role, the committee has been plowing down obstacles and rapidly moving toward an agreement.
But while that investigation has dragged on, New Mexico gun dealer Rick Reese and his two sons Ryin and Remington have sat rotting in separate prisons accused of a similar crime.
Erik Scott was a West Point graduate with an MBA, served honorably in the Army, and established a lucrative career in real estate and medical devices. He was 38 when he was gunned down.
Cities around the country have created staff positions for professional lobbyists whose primary function is to drum up support for anti-gun legislation, ordinances, and regulations.
Just over 200 days away from what will undoubtedly be one of the most important elections in US history, and most of the country still isn’t even paying attention yet.
Alan Gottlieb, founder and EVP of the Second Amendment Foundation, likes to say that he and his team are “winning back firearms freedoms one lawsuit at a time,” and they’ve been doing a great job.
It’s time for the wall to come down, truth to be revealed, and those responsible for Fast & Furious to pay a price for their arrogance, indifference to innocent life, and violation of their oath.
Stand Your Ground laws were developed in response to state laws that have been eroding self-defense rights over the past several decades.
Lugar’s opposition to national reciprocity is particularly out of line since Indiana already recognizes permits from every other state.
The Brady Bunch has released their annual scorecard rating states based on how strict their gun laws are.
This year I am only endorsing one candidate, Maria Heil, and asking voting members of NRA to cast ballots with only Mrs. Heil’s name marked…
The really frustrating thing about this story is knowing that the laws which kept me from buying this gun don’t keep criminals from getting the guns they use.