Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
146 House lawmakers urge repeal of ban on federal funds for gun research :: 06/09/2016
A charge led by House Democrats is calling on the chamber’s leadership to repeal longstanding roadblocks to spending federal dollars researching gun deaths and accidents as a health care issue.
9th Circuit Appeals court rules NO constitutional right to carry concealed guns :: 06/09/2016
A federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled Thursday that people do not have a Second Amendment right to carry concealed weapons in public, in a sweeping decision likely to be challenged by gun-rights advocates.
A bad idea whose time may have come :: 06/09/2016
On Saturday morning, I got a call from former U.S. Senator Tom Coburn. He told me I had made a mistake in saying the Article Five issue would be voted on by the people in November. The good Senator was right – the Article Five convention does not require voter approval – just the approval of the state legislature, which it received on April 27.
Democratic Platform Committee Member: No One Should Have a Gun :: 06/09/2016
During a meeting of the Democratic party's platform drafting committee Wednesday, committee member and businesswoman Bonnie Schaefer said that no one should be able to own a gun.
How Many Felonies Might Under The Gun Producers Have Committed? :: 06/09/2016
Things are going from bad to worse for embattled executive producer Katie Couric, director Stephanie Soechtig, and their alleged gun-purchasing Colorado producer, believed to be Denver attorney Joshua A. Kunau.
Pro-Gun Group Accuses Facebook Of Advertising Bias :: 06/09/2016
Facebook appears to be taking literally up until the last second to approve a pro-Second Amendment advertisement.
Donald Trump Is Correct To Hit La Raza Judge For Latino Identity Politics :: 06/08/2016
“This is one of the worst mistakes Trump has made. I think it’s inexcusable.” Those words were spoken by Newt Gingrich – a man believed to be on Donald Trump’s Vice Presidential shortlist – during an interview on “Fox News Sunday.”
OHP Uses New Device To Seize Money During Traffic Stops :: 06/08/2016
You may have heard of civil asset forfeiture. That's where police can seize property and cash without first proving a person committed a crime; without a warrant and without arresting them, as long as they suspect that the property is somehow tied to a crime.
Were Katie Couric's Shady Guns Actually Destroyed By Police? :: 06/08/2016
The new claim by Katie Couric’s documentary producer Stephanie Soechtig that guns she arranged to purchase in Arizona have been destroyed is in conflict with Arizona law that protects such public property once it is turned over to police.
Yahoo caught off guard by Katie Couric documentary scandal :: 06/08/2016
News industry veterans are sniping that Yahoo was caught seriously off guard by Katie Couric’s dodgy editing scandal.
Canada: Banning handguns? What about knives? :: 06/07/2016
TORONTO - Curiously, after a rash of stabbings in Toronto, Mayor John Tory has called for more government action on guns.
Did the media get it wrong on mentally ill shooters? :: 06/07/2016
A study released this week found disproportion in the media’s reporting on mentally ill shooters, leading many to believe they pose a bigger threat to others, rather than to themselves like the research suggests.
FBI figures show that May 2016 was the thirteenth consecutive month of record background checks for retail gun sales. :: 06/07/2016
The current string of checks began in May 2015, when 1,580,980 background checks set the record for the month of May.
Lawmakers seek to end Pennsylvania's firearm background check system :: 06/07/2016
Legislation will be brought up Tuesday in the House to replace the troubled Pennsylvania Instant Check System that has long drawn the ire of gun rights advocates.
Four ways Hillary Clinton will work to end gun ownership as president :: 06/06/2016
On Sunday, Hillary Clinton just couldn’t bring herself to say on ABC's "This Week" that Americans have an individual right to own guns. But it didn’t stop her from denying Donald Trump’s claim that she wants to abolish the Second Amendment. Clinton accused Trump of making “outright fabrications, accusing me of something that is absolutely untrue.”
Global Gun Control Advocates to Meet in NYC to Set UN Disarmament Agenda :: 06/06/2016
Anti-gun globalists will meet in New York City this week discuss ways to confiscate small arms and ammunition from civilians and to consolidate monopoly control over those weapons in the hands of the governments of United Nations (UN) member states.
Hillary Clinton Outlines Plan to Abolish the Second Amendment :: 06/06/2016
During the June 5 airing of This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Hillary Clinton outlined her plan to abolish the Second Amendment.
Hypocritical Gun Control Groups Won't Condemn Felony Gun Buys By Couric Producer :: 06/06/2016
We told you late last week how anti-gun documentary director Stephanie Soechtig cluelessly admitted to conspiring to having one of her producers commit a minimum of four federal felonies by conducting interstate purchases of firearms without an FFL transfer as required by law.
Opinion: On equality and gun rights :: 06/06/2016
The Second Amendment is often tossed around the political football field with stunning misstatements from activists advocating more restrictions. These individuals misstate studies and statistics in an effort to push their agenda. In the end, all they provide is spin and fear.
US cities see unexplained rise in violent crimes this year :: 06/06/2016
CHICAGO (AP) — Violent crimes — from homicides and rapes to robberies — have been on the rise in many major U.S. cities, yet experts can’t point to a single reason why and the jump isn’t enough to suggest there’s a trend.
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