Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Gun violence bigger problem than police brutality, say black voters :: 05/02/2016
Results from a recent phone survey released Thursday show gun violence and incarceration rates are currently a bigger concern for minority voters than police brutality.
How New York Became a Nexus of Second Amendment Infringement :: 05/02/2016
After the American Revolutionary War, New York legislators didn’t include gun rights in their state constitution. They considered firearms freedom too obvious to include. And any legal protection redundant, thanks to the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment. And so it was — until 1911. That’s when the Empire State legislature passed the infamous Sullivan Act to protect organized crime from armed citizens . . .
How often do women really use guns in self-defense? :: 05/02/2016
Women represent only a sliver of the gun-owning American population and – as much as Second Amendment proponents would like to think – they are seldom defending themselves with guns. At least, that’s what gun control advocates are saying.
Nevada Lawmaker Says She Would Draw her Gun on a Cop :: 05/02/2016
Nevada Assemblywoman Michele Fiore took to KLAS 8’s Politics NOW on Sunday to talk about the Federal Bureau of Land Management’s gross overreach of citizen’s rights, but the discussion took an interesting turn into gun rights and self defense.
Social Security releases proposed rule to strip gun rights from some beneficiaries :: 05/02/2016
The Social Security Administration has released the details of how it proposes to identify some recipients for bans on possessing and acquiring firearms.
In an emergency, is 'smart gun' better than reliable one? :: 04/30/2016
Just hours after news reports surfaced yesterday that the Obama administration would have an announcement about “smart guns,” an 80-year-old Sultan-area woman used a plain old firearm with the “smarts” behind the trigger to fatally shoot a home invader last night who stabbed her husband.
Senators criticize plan to keep mentally ill from getting guns :: 04/30/2016
WASHINGTON — Vietnam veteran Robert Hall, 64, said noises trigger his post-traumatic stress disorder. But he wouldn't hurt anybody, he said.
CPRC Original Research: All the 20 worst mass public shootings, 42 of the worst 46, occurred outside the United States :: 04/29/2016
After the Charleston massacre, President Obama made this comment: “the unique mayhem that gun violence afflicts upon this nation.” Of course, regarding mass public shootings, Obama doesn’t need to look any further than France, which last year suffered 532 casualties (killings and woundings) versus 396 in the US during the first seven full years of the Obama administration from 2009 through 2015.
DRGO: What's Wrong: Some Women or All Guns? :: 04/29/2016
Though this isn’t exactly another series (like How We’re Taught About Guns), one thought leads to another about women and guns. Last week I reviewed anti-gun propaganda directed especially at women, as well as some corrective perspectives by women themselves in the firearms community.
Inside Amy Schumer's Lies About Gun Laws :: 04/29/2016
Amy Schumer dedicated the opening of tonight’s episode of Inside Amy Schumer, “Welcome to the Gun Show,” to flaunting her ignorance of United States gun laws. The episode depicts a home shopping network-type show that rebrands itself as a “gun show” to sell handguns at $39.95 each.
National sheriffs' group, opposed to federal laws on guns and taxes, calls for defiance :: 04/29/2016
Local police chiefs and sheriffs typically swear to enforce the laws of their state. But a group called the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association is intent on strictly enforcing their view of the U.S. Constitution and, according to a long new piece by the Center for Public Integrity, “its ambition is to encourage law enforcement officers to defy laws they decide themselves are illegal.”
Obama Presses 'Smart Guns,' Announces Gun Control Summit :: 04/29/2016
In a Facebook post on Friday, Obama said: “We’ve jumpstarted the development of smart gun technology. Today, many gun injuries and deaths are the result of legal guns that were stolen, misused, or discharged accidentally.
White House follows up on executive actions :: 04/29/2016
President Obama’s administration Friday gave an update on implementing the executive actions regarding guns ownership that he issued at the beginning of the year in response to increased public pressure and an unwilling Congress.
Why Virginia Gov Terry McAuliffe can't give felons right to vote without restoring their right to own guns :: 04/29/2016
Governor Terry McAuliffe has given felons in Virginia the right to vote without allowing them the right to own a gun. His executive order will let murderers and rapists will be able to serve on juries.
Disarmament Cloaked As "Common Sense" :: 04/28/2016
Gun control advocates have been at their civilian-disarmament campaign for so long that astute observers will notice the same tactics and approaches returning time and again to the political landscape.
Garland's Antagonism Toward The Second Amendment :: 04/28/2016
For the moment the stars seem aligned in Mr. Obama’s favor. So much so, he will suffer no one confounding his ambitions to subvert the U.S. Constitution, in order to weaken our Sovereign Nation, thus paving the way for an EU style North American Union. The universe does not bend backwards to President Obama’s beck and call, of course, but that does not stop him from using the power of the U.S. Presidency to obtain what he wants.
Hollywood: Hollywood Becomes Increasingly Vocal in the Fight Against Gun Violence :: 04/28/2016
In the latest season of “House of Cards,” first lady Claire Underwood champions new gun laws with the help of a group called Families for Gun Reform.
Hollywood: Variety: Hollywood Increasingly Involved with Gun Control Lobby :: 04/28/2016
This involvement shows itself in scripts for television programming, gun-control tweets by celebrities, and celebrity-filled PSAs calling for Congress to pass more gun control for law-abiding citizens.
Justice Stevens Is Wrong About the Constitution, Again :: 04/28/2016
The retired SCOTUS justice takes aim at the First Amendment, the Second Amendment, and the Fifth Amendment.
Newtown: Pro-Gun Donald Trump Gets More Votes than Anti-Gun Hillary Clinton :: 04/28/2016
Newtown, where Sandy Hook Elementary School is located, became the epicenter of the gun control movement following Adam Lanza’s heinous December 2012 attack on the school.
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