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Drone-Mounted Handgun, Flamethrower Reignite Lawmaker Debate :: 02/29/2016
HARTFORD — The quiet whirring of the drone's propellers gives way to the sound of gunshots — pop, pop, pop, pop — in the 14-second video titled "Flying Gun."
Hillary win will energize anti-gunners :: 02/29/2016
Yesterday’s big win for anti-gun Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton in South Carolina will energize the gun prohibition lobby, which started exploiting the shootings in Kansas and Washington Friday afternoon.
Lawmaker wants ATF gun trace data open for use in lawsuits :: 02/29/2016
Connecticut Democrat U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal is seeking to overturn a longstanding ban against using gun trace information in civil proceedings.
Rookie cop killed on first shift while responding to domestic call :: 02/29/2016
The Prince William County Police Department in Virginia posted a tweet Friday afternoon congratulating two new officers who were sworn in that day and set to work their first shifts this past weekend. Little did the department know that less than 24 hours later, one of those officers would be killed before her first shift ended.
We Can't Trust The Media To Talk About Guns In America :: 02/29/2016
There were “400 or so mass shootings” in the United States 2015, according to Ahson Saeed Hasan, a Washington, D.C. based journalist, in a recent op-ed. Other news outlets cite nearly identical figures to claim that the number of mass shootings is skyrocketing.
What If I Told You Silencers Are Useful, Not Scary? :: 02/29/2016
The opinion editor of the Los Angeles Times actively recruited me months ago to provide commentary on firearms from time to time. Here’s a sample of today’s op-ed, Gun silencers are useful, not scary.
Bills passed in U.S. House concern Second Amendment rights, access to federal lands :: 02/27/2016
WASHINGTON, DC — Legislation designed to protect Second Amendment rights as well as access to federal lands for hunting, fishing and other recreational uses passed Friday in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Gun Free Zones: Latest "Gun Free Zone" Slaughter Shows Failure Of Key Gun Control Policy :: 02/27/2016
An ex-convict with an illegally-acquired AKM carbine and a Glock pistol strode through a Kansas factory yesterday afternoon, shooting his coworkers indiscriminately wherever he found them. A single police officer with grim determination surged against the panicking human tide to confront and kill the criminal, saving an untold number of lives.
Melissa Click Said She Thought Journalist She Threatened Might Have Had A Gun. He Didn't :: 02/27/2016
Melissa Click told investigators hired by the University of Missouri (MU) that she asked for “some muscle” to remove a student-journalist during a campus protest in November because she feared he might have a gun.
NRA reinforces support of Constitutional Carry :: 02/27/2016
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The leading voice of advocates of the Second Amendment is standing firmly behind the Constitutional Carry Bill which now sits on the desk of Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin.
VIDEO: Experiment Shows Kids From Homes With Guns Tend Toward Gun Safety :: 02/27/2016
According to Fox 17, the experiment was conducted in Texas and it involved eight children, “all of them [were] either preschool or kindergarten age.”
Alabama Concealed Carry Permits sufficient For Gun Purchases :: 02/26/2016
(MONTGOMERY) – Attorney General Luther Strange announced that holders of Alabama’s Permit to Carry Pistol in Vehicle or Concealed on Person are no longer required to undergo additional background checks each time they purchase a firearm.
Appeals Judge Henry Saad stopped at Metro Airport with gun in luggage :: 02/26/2016
A Michigan Appeals Court judge is facing a criminal investigation after a loaded handgun was found in his carry-on bag at Detroit Metro Airport on Sunday.
Executive Overreach: The New Normal In Anti-Gun Politics :: 02/26/2016
A jarring paradox exists in our nation’s politics. While the American people and Congress are showing steadfast commitment to the Second Amendment, President Barack Obama is determined to shove gun control down America’s throat by any means necessary.
Hillary's Approach to The Second Amendment: A National Sales Tax on Guns :: 02/26/2016
C-SPAN Washington Journal hosted ATR President Grover Norquist this week to discuss a number of issues including President Obama’s fiscal year 2017 budget proposal and tax reform plans from the 2016 presidential candidates.
McAuliffe Signs Groundbreaking Concealed Carry Reciprocity Bill in VA. :: 02/26/2016
Governor Terry McAuliffe signed a bill today that ensures that anyone with a concealed carry permit issued anywhere in the United States can carry in Virginia, in a stunning reversal of an attempt by Attorney General Merk Herring to sever reciprocity agreements with 25 states.
Thugs resorting to knives; proof that Clinton, anti-gunners need to shift focus :: 02/26/2016
A wave of knife attacks in New York City reported yesterday by Fox News, and an incident involving a Metro Bus assault in King County provide all the evidence necessary to demonstrate that criminals will use whatever weapon is handy to harm other people, and gun control is not the panacea proponents think it is.
University of Texas dean leaves school, citing campus carry gun law :: 02/26/2016
A University of Texas dean said Thursday he’s leaving the school to pursue a different job in large part because of the new Texas law that will allow concealed firearms in public college classrooms.
Woman charged for buying gun for Kansas shooter :: 02/26/2016
A Kansas woman was charged Friday for supplying the gun used by Cedric Ford, the man who killed three people and injured 14 in a shooting spree.
Bill sparks debate over Mainers' gun rights versus property owners' rights :: 02/25/2016
AUGUSTA — Gun owners’ rights groups urged lawmakers Wednesday to support a bill inspired by the case of a disabled Rockland man who was told he had to give up his gun to continue living in subsidized housing.
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