Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Everytown for Gun Safety Attacks Former Ally VA Gov. McAuliffe for Restoring Gun Rights :: 02/05/2016
“Everytown for Gun Safety, a group bankrolled by a former New York mayor, poured $2 million into TV ads last fall in a failed bid to help McAuliffe’s party take back the state Senate,” washingtonpost.com reports.
House Passes Bill Aimed At Operation Choke Point :: 02/05/2016
WASHINGTON — The House voted Thursday on legislation to make it more difficult for banking regulators to demand that banks shutdown certain business accounts.
Iowa House panel removes age restrictions on handgun use, proposes lessening other gun restrictions :: 02/05/2016
DES MOINES — An Iowa House committee passed a barrage of gun-related bills Thursday, most of which were similar to proposals that have failed to win legislative approval in previous years.
Marco Rubio's 7 Top Achievements in U.S. Senate :: 02/05/2016
As The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza writes, a “major part of the problem is that Rubio doesn’t have all that many accomplishments in the Senate.”
Rural Oklahoma school posts warning of armed staff :: 02/05/2016
A rural school district in Oklahoma put up signs this week alerting visitors that some staff members have access to guns, in what it says is an effort aimed at deterring school violence.
Study: 41 Percent of Americans think federal universal background check law exists :: 02/05/2016
A pair of Yale University researchers have suggested that better-educating the general public about the true limits of existing gun control laws could help build support for stronger legislation.
A Champion of Freedom, Espanola Jackson Remembered :: 02/04/2016
Washington, DC – -(Ammoland.com)- It is with a heavy heart that we report the passing of Espanola Jackson, lead plaintiff in the NRA supported case of Jackson v. San Francisco.
Critiquing the "Research" Criticizing Guns :: 02/04/2016
The New England Journal of Medicine doesn’t like “research parasites”. That’s the term used in its January 21 editorial “Data Sharing” to disparage people who, among other sins, may “ use the data to try to disprove what the original investigators had posited [my emphasis].
Incendiary Images of the Day: Josh Renville Dontcha Know Edition :: 02/04/2016
High school student Josh Renville (left) wanted his scowling (a.k.a.. bad ass) yearbook picture to include his AR-15. As reported by startribune.com, Fargo North High School Principal Andy Dahlen had not one, not two, but three reasons why that wasn’t going to happen: “Weapons are banned on school property.
It is Time for Gun Owners to Get Political :: 02/04/2016
We have a million new gun owners each month. Welcome, but there is more to being a gun owner than buying ammunition. Democrat politicians recently proposed ridiculous regulations on guns and gun owners. Gun sales soared, but I think that is the wrong response. Gun owners need to get political to protect their rights.
Michigan GOP lawmakers introduce constitutional carry bills :: 02/04/2016
WPBN/WGTU — A legislation that would allow law-abiding citizens to carry concealed weapons for self-protection without having a government-issued permit to do so was introduced to the House.
Mississippi Bill Would Set Foundation to Nullify any New Federal Gun Control in Practice :: 02/04/2016
JACKSON, Miss. (Feb. 3, 2016) – A Mississippi bill would take the first step toward prohibiting state cooperation with the enforcement of future federal gun control measures, a move that would effectively nullify them in practice in the Magnolia State.
Once Again with Feeling: Correlation Does Not Equal Causation :: 02/04/2016
Correlation (a connection between two or more things) does not equal causation (cause and effect). For example, per capita cheese consumption correlates closely with the number of people who died by becoming tangled in their bedsheets. It does not necessarily follow that eating cheese in bed increases the risk of becoming tangled in your bedclothes and dying.
Question of the Day: What Does Your Kid's School Say About The Second Amendment? :: 02/04/2016
In the clip above [below], a woman named Muriel Lezk wonders if the government could restrict Americans access to only the guns that were available when the Second Amendment was written; making all other guns a “privilege.”
Terror has arrived: Official calls for San Bernardino employees to be armed :: 02/04/2016
Two months after terrorists gunned down 14 unarmed San Bernardino county workers in a gun-free zone, one local official is calling for county employees to be permitted to carry guns at work and have access to weapons at county facilities.
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Gun-Rights Movement. And It's Winning. :: 02/04/2016
Over the last few months, an important drama has played out in the state of Virginia. As leaders of the gun-control movement looked to prove to Democrats that their issue can move voters, they settled on Virginia as their guinea pig.
Gun Vs. Traffic Accident Deaths: Getting The Data Straight :: 02/03/2016
Which are you more likely to be killed by: a car or a gun? We all know how many people die on the roads each year, so it would be mindblowing if there were actually more gun deaths than motor vehicle deaths.
Lab Accident: How Congress Stopped the CDC Gun Grabbers and Saved Science :: 02/03/2016
We can all feel it. With mass shootings dominating the headlines, and especially since the Sandy Hook school mass shooting three years ago, the pressure to blame gun owners is mounting. Everywhere we look we see the familiar gun grabbers calling for more background checks, a ban on modern sporting rifles, and that old saw, restoring funding to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for firearm research.
San Francisco requires people to lock up guns in vehicles :: 02/03/2016
The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved legislation Tuesday requiring strict lock-up of firearms in vehicles parked in San Francisco.
Virginians split on Herring's move on concealed carry permits, poll finds :: 02/03/2016
Virginians were split over Attorney General Mark Herring’s decision on conceal carry reciprocity, but a majority backed Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s move to ban guns from most state buildings, according to a new poll.
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