Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
The ACLU Finally Supports Real Liberties :: 12/18/2015
It wasn’t until last week that I realized the ACLU opposed gun control. The co-chair of the Colorado ACLU announced his support for use of guns in self-defense on Facebook.
The Truth About European Gun Laws :: 12/18/2015
Gun control advocates like to compare the United States with Europe. They claim Europe’s low homicide rates are due to their “tough” restrictions on gun ownership, use and carry. They ignore historical context. In fact, the laws restricting gun rights were implemented between World War One and World War Two. According to Don Kates . . .
Wall Street's Big Guns: Why Cerberus Sticks With Its Firearms :: 12/18/2015
Way up in a New York high-rise, inside the headquarters of Cerberus Capital Management, Stephen A. Feinberg had reached a sobering conclusion: The guns had to go.
Brevard County Sheriff: 'The Only Thing That Stops a Bad Guy with a Gun Is a Good Guy with a Gun' :: 12/17/2015
Sheriff Wayne Ivey of Brevard County, Florida addressed the San Bernardino terrorist attack in a Facebook video saying that world leaders need to “stop worrying about being politically correct” and asserting that “the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.”
Deja vu: Majority oppose "assault weapons" ban in WaPo/ABC poll, too :: 12/17/2015
The backfire from Barack Obama’s attempt to push gun control in the wake of a terrorist attack is now undeniable. Last week, the New York Times/CBS poll found a majority opposed to renewing an “assault weapons” ban for the first time in its 20 years of polling on the issue. Today, the Washington Post/ABC poll comes up with its own series first on the question:
Five Stupid Things The Media Believes About Guns And Gun Owners :: 12/17/2015
When it comes to the merits (or de-) of firearm owners and ownership, rarely will you find media screeds better done up as “reports.” In that spirit, we bring you the first Five Stupid Things The Media Believes About Guns And Gun Owners.
How Many Mass Shootings Are There, Really? :: 12/17/2015
On Wednesday, a Washington Post article announced that “The San Bernardino shooting is the second mass shooting today and the 355th this year.” Vox, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, this newspaper and others reported similar statistics.
Media Attempts To Redefine "Mass Shooting" In Order To Inflate Number Of Attacks :: 12/17/2015
The long-accepted definition of a mass shooting is, “four people or more people killed in a single event.” Others have further refined the definition to exclude gang-related activity, familicide, or terrorist attacks. Like the famous Supreme Court definition of pornography, it’s tough to create a catch-all to describe every possible kind of mass shooting, “but you know it when you see it.”
NY Times on the warpath for gun control :: 12/17/2015
An Islamic terrorist attack this month in San Bernardino, Calif., has inspired the New York Times' editorial board to go hard after gun control, as the newspaper has published eight pieces in the past 13 days decrying America's culture of gun violence.
Obama meets Bloomberg as he prepares order on guns :: 12/17/2015
Washington (CNN)As his administration prepares an executive order tightening access to guns, President Barack Obama met Wednesday with former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a proponent of new gun laws who has become the chief enemy of the National Rifle Association.
Right name, wrong man: Knoxville veterinarian cant get off no-fly list :: 12/17/2015
Dr. Patrick Stephen Hackett is a veterinarian — not a terrorist.
The FBI checked the wrong box and a woman ended up on the terrorism watch list for years :: 12/17/2015
As the Senate debated a proposal earlier this month that would have barred gun sales to people on the government’s terrorism watch lists, Republicans decried the lists as unfair, unreliable and un-American. “There’s no due process or any way to get your name removed from it in a timely fashion,” Sen. Marco Rubio told CNN. “This is not a list you can be certain of,” Jeb Bush said. Mike Huckabee asserted that some people end up on the no-fly list due to “suspicion, not necessarily even so much as probable cause.”
Why are gun rights supporters worried about bans on so-called assault weapons? :: 12/17/2015
Gun rights supporters often point out that so-called assault weapons that some people seek to ban aren’t materially different from other guns that will remain allowed. I think that’s factually right (and some pro-gun-control liberals, such as my colleague Adam Winkler, agree).
Anti-Gunners: Gun Control Group (CSGV) Tells Followers To "SWAT" Gun Owners :: 12/16/2015
The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (CSGV) is a radical gun control group with a long history of considering gun ownership to be near treasonous, and who routinely refers to gun owners as “insurrectionists.”
Dana Loesch Explodes on 'Godless Left' in Furious Rant: 'I Do Have a Problem . . .and I'm Not Watching My Language' :: 12/16/2015
Dana Loesch tore into Democrats Tuesday night in a fiery rant on the “godless left,” taking aim elected officials and the New York Daily News for “mocking prayers” and “attacking” the National Rifle Association.
House Democrats Introduce Bill to Ban Manufacture of 'Assault Weapons' :: 12/16/2015
On December 16, Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI-1st) will introduce the “Assault Weapons Ban of 2015″ to ban all manufacturing of “assault weapons.”
Nearly half of NYC's shootings gang-related :: 12/16/2015
Of the more than 300 homicides so far this year in New York City, almost half of those – 40 percent – were determined to be gang-related, with 49 percent of the city’s nearly 1,100 shootings tied to gangs as well.
Poll: Support for assault weapons ban drops to lowest level in 20 years :: 12/16/2015
For the first time in more than 20 years, support for a ban on assault weapons dipped below 50 percent.
Promoting assault weapons bans will confuse the public, help 'strengthen the handgun restriction lobby' :: 12/16/2015
From the pro-gun-restriction Violence Policy Center, back in 1988, near the dawn of the “assault weapons” debate (emphasis added):
Seeking action on guns, White House turns to governors :: 12/16/2015
WASHINGTON — Even as he prepares to take action on gun violence on his own authority, President Obama could turn to another source of potential source of executive action: The nation's governors.
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