Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Paul Ryan: 'Clearly we can do more' to address mental health issues :: 12/02/2015
WASHINGTON — After a gunman murdered three at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic last week House Speaker Paul Ryan said it’s time for Congress to take action on mental health issues.
Police Chief Craig: Armed Detroiters cut terror risk :: 12/02/2015
The city’s police chief said he believes violent extremists would be reluctant to target Detroit, as they had Paris last month, for fear armed citizens would shoot back.
Anti-Gunners: Gun Control Group Calls For Obama To Declare "State of Emergency," Ban Guns :: 12/01/2015
The National Gun Victims Action Council (NGVAC) is calling on President Barack Obama to declare a “state of emergency” over fictional events, and then use that fictitious excuse to scrap the Constitution and impose his will under martial law.
Anti-Gunners: Open Mouth, Insert Foot: Shannon Watts Does It Again :: 12/01/2015
You would think a former PR rep would be a little brighter, but Shannon Watts’ attacks against the Second Amendment and her arch nemesis the National Rifle Association are pretty dim.
The costs and consequences of gun control :: 12/01/2015
Today the Cato Institute published my monograph “The Costs and Consequences of Gun Control.” The policy analysis examines several gun control proposals which have been promoted by the Obama administration and the gun control lobby: bans on so-called assault weapons; bans on standard magazines; confiscation; and the prohibition of all private sales, loans and returns, except when processed by a gun store.
When Seconds Count, the UK Police Are Only Three Hours Away :: 12/01/2015
“Five men wearing hooded tops and scarves across their faces battered down John Moore’s door on Saturday morning,” mirror.co.uk reports. “The raiders demanded money and threatened the 63-year-old with a knife and a fireman’s axe. One of the gang’s hoods fell off and his scarf slipped down. He barked at John: ‘Don’t look at me or I will ****ing kill you.'” Charming. Mr. Moore’s ordeal continued . . .
Why Congress stopped gun control activism at the CDC :: 12/01/2015
History is not always written by the victors. In a Nov. 20 letter to the Labor, Health, Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee, House Democrats urged repeal of the 1996 ban on funding for gun control advocacy at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). But nowhere does the letter mention the abuse of authority and misuse of tax dollars that prompted Congress to act.
Anti-Gunners: CSGV: Accommodate Our Irrational Fears or Leave the Country :: 11/30/2015
Remember the Vietnam War era slogan, ‘America, love it or leave it’? That was the retort used by conservatives against flea-bitten hippies protesting America’s involvement in southeast Asia. It actually was first popularized back during the McCarthy hearing days by columnist Walter Winchell who thought the Wisconsin commie hunter was the bee’s knees.
Anti-Gunners: Doctors Urged To Push 'Agenda' of Gun Control For Public Health :: 11/30/2015
Washington DC – -(Ammoland.com)- During the American Public Health Association’s annual meeting in early November, health services researcher Judith Katzburg urged doctors to “push the agenda” securing gun control for public health.
Architect of New York's Unconstitutional SAFE Act Found Guilty of Corruption :: 11/30/2015
The now former NYS Assemblyman Sheldon Silver (D, Manhattan), one of the three men responsible for shepherding the NYS SAFE Act through the expedited passage through the NYS legislature, is found guilty on all charges of extortion and several kinds of fraud.
Cheerleader Runs Afoul of PC Police :: 11/30/2015
In Revere, Massachusetts, a high school cheerleader named Caley Godino made a colossal mistake: She antagonized the PC Police. For her sins, Revere High School has thrown her off the cheerleading squad for the rest of the year and has banned her from any school-sponsored social events.
Gun used to kill anti-violence muralist 1 of 144 lost by ICE agents in past decade :: 11/30/2015
The gun used in the fatal shooting of an artist in the San Francisco area in September was stolen from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent.
In wake of Colorado shooting, Obama calls for more gun controls :: 11/30/2015
President Obama on Saturday called for additional gun control measures in the United States, after the slaying of three people Friday at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado.
Obsessed With Planned Parenthood, Media Ignores Larger Mass Shooting :: 11/30/2015
Despite a complete media blackout by law enforcement officers investigating the case, the mainstream media remains obsessed with the idea of selling the public on the idea that a Planned Parenthood location in Colorado Springs was the focus of a mass murder’s* rage on Friday.
Question of the Day: Would Eliminating Background Checks Help Prevent Terrorism? :: 11/30/2015
Background checks on gun sales are a clear infringement on Americans’ natural, civil and Constitutionally protected right to keep and bear arms (which is not subject to arguments on social utility).
CPRC: America could use more concealed carry gun permit holders :: 11/29/2015
Since the terrorist attacks in Paris, such far-away places as Pennsylvania have experienced a surge in applications for concealed handgun permits.
KLECK: Magazine Size Limits Have No Effect On Mass Shootings :: 11/29/2015
Criminologist Gary Kleck is a legend in his field, and a thorn in the side of gun control supporters for his rigid insistence on listening to what the data tells us, instead of attempting to twist the data to suit his political agenda. His latest study looks like it will crush the gun control conceit that magazine size limits have anything at all to do with casualty counts.
Top Cops Tell Citizens To Defend Themselves, But Deny Them Guns :: 11/29/2015
In the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris, the top cops of Washington, D.C. and New York City suggested that citizens should take action to defend themselves if faced with a similar attack. These statements make sense to many gun owners, some of whom may already carry concealed, but what makes this astounding is that both of these police chiefs are viewed as two of the most anti-gun in the country.
Democrat Claims Paris Terrorists may Have got AKs from U.S. :: 11/28/2015
Just when you thought the politicians rhetoric could not get any more absurd, Representative Jan Schakowsky (spoiler alert: she is a Democrat from Chicago) suggests U.S. gun laws are in some way responsible for the Paris attacks! Do these people have no shame?
Detroit cop unions challenge NFL handgun ban :: 11/28/2015
Detroit — In the wake of recent terrorist attacks in Paris, Detroit police union officials are expressing their opposition to an NFL policy that prohibits off-duty cops from bringing firearms into stadiums, saying the rule puts lives in danger.
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