Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Chicago officials could learn something from weekend shooting :: 11/03/2015
A fatal weekend shooting in Chicago should send a message to the city’s top officials, especially after Fox News reported this morning that charges are unlikely against the man who pulled the trigger because the decedent in this case was an apparent would-be armed robber.
Why Gun Control is Sexist :: 11/03/2015
Firearms inventor and manufacturer Sam Colt got it right. And gun grabbers have it wrong.
Anti-Gun Fear and Bigotry from the Washington Post :: 11/02/2015
Fred Hiatt wrote about a “gun free society”. He tried to repackage his gun grab and call it “gun prohibition”. He wrapped his anti-rights bigotry in terms of a “mass buyback”. Fred wants President Barack Obama to issue executive orders and make gun owners into criminals. You don’t use executive orders to change a culture; you use executive orders to disarm the US by force. Fred wants guns to protect Obama’s kids with guns, but not to protect yours.
Ben Carson open to letting CDC research gun violence :: 11/02/2015
Former neurosurgeon Ben Carson said on Friday that the Centers for Disease Control should be able to conduct research on the causes of gun violence, a position that put him at odds with America's gun lobby and congressional Republicans. Asked after a speech here if the prohibition on that sort of research should be lifted, Carson said he was always interested in the collection of data.
Ceasefire Oregon Doc Reveals Gun Control Advocates' Playbook :: 11/02/2015
Gun rights advocates constantly warm about the “slippery slope” from “common sense gun safety laws” to a total gun ban. And rightly so. While anti-gun rights agitators insist that they respect the Second Amendment – even as they violate the Constitution’s prohibition against any and all government infringement on the right to keep and bear arms – they work ceaselessly to undermine it.
Debate rages about sellers' responsibility in gun crimes :: 11/02/2015
Both sides of the gun control debate agree that when someone uses a gun to commit a crime, it probably came from an illegal source: a straw purchase, an illegal transfer or, less commonly, outright theft.
Last San Francisco gun store officially closes :: 11/02/2015
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — The last gun shop in San Francisco officially shut down business on Saturday.
Pro-life means anti-gun? Pastor loses support after film takes aim at NRA and Sarah Palin :: 11/02/2015
An evangelical pastor is finding out that when you mix bad politics with religion, something’s going to suffer.
Should vehicle-related deaths be part of the gun control debate? :: 11/02/2015
I won’t use the man’s name. He was just a reader who called a colleague in reaction to a story about gun-related deaths and later talked to me. We had a conversation, not an interview.
Smart Guns - Why Americans Can't Buy Them :: 11/02/2015
Silicon Valley investor Ron Conway has funded 15 smart gun projects. Smart guns are firearms that only their owners can fire. They recognize its owners’ fingerprint or grip. Or they unlock when prompted by a special, wireless watch or ring worn by the shooter.
America has a cultural problem, not a gun problem. :: 10/31/2015
On October 1, 2015, another shooting occurred, this time at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon. The shooter allegedly targeted Christian students and staff, murdering them if they failed to deny Christ.
Black Man With A Gun Joins 2AO.org :: 10/31/2015
2AO.org (2nd Amendment Organization) announced this week that Rev. Kenn Blanchard aka the Black Man With A Gun is now their Vice President of Outreach. The author of Black Man With A Gun: Reloaded, a favorite speaker for the gun rights community nationally.
Car Break-Ins Lead to Stolen Guns :: 10/31/2015
Tracking a recent spike in break-ins and stolen guns in what law enforcement is calling a crime of opportunity.
Dixon (IL) student sent home for wearing hunting sweater :: 10/31/2015
Dixon High School junior Clinton Boyer was in need of a sweatshirt, so he asked his dad, Derrick, for an extra one.
No, 10,000 Children Aren't Killed Or Injured By Guns Every Year :: 10/31/2015
Our sister site Twitchy posted about this pro-gun control tidbit from CNN’s Sally Kohn, where she wrote that guns kill or injure 10,000 kids a year, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. In all, she was trying to say that given these figures, shouldn’t we regulate firearms in the same fashion as we do cars and children’s toys?
Anti-Gunners: Study: Most murder-suicides involve a gun :: 10/30/2015
A national violence prevention group on Thursday called for added measures to keep domestic abusers from purchasing or possessing firearms and for the creation of a database tracking the country’s murder-suicides.
Blow up between senator and gun control advocate leads to apology, police report :: 10/30/2015
An internet row between the father of a fatally shot TV reporter and a Virginia lawmaker escalated all the way to the governor’s office and capitol police.
Brazil eyes 'Wild West' gun ownership law :: 10/30/2015
Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Brazil, which has one of the highest murder tolls on the planet, could soon end most restrictions on gun ownership, risking what one critic called a "Wild West" scenario.
Media Still Trying to Make 'Smart Guns' A Thing. Here's Why They'll Always Fail. :: 10/30/2015
The nation’s 100-140 million gun owners want firearms that are economical, easy to maintain, and above all, unfailingly reliable.
Pennsylvania gun licensing scheme proposed :: 10/30/2015
A Philadelphia area Democrat is seeking to pass legislation that would mandate legal handgun owners in the state obtain a license to be renewed every five years.
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