Firearms Owners Against Crime
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Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
CNN Poll: Majority of Americans OPPOSE Stricter Gun Control Laws :: 10/21/2015
Over the last few weeks the Democratic candidates have been laying out their proposals for new gun control legislation. The general consensus is that Hillary Clinton has been using gun control as a way to get to the left of Bernie Sanders, a candidate already so far to the left that Ben Carson might need to start looking out.
Gun Control as a Pro-Life Issue :: 10/21/2015
First we should recognize that whoever came up with the socio-political term “pro-life” was brilliant. Even those of us who support a woman’s right to choose certainly would not want to be considered “anti-life,” or coldly “pro-abortion,” so we wound up with the term “pro-choice,” which does not have half the emotional impact. Score one for those who are still fighting Roe v. Wade.
Gun Hero of the Day: Sheriff Brad Rogers :: 10/21/2015
Sheriffs are one of the most awesome features of American law enforcement for one reason: they’re elected. As elected officials they have to represent the views of their constituents, rather than merely implementing the diktats of a distant, anti-gun rights, entrenched bureaucracy.
Judge Cabranes Beclowns Himself With "Assault Weapon" Ruling, Invites Impeachment :: 10/21/2015
I’ve spent the last two days attempting to understand the logic of 2nd U.S. Circuit Judge Jose A. Cabranes in his decision (PDF) to uphold so-called “assault weapon” bans rammed through the legislatures of New York and Connecticut in a headlong rush to disarm the citizens of those states.
New study explores how criminals acquire guns :: 10/21/2015
“We are hoping to understand how one might disrupt underground markets in guns, or alter the incentives for people to possess, brandish, or use weapons in potentially lethal situations."A recent survey of inmates at the Cook County Jail (CCJ) by the University of Chicago Crime Lab showed that an overwhelmingly large majority of criminals use firearms acquired in secondary markets rather than through gun shops, the Internet, or trade shows.
PA High School Staff Panics, Calls Police Over Bullet-Shaped Air Freshener :: 10/21/2015
Hersehy High School in Derby Township School District called police officers yesterday to deal with “an object resembling a bullet.”
Perspective on Mass Shootings :: 10/21/2015
Arizona (Ammoland.com)- This graphic gives needed perspective on the “epidemic” of mass shootings. The question an unbiased observer might ask is “Why is such enormous attention given to such a tiny fraction of deaths?
Pistol-Packing Preacher Shows Changing Black Attitudes on Gun Control :: 10/21/2015
After nine black churchgoers were killed in Charleston, preachers and rappers alike have advocated for the cause of an armed house of worship.
Suppose more Americans were allowed to carry concealed weapons if they passed a criminal background check and training course. If more Americans carried concealed weapons, would the United States be safer or less safe? :: 10/21/2015
That’s the question Gallup put to 1,015 adults in a poll whose results were released yesterday. And the survey said! Fifty-six percent answered yes, 41 percent said no, three percent said “say what?” It’s something of a shame that the pollsters added the bit about a criminal background check and training course.
THIRD Poll Today Crushes Hillary Clinton's Gun Control-Obsessed Campaign :: 10/21/2015
Leading Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton has gone “all-in” to make radical gun control a key focus of her 2016 Presidential run.
TSA: Some do's and don'ts of packing guns :: 10/21/2015
In 2014, a total of 2,212 people tried to carry handguns onto commercial airplanes in the United States. One of those incidents happened in Fort Wayne.
Chicago Launches New $250,000 Fund To 'Buy Back' Illegal Guns :: 10/20/2015
After another violent weekend in Chicago, city officials are making another push to get guns off the streets. Mayor Rahm Emanuel is set to announce a new $250,000 fund for community-based gun buy-back events across the city.
Donald Trump: Obama Is Gonna Take Your Guns Away :: 10/20/2015
Donald Trump is trying to be the embodiment of a stereotypical Republican. On all the matters that matter Trump seems to pander to the Republican base with a heavy hand, including the issue of guns.
Gun Control and the Disarming of the Black Community :: 10/20/2015
I hate to say it, but Ronald Reagan was the father of the modern gun-control movement in America. Of course, that was at a different time in this country, when Reagan was governor of California and black radicals had taken over the Statehouse toting machine guns and chanting “Black power.”
Katie Pavlich: Clinton's war on the Second Amendment :: 10/20/2015
Last week, during the first Democratic presidential debate, gun control became an issue of who is the most extreme in the progressive field when it comes to limiting the Second Amendment rights of American citizens.
Police Spokesman Says Cops Should Confiscate Firearms, Even if it's Illegal :: 10/20/2015
Richard Beary, president of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, does not like the fact that some cops are hesitant to confiscate guns from people deemed “dangerous” to themselves or others.
Senator Kirk Is First Republican Senator to Receive Illinois Coalition Against Handgun Violence Lincoln Award for Leadership in Confronting Gun Violence :: 10/20/2015
CHICAGO –-(ENEWSPF)--October 19, 2015. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today received the Abraham Lincoln Award from the Illinois Coalition Against Handgun Violence (ICHV) in recognition of his leadership on legislation to make gun trafficking a federal crime and strengthen background checks. Senator Kirk is the first Republican U.S. Senator to receive the award.
Some Senate Democrats push for new gun safety legislation :: 10/20/2015
WASHINGTON (Gray TV) -- Senators from Connecticut, Virginia, Oregon have one thing in common. Each one of their states played witness to a deadly mass shooting.
Ted Cruz for President or Supreme Court? :: 10/20/2015
Ted Cruz is the – if not the only – Republican candidate for president who is a strict constitutionalist. As wikipedia.org tells, “Cruz served as a law clerk to J. Michael Luttig of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in 1995 and William Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States in 1996.”
Want a gun, keep the Constitution :: 10/20/2015
Among the arguments made by gun control advocates are to be found examples that are mean-spirited or just plain silly, but one I came across recently is the most inane I’ve seen in a good long while—and that’s saying something.
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