Firearms Owners Against Crime
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Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
The Engineering Truth Behind the Oregon Shooting :: 10/14/2015
The recent tragic shooting at an Oregon community college has restarted the perpetual debate about gun control in the United States. As the country closes in on a federal election, the stakes are even higher with Democrats from the White House down calling for tighter regulation and the Republicans standing firmly behind the Second Amendment.
Thomas Sowell: Zealots' Gun-Control Laws Are A Farce :: 10/14/2015
The grand illusion of zealots for laws preventing ordinary, law-abiding people from having guns is that "gun control" laws actually control guns. In a country with many millions of guns, not all of them registered, this is a fantasy and a farce.
What REALLY Drives Mass Killings . . . And How To Stop Them :: 10/14/2015
The pathetic, attention-starved, girlfriendless loser* who murdered nine and wounded nine more while hunting Christians inside a classroom building at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, was quite clear about his motivations.
Differing media opinions underscore difficulty of gun issue :: 10/13/2015
Two opinions published over the past 24 hours, one at the Huffington Post and the other by the Washington Post and Oregon.Live, underscore the difficulty of pinning down a solution to the “gun violence problem,” and KIRO radio’s Dave Ross has yet another suggestion about keeping guns out of the wrong hands.
Keefe Report: "Don't Let Them Register Your Guns, Mate" :: 10/13/2015
As politicians thrash around for "doing something” about deranged, dejected homicidal narcissists, many have settled on the Australian model of gun control. But few Americans understand what that really means. In 1996 one of the most horrific mass murders perpetrated by a single deranged individual occurred at Port Arthur in Tasmania. Within weeks, then Prime Minister John Howard railroaded through a Draconian gun-control bill.
Obama Considering Executive Order Mandating Gun Background Checks :: 10/13/2015
Capitalizing on the October 1 shootings at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, that resulted in the deaths of 10 people, President Obama has tasked his aides with exploring how he can circumventing Congress by using his executive authority to impose new background-check requirements for buyers who purchase weapons from so-called high-volume gun dealers.
Olive Garden Allegedly Refuses to Serve Police Officer for Carrying Weapon :: 10/13/2015
(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) — An Olive Garden in Kansas City reportedly turned away a police officer because he was carrying a gun.
Politicians Exploit School Shootings :: 10/13/2015
Following the recent Oregon school shooting, many politicians rushed to the microphones to call for new gun control laws. President Obama even called on gun control supporters to “politicize” the shooting, while some members of Congress worked to establish a special commission on gun violence.
Remember The 2007 Harvard Study Showing More Guns Led To Less Crime? :: 10/13/2015
Gun control is back in the news after the recent Oregon college shooting with President Obama considering executive action on gun background checks. Predictably the President is pushing what he describes as “common sense” laws, although without specifically saying what such laws would be. The premise of the left is that there are too many guns out there and more guns means more mass shootings.
The Politics of Failure - Politicians Find Someone to Blame for Failed Gun Control :: 10/13/2015
A lawyer working for NY Governor Andrew Cuomo was shot at a 2am party in Brooklyn. This would normally be a tragic loss. Governor Cuomo turned it into a political disaster because of New York’s bizarre gun control laws. To believe the governor’s rhetoric, the other hundred million firearms in America remained inert and harmless, but this gun in New York went on a rampage. The gun did it.
Another massacre, another charade :: 10/12/2015
There’s the cycle of poverty. There’s the cycle of violence. And then there’s the cycle of gun talk. It starts with a mass shooting. Gun-control advocates blame the deaths on gun-control opponents, who argue, in turn, that none of the proposed restrictions would have had any effect on the incident in question. The debate goes nowhere. The media move on.
Anti-Gunners: Former Rep. Gabby Giffords Launches Initiative To Address Domestic Violence And Guns :: 10/12/2015
On Thursday, The Arizona Republic reported that former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was planning an initiative to address gun violence perpetrated by domestic abusers against women and other family members.
Bernie Sanders addresses gun control record in effort to soothe Democrats :: 10/12/2015
Bernie Sanders has used an appearance before a large crowd in Colorado and an NBC interview to continue his attempt to reassure voters in the Democratic primary about his position on gun control.
Carson: Second Amendment Allows Citizens to Fight Against the 'Wrong People in Office' :: 10/12/2015
Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson said the Second Amendment is for ” if we have a time when we have the wrong people in office, and they want to dominate the people, the people will be able to defend themselves.
Gun laws across U.S. in balance as Supreme Court considers Chicago case :: 10/12/2015
Gun rights advocates are urging the Supreme Court to strike down a local Chicago ordinance prohibiting semiautomatic "assault weapons" that can carry more than 10 rounds.
Liberal Politicians Blinded by Feel-Good Policy on Guns :: 10/12/2015
There is a difference between the political left and the political right. Boiled down to its simplest terms, those who want to conserve liberty feel a duty to do good. In contrast, those on the left want to feel good. That small difference leads to profoundly different policy proposals. Few topics highlight the difference as clearly as self-defense.
On 'Saturday Night Live,' Amy Schumer Mocks the Ubiquity of Guns in American Lives :: 10/12/2015
In her debut effort hosting the show, the Trainwreck star appeared in an unsettling video skit mocking the ubiquity of weapons in American lives.
Pa. high court: Justices 'disturbed' by reports of Eakin emails :: 10/12/2015
HARRISBURG — Justices on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court said Monday they were “disturbed” by revelations about an alleged email exchange of explicit photos or offensive jokes between one of their colleagues, Justice Michael Eakin, and prosecutors.
Sorry, Mr. President, England Had a 'Mass Shooting' Saturday :: 10/12/2015
The constant claim from gun control activists is that “mass shootings don’t happen in any other developed country.” Which is strange, because Mexico is fairly developed and they have mass shootings on a regular basis. I guess only “proper” developed countries count, places like France, Germany and England. Speaking of England, something happened Saturday afternoon that directly contradicts the President’s statements on the matter: there was a mass shooting . . .
The natural right to self-defense :: 10/12/2015
While the FBI continued to analyze the emails Hillary Clinton thought she deleted and her advisers pressed her to hire a Republican criminal defense attorney in Washington, a madman used a lawfully purchased handgun to kill a professor and eight students at a community college in Roseburg, Ore. Looking to change the subject away from her emails, Clinton was quick to pounce.
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