Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
DRGO: Public Health Gun Control: A Brief History (Special 3-part Report) :: 09/21/2015
In the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut school mass shooting, many have called for new restrictions on gun owners. The blood at Sandy Hook Elementary School wasn’t dry before mainstream media pundits, scheming politicians, and career gun control advocates began heaping condemnation and slander on American gun owners.
Guerrilla Tactics in the Culture War - Part 2 :: 09/21/2015
Thank you for your comments on the first part of this series. In part 1 I said we are in a cultural conflict where freedom is under attack on many fronts. I chose to talk about self-defense. Self-defense should be more than a right we reluctantly tolerate. Self-defense is actually a virtue we should support.
Pa. Supreme Court suspends Kane's license :: 09/21/2015
HARRISBURG - In an unprecedented move, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Monday temporarily suspended the law license of Attorney General Kathleen Kane, the latest setback for the embattled leader of the state's top law enforcement agency.
Study: Criminals access guns through social circles - Acquistion most likely via family, friends :: 09/21/2015
DURHAM – According to new research by Duke University and the University of Chicago, criminals are far more likely to acquire guns from family and people they know than by theft.
U.S. Adds Nearly 200 Million Privately Owned Guns, Firearm Suicide Rate Decreases :: 09/21/2015
From 1981 to 2013 the U.S. added 195 million privately owned firearms and the firearm-related suicide rate fell by five percent.
UTEP Journalism Prof Says 'No Guns In My Classroom' :: 09/21/2015
A University of Texas El Paso professor isn’t backing down after a new law was passed in Texas that allows concealed carry on campus. The journalism professor, David Smith-Soto, hangs a ‘No Firearms Allowed’ sign in his classroom in defiance. Speaking of the recent campus shooting in Mississippi, Smith-Soto says that it only strengthens his beliefs of not allowing firearms on campus . . .
DRGO: Gun Culture :: 09/20/2015
The concept of a “gun culture” is an interesting notion. The phrase is frequently used, most often negatively by anti-gun activists but it’s also been adopted as a positive description of values by many gun owners. What is it, and what does “culture” have to do with guns?
DRGO: The Gun Trade in Chiraq: Not Your Average Gun Owners :: 09/19/2015
A recent “gun violence” theme issue of the medical journal Preventive Medicine consists of a flurry of the customary public health gun control propaganda churned out by the usual career anti-gun rights advocates—Hemenway, Wintemute, Vernick, and Webster. Nothing new there.
Finding the killers among us isn't simple :: 09/19/2015
Looking to our mental health system to address the problem of mass shootings is misguided and potentially even harmful.
Did Jeb Bush Torpedo His Relationship With Gun Owners In the CNN Debate? :: 09/18/2015
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush may have hurt his credibility with gun owners during the 3+ hour Republican Debate last night. Katie Pavlich of Townhall noticed it immediately.
Fed assails seniors' right to bear arms :: 09/18/2015
Ten years ago, a college librarian in Texas was forced to retire because she was suffering from severe asthma, which required oxygen therapy. She went on disability and appointed her husband,Richard Woodman, of Weatherford Texas, to be her representative payee so he could handle their financial affairs. In his words, "she did not wish to have the worry." Woodman said his wife had never been mentally unstable and, after years of successful treatment, her asthma improved. Now, however, due to a new gun control proposal from the Obama administration, she will lose her constitutional right to own a firearm.
Federal Appeals Court Rules Some DC Gun Laws Unconstitutional :: 09/18/2015
The DC Circuit Court of Appeals today struck down several parts of the District’s firearms laws as unconstitutional. [ED: click here for the NRA’s press release on the ruling.]The case is styled Dick Anthony Heller v. District of Columbia (and yes, we are talking about that Dick Heller).
GOP Debate: Where Candidates Stood on Constitutional Rights :: 09/18/2015
On issues ranging from gun laws to birthright citizenship, the U.S. Constitution was a major topic of discussion during Wednesday’s Republican debate at the Reagan presidential library in California.
Panama Loosening Gun Restrictions Due to U.S. Experience of 'More Guns, Less Crime' :: 09/18/2015
With crime rates and gang activity that no law has been able to fix, Panama’s Public Safety Minister Rodolfo Aguilera says his country is ready to follow in the U.S.’s footsteps and make it easier—rather than harder—for citizens to carry guns on their persons for self-defense.
Rubio nailed it about criminals and gun control :: 09/18/2015
Well into last night’s three-hour Republican donnybrook, which appeared to have been crafted to turn out that way by CNN, Sen. Marco Rubio simply nailed it on the question of gun control, and it was a remark that far too many of his Capitol Hill colleagues, especially on the other side of the aisle, don’t get.
The Real Truth About Suicide and Guns :: 09/18/2015
Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun agitprop unit – collectively known as The Trace – is pumping out civilian disarmament content by the barrel full. Recently, The Trace published an article on firearms-related suicides called Why Suicide Prevention Depends on Gun Restrictions.
Trump Releases Robust Second Amendment Platform That Will Have The Antis Seeing Red :: 09/18/2015
Republican Presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has released the Second Amendment plank of his platform, and it’s going to thrill most supporters of gun rights, while leaving gun control supporters either terrified or enraged.
Anti-Gunners: Hemenway - The Man Behind The Curtain :: 09/17/2015
In April of this year, the Los Angeles Times published an op-ed with the provocative title, “There’s scientific consensus on guns—and the NRA won’t like it.” The gist of the piece was that the author had surveyed academics who write about firearms policy and found that the majority link more guns to higher death rates. (John Lott wrote a short and elegant rebuttal soon afterward.)
Gun Control, Sheriffs & Police Chiefs :: 09/17/2015
It’s 2 a.m. and you awaken to the sound of shattering glass. You are about to be the victim of a home invasion/rape/robbery.
Noting Success Of U.S. Gun Culture, Panama Reverses Gun Control Laws :: 09/17/2015
The nation of Panama has looked at their rising crime rate and increased gang activity, and has decided that the only think that will stop bad guys with guns is law-abiding citizens with guns.
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