Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Maine expands gun rights while Idaho lawmakers balk :: 07/16/2015
Idaho lawmakers should take note of what just happened in Maine. On July 8, Gov. Paul LePage signed a bill that will let Mainers carry a concealed weapon without a permit. That makes Maine the seventh state to allow guns to be carried outside of view and under clothing without government permission.
More Concealed & Constitutional Carry, Less Crime :: 07/16/2015
The Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) has released a new report showing that as concealed carry has grown a tremendous degree in recent years, crime is dropping. The study wisely does not try to stretch and claim that correlation equals causation, as there are too many variables involved to make such a definitive statement.
Responsible gun owners equal less crime :: 07/16/2015
Switzerland has it right. The gun-loving Swiss are not about to lay down their arms. Guns are ubiquitous in this neutral nation, with sharpshooting considered a fun and wholesome recreational activity for people of all ages.
BENNETT: Reply from Senator Pat Toomey :: 07/15/2015
(The following are excerpts from the e-mail I received from Senator Toomey)
More laws won't help :: 07/15/2015
No surprise there. One of the most powerful ways to advance unreasoned public policy is to foist it on a grief-stricken population.
Puppies and Guns :: 07/15/2015
The big news around our house is the new puppy. Her name is Juno. She's a mix of Australian shepherd and blue heeler. She's part of a rescued litter, which means she wouldn't be here but for the kindness and salvation of a young woman who bottle-fed her and her litter-mates for the first six weeks of their lives.
Walker in, made Wis. 49th CCW state, can 2A critics be far behind? :: 07/15/2015
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker yesterday made it official by becoming the 15th Republican seeking his party’s nomination to run for president next year, and now the clock is running to see how long it will take some Second Amendment internet purist to start beating him up.
An interesting Wednesday looms locally and nationally :: 07/14/2015
Wednesday will be an interesting day locally and nationally for Second Amendment activists who will be watching how the Seattle City Council handles a proposed gun and ammunition tax – which one anti-gun reader doesn’t think goes far enough in this morning’s Seattle Times on-line news – and for patriot groups watching the launch of the military’s controversial “Jade Helm” training exercise across several Southwest states, as noted by the New York Times.
Are YOU Ready for Remote Concealed Carry Detection Devices? :: 07/14/2015
Man-portable concealed carry detection devices are being designed by a team of Canadian and Ukrainian scientists for a recently funded U.N. project. The goal is to interrogate potential threats for firearms and other concealed weapons on their person without their permission. The CBC reported on the developments known as radar detection technology . . .
CPRC: With Maine, 10 states no longer require concealed handgun permits in all or virtually all of the state :: 07/14/2015
Last Wednesday, Maine Gov. Paul LePage signed into law a bill to eliminate the concealed gun permit requirement in Maine. Permit requirements also ended in Kansas and Mississippi on July 1st. That raises the total of states that don’t require permits anywhere in the state to eight (also including Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Wyoming, and Vermont).
Hitler and Gun Control :: 07/14/2015
One of the issues that liberals and gun control advocates are most loath to discuss is how heavily and effectively totalitarians and mass murderers have relied upon gun registration and other firearms controls to round up “enemies of the state.”
Murder Rates Are Plummeting As Concealed Carry Soars :: 07/14/2015
Anti-gun members of the media and the Democrat Party keep lying about the fictional problem of “gun violence,” but hard data shows yet again that more guns equals less crime:
Murder rates drop as concealed carry permits soar: report :: 07/14/2015
The number of concealed carry handgun permits has skyrocketed since President Obama was first elected, while murder rates have fallen, according to a new report released Wednesday.
Oops: Report reveals anti-gun canard; lament over D.C. train stabbing :: 07/14/2015
Sunday’s Seattle Times may have just unintentionally blown a mammoth hole in one of the gun prohibition lobby’s most strident arguments for so-called “universal background checks” — that online gun sales are done without such checks.
PA - Berks Chapter of Oath Keepers schedules meeting on Second Amendment :: 07/14/2015
The Berks Chapter of Oath Keepers will meet Sunday at 6 p.m. at Wegman's Restaurant, 4401 Pottsville Pike, Muhlenberg Township.
PA legislator reloads [Preemption] bill allowing NRA to sue over local gun laws :: 07/14/2015
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Legislative gymnastics doomed a 2014 law that allowed interest groups such as the National Rifle Association to sue local municipalities over their firearms ordinances, but a central Pennsylvania lawmaker is reloading the legislation.
Volunteer watchdog group dispatches to western states to monitor 'Jade Helm' :: 07/14/2015
Controversy, conspiracy theories over Operation Jade Helm - WASHINGTON – A controversial U.S. military training exercise known as “Operation Jade Helm" rolls out this week across several southwestern states -- but a group of wary citizen watchdogs will be keeping an eye on them.
Why Was Dylann Roof's Gun Purchase Illegal? :: 07/14/2015
Brian Doherty noted on Friday, the FBI has concluded that Dylann Roof, the man charged with murdering nine people at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, last month, should not have been allowed to buy the pistol he used in the attack.
Will Congress Stop the Obama Administration from Disarming our Military Veterans? :: 07/14/2015
Washington, DC -(AmmoLand.com)- We just celebrated Independence Day, from that initial struggle against the British to the present day, we have honored our military veterans for their courageous sacrifice in helping keep us free.
Could smart guns make armed police safer and more accountable? :: 07/13/2015
Police officers Loran “Butch” Baker and Elizabeth Butler were investigating a suspect at his home in Santa Cruz, California when he shot and killed them in 2013. Before fleeing the scene, the shooter was believed to have stolen both officers’ guns.
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