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Anti-Gun Justice Becomes Victim of Armed Robbery

3:00pm Friday, February 17, 2012

by Michael Filozof Ah, yes. There is such a thing as "poetic justice" after all! It seems that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, a 1994 Clinton appointee, was the victim of an armed home-invasion robbery in his vacation home on St. Kitts and Nevis. (Read the report at http://www.thestkittsnevisobserver.com/2012/02/10/fbi-nevis.html ) Breyer voted against the majority in two recent...

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Activating the Second Amendment Grassroots Movement

7:00am Friday, February 17, 2012

by Joel Friedman I, like most of you, have been watching and reading about the events of our country over the last several years and again, like most of you, I have been thinking about what it all means. I have read some really fantastic articles and posts and have thought about them as they relate to our firearms rights, the elections, the Supreme Court nominations and the next 20 years. I am...

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NSSF: "Santorum ‘Stands Tall’ for 2nd Amendment at NSSF Member Range"

3:00pm Thursday, February 16, 2012

by Bill Brassard Fresh off primary victories in three states, presidential candidate Rick Santorum demonstrated his strong support for the individual right to keep and bear arms by visiting H&H Shooting Sports Complex in Oklahoma City en route to a rally today. H&H is a NSSF Five Star member range owned by Miles and Jayne Hall. The Santorum rally originally was scheduled to be held at H...

"911 is a joke": Self-defense killings skyrocket as law-abiding Detroiters take matters into their own hands

7:00am Thursday, February 16, 2012

by Chad D. Baus TheDaily.com reported recently that justifiable homicide in the City of Detroit shot up 79 percent in 2011 from the previous year, as citizens in the long-suffering city armed themselves and took matters into their own hands. According to the article, the local rate of self-defense killings now stands 2,200 percent above the national average. Residents, unable to rely on a...

Nationwide Starbucks "reverse boycott", or BUYcott, brings in many generous customers

3:00pm Wednesday, February 15, 2012

by Chad D. Baus On February 14, 2012 gun rights advocates across the country provided an economic stimulus to their local Starbucks stores. The effort came together in response to the January 23 announcement that of a Valentine's Day boycott scheduled by an anti-self-defense group calling itself the "National Gun Victim's Action Council." The group is demanding that Starbucks, which takes a...

Gun smuggling on Bloomberg’s watch - but he wasn’t watching

7:00am Wednesday, February 15, 2012

by "Buckeye" Dan Allen New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is arguably one of the most vocal and visible public figures in the anti-gun community. Billionaire Bloomberg and his organization of city mayors are known for promoting tougher federal, state, and local gun regulation. Bloomberg and the group MAIG (Mayors Against Illegal Guns) can regularly be found in the media spotlight criticizing...

Final Numbers are in for Ohio's 2011-12 White-tailed Deer Season

3:00pm Tuesday, February 14, 2012

COLUMBUS, OH – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife announced that 219,698 deer were taken during Ohio's 2011-12 hunting season, compared to 239,379 in the 2010-11 season. The top three counties with the highest number of deer taken this season were: Coshocton, Licking and Tuscarawas. Hunters showed support for the two new methods of game-reporting that were made...

Attorney General announces Fourth Quarter 2011 CHL statistics; Record-setting quarter caps second-best year ever

7:00am Tuesday, February 14, 2012

by Jim Irvine Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine (R) has released the concealed handgun license (CHL) statistics for the fourth quarter of 2011. Ohio sheriffs set a new record issuing almost 12,000 CHLs for the busiest fourth quarter in the program's eight year history. Demand was up 12% compared to the same period a year earlier. At the end of the year, we set another all-time record of...