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Plaintiffs in Chicago-Area Lawsuit Assert a "Civil Right" to Force Suburbs to Enact Gun Control Laws

3:00pm Friday, August 07, 2015

We at the NRA have seen a lot of strange legal theories asserted by gun control advocates over the years, but a lawsuit filed on Tuesday by a group of Chicagoans still managed to distinguish itself in this dubious tradition by asserting that the plaintiffs have a "civil right" to specific forms of gun control. The basis of the lawsuit is a May 27, 2014 "study" published by the City of Chicago...

Clinics Stay Popular at 2015 National Rifle Matches

by Ashley Brugnone

7:00am Friday, August 07, 2015

CAMP PERRY, Ohio – A total of 443 entered this year’s Small Arms Firing School (SAFS) – held in Camp Perry’s historic Hough Theater and Viale Range during the 2015 National Trophy Rifle Matches. The clinic is designed for new and experienced shooters alike. Beginners learn the basics of marksmanship and competition shooting, while the more advanced will have the chance to learn more specific...

Gun Control Group Would Endanger Military by Politicizing Firearm Procurement Process

3:00pm Thursday, August 06, 2015

As if misguided anti-gun policies that leave our fighting men and women defenseless stateside weren’t enough, some gun control advocates are intent on reviving a Clinton-era gun control tactic that would pose a danger to our military in the field. In an opinion piece for the Saturday edition of the New York Times, several representatives of the Metro Industrial Areas Foundation, described as a...

CNN: Shooting guns and talking politics with Scott Walker

by S. E. Cupp

7:00am Thursday, August 06, 2015

Over the past few election cycles, I've interviewed presidential candidates in all kinds of settings, all over the country. But no matter the candidate, and no matter the questions, they all had one thing in common: walls. A hotel room, a convention center, a studio, a stage. We sit down, we get mic-ed up, the lights go on, the cameras roll, and in 15 minutes it's all over. I'm in full hair and...

Surviving a Movie Theater Shooting

by Greg Ellifritz

3:00pm Wednesday, August 05, 2015

Recently, a man began firing rounds in a Louisiana movie theater. He fired 20 rounds from a .40 Hi-Point pistol, hitting 11 people before killing himself when police arrived. Have you ever thought about what you might do if you were engaged by an active killer while watching a film at a movie theater? Here are some things you should be considering: 1) Choose your seats wisely. I always sit on the...

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Bureaucratic bungling proves there can never be such a thing as a "universal" background check

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Wednesday, August 05, 2015

The latest mass killings in "no-guns" public places - a church in Charleston, SC recruiting stations in Chattanooga, TN and a movie theater in Lafayette, LA - have produced the inevitable calls for more background checks on private transfers of firearms between adults, despite the fact that, in each of these cases, the killers did not acquire their firearms via this legal method. Instead, each...

NRA Applauds Congressman Johnson for Swift Action on Social Security Gun Grab

3:00pm Tuesday, August 04, 2015

The National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) lauded Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, for his swift action urging the Social Security Administration (SSA) to stop developing a system to enter social security beneficiaries into the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), which, as...

Buckeye Firearm Association's “Introduction to Tactical Rifle” course

by Joe Eaton

7:00am Tuesday, August 04, 2015

All year long, Buckeye Firearms Association hosts fund-raiser events all across Ohio. Some of our most popular are of course our shooting events! You owe it to yourself to check our Events Page to see what events are still open for the remainder of 2015. On June 27th, the instructors at PM Security/Tactical Weapons Training Group hosted another class in support of Buckeye Firearms Association at...