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Confirming the Bias: What Columbia School of Journalism's Dart Center Should Teach Reporters

by Jeff Knox

7:00am Tuesday, April 07, 2015

I recently reported that the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, a project of the prestigious Columbia School of Journalism, is hosting a workshop for reporters in Arizona, supposedly intended to help them more effectively report on guns and “gun violence.” The conference raised red flags for gun owners by including inflammatory, misleading factoids about the toll of gun violence in our...

U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry Introduces Bill to Keep Your Ammo out of the Obama Administration’s Clutches

3:00pm Monday, April 06, 2015

As we reported [recently], BATFE has for now tabled its “Framework” to ban M855/SS109 ammunition and to reinterpret the federal “armor piercing ammunition” law in a way that would also jeopardize other types of common rifle bullets. Nevertheless, BATFE director B. Todd Jones made clear ( see related story on Jones’s resignation ) recently in statements before the Senate Appropriations Committee...

UPDATE: Vote SEAN MALONEY for 76th Director at the NRA Annual Meetings

7:00am Monday, April 06, 2015

UPDATE: Sean Maloney has been elected to the NRA Board of Directors! Thank you to everyone who supported Sean with their vote at the 2015 NRA Annual Meeting in Nashville. *** If you're attending the NRA Annual Meetings in Nashville, please take a few minutes to cast your vote for the 76th Director on the Board of Directors. Directors have already been selected in this election cycle. However, at...

Second Amendment Enforcement Act of 2015 Introduced

3:00pm Friday, April 03, 2015

Last week, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and U.S. Representative Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) introduced “The Second Amendment Enforcement Act of 2015” in the U.S. Senate and House respectively. These bills would restore the fundamental individual right for law-abiding D.C. residents to Keep and Bear Arms to defend themselves in accordance with the law. This bill would also conform D.C. law to federal...

CHL-holder ruled to have acted in self-defense in neighborhood shooting

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Friday, April 03, 2015

The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that a Cuyahoga Common Pleas Court judge has found a 52 year-old concealed handgun license-holder who had been charged with murder not guilty. From the article : Andre Jackson of Bedford Heights was charged with murder in the death of Michael Davis. What started as an altercation about debris in the front yard ultimately ended up in a situation where -...

Man with concealed handgun license turns tables on would-be robbers in Akron

by Chad D. Baus

3:00pm Thursday, April 02, 2015

WJW (Fox Cleveland) is reporting that a man with a concealed handgun license stopped a robbery in Akron last weekend. According to the article , police say two men met a man and woman on East Market Street in Akron for the purpose of purchasing a PlayStation gaming console. The woman, Natasha Brady, reportedly asked the men to go behind a nearby house, and when they refused, the woman's male...

NEW UPDATE: National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Legislation

7:00am Thursday, April 02, 2015

The U.S. Senate and U.S. House are back in session in Washington D.C. and because of your calls and emails, each of the NRA supported National Right-to-Carry bills have seen an increase in cosponsorship. Please continue to send a message to President Obama and Michael Bloomberg, that we want National Right to Carry Reciprocity. Please contact your elected officials and urge them to cosponsor and...

FOOLISH: Gun Prohibitionists Concoct Elaborate Fraud to Harass Manhattanites Open to Gun Ownership

3:00pm Wednesday, April 01, 2015

Recently, the nearly forgotten anti-gun crusaders, States United to Prevent Gun Violence (SUPGV), grasped at relevancy when they debuted their latest shenanigans targeting lawful gun ownership. Called “Guns With History,” the campaign aims to harangue first-time gun buyers for even considering the exercise of their rights. At the center of the campaign is video of a purported hidden camera stunt...