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Searching for Judas: The dangers of being in the gun business today

7:00am Friday, February 08, 2013

by Paul Markel It's official. The Dept. of Homeland Security, under Janet Napolitano, has put forth a "Personal Defense Weapon Solicitation" to purchase 7000 rifles chambered in 5.56x45mm NATO. (source: www.fbo.gov ) This is an official solicitation that they are accepting bids from manufactures/suppliers. While that story in and of itself is a bit incredulous given the current administration's...

Op-Ed: Let's Have That Conversation About Guns

3:00pm Thursday, February 07, 2013

Editor's Note: This op-ed was originally posted at Townhall.com . by Kurt Schlichter For once I agree with liberals. It's high time to have a conversation about guns. Let's start with the problem that there are far too few guns on our streets. Wait, we can't have that conversation. In fact, we're not supposed to have what people might commonly describe as a "conversation" at all. We're supposed...

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Fight now with your voice or fight later with guns

7:00am Thursday, February 07, 2013

by Jeff Thomas The country is arguably at the most crucial point in our history when it comes to the Second Amendment and the outcome will affect your liberty and possibly your life. A powerful statement? I challenge anyone to prove me wrong. The country has been crippled by more than seven years of economic hardship, more than a decade of citizens losing liberties, and now the president and his...

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BOOK REVIEW: Poachers Were My Prey

3:00pm Wednesday, February 06, 2013

by Larry S. Moore I received the new book, "Poachers Were My Prey," as a Christmas present. The book is a compilation of undercover investigations by the Division of Wildlife and Officer R. T. Stewart as told to outdoor writer Chip Gross. The story can be told now that Stewart has retired from the Division of Wildlife and the cases are long since closed. Gross is also retired from the Division of...

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Rep. Patmon's HB31 (Mandatory "Safe" Storage of Firearms) is based on several anti-gun myths

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Wednesday, February 06, 2013

Editor's Note: The following article was originally published in response to the introduction of Rep. Bill Patmon's HB563 in the 129th General Assembly. That bill was never considered, and it died at the end of the session. Patmon has reintroduced the bill, this time as HB31. by Chad D. Baus Rep. Bill Patmon (D-10) has introduced HB563 HB31, gun control legislation that would "prohibit any person...

Op-Ed: Guns in schools can save lives

3:00pm Tuesday, February 05, 2013

Editor's Note: This op-ed was originally posted at USAToday.com before an armed guard disarmed a teen school shooter in Atlanta. by John Lott Has anyone noticed that these mass shootings at public schools increased after the 1995 Gun-Free School Zone Act? Passed with good intentions, banning guns would supposedly make schools safer. But law abiding citizens, not criminals, obey these bans...

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Skeet-Gate: Some Constructive Advice for the President

7:00am Tuesday, February 05, 2013

We here at NSSF were somewhat bemused over the controversy that sprang from President Obama's assertion that he shot skeet on a regular basis, and the second wave of commentary that attended the White House release of a photo to prove it. There's a reason we're citing the New York Times coverage in the link above — we’ll get to that later. The assertion came as no surprise to us, because NSSF...

Senate holds first hearings of 2013 on gun rights

3:00pm Monday, February 04, 2013

On January 30, the U.S. Senate Judiciary committee held a hearing entitled, "What Should America Do About Gun Violence?" It should have been called, "How Do We Attack Second Amendment Rights?" The hearing ( which can be viewed here ) consisted of a single panel that included NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre, Second Amendment scholar David Kopel, attorney Gayle Trotter, Baltimore County...

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WHIO-TV's excuse for quoting rapist-for-gun-control fizzles as Sheriff Plummer reveals he is NOT a Adam Project board member

7:00am Monday, February 04, 2013

by Chad D. Baus Last week, we broke the news on the fact that Dayton anti-gun protestor Jerome McCorry (AKA Jerome Jordan), who had staged a small protest outside Bill Goodman's Gun & Knife Show and received generous media attention, is also a convicted rapist. We noted that Anti-Gun-Protestor Jerome McCorry is seen on WHIO wearing a jacket and identified in the on-screen graphic as the...

Why is Montgomery Co. Sheriff Phil Plummer closely associated with Dayton's rapist-for-gun-control? [UPDATE - He's not.]

3:00pm Friday, February 01, 2013

[UPDATE 9:00pm - The author spoke to Sheriff Plummer, who stated that he resigned from the board of The Adam Project three (3) years ago. He was unaware that he was still listed as a board member on The Adam Project Facebook page. He assured Buckeye Firearms Association that he in no way supports The Adam Project and convicted rapist Jerome McCorry's anti-gun agenda.] by Chad D. Baus On Wednesday...

Armed guard disarms teen in Atlanta school shooting; Metal detectors failed to stop the attacker's entry

12:00pm Friday, February 01, 2013

by Chad D. Baus The Associated Press is reporting that a student opened fire at his middle school Thursday afternoon, wounding a 14-year-old in the neck before an armed officer working at the school was able to get the gun away. From the article : Multiple shots were fired in the courtyard of Price Middle School just south of downtown around 1:50 p.m. and the one boy was hit, Atlanta Police Chief...

A Challenge to Major Media: Don’t Identify the Next Murdering Deviant

7:00am Friday, February 01, 2013

by Jeff Knox We've seen the cycle repeated over and over again: a twisted individual, couple, or small group engages in a depraved attack on unarmed innocents. The media are outraged, astounded, shocked – shocked I say... Quickly they delve into the identity and background of the murderer(s), naming them, showing their pictures, quoting their Facebook pages, talking to their neighbors, families,...