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Obama's gun control plans center on South American treaty as an end-run around the Constitution

12:05am Friday, May 01, 2009

CIFTA Gun Treaty Removes Congressional Oversight By Dave Kopel I've completed my review of the South America gun-control treaty that Mr. Obama wants to get ratified. It is known as CIFTA, the Inter-American Convention Against The Illicit Manufacturing Of And Trafficking In Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, And Other Related Materials. It can be found here verbatim: http://www.oas.org/juridico/...

9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling sets the stage for another precedent-setting Second Amendment decision

12:10am Thursday, April 30, 2009

By Jim Shepherd When United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia penned the majority-opinion in the landmark Heller decision last year, he was roundly criticized by legal scholars (primarily from the dissenting position) for having created a document that left many legal questions regarding firearms unanswered. Justice Scalia's response was simple: the broad decision was written, and the...

Obama's National Park Service bureaucrats won't defend visitors' civil rights

12:05am Thursday, April 30, 2009

Amend Constitution by Statute, Using EPA Laws By Dave Kopel "The National Parks Service has announced it will not challenge a court order that temporarily stops the late-term Bush administration policy of allowing CCW-permit holders to carry in National Parks." That's the news media's backwards way of saying the bureaucrats running the National Parks are delighted they don't have to allow CCW-...

Why the Second Amendment Should Matter to Those Who Dislike Guns

12:10am Wednesday, April 29, 2009

By Dave Yost Congress will consider legislation next month that would require people wanting to speak in public to first undergo a background check and pay a permit fee.

Leading Conservation Groups to Rush Limbaugh: Cease Support of HSUS

12:05am Wednesday, April 29, 2009

The U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance has joined the nation's leading conservation organizations in sending a letter to Rush Limbaugh urging the talk radio personality to cease his support of America's number one opponent of sportsman traditions, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). The groups who sent the letter are: the Archery Trade Association, Boone and Crockett Club, Catch a Dream...

Ohio Governor To Hold Second Annual Youth Turkey Hunt

12:10am Tuesday, April 28, 2009

COLUMBUS, OHIO - Saturday, May 2 marks the second annual Youth Turkey Hunt hosted by Gov. Ted Strickland, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. "Ohio has a rich outdoor heritage and seeks to motivate seasoned sportsmen to pass on the traditions to the next generation," said Sean Logan, director of the ODNR. "Governor Strickland's youth turkey hunt will...

ODNR Division of Wildlife Investigating Ways to Improve Hunter Access

12:05am Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Survey will help agency gauge feasibility of web-based access program COLUMBUS, OHIO - The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife has teamed up with the Ohio Farm Bureau to consider a pilot program that will help manage local deer herds and expand hunter access. The two agencies are exploring the possibility of developing a web-based deer hunter access program. Through...

Why can't students say 'guns' in school?

12:10am Monday, April 27, 2009

By Glenn Garvin Media snicker of the day: those crazy gun nuts, worried that the government is out to snatch their constitutional rights along with their AK-47s. 60 Minutes is the latest to have a chuckle, playing a commercial for a Washington, D.C.-area firearms show that that urges viewers to "Celebrate the Second Amendment and get your guns while you still can!" My own hunch is that the sheer...