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Media attention focused on firearms

12:10am Friday, April 17, 2009

By Jim Shepherd Last week, California Senator Dianne Feinstein said that there would be no big moves to reinstitute the "Assault Weapons Ban" because the "time wasn't right". That, however, doesn't mean the "assault on your weapons we want to ban" has died down on the liberal side of the question. On Sunday April 12, CBS News' Leslie Stahl delivered one of Sixty Minutes ' vaunted hard-hitting...

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Equipped to be a Killer?: Criminal behavior is about the behavior, not about the tool

12:05am Friday, April 17, 2009

By Jeff Knox There is a funny story about a woman who rowed her husband's boat out for a little solitude. While she was enjoying the fresh air and sunshine a Park Ranger pulled up alongside and asked to see her fishing license. When she told him she didn’t have one he said that he was going to write her a ticket because, even though she was just sitting in the boat reading, there was fishing...

Op-Ed: Let's All Surrender Our Weapons -- You First!

12:10am Thursday, April 16, 2009

By Ann Coulter The rash of recent shooting incidents has led people who wouldn't know an AK-47 from a paintball gun to issue demands for more restrictions on guns. To be sure, it's hard to find any factor in these shootings that could be responsible -- other than the gun. So far, this year's public multiple shootings were committed by: -- Richard Poplawski, 23, product of a broken family,...

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Education Guide Lesson #22: Pretend 'Gun-Free' School Zones: A Deadly Legal Fiction

12:05am Thursday, April 16, 2009

Yet another eye-opening study course has been added to the Buckeye Firearms Association Education Guide . Written by David B. Kopel, this Article analyzes the law and policy regarding the licensed carrying of firearms in K-12 schools and in colleges and universities. The Article suggests that absolute bans have proven to be extremely dangerous, because they turn schools into uniquely attractive...

The futility of gun control: Another Plain Dealer columnist "gets it"

12:10am Wednesday, April 15, 2009

By Chad D. Baus When it comes to the futility of addressing the epidemic of inner-city violence with impotent gun control laws, it would seem there are at least a two people at the Cleveland Plain Dealer who "get it." Last year Plain Dealer columnist Regina Brett's series on the thug culture earned her title as a top-three finalist for the 2008 Pulitzer Prize in Commentary , and since then she...

Firearm Sales Continue to Climb in March

12:05am Wednesday, April 15, 2009

NEWTOWN, Conn. -- Firearm sales continued to surge across the country for the fifth straight month, extending a trend that began after the November elections. The increase also follows recent comments by several high-profile members of the Obama administration about re-imposing permanently and expanding the ban on modern sporting rifles. Data from the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background...

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Diane Sawyer rigs mass shooting experiment on 20/20

by Dean Rieck

12:10am Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Do you think it's a good idea to be armed during a mass shooting? Diane Sawyer and the producers of ABC's 20/20 aren't so sure. In fact, on Friday, April 10, 2009, Sawyer spent a full hour trying desperately to prove how dangerous guns are and how ordinary people can't possibly defend themselves with firearms. The show's snarky title: "If I Only Had A Gun." Slanted information filled the report,...

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Pelosi: 'We want registration'; Holder: 2A won't 'stand in the way'; SAF: 'Gloves are off'

12:05am Tuesday, April 14, 2009

BELLEVUE, WA – Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on April 7 acknowledged that gun registration is on her agenda, days after Attorney General Eric Holder told reporters in Mexico that the Second Amendment would not "stand in the way" of administration plans to crack down on alleged gun trafficking to Mexico. "These are alarming remarks from Speaker Pelosi and Attorney General Holder," said...