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Illinois Legislature Votes to Recognize Right to Self-Defense and Overrides Governor Quinn's Veto of Concealed Carry Bill

3:00pm Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Illinois House Bill 183, as passed by both chambers in May, now in effect. On Tuesday, June 10, on the court-ordered deadline for Illinois to enact a concealed carry law, both chambers of the Illinois Legislature voted to override the Amendatory Veto by Governor Pat Quinn (D) on House Bill 183 that he issued last week. The state House voted 77-31 and the state Senate 41-17 to uphold the rights of...

Another Ohio school makes public its decision to arm staffers to protect students

7:00am Wednesday, July 10, 2013

by Chad D. Baus Northeast Ohio news media are reporting that a new policy authorizing employees of the Newcomerstown Exempted Village School District to carry guns on school property will go into effect for the 2013-14 academic year. From the The Times-Reporter of New Philadelphia, Ohio: The board of education recently approved the policy authorizing "certain persons designated by the board and...

Op-Ed: Suicidal Logic

3:00pm Tuesday, July 09, 2013

by C.D. Michel Some gun control advocates commit intellectual suicide. One of the longest lasting and saddest lies endlessly echoed by gun control advocates is the 30,000 annual deaths from “gun violence” sound bite. "We can't begin to address 30,000 gun deaths...that are happening every year [without radical gun control]" was how comedian and fake news anchor Jon Stewart, host of The Daily Show...

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Maybe praise should replace anger at cop in bad spot

7:00am Tuesday, July 09, 2013

by Jim Irvine WDTN channel 2 news reported last week that an officer is under investigation after allegedly handing his gun to a citizen. From the article : Jerry and Josie Anderson are shocked at what they say they witnessed on Saturday morning outside their home on Chester Boulevard. They say the officer who was responding to simple accident, stepped out of line when he handed his loaded weapon...

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Op-Ed: Polls give a skewed picture of gun issues

3:00pm Monday, July 08, 2013

by John Lott The onslaught against Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio continues. In April, Portman, unlike his U.S. Senate colleague from Ohio, Sherrod Brown, dared to vote against the Senate gun-control bill, and since then he has endured inaccurate attacks from out-of-state opponents such as New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, condemning his vote. Former Arizona Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords...

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FALSE FLAG GROUP - The American Rifle and Pistol Association is a FRAUD!

7:00am Monday, July 08, 2013

Do you remember the phoney "American Hunters and Shooters Association" that pretended to support gun rights ... but actually advocated more gun control and endorsed (surprise, surprise) Barack Obama? Well, now with the 2014 elections gearing up, another fake gun group has popped up claiming to support "sane" gun ownership. They're called the American Rifle and Pistol Association (or R+P as they...

NSSF: Today's "new gun buyer" is not who you think

3:00pm Friday, July 05, 2013

by Jim Shepherd A news release...has the announcement of the National Shooting Sports Foundation's report on 2012's first-time gun buyers. The news release talks about insight, but having spent time in the internals of the report, it's a very interesting insight into the "new gun culture". It's also confirmation of something I've said before but have only had anecdotal evidence to backup: today's...

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VIDEO: Home invasion caught on nanny cam displays the tragic result of gun control

7:00am Friday, July 05, 2013

by Chad D. Baus New Jersey's News 12 reported recently on a vicious attack, perpetrated in broad daylight, which was caught on a nanny camera inside a woman's home. From the article : Police have released a physical description of the man they are searching for in a brutal home invasion case. Officials say the suspect is a black male, between 5 feet 11 inches and 6 feet 2 inches tall. He is...