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BarackObama.com asks for gun violence stories, only shares ones that promote gun control

"We're a nation that believes in the Second Amendment, and I believe in the Second Amendment. We've got a long tradition of hunting and sportsmen and people who want to make sure they can protect themselves." - Barack Obama, Oct. 16, 2012 by Chad D. Baus On Wednesday, February 20, we received a great suggestion from a reader: Hello, on the barackobama.com or organizing for action site they have a...

Ex-sheriff says there is precedent for fighting federal gun laws

The following article was originally published by The Lima News . Republished with permission. by Bob Blake Don't like the gun control measures being sought by President Barack Obama? Think there's nothing that can be done about it? Think again. That's the message a former Arizona sheriff is bringing to people nationwide. Sheriff Richard Mack knows a thing or two about what it takes. After the...

Op-Ed: The truth on background checks

by John Lott Gun control "deserves a vote," President Obama said time and again in his State of the Union speech on Tuesday. Sadly, the measure Congress is most likely to pass — beefed-up background checks — may cause more harm than good. First, checks obviously won't do anything about gun crime in cities like Chicago or New York, which revolves almost exclusively around illegal guns. But they...

The Exasperating Gun Control Debate

by Rand Lennox Recent school shootings have again reignited the gun control debate. With The Debate occurring so often, one would think that participants would move their arguments away from emotion and toward fact. But they do not. Effective debating demands a thorough knowledge of both sides of an issue. Nonetheless, gun control debaters persist in their ignorance of firearms and firearms law...

Op-Ed: Obama's proposals won't reduce gun violence

by John Lott Warning that we need to "get weapons of war and massive ammunition magazines off our streets," in his State of the Union, Obama kept repeating congress must vote on the three types of gun bills he supports. The most obvious thing that was left out of the talk was that none of the laws now being proposed would have done anything to stop the various attacks that Obama cited as...

NRA-ILA Ad: "Ask Obama's Experts"

The NRA-ILA has released a compelling commercial in response to President Obama's State of the Union address, in which the former Joyce Foundation Board of Directors member called on Congress to pass draconian gun control laws that have been tried before, and which were allowed to expire because they did not work to curb crime.

Raging (Pointlessly?) Against The Machine

by Jim Shepherd [On Tuesday], Olympic Arms became the latest company to tell the state of New York they were fired as a customer. The dismissal began with a clear enumeration of the firing offense: exceeding the authority granted to the government of New York by its citizens and violation of the Constitution of the United States. Those offenses led Olympic Arms president Brian Schuetz to announce...

Ohio Sen. Kris Jordan (R) introduces bill that would bar new local/federal/ international gun bans from being enforced in Ohio

by Chad D. Baus WTVG (ABC Toledo) is reporting that State Senator Kris Jordan (R-19th District) has introduced Senate Bill 36, legislation that he says would keep Washington from running wild over the constitutional right to own a gun. From the article : The president's 23-point gun control plan includes items such as how to do a background check, how states can share information if a gun is lost...

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