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Obama Administration Signs United Nations Arms Trade Treaty

4:00pm Wednesday, September 25, 2013
CONTACT YOUR SENATORS TODAY AND ASK THEM TO OPPOSE THE U.N. ARMS TRADE TREATY Today, Secretary of State John Kerry signed the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty on behalf of the Obama administration. The National Rifle Association strongly opposes this treaty, which is a clear violation of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. "The Obama administration is once again demonstrating its...

Guns in classrooms – the truth about Georgia, Ohio, and your school

8:00am Wednesday, September 25, 2013
by Jim Irvine In her recent article, " Keep the guns out of my classroom " The (UK) Guardian 's Ashley Lauren Samsa (a public school teacher from suburban Chicago) makes some good points, but she also confuses the issue with many flawed observations. Samsa states that, "Many believe teachers should be armed...whether they want to or not." Although she links to a Huffington Post article with this...

Op-Ed: The Death of Gun Control

4:00pm Monday, September 23, 2013
Why the recall of two Colorado legislators is a major setback for gun-safety advocates nationally by Molly Ball Ever since the Senate voted down gun-control legislation in April, some advocates have remained convinced there was still hope. As of Tuesday, [September 10,] that hope is officially dead. On Tuesday, two Colorado state senators, both Democrats, were recalled by voters for their votes...

Death by a Thousand Cuts: The Obama administration’s attempts to whittle away our rights

8:00am Monday, September 23, 2013
by Chris Knox and Jeff Knox Taking advantage of the media attention around the swearing-in of B. Todd Jones as the new Director of ATF, the Obama administration announced two Executive Actions aimed at appeasing gun control groups and asserting executive authority. Ostensibly intended to "curb gun violence," the measures are even more unlikely to have an impact on crime, suicide, or accidents...

Poll: Only 33% Think Stricter Gun Laws Might Have Prevented Navy Yard Shooting

8:00am Friday, September 20, 2013
by Chad D. Baus A new poll has found that, despite the latest mass shooting by a mentally-ill person at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday, support for more gun control has fallen to its lowest level in over a year. According to the poll, most Americans don't think tougher gun control would have prevented this week's killings anyway. From Rasmussen Reports : Just 33% of American Adults believe it...

Op-Ed: Crazier than liberals

4:00pm Thursday, September 19, 2013
by Ann Coulter There's been another mass shooting by a crazy person, and liberals still refuse to consider institutionalizing the dangerous mentally ill. The man who shot up the Washington Navy Yard on Monday, Aaron Alexis, heard voices speaking to him through the walls. He thought people were following him. He believed microwave ovens were sending vibrations through his body. There are also...

Washington Navy Yard attack: Still more questions than answers, but one thing is clear

8:00am Thursday, September 19, 2013
by Chad D. Baus Once again, our nation has suffered loss at the hands of man who had sought treatment for mental illness, and once again the discussion has quickly focused on "what went wrong?" and "who or what can we blame?" The usual suspects are certainly being presented. First to the microphone was California Senator Diane Feinstein, blaming a rifle that, as it turns out, apparently wasn't...

New York Times: Burden More Gun Buyers with "Woefully Flawed" FBI Checks

4:00pm Tuesday, September 17, 2013
In a scathing editorial published August 18, titled, A Flawed Background-Check System , the New York Times takes to task the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the detrimental effect the agency's inability to conduct accurate checks has had on job seekers. The Times notes that "F.B.I. background checks are widely viewed as the gold standards but are in fact woefully flawed, often based on...

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