"Westchester gun owners take aim at county's firearm safety laws," the New York Daily News cautions. "Westchester gun owners are balking at the county's firearm safety laws," reporter Abby Luby characterizes. If we stipulate that a "firearm safety law" is one that will make the peaceable public safer, we need t...

"State of emergency declared in North Carolina," the WECT News 6 headline informs us. "Governor Bev Perdue has declared a State of Emergency for North Carolina in anticipation of Hurricane Earl's arrival." From blogger John Jacob H: "Upon Governor Beverly Perdue’s declaration of a State Of Emergency on September 1...

Three California gun control bills have died. AB 1810, the long gun registration bill from Mike Feur (D), AB 1934, the open carry ban from Lori Saldana (D), and AB 2358, the ammunition vendor reporting bill from Kevin DeLeon (D) died last night on From CRPA News and Updates, via CalGuns: "All three of these bills posed a fundamental threat to ...

"What's really needed in this city right now is to get beyond both the knee-jerk 'yes' and 'no' camps," The Oregonian Editorial Board declares in response to new "gun control" proposals from Mayor Sam Adams. "Portlanders should be wary about doing anything just for the sake of doing it," they contin...

"What is the NRA thinking?" Tom Gresham asked on last Sunday's Gun Talk Radio Show. "You know, I've had some problems with NRA in the past," he explained, "but when you start taking credit for what other people are doing, that's over the line." Tom's guest was Second Amendment Foundation founder Alan Go...

"Ask why gun rights advocates have not supported John McNeil," an NAACP brochure urges. "Demand a full investigation of why this case came to trial in the first place." Their press release, "Self-Defense Leads to a Life Sentence," explains: "John McNeil, a father who was defending his teenage son, himself, and his...

The National Rifle Association will not endorse Harry Reid for U.S. Senate, Political Victory Fund Chair Chris Cox announced Friday. Here's why: "The vote on Elena Kagan's confirmation to the Court, along with the previous year's confirmation vote on Sonia Sotomayor, are critical for the future of the Second Amendment. After carefu...

"The U.S. Supreme Court says Americans have an individual right to keep and bear arms. The EPA says the bullets for those guns may be banned as an environmental hazard," an Investors Business Daily editorial claims. Close but not quite. Per the National Shooting Sports Foundation, they're "considering a petition by the Center for...

Yesterday, I shared a message Portland Mayor Sam Adams sent me, where he "encouraged" me "to denounce the Oregon Firearms Federation statement" responding to his plan for imposing more "gun control" edicts in the city. Let's take a closer look at his message and respond to the points he raises: "David, please ...

"A war of words has erupted between Portland Mayor Sam Adams and a local gun lobby over proposed gun law changes." Anne Yeager of KGW.com News Channel 8 tells us. Oregon Firearms Federation's Kevin Starrett calls the mayor's latest "gun control" proposals "laughable and pathetic." Adams counters it's OFF...

"Westchester to keep gun-storage law for now," Gerald McKinstry of LoHud.com tells us: "The county law, enacted in 2000, requires owners to store a gun with a safety lock or in a safe-storage depository." Gun advocates point out "recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings determined that storing a gun could make it harder for people...

"An off-duty Chicago police officer shot and killed a man who broke into his South Side home Friday morning," Becky Schlikerman of The Chicago Tribune informs us. The suspect, we are told, was armed: "The officer...fired ...

In an act that is neither brotherly nor loving, the city of Philadelphia is demanding business license fees from a local blogger. From CityPaper.com: "Between her blog and infrequent contributions to ehow.com, over the last few years she ...

"Drew Barrymore steps out in a bullet studded belt," the Mail Online headline informs us. "The actress stepped out in a leather jacket and a tough-looking bullet studded belt as she dined out in London last night." Disregarding ...

"Leftist politician accused of illegally selling machine guns," The Local ("Germany's News in English") informs us: "Manfred Hämmerle, chairman of the party in Hückelhoven near the Dutch border, has been ...

"By collecting guns, no questions asked, no background checks, anonymously dropping off a gun, anti-crime activists say they can get illegal and dangerous guns out of the hands of children," Central Florida News 13's Jacqueline Fell ...

"A clandestine market for unregistered weapons still exists despite crackdown," reporter Hu Yinan of China Daily informs us. Illegal traders advertise with graffiti on walls, despite China's near total ban on private gun ownership. ...

"The U.S. government opposed South Korea’s bid to sell hundreds of thousands of aging U.S. combat rifles to American gun collectors," Jung Sung-ki of The Korea Times reports. "The ministry announced the plan last September...

"We will continue to be vigilant and work hard to get guns off the street," New South Wales Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione promises in an Aug. 15 media release. How? “I am appealing to those people to help us get these weapons...

Mike Vanderboegh, "alleged leader of a merry band of Three Percenters"* has returned home after attending yesterday's Restore the Constitution Rally at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, in Greensboro, NC (Note a western rally also...

"Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy, D-Ohio, was listed as a member of a U.S.-based socialist organization," Aaron Klein's WorldNetDaily report begins. The organization? ...the Marxist-oriented Democratic Socialists of America, or DSA. I've written...

The Harry Reid campaign has released a campaign ad attacking Sharon Angle as "crazy" for warning that "If this Congress keeps going the way it is, people are really looking towards those Second Amendment remedies." The spokesman...

Actors Dolph Lundgren, Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham attend the UK film premiere of 'The Expendables' at the Odeon Leicester Square on August 9, 2010 in London, England. (Photo by Dave Hogan/Getty Images) "Action heroes" (!) Sylve... ...

"Action heroes" (!) Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and a host of other Hollywood adventure movie stars will once more pretend they have the physical courage and paramilitary skills to put their lives at risk while executing...

"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, right, said Rep. Chet Edwards was the best House member to be Democrat Sen. Barack Obama's vice-president." USA Today (Photo: Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images) "Texas Rep. Chet Edwards is the latest endange... ...

"Texas Rep. Chet Edwards is the latest endangered Democrat to win a critical conservative credential: an endorsement from the National Rifle Association," Politico's Kasie Hunt informs us. Edwards’s campaign announced he had received...

 Getty Images What Naomi Campbell knew about the "blood diamonds" she received from Liberia's former warlord/president, "monopoly of violence" advocate, and Hague war crimes defendant Charles Taylor, is the subject of conf... ...

What Naomi Campbell knew about the "blood diamonds" she received from Liberia's former warlord/president, "monopoly of violence" advocate, and Hague war crimes defendant Charles Taylor, is the subject of conflicting testimony....

The Oregon Politico has produced a "mini documentary [as] part of a series on gun rights in Oregon. They tell us they "interviewed experts on both sides of the issue to get a complete understanding of the story." Well, they interviewed...

  Courtesy Oleg Volk, A Human Right The Oregon Politico has produced a "mini documentary [as] part of a series on gun rights in Oregon. They tell us they "interviewed experts on both sides of the issue to get a complete understandi... ...

"Pistol Used in Manchester Mass Shooting Part of “Handgun of the Year” Award Winning SR9 Product Line," the Violence Policy Center's latest opportunistic press release declares. So? Well, the VPC wants the government to...

  Courtesy Oleg Volk, A Human Right "Pistol Used in Manchester Mass Shooting Part of “Handgun of the Year” Award Winning SR9 Product Line," the Violence Policy Center's latest opportunistic press release declares. So? W... ...

WHEN PEOPLE ABUSE the rights given them under any section of the law, Congress must take cognizance of it. This bit of arrogant ignorance came from Rep. Fred Schwengel of Iowa, responding to a request to weigh in on...

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