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The Myth of Chicago’s “Lax” Gun Laws

3:00pm Monday, October 03, 2016

The escalating murder rate in Chicago has given rise to a new claim – that Chicago gun laws are lax, weak, and ineffective. Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson recently argued that “[i]f we had the gun laws in Chicago that L.A. and New York have, we would see our violent crime cut in half.” New York Police Commissioner Bill Brattonrepeated the remark, declaring that Chicago’s problem “has...

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Hillary in 1993: Let's Double the the Gun Tax

7:00am Monday, October 03, 2016

WASHINGTON — Americans for Tax Reform has released more evidence of Hillary Clinton's long held desire to impose new and higher gun taxes. Previously, ATR's HighTaxHillary.com exposed her 1993 endorsement of a new 25 percent national retail sales tax on guns. But unreported since 1993 is Clinton's support for a doubling of the current federal excise tax on guns. In a closed-door meeting, she told...

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Everytown’s “Grandad” Misses the Mark

3:00pm Friday, September 30, 2016

Proponents of Maine’s Question 3, regulating every firearm sale and “transfer” (a change in possession, without a sale or change in ownership) have released a television ad urging voters to support this misguided ballot measure. In the ad by the Everytown for Gun Safety affiliate, grandpa is shown in the woods with his young grandson. Grandpa says the shotgun he has is the same one his...

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Faith in gun bans: Magical Thinking

by Jeff Knox

7:00am Friday, September 30, 2016

My brother Chris and I were once again asked to offer up a rebuttal to an editorial in USA Today newspaper [recently]. Unfortunately, the paper rescinded the offer when Chris Cox, executive director of NRA’s lobbying division, offered to do the job. This is the longer version of what we had to say. In their editorial, the USA Today editors called for a ban on “assault weapons.” They talked about...

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Bloomberg Ponies Up $300 Million Dollars to Attack Gun Owners

3:00pm Thursday, September 29, 2016

(Image source: FreeImages.com/Manuel De La Pena) Michael Bloomberg probably realizes he has only so many years left to spread around his enormous fortune to inflate his ego and manipulate every sphere of human activity. So it was [recently] that the New York City billionaire came up with a cool $300 million for the School of Public Health that bears his name at Johns Hopkins University in...

Another Ohio school district moves to arm staff with guns

by Chad D. Baus & Joe Eaton

7:00am Thursday, September 29, 2016

WEWS (Cleveland ABC) is reporting that three Coshocton County school districts may soon arm staff members with guns to preemptively protect students in the event of an active shooter situation. From the article : River View Local Schools, the Coshocton County Career Center and Coshocton City Schools have been working with the county sheriff's department to train staff members and implement...

Second Amendment Keeps Winning

3:00pm Wednesday, September 28, 2016

With a propaganda machine that only a billionaire can buy, Everytown for Gun Safety and its affiliated organizations continue to spread the falsehood that the anti-gun movement is gaining ground in the state legislatures. As part of this “story of success,” they also attempt to argue that the tide of public opinion is shifting in favor of so-called “common-sense gun reform,” and that a majority...

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VIDEO: BFA's Jim Irvine and Linda Walker address Gun Rights Policy Conference

7:00am Wednesday, September 28, 2016

The Second Amendment Foundation’s 31st Gun Rights Policy Conference (GRPC) in Tampa was streamed live on the conference days – Sept. 24 and Sept 25, 2016. Buckeye Firearms Association (BFA) President Jim Irvine and Vice President Linda Walker both addressed the conference. Walker spoke on behalf of Chris Cox and NRA-ILA Saturday morning, and Jim spoke on behalf of BFA Saturday afternoon. This is...