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Diverse Chicagoans Exercise Their Right-to-Carry

7:00am Friday, July 31, 2015

A recent report by the Chicago Sun-Times reveals the diversity of the Chicagoans choosing to exercise their Right-to-Carry, offering some rare good news regarding the city’s beleaguered gun owners. According to a Sun-Times analysis of Right-to-Carry permit data obtained from the Illinois State Police, the city zip codes with the most permit-holding residents span from “upper middle-class, safe...

CMP National Rimfire Sporter Match Set for August 1st at Camp Perry

by Ashley Brugnone

3:00pm Thursday, July 30, 2015

CAMP PERRY, Ohio – One of the most popular events of the Civilian Marksmanship Program’s (CMP) National Rifle Matches is always the Rimfire Sporter Match, fired this year on August 1 at Camp Perry. The match is perfect for preparing first-time shooters for competition-style shooting, as well as allowing experienced marksmen to rekindle a nostalgic connection with a .22 rifle. Fired every year to...

U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Second Amendment Case, Draws Strong Dissent From Thomas, Scalia

7:00am Thursday, July 30, 2015

[Last month], the U.S. Supreme Court declined a petition to either summarily reverse or hear an appeal of the decision in Jackson v. City and County of San Francisco, issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on March 25, 2014. The Ninth Circuit decision upheld San Francisco ordinances requiring any firearm within the home not actually carried on the person to be in a locked...

The Trace: Just Another Effort to Mislead America

3:00pm Wednesday, July 29, 2015

One recurring truth about the anti-gun movement is how often they try to create new organizations which claim “neutrality” or “moderation” on the Second Amendment, but in reality are nothing more than carbon copies of all the anti-gun groups that have come before them. As we reported a few weeks ago, fanatically anti-gun Michael Bloomberg has found a new venture to pour his money into. It’s...

Mass murderers are chasing the fame our media can be counted on to give them

by Jeff Knox

7:00am Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Last month, a deranged coward joined a Bible study group in Charleston, South Carolina, sat with them for about an hour, and then pulled out a gun and started shooting people, killing nine. He then drove away, only to be captured without incident a few hours later. Reports say the demented little troll declared his need to kill the people because they were “raping our women and taking over our...

Federal Regulators Breathe Life into Marijuana Businesses Even as They Seek to Choke Out FFLs

3:00pm Tuesday, July 28, 2015

By now, knowledgeable members of the pro-gun community are well aware of Operation Choke Point (OCP) and its effect on lawful firearm-related businesses. As we have often reported, OCP is a deliberate attempt by federal regulators to pressure banks to sever or avoid business relationships with legitimate industries that are considered politically objectionable, including firearms and ammunition...

Headline in 'no-guns" Great Britain - "Gun crime goes up by 89% in a decade"

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Despite the fact that handguns were banned in that country in 1997, Great Britain's Daily Mail is reporting that gun crime has almost doubled in the past decade. From the article : The latest Government figures show that the total number of firearm offences in England and Wales has increased from 5,209 in 1998/99 to 9,865 last year - a rise of 89 per cent. In some parts of the country, the number...

N.Y. Data Reveals Futility of Gun Registration Laws

3:00pm Monday, July 27, 2015

In an utter embarrassment to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and anti-gun legislators in Albany, recently released New York State Police data reveals massive noncompliance with the SAFE Act’s registration provisions. Out of an estimated 1-1.2 million semi-automatic firearms within the state that are required to be registered under the new law, 23,847 people have registered a grand total of 44,485...