SCOTUS Swings Against Gun Owners

It seems the most powerful justice on the Supreme Court of the United States today isn't Chief Justice John Roberts, it's Justice Anthony Kennedy. With Kennedy's vote in hand, Justices Sandra Sotomeyer, Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Elena Kagan issued a majority opinion that the federal ban on gun purchases for another person - even if that person is legally allowed to own a gun - is...

Rifle Small Arms Firing School Returns to CMP National Trophy Matches

CAMP PERRY, Ohio – Learn how to fire a real M16 rifle in a safe and relaxed environment at the Civilian Marksmanship Program’s (CMP) Rifle Small Arms Firing School (SAFS), held Wednesday, July 16-17, during the National Rifle and Pistol Matches at historic Camp Perry. The school is structured toward teaching new shooters, so no past firearm experience is required. Students will learn basic...

Constitutional Malpractice: Ideological Doctors and the Gun Control Debate

The Obama administration has ushered in an unfortunate era of ideological doctors mixing medicine and politics with results that will make the country sick. Currently this White House is pushing for Dr. Vivek Murthy to be the next Surgeon General of the United States. However, the administration seems more interested in the man's devotion to Obama's agenda than in his medical credentials. He will...

Cedarville resident honored for pioneering work as powder hornsmith

Karl Wilburn will be the first to tell you he has had a blessed life. He and wife Peg have been married for 62- years. Together they raised a family in the Cedarville area. Their work was often hard but they made a living doing what they loved. Known for many accomplishments, Wilburn was the purveyor of K-W Horns which offered ready to assembly powder horn kits to muzzleloading enthusiasts. He...

Obama Administration's Latest "Executive Action" Aims to Curb Ammo Imports

The NRA is aware of BATFE’s recent actions to restrict importation of 5.45 x 39 ammunition. According to information BATFE provided to NRA, these actions are based on BATFE’s determination that the availability of a handgun in this caliber triggers so-called “armor piercing” ammunition provisions of federal law, which generally prohibit manufacture and importation. NRA strongly disagrees with...

Cedarville University student has an amazing senior year

Your senior year of college is supposed to be special. The previous years at school should make everything easier. Unless you take up a new challenge, such as starting the collegiate shooting sports competition, suddenly you are a freshman again. That is what Joe Ivancic, who is a Delaware, Ohio native and about to graduate from Cedarville University, did. It was also Cedarville's first year in...

Supreme Court Side-Steps Second Amendment Again

Once again, the U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal in a case concerning the Second Amendment and bearing arms for self-defense outside the home. On Monday May 5, without comment, the Court rejected the case of Drake, et al. v. Jerejian . The case challenged New Jersey’s law regarding concealed carry. Under that law, a person applying for a license to carry a concealed firearm must...

Anti-Gunners Tell the States: "Adopt Foreign Gun Laws"

It says a lot about anti-gunners that they like the laws of other countries more than those of the United States. A new book--the foreword of which was written by Michael Bloomberg, and which was edited by anti-gun researchers Daniel Webster and Jon Vernick from the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University--encourages the states to adopt gun control restrictions that have...

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