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

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

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

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...

Dayton business owner defends self from armed robbers: "It was the wrong place to rob"

by Chad D. Baus WHIO (CBS Dayton) is reporting that Dayton police will not pursue charges against a business owner who shot a man that tried to rob his store last Sunday night. From the article : Thomas Mauro, 59, owner of the 3rd Base Drive Thru, 3535 Linden Ave., told police that two white males came into his business and approached the clerk in an attempt to rob the store. Mauro, who was in...

Townhall on Stand Your Ground

WSYX ABC6 in Columbus has announced a townhall to be broadcast live on Tuesday, September 24, 2013, 7-8pm at the OSU Union. Watch online, Time Warner Ch. 990, Insight Ch. 189, WOW Ch. 141, or over the air Ch. 6.2. Buckeye Firearms Association Legislative Chair Ken Hanson will serve as a panelist. The townhall will be about the bill currently being considered to introduce "stand your ground" to...

Active Killer Response for the Armed Citizen

by Greg Ellifritz On January 8, 2011 Jared Loughner shot 20 people in the parking lot of an Arizona grocery store. In law enforcement terminology, this type of crime is called an "Active Shooter" or "Active Killer" event. In this kind of incident, one or more shooters are trying to kill as many people as possible. The shooters may or may not be politically motivated. Most of these events last...

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

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...

Real World .22s for Self Defense

by Greg Ellifritz I've recently received quite a bit of feedback on carrying and using the .22 as a self defense weapon. I had no idea how many of you rely on the rimfire for a defense round! There are a lot of people packing .22s out there! I occasionally carry either my S&W 317 or 351 as self defense weapons in low threat situations…usually while working in the yard or garage. They are...

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