Gun Grabbers

Obama backs international gun control treaty

The OAS Firearms Convention Is Incompatible with American Liberties by Theodore Bromund, Ray Walser, Ph.D. and David Kopel President Barack Obama has called on the Senate to ratify the Inter-American Convention Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials. President Bill Clinton signed the convention in 1997, but neither he...

Brady Campaign's slipping relevancy underscored by NRA convention

by Alan Gottlieb and Dave Workman Adhering to a pattern of behavior that has developed over the years, a tiny contingent of gun prohibitionists paraded outside of the Charlotte Convention Center while the National Rifle Association was hosting its record-breaking members' meeting, but they remained only long enough to get some camera time with local news crews. Paul Helmke, president of the Brady...

More Guns, Less Crime: 2009 FBI Crime Data continues to refute gun ban extremists' rhetoric

by Gerard Valentino The Dayton Daily News is reporting that preliminary FBI statistics show violent crime has decreased in Ohio for the third straight year. Yes, that's right - crime decreased in spite of predictions by the establishment media, politically-motivated law enforcement groups and anti-gun extremists, who claimed that permissive self-defense laws would lead to the end of civilization...

Debunking Random Anti-Gun Myths

By Gerard Valentino The anti-gun movement and establishment media have done such a great job disseminating their dangerous message on the gun issue that several of their myths have become accepted as common knowledge in America today. Some of the myths are ridiculous, and some are so pervasive that they are considered to be true. In some cases they are perpetuated by well-meaning but misinformed...

Op-Ed: Kagan Bad on Guns

by Brian Darling "President Obama's nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court," I wrote in HUMAN EVENTS on June 3, 2009, "owes the American people an explanation on her view of the 2nd Amendment." The nominee then was Sonia Sotomayor, who never provided an explanation. Now, with the choice of Solicitor General Elena Kagan, President Obama is two for two in selecting Supreme Court nominees with an...

BFA's Ken Hanson debates New York Mayor Bloomberg advisor on Columbus NPR talk show

On May 18, Buckeye Firearms Association Legislative Chair Ken Hanson was a guest the WOSU 820AM (NPR News Columbus) program "All Sides." Ken discussed issues surrounding illegal guns, and proposals to make it more difficult for terrorists and criminals to obtain weapons and explosives with host Ann Fisher other the guests on the show, City of New York First Deputy Criminal Justice Coordinator/...

Cleveland newspaper rolls out more tired arguments in editorial opposing restaurant carry legislation

By Gerard Valentino and Larry S. Moore The Cleveland Plain Dealer Editorial Page is a perfect example of the old cliché about insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. In their most recent anti-gun rant titled, " Ohio Senate should bury bill to permit concealed weapons in bars " they are speaking out against a bill that makes Ohio's concealed carry law...

Early recap on NRA Annual Meetings: Record attendance "drives anti-gun folks crazy"

By Jim Shepherd As the curtain was rung down on the NRA Annual Meeting and Exhibitions in Charlotte, North Carolina, it appears another record-setting event will be headed for the record books. First, with nearly a third of the NRA's membership living inside a 150 mile radius of Charlotte, it seems the attendance records are pretty much going to be rewritten. Although we've not seen official...

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