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Firearms and Ammunition Excise Tax Improvement Act Moves Forward in the Senate

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), joined by Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and a bipartisan group of senators, offered the Firearms Fairness and Affordability Act of 2010 (S. 632) as an amendment (No. 4444) to the Small Business Lending Act (HR 5297), which is now pending in the Senate. Earlier this week, the House passed (412-6) the Firearms Excise Tax Improvement...

Iraq War vet with Ohio concealed handgun license defends lives during armed robbery

Cincinnati's NBC affiliate, WLWT News 5, is reporting that a military member and concealed handgun license-holder who just returned from a tour of duty overseas was involved in a gun battle that led to the shooting of an alleged robber late last week.

Why some Ohio Republicans are struggling to gain traction on the gun issue in 2010: A History Lesson

by Chad D. Baus The campaign run-up to the 2010 elections got in full swing more than a year ago, as primary candidates wrestled for their parties' nomination. But pro-gun rights voters were largely unable to speak into the primary process, since some of the candidates with the more "questionable" gun rights records were unopposed. Now that the primary is behind us, however, some very interesting...

Ohio Governor Ted Strickland To Open 2010 National Shooting Matches

The 2010 National Matches will once again feature traditional National Rifle Association Championships and Civilian Marks manship Program National Trophy Rifle and Pistol Matches and CMP Games Events plus important training activities and special events like the Pistol and Rifle Small Arms Firing Schools. Ohio Governor Ted Strickland will open this year's festivities at the First Shot Ceremony...

An important battle is won in Chicago, but the war on gun rights still rages

by Gerard Valentino After way too many years, the day of liberation for Chicago's law-abiding citizens is finally at hand. In a long-anticipated ruling, the United States Supreme Court struck down the long-standing Chicago ban on firearm possession and returned a fundamental right to the citizens. Now, just as the Founding Fathers envisioned, law-abiding Chicagoans can defend their homes and...

NRA Opposed To Kagan Nomination To U.S. Supreme Court

Joint Statement by Wayne LaPierre, NRA Executive Vice President & CEO, and Chris Cox, Executive Director of NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action There may be no vote a United States Senator casts that is more important than a vote to confirm a nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court. Now that the Court has clearly stated that the Second Amendment is a fundamental, individual right that applies to...

The Uninvited Ombudsman Report, No. 87 - DISCLOSE Democrats Deviousness

Taken from the most recent "Page Nine", Alan Korwin's "The Uninvited Ombudsman Report" -------- 1- L.A.Times Gun Truth The lamestream media told you: The L.A. Times "Homicide Blog" since 2007 clearly shows who's getting murdered. All 740 of them. It's not "gun violence," it's social violence for one tiny class of people. Guess who. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126853039...

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