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NICS background checks up 15 percent in May

12:05am Wednesday, June 17, 2009
NEWTOWN, Conn -- Data released by the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) reported 1,023,102 checks in May 2009. This figure is a 15.4 percent increase from the 886,183 reported in May 2008. FBI background checks are required under federal law for all individuals purchasing either newly manufactured or used firearms from federally licensed retailers. The checks serve as...

Pro-gun gay groups seek to add nationwide CCW reciprocity to Kennedy's 'hate crimes' bill

12:10am Thursday, June 11, 2009
The Washington Independent is reporting that, one month after successfully tucking an amendment into the credit card reform bill that expanded gun rights, a small number of Senate Republicans are looking at the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act as another chance to score a victory for the Second Amendment. This time, the goal would be to establish nationwide reciprocity for concealed...

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: The Impact on Private Gun-Ownership in America

12:05am Thursday, June 11, 2009
By Michael P. Farris "The spread of small arms creates a serious global problem and requires an equally urgent response because the lives and futures of children are at stake. These weapons have extinguished more young lives than they have protected." – Carol Bellamy, Executive Director, UNICEF The vast majority of Americans, regardless of their opinions on the increasing scope of international...

OOPS: Brady Campaign president admits people are the problem, not guns

12:10am Wednesday, June 10, 2009
By Chad D. Baus The Akron Beacon-Journal recently reported that Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence president Paul Helmke addressed the Akron Roundtable on May 21. The story notes that Helmke delivered his usual misleading statistics and hyperbole to the not-for-profit speakers' forum...along with a couple of accidental admissions that point to the fact that his organization's gun control...

Guns in Parks: The Hoplophobes’ Travel Guide to the United States

12:05am Wednesday, June 10, 2009
By David Kopel Last week, President Obama signed a bill which, besides changing credit card laws, says that in National Parks and National Wildlife Refuges, the laws about gun carrying will be the same as in the host state. So in Colorado, for example, you will be allowed to carry a concealed handgun in Rocky Mountain National Park, if you have a state-issued concealed carry permit. In Vermont's...

More women taking advantage of firearms classes

12:05am Monday, June 08, 2009
The Port Clinton News-Herald is reporting on a mother-daughter partnership that offers all-female gun education courses, as well as National Rifle Association-certified concealed carry courses. Joy and Faith Ferkel have instructed more than 75 men and women, who are now better prepared to defend themselves and their families. They say most of the female students have taken advantage of all-women...

The Uninvited Ombudsman Report, No. 66 - National Parks... Again

12:05am Thursday, June 04, 2009
Taken from the most recent "Page Nine", Alan Korwin's "The Uninvited Ombudsman Report" ---------- 2- National Parks... Again The lamestream media told you: The powerful gun lobby attached an amendment to the must-pass credit-card-reform act Mr. Obama had decided to enact without delay. This forced him to approve a gun law he would probably otherwise not, when he signed it into law on May 22. The...

Lima News Editorial: Concealed carry without problems

12:05am Wednesday, June 03, 2009
The Lima News has published an editorial addressing the latest spike in applications for Ohio concealed handgun licenses, and also in the overall success of the program to date. The editorial begins by noting that "critics of concealed carry legislation have been silent of late in Ohio, and with good reason. People who legally carry are responsible, law-abiding citizens who mean to protect...

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