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Congressional vote to restore self-defense in national parks could come today [UPDATE: Pro-Gun Vote Tally 279-147!]

12:10am Wednesday, May 20, 2009
By Chad D. Baus While sky-high gun and ammo sales, and comments from Obama cabinet officials advocating new gun bans continue to dominate media coverage, a couple of pieces of legislation are being held up in Congress due to the attachment of pro-gun amendments. Earlier in the Spring, when Democrats pushed a bill which sought to give the District of Columbia congressional representation, pro-gun...

NRA hits high note with Annual Meetings attendees

12:10am Tuesday, May 19, 2009
By Jim Shepherd Cautiously optimistic might be an overly-conservative description of the throngs of people who pushed fire marshals to their very limits at the NRA's Annual Meetings this weekend in Phoenix. A very heavy turnout and slower-than-anticipated registration process led to many attendees waiting as long as 90 minutes to get into the show on Friday. The crowd was further delayed when...

Obama-inspired gun sales surge continues in April

12:05am Tuesday, May 19, 2009
The upward trend in firearms sales continued in April, marking the sixth consecutive month of significant increases. Data released by the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) reported 1,225,980 checks in April 2009. This figure is a 30.3 percent increase from the 940,961 reported in April 2008.

Carnage continues in gun control capitol of the Midwest

12:10am Monday, May 18, 2009
By Gerard Valentino CNN is reporting that 36 students have been killed so far this year in Chicago's public school system, a shockingly high number of victims of the violence that has plagued Chicago for years. From the story : So far this school year, 36 children and teens have been murdered -- more than one a week -- and a chorus of weary Chicagoans who say the slayings aren't getting the...

S. 941 and H.R. 2296: The "BATFE Reform and Firearms Modernization Act of 2009"

12:05am Monday, May 18, 2009
Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) have introduced S. 941, the "Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Reform and Firearms Modernization Act of 2009." Reps. Steve King (R-Iowa) and Zack Space (D-Ohio) have introduced a companion bill in the House. The bills would roll back unnecessary restrictions, correct errors, and codify...

Georgia college student saves 10 lives with gun; Ohio's defenseless students targeted by criminals

12:10am Friday, May 15, 2009
By Chad D. Baus One of the principle claims made in Diane Sawyer's rigged campus carry experiment , recently aired on ABC's 20/20, was that having a gun wouldn't protect a college student, that ordinary people like college students aren't trained to handle stress, that they might shoot innocent people, and that the bad guy might take their gun away. Apparently someone forgot to tell a student in...

The Uninvited Ombudsman Report, No. 64 - Montana Gun Law Defies Feds

12:05am Friday, May 15, 2009
Taken from the most recent "Page Nine", Alan Korwin's "The Uninvited Ombudsman Report" ---------- STARTERS: The Montana Firearms Freedom Act has started a blaze nationwide. People are asking, "Is it real?" It is. It's now law. Montana is attempting to get the feds out of the state's gun business. I have first-hand details in this issue of Page Nine. ----------

Obama continues trend of appointing rabid gun-haters to important administration positions

12:10am Thursday, May 14, 2009
Another bright star has been added to President Barack Obama's anti-gun constellation. By Dave Kopel Obama's newly nominated "drug czar" is Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske. And just like a real czar, the drug czar, whose formal title is director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, can destroy rights instantly, and he can set the stage for additional harm. Before the dark days of...

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