Guns in the News

The fog of war: Examining the media's treatment of the Alabama massacre

12:10am Friday, March 13, 2009
By Chad D. Baus On March 10, 2009, a rampage killer ended the lives of ten people before taking his own life. The 28 year-old Alabama man, who went through police officer training in 2003 but did not graduate, killed several members of his family before shooting at people in seemingly random fashion from his vehicle. While the motives of the mass murderer are still in doubt, the motives of some...

When it comes to the futility of gun control, Plain Dealer columnist Regina Brett "gets it"

12:10am Thursday, March 12, 2009
By Chad D. Baus Cleveland Plain Dealer columnist Regina Brett, whose series on the thug culture earned her title as a top-three finalist for the 2008 Pulitzer Prize in Commentary , has written another article that proves she "gets it." That year, after the death of a teen-aged armed robber who attacked a concealed handgun license (CHL)-holder, and in response to community outrage insanely focused...

Pro-Obama faux gun group discovers they were used

2:10am Tuesday, March 10, 2009
"We believe recent attacks on Senator Obama's stand on the 2nd Amendment and his commitment to our hunting and shooting heritage are unfair and American Hunters and Shooters Association is stepping up to set the record straight. ...Senator Obama will be a strong and authentic voice for America's hunters and shooters and it is with great pleasure that we endorse his candidacy." - Ray Schoenke,...

The whys and wherefores of the ammo shortage

12:05am Friday, March 06, 2009
By Bob Owens If you, like thousands of other Americans, have Googled to find out why we are in the middle of a nationwide ammunition shortage, you would have stumbled across this 2007 blog entry . In it, I corrected a poorly researched Associated Press story by Estes Thompson that claimed the military's consumption of ammunition was responsible for police ammunition shortages here in the United...

The Uninvited Ombudsman Report, No. 60 - Gun Ban Announced

12:05am Thursday, March 05, 2009
Taken from the most recent "Page Nine" Alan Korwin's "The Uninvited Ombudsman Report" ---------- 1- Gun Ban Announced The lamestream media told you: "The Obama administration will seek to reinstate the assault weapons ban that expired in 2004 during the Bush administration, Attorney General Eric Holder said today," according to ABC News on Wed., Feb. 25. http://tinyurl.com/acoxa4 "As President...

Illinois gun legislation should be Trap Shooters' Wake-Up Call

12:10am Wednesday, March 04, 2009
By Larry S. Moore I've been a hunter my entire life, or at least since about age 10. I started participating in trap shooting when I was about 16 years old. While I hunt every year as much as possible, my trap shooting activities have experienced peaks and valleys. The peak of my trapshooting was from about 1990 through 2005. I believe the first Grand American Trap Shoot was held in Sparta,...

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