Guns in the News

If armed school security won't work, where are all the mass shootings at armed schools?

7:00am Thursday, January 31, 2013
by Jeff Riley Buried in a recent article in The New York Times dismissing armed security at schools is a bit of pro-gun truth, proving if you go looking hard enough, you can eventually find the truth in the most unlikely places. From the article : Nationwide, at least 23,000 schools — about one-third of all public schools — already had armed security on staff as of the most recent data, for the...

Castle Doctrine continues to work in Ohio: 1 dead, 4 jailed after failed robbery

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Wednesday, January 30, 2013
WDTN (NBC Dayton) is reporting that one man is dead and four others are in jail after an attempted home invasion in Fairborn Monday afternoon. From the article : Police responded to the house at 1006 Victoria Avenue around 5 p.m.. after a neighbor heard gunshots called 911. "The resident decided to fight back and shot two of the men," said Sergeant Paul Hicks, with the Fairborn Police Department...

Convicted rapist organizes gun control demonstration at Dayton gun show; Media fails to note his sex offender status

7:00am Wednesday, January 30, 2013
by Chad D. Baus This past weekend, a small group of perhaps a dozen protesters gathered outside Dayton's Hara Arena to protest the sale of modern sporting rifles at Bill Goodman's Gun and Knife Show. From the article : "We know that guns are being sold on the floor inside Hara Arena illegally" said Jerome McCorry. "No background checks no identification of any kind." McCorry said "AK-47s and M16s...

Op-Ed: The AR-15 - The Gun Liberals Love to Hate

3:00pm Tuesday, January 29, 2013
by David Keene Politician after politician have joined the television talking heads in calling for a new "assault weapons ban" patterned after the ten-year Clinton ban that was allowed to lapse in 2004 after Justice Department and private studies concluded it had no impact whatsoever on murder and violent crime rates and had become a symbol of wrong-headed governmental attempts to restrict...

"Universal Background Checks" – Absolutely Not

7:00am Tuesday, January 29, 2013
by Marion P. Hammer Imagine a grandfather who wants to give a family shotgun to his 12-year-old grandson having to do a background check on his grandson before giving him the shotgun. Or a friend having to do a background check on his lifetime best buddy before lending him a hunting rifle. Or, if your mother had a prowler at her home, having to do a background check on your own Mom before you...

Survey finds NRA members united

3:00pm Monday, January 28, 2013
91% of NRA Members Support Laws to Stop Mentally Ill from Acquiring Firearms FAIRFAX, Va. – The National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action conducted a national scientific poll of its members and found near unanimity among NRA members on a wide range of issues involving mental health reform and firearm rights. Gun control advocates including New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg,...

Gun owners: The time to stand up is now!

12:00pm Monday, January 28, 2013
Editor's Note: This op-ed was originally published at WorldNetDaily.com . by Gerard Valentino There have been times the pro-gun lobby looked irrelevant in America and when it looked like the private ownership of firearms was going to be relegated to the historical scrap heap. This is not that time. There was a time when owning a gun in American was seen as a sign of being socially backward, and...

Feinstein calls for banning more than 150 types of firearms; Government officials would be exempt

3:00pm Friday, January 25, 2013
by Chad D. Baus The Daily Caller is reporting that California Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D) staged a press conference Thursday on Capitol Hill with 10 weapons at her side and unveiled legislation instituting a government ban on more than 150 types of firearms, including rifles, pistols and shotguns. From the article : Flanked by other anti-gun liberal lawmakers, including New York Sen. Chuck Schumer...

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