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October sees 18.4% increase in firearms sales checks over same month last year; 29th straight month over month increase

7:00am Monday, November 12, 2012
The October 2012 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 1,118,994 is an increase of 18.4 percent over the NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 945,088 in October 2011. For comparison, the unadjusted October 2012 NICS figure of 1,604,743 reflects a 20.5 percent increase from the unadjusted NICS figure of 1,331,836 in October 2011. This marks the 29th straight...

Op-Ed: Senator Dianne Feinstein Moves To Ban ALL Assault Rifles, High Capacity Magazines, and Pistol Grips

7:00am Friday, November 09, 2012
by Mac Slavo The agenda no longer needs to be hidden from public view. With President Obama winning another term and democrats taking control of the Senate, the move to fundamentally change America from within has begun – with a vengeance. We're all aware of the restrictive gun laws in the State of California which require low capacity magazines for handguns, fixed magazines for "assault" rifles...

Hours after Obama win, U.S. backs new U.N. arms treaty talks

3:00pm Thursday, November 08, 2012
by Chad D. Baus Reuters is reporting that, hours after U.S. President Barack Obama was re-elected, the United States backed a U.N. committee's call on Wednesday to renew debate on the proposed United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, confirming the worst fears of the American gun rights community. From the article : U.N. delegates and gun control activists have complained that talks collapsed in July...

Can a superstorm like Sandy change the mind of anti-gun people?

7:00am Monday, November 05, 2012
by Jeff Thomas Like most of the nation, I've been watching the aftermath of the damage left by Hurricane Sandy with great interest. It has led me to think about many things, but none stronger than the reaffirmation of the need to never surrender our fight to support and strengthen the Second Amendment. As I type this, some people have no homes, are without food, water and shelter. While it hasn't...

Fear of 2nd Obama term a boon for gun sales

7:00am Friday, November 02, 2012
[Editor's Note: this article was originally published by The Lima News .] by Greg Sowinski LIMA - Artillery Shed manager Josh Bayer has been trying to handle a gun sales boom this year best he can, although he says gun manufacturers have fallen behind demand. The delays have gotten worse in recent months as the presidential election approaches and supporters of the Second Amendment fear new gun...

Report: Debate answer on assault weapons ban could cause problems for Obama

3:40pm Thursday, November 01, 2012
by Chad D. Baus Fox News' William La Jeunesse made a recent trip to the Buckeye State to investigate how President Obama's announcement during the second debate that he would push to renew a ban on certain semi-automatic rifles was being received by voters in this important swing state. Among others, La Jeunesse interviewed Buckeye Firearms Association Region Leader Joe Eaton. From the report ,...

Headline: Justice Stevens - 'Maybe You Have Some Kind of Constitutional Right to a Cell Phone...'

7:00am Thursday, November 01, 2012
Unless you want more Supreme Court justices like this, vote to defeat Obama!! by Chad D. Baus & Jim Irvine President Barack Obama awarding the Medal of Freedom to retired Justice John Paul Stevens. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Throughout this election cycle, we have talked about how critical this presidential election is because of judicial appointments. Perhaps the issues at stake could be...

Mayor Worked With Bloomberg, ProgressOhio to Stop Kasich From Signing Gun Rights Bill

7:00am Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Editor's Note: Commentary on this article, written by NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre, was published in this month's America's First Freedom magazine. by Jesse Hathaway With help from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's staff and liberal activists, Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman's office attempted to stop Ohio Governor John Kasich from signing a 2011 gun rights bill. The anti-...

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