Guns in the News

Congressman Paul Ryan buys hunting clothes for 10-year old daughter

by Larry S. Moore Congratulations to VP candidate and Congressman Paul Ryan for stopping at an Outdoor World store in Ohio to buy hunting clothes for his 10-year old daughter . Double "Daddy-points" for knowing her size too! Too bad he couldn't take her shopping with him. Speaking from experience I can assure Ryan that there is nothing quite like shopping with a 10 year-old in the hunting clothes...

Republican Veep nominee: ‘I am happy to be clinging to my guns and my religion’

By #gunvote Barack Obama would like us all to forget his derisive 2008 insult about clinging to guns and religion, but Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan took the statement as a challenge. In an interview with Deer & Deer Hunting magazine where Ryan outlines his credentials as an avid deer hunter, he proudly notes that, “From a guy who goes to St. John Vianney over there, whose...

Headline: Gun sales at record high

by Chad D. Baus The Dayton Daily News is reporting that Ohioans are embracing their right to keep and bear arms in record numbers, mirroring a national trend. The article notes that gun manufacturers are making huge profits, which may go higher if President Obama is re-elected. (What the article fails to mention is that this is one of the few industries that can make such claims under the Obama...

DOJ "Fast and Furious" Report Hits Hard--But Pulls Punches on Holder

The Department of Justice Inspector General's report on the "Fast and Furious" scandal was released this week, and while it found 14 officials from the department and its Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives responsible for the reckless program, it failed, unfortunately, to hold Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. responsible for the actions of those under his supervision. The...

Inspector General: White House ‘Made it Impossible’ to Pursue Lead in Fast and Furious Probe

by Chad D. Baus In the wake of the release of the Department of Justice's probe into the Fast & Furious gun walking scandal, which was unable to find evidence that Attorney General Eric Holder was aware of the operation, Inspector General Michael Horowitz testified last week that The White House's refusal to release communications related to the Fast and Furious gun-walking program and the...

Op-Ed: Did Colorado shooter single out Cinemark theater because it banned guns?

by John Lott With 12 dead and 58 wounded, the July 20th shooting at the Cinemark Century 16 Theater in Aurora, Colorado was sure to result in a lawsuit. On Friday, the first suit was announced, claiming Cinemark has "primary responsibility." The theater did have responsibility for the attack, but not for the reasons that the lawyers bringing the case think. The lawyer bringing the suit, Attorney...

92-year-old shoots intruder

Earl Jones, a 92-year-old farmer from Verona, Kentucky, shot and killed Lloyd "Adam" Maxwell, 24, after Maxwell broke into his home about 2 a.m. 9/3/12. Jones was armed with a .22 caliber rifle and fired one shot that hit Maxwell in the chest. The reporter interviewing him asked why he didn't call 911. You'll love the simplicity of his answer.

10-year-old with BB gun saves mother's life from attacker

A 10-year-old boy in Belligham, WA saved his mother's life after she was attacked by a man renting a room at their home recently. Police say the boy ran and got his lever action BB gun and shot the man at least four times. "He assaulted the female while she was in bed tried to strangle her," said Office Mark Young with the Bellingham Police Department, "and during the commotion her young son came...

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