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Mexican Drug Cartel Used "Fast and Furious" Gun in Failed Assassination Plot

7:00am Monday, August 20, 2012
Just when you think the news about the disastrous "Fast and Furious" gun-walking operation can't possibly get any worse, a U.S. government report has disclosed that Mexican drug cartel operatives used a firearm from the infamous scheme in a failed attempt to assassinate a high-ranking Mexican law enforcement official. According to a recent Daily Caller article, the gun "was seized in Tijuana in...

Op-ed: The benefits of arming 14-year-olds

8:29pm Friday, August 17, 2012
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared at WorldNetDaily.com . Republished with permission of the author. by Gerard Valentino For the second time this year, the 24-hour news outlets are reporting that a 14-year-old boy used a gun to thwart a violent home invasion. The most recent case took place in Phoenix, Ariz., and the boy not only saved his own life, but also saved two younger...

Headline: Minford youth wins Junior World Shoot

3:00pm Thursday, August 16, 2012
The Portsmouth Daily Times is reporting that while some of the top shooters in the world were in London for the 2012 Olympics, a rising star in the sport of skeet shooting was just returning home to Ohio after winning the 2012 Junior World Skeet Championship. From the article : Quinten Smith, a 16-year-old from Minford, traveled to Stockton, Calif., last month for the tournament and returned to...

Headline: House GOP sues Holder over 'Fast and Furious' documents

7:00am Thursday, August 16, 2012
USA Today is reporting that the House of Representatives went to court this week, seeking to force Attorney General Eric Holder to release documents related to the "Fast and Furious" gun-walking operation - a program which led to the deaths of hundreds of Mexican nationals and at least one U.S. Border Patrol agent. From the article : "By stonewalling Congress and ignoring a contempt order, the...

Kasich and Romney school media: Gun bans don't work

7:00am Wednesday, August 15, 2012
by Chad D. Baus Both Governor John Kasich and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney are rejecting gun ban extremists' recent calls for new legislation in the wake of two multiple victim public shootings in "no-gun" zones. Kasich is proving that his words spoken during the 2010 campaign, when he admitted he was "wrong" about his reasons for voting for the 1994 federal Clinton Gun Ban,...

Bloomberg mouthpiece Michael Coleman calls for "reasonable gun control"; BFA's Ken Hanson responds

7:00am Tuesday, August 14, 2012
WCMH, Columbus' NBC affiliate, recently interviewed Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman regarding his latest call for "reasonable" gun control. Buckeye Firearms Association Legislative Chair Ken Hanson was asked to respond. The heavily edited video (which omits any of Hanson's responses to what Coleman calls "reasonable" gun control) can be seen here: Mayor Coleman holds the title of Ohio Chairman of...

Op-Ed: Sikh temple shooting will disappoint gun prohibitionists

3:00pm Monday, August 13, 2012
by Dave Workman As the history of slain gunman Wade Michael Page continues to surface in the wake of the Sikh temple shooting in Wisconsin, the Associated Press and Seattle Times are reporting some facts that will not help gun control proponents. They are having quite a chat about this on the Seattle Times reader feedback site. When he was living in North Carolina, Page reportedly obtained five...

Romney chooses strong Second Amendment advocate and avid hunter as running mate

7:00am Monday, August 13, 2012
by Chad D. Baus For gun owners who have been less than enthused to have another "so-so" Republican nominee to face the vehemently anti-gun Barack Obama, Mitt Romney's choice of Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan as his running mate is sure to lift their spirits. Much like Gov. Sarah Palin in 2008 , Ryan brings a strong understanding of Second Amendment rights and hunter's issues to the ticket. Ryan...

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