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FBI crime statistics show violent crime declines again...

3:00pm Thursday, June 14, 2012
Preliminary crime statistics for 2011 released June 11 by the FBI show a 4 percent decrease in violent crime--a continuation of a long-term downward trend nationwide. The report highlights that all four violent crime categories--murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault--declined in the country's four major geographical regions and in all city population...

LIVE: WATCH HOUSE FLOOR DEBATE ON HOLDER CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS RESOLUTION!

2:51pm Wednesday, June 13, 2012
The United States House of Representatives is debating contempt charges against Attorney General Eric Holder for his refusal to comply with a subpoena requiring him to release documents related to Operation Fast & Furious. The House is in session now. Click here to watch it live! You can help by contacting your U.S. Representative today and respectfully asking him or her to vote "Yes" on...

CBS News: House committee schedules contempt vote against Holder

3:00pm Monday, June 11, 2012
by Chad D. Baus CBS News is reporting that the House Oversight Committee will vote next week on whether to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress. According to the report, it's the fourth time in 30 years that Congress has launched a contempt action against an executive branch member. This time, the move stems from Holder failing to turn over documents subpoenaed on October 12...

Another Ohio police chief who opposed passage of concealed carry in 2004 admits his concerns were "without basis"

3:00pm Friday, June 08, 2012
by Chad D. Baus During the fight to pass concealed carry reform in Ohio, raging a decade ago, the list of people offering warning that the sky would fall if we passed a CCW law was long and varied. While I and other pro-gun advocates often pointed out that the successful experience in other states should be an easy answer to all of the "what ifs" and Chicken Little warnings being tossed about, it...

CNSNews: Holder Claims Emails Using Words ‘Fast and Furious’ Don’t Refer to Operation Fast and Furious

7:00am Friday, June 08, 2012
CNSNews.com is reporting that Attorney General Eric Holder claimed during congressional testimony Thursday that internal Justice Department emails that use the phrase "Fast and Furious" do not refer to the controversial gun-walking operation Fast and Furious. From the article : Under questioning from Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), who read excerpts of the emails at a House Judiciary Committee...

Headline: House Panel Debates Bill To Ease Regulations On Gun Owners

3:00pm Wednesday, June 06, 2012
The Gongwer News Service is reporting on the second hearing on HB495 (Reciprocity & Concealed Carry Modernization), which was held yesterday before the House Committee on State Government and Elections. According to the article, gun rights advocates urged members of the committee to ease restrictions on concealed carry licensees, while opponents warned the bill would bring Ohio's firearm...

Contrary to editoral opinion, the greatest threat to GOP candidates in November would be FAILING to pass needed pro-gun reforms

7:00am Wednesday, June 06, 2012
by Jim Irvine On May 12, The Cleveland Plain Dealer published an editorial by Brent Larkin entitled "GOP state legislators' zeal for guns could wound Romney." The editorial is wrong on so many levels that at first I didn't even think it was worthy of a comment. I have since reconsidered, figuring that good men should not remain silent, lest others not have the opportunity to learn the truth...

The Toronto Mall Shooting- Four Tips for Surviving the Active Shooter

7:00am Tuesday, June 05, 2012
by Greg Ellifritz Active shooter events are not strictly an American phenomenon. They happen worldwide. The most recent was last night in a Toronto Canada shopping mall. An unknown man in the food court shot approximately 15 bullets from a handgun, killing one person and injuring seven others. There isn't a whole lot of information available yet, but the best news article seems to be this one ...

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