Guns in the News

Legislation will allow some auditors to carry concealed weapons; another proposal addresses EMTs

7:00am Monday, July 25, 2011
by Chad D. Baus Lost in all of the sky-is-falling media coverage of the debate over restaurant carry legislation last month was news of passage of legislation that will allow some employees of the state auditor's office to carry concealed weapons. From June 11 in the The Columbus Dispatch : Carrie Bartunek, spokeswoman for Auditor Dave Yost, said four investigators in the auditor's office - all...

Buckeye Firearms Foundation donates $1000 to legal defense for Ohio licensee threatened with execution by police officer

7:05pm Friday, July 22, 2011
Buckeye Firearms Foundation is making a donation of $1000 to the legal defense fund of Canton, Ohio concealed handgun licensee William Bartlett, who was subjected to horrific civil rights violations by a police officer. Watch the video and see the officer, Daniel Harless, abuse and threaten the licensee during a traffic stop last month. The abuse included repeated threats to EXECUTE the licensee...

ATF Chief Admits Mistakes in 'Fast and Furious, ' Accuses Holder Aides of Stonewalli​ng Congress

3:00pm Friday, July 22, 2011
Fox News is reporting that the head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,Firearms and Explosives has admitted that his agency, in at least one instance, allowed sales of high-powered weapons without intercepting them -- and he accuses his superiors at the Justice Department of stonewalling Congress to protect political appointees in the scandal over those decisions. From the article : Acting ATF...

NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre Stands Up for American Gun Owners at United Nations

7:00am Friday, July 22, 2011
NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre drew a line in sand on behalf of American gun owners at the United Nations last week. LaPierre spoke to the UN's Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) Preparatory Committee, the group drafting an international treaty that will supposedly control all non-nuclear arms, worldwide, including civilian firearms. He told the audience of delegates from approximately 150 UN...

New documentary-style series to celebrate Americana

2:59pm Thursday, July 21, 2011
First season will highlight a family that values second amendment rights Firecracker Films and a Major TV network is currently looking for a fun family who fully upholds their second amendment right to bear arms. Must be fiercely patriotic and protective of the fundamentals that the United States was built upon. This new series will feature one family - you will remind our viewers what Americana...

Demand Gunwalker Accountability

3:00pm Wednesday, July 20, 2011
by Jeff Knox Most of the larger national media outlets are doing their best to ignore the Gunwalker scandal, but the word is dribbling out despite the best efforts of the Obama Administration and their lackeys in the mainstream press. Those who know about the outrageous project should be demanding answers and accountability. The recent hearings in the House Oversight and Government Reform...

Marine awarded for heroic actions taken as a CCW-licensed college student

7:00am Wednesday, July 20, 2011
by Chad D. Baus Military.com is reporting that Ensign Sean Barner, from Stone Mountain, Ga., was recently awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for his actions on May 3, 2009. Barner protected at least ten lives when he intervened and stopped two armed assailants during an attempted robbery and then provided immediate medical assistance by applying tourniquets to one of the gun shot wounded...

SAF Wins Injunction V. Chicago Gun Range Ban

3:00pm Friday, July 15, 2011
In a 3-0 ruling issued last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has reversed a lower court ruling and ordered that court to issue a preliminary injunction against the City of Chicago on behalf of the Second Amendment Foundation that prevents the city from banning gun ranges inside city limits. Joining SAF in the original lawsuit were Action Target, Inc., the Illinois State...

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