National Politics

Op-Ed: The Media Gets It Wrong, Again, On Guns

12:05am Tuesday, August 25, 2009
By John R. Lott In Portsmouth, New Hampshire last week, a man carried a handgun a few blocks away from the site where President Obama was scheduled to hold a town hall a couple of hours later. Was it a danger or not? The man carrying the gun, William Kostric, even had permission to have the gun on private church property while he was protesting Obama's appearance. Everybody from the New York...

Tea party movement: There is power in cooperation

12:10am Monday, August 24, 2009
By Jeff Knox The growing dissatisfaction of more and more citizens with the direction of our government and our nation presents a wonderful opportunity for rights activists to build and strengthen coalitions and grow the movement's base. The media, the administration, and Democrat leaders have broadly attempted to discredit and dismiss several large "right-wing" groups of dissatisfied and...

MSNBC plays racial politics with deceptive editing, says SAF

12:05am Friday, August 21, 2009
BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation today accused MSNBC of using deceptively-edited video from a Phoenix, Arizona anti-tax rally on Monday to invent a racial stereotype in its on-going effort to demonize and marginalize American firearms owners as "racists." The MSNBC video, narrated by reporter Contessa Brewer, appearing with "Morning Meeting" host Dylan Ratigan, shows an AR-15 rifle...

Obama's "Yes we can" is now "No you can't"

12:10am Friday, August 14, 2009
Click to buy this shirt. The Washington Times is reporting that the times they are a changin' for the man who wants to change everything about America. The Obama presidential campaign ran on the slogan "Yes we can." But now that America is getting a peek at what Obama and his Chicago cronies had in mind, America is beginning to say "No you can't."

Poll Shows Americans Support Right-to-Carry

12:05am Friday, August 14, 2009
The United States Senate recently voted on an amendment that would have allowed Right-to-Carry permit holders to carry in all other states that also grant carry permits. The amendment, sponsored by Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and David Vitter (R-La.), won a significant majority of votes, 58 to 39, but failed to reach the 60 votes needed to avoid a Senate filibuster. Anti-gun senators have long...

Strickland Joins Governors Sportsmen’s Caucus

12:05am Thursday, August 13, 2009
Bipartisan Group Established to Promote and Protect Hunting and Wildlife Causes Columbus, Ohio – Ohio Governor Ted Strickland today announced that he has joined the bipartisan Governors Sportsmen's Caucus (GSC), a recently established group of sitting governors who are committed to protecting and promoting the interests and agenda of sportsmen and women and wildlife professionals in Ohio and...

ATF trace data proves gun control does not affect crime

12:05am Wednesday, August 12, 2009
By Gerard Valentino One of the crown jewels of the gun control movement was the passage of the Brady Bill during the first term of Bill Clinton's administration. The bill created the five day waiting period for handgun purchases, and was hailed as the first step in halting handgun violence in America. Of course, prior to the Brady Bill the anti-gun groups had claimed several other key gun control...

Bad Laws, Bad Legislators, Bad Ideas (and the Gun Manufacturers that continue to look the other way)

12:10am Tuesday, August 11, 2009
By Jim Shepherd On Friday, it would be nice to be able to talk about the anticipation with which we all look toward the weekend. After all, it's the most continuous time many of us have to enjoy the outdoors. Some Fridays, unfortunately, that's just not possible. Yesterday, New Jersey became the fourth state to pass legislation limiting state residents to one handgun purchase every thirty days...

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