National Politics

Ohio Congressman Bob Latta imposes "nuclear" option to oppose knife ban

12:10am Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Editor's Note: Although this does not concern firearms, it will most definitely be of interest to many self defense-minded people who carry a firearm (and possibly also a knife). By Jim Shepherd ...[A] pair of Congressmen have decided to apply the nuclear option - restrictive amendments to their budgets, to let the Department of Homeland Security know they don't like the proposed Customs and...

GAO Reports On Arms Trafficking In Mexico

12:05am Tuesday, June 23, 2009
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report this week entitled, "Firearms Trafficking: U.S. Efforts to Combat Arms Trafficking to Mexico Face Planning and Coordination Challenges." Among other things, the report asserts that Mexican officials consider illicit firearms the number one crime problem affecting their country's security; that about 87 percent of firearms seized in...

ATF Software Company: Another government entity goes into competition against the private sector

12:05am Monday, June 22, 2009
By Jeff Knox About a year ago, James LaMonte, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Coloseum software, was ready to release an innovative software package. He had a client in Idaho, Red's Trading Post, who wanted to install the software to reduce the number of minor errors on 4473's and other federally mandated records. But ATF rejected the variance request and asked for more information about...

D.C. gun banners modify ban list as result of SAF lawsuit

12:05am Friday, June 19, 2009
By Jim Shepherd Yesterday, firearms regulations in Washington, D.C. were amended by emergency order. That amending process came in response to a federal suit filed by the Second Amendment Foundation challenging the arbitrary nature of previous regulations enforced in the District. Huh? OK, plain English: the lawsuit asserted the D.C. list of approved handguns was inadequate. As in unacceptable...

A Deafening Silence: Cordray Refuses to Sign Second Amendment Letter

12:10am Wednesday, June 17, 2009
By Dave Yost Twenty-three attorneys general went on record last week, asking the federal government in a letter to not re-impose the so-called assault weapons ban. Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray was not among them. The measure, formally known as the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, was passed in desperation at the height of the crack-fueled drive-by killings of the...

NICS background checks up 15 percent in May

12:05am Wednesday, June 17, 2009
NEWTOWN, Conn -- Data released by the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) reported 1,023,102 checks in May 2009. This figure is a 15.4 percent increase from the 886,183 reported in May 2008. FBI background checks are required under federal law for all individuals purchasing either newly manufactured or used firearms from federally licensed retailers. The checks serve as...

Use First Amendment freedoms to debate Second Amendment issues

12:10am Monday, June 15, 2009
By Gene Policinski Nobody wants to encourage or invite another campus killing spree like the one in 2007 at Virginia Tech University, in which 32 people died and 17 were wounded. But does that reasonable concern extend to prohibiting a rally or a flier that promotes the idea of allowing students to carry firearms on campus in self-defense? You and I may consider the idea of armed undergraduates...

Coming next the U.S.A.: Knife Control?

12:05am Monday, June 15, 2009
Editor's Note: Although this does not concern firearms, it will most definitely be of interest to many self defense-minded people who carry a firearm (and possibly also a knife). By Jim Shepherd ...The Customs and Border Patrol is proposing revocation of an earlier interpretation of what constitutes a switchblade knife. If their revocation goes through, many of us who carry one-hand opening...

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