National Politics

As Obama plots a gun ban, our challenge is helping the next generation learn the truth

12:10am Tuesday, March 31, 2009
By Jim Shepherd [Late last week], mainstream media was buzzing about how the President was "willing to consider" some limitations on firearms. As my kids would say as they rolled their eyes "what-ever." Baloney is always baloney. This administration is all about limiting firearms ownership. I could respect their positions if they didn't try camouflaging another attempt to put more controls on the...

The Uninvited Ombudsman Report, No. 62 - Centralized Gun-Registration Scheme

12:05am Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Taken from the most recent "Page Nine" Alan Korwin's "The Uninvited Ombudsman Report" ---------- 1- Centralized Gun Registration The lamestream media told you: Nothing. The Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that: Although not widely discussed publicly, the Bradys, in conjunction with new Obama officials, are working out the details of a new centralized gun registration scheme. It would avoid...

Headline: "Clinton targets assault weapons"

12:10am Monday, March 30, 2009
"Lawful gun owners have nothing to fear...I think people can take me at my word." - President-elect Barack Obama, just weeks before his inauguration. By Chad D. Baus No, that isn't a headline from a decade ago. Thanks to 52.9% of American voters, including some supposedly pro-gun individuals who bought into the line that a former Joyce Foundation board member could be pro-Second Amendment, Barack...

The Obama Administration is Not Dealing Straight With Us on Mexico's Gun Problem

12:05am Monday, March 30, 2009
You and I Can't Buy the Guns Mexican Cartels Own By Ralph Weller Let's set things straight right up front. Yes, some guns are being smuggled into Mexico from the U.S. Most are handguns. But, handguns are being illegally trafficked from state to state and from the U.S. to Canada. It should come as no surprise that guns are smuggled into Mexico. But, the problem being portrayed by the U.S. media...

Who ordered the troops' descent onto mainstreet America?

12:10am Thursday, March 26, 2009
By Jim Shepherd When an lone gunman went on a murder spree in the sleepy little town of Samson, Alabama on March 10, it didn't take long for the 5-officer police department to be overwhelmed. When the enormity of the act started to sink in, the town put out the call for help from all the police departments in the area. Now, an inquiry is underway to determine just who called for - or authorized...

Where the blame for Mexico's illegal guns problem really lies

12:10am Wednesday, March 25, 2009
By Jeff Riley In his article "Mexico's drug violence is hard on Arizona" , Washington Post columnist George Will is one of the latest columnists to repeat the myth that American gun stores along the border are the main source for Mexico's drug cartels. Mr. Will is late to the party and misinformed. This meme started appearing as far back as the summer of 2008 when the Los Angeles Times started...

Gun rights protected by one court ruling; attacked by another

12:10am Monday, March 23, 2009
Two recent court rulings have had opposite effects on the Second Amendment. On Thursday, May 19, the Illinois Supreme Court dismissed yet another reckless lawsuit aimed at putting firearms manufacturers out of business. That same day, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, a Clinton appointee, issued a preliminary injunction that blocked a rule enacted by President George W. Bush allowing...

Obama secretly ends program that let pilots carry guns

12:10am Friday, March 20, 2009
This editorial originally appeared in the Washington Times . Republished with permission. After the September 11 attacks, commercial airline pilots were allowed to carry guns if they completed a federal-safety program. No longer would unarmed pilots be defenseless as remorseless hijackers seized control of aircraft and rammed them into buildings. Now President Obama is quietly ending the federal...

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