National Politics

D.C. Gun Ban Update: Mayor Fenty petitions for en banc hearing

By Tim Inwood "The District of Columbia and Mayor Adrian Fenty respectfully petition this Court for rehearing en banc " With these words the Mayor of Washington D.C. launches his challenge to the D.C. Circuit Court's ruling in Parker vs. Washington D.C. , made on March 9,2007. For those of us who have fought hard to restore our Second Amendment rights, the Parker ruling was a stunning victory...

FLASHBACK: VT student implores officials to allow self-defense; gets rebuffed

The April 16 massacre wasn't the first shooting scare at Virginia Tech this college year. Nor are emerging questions over whether or not students should be allowed to bear arms for self-defense new. In August of 2006, an escaped jail inmate shot and killed a deputy sheriff and an unarmed security guard at a nearby hospital before the police caught him in the woods near the university. On August...

Might there be a pro-gun GOP Presidential contender after all?

Fred Thompson Gears Up By Chad D. Baus Gun owners disappointed by a bevy of Presidential front-runners in both the Democrat and Republican camps got a boost in recent weeks when former Senator Fred Thompson (R-Tenn) announced that he was considering a Presidential run. The Politico.com is reporting that the “Law & Order” actor has moved beyond pondering a bid for the White House and begun...

Op-Ed: Rudy Bumpo - Should Giuliani go hunting? How about asking the hunters?

By Geoffrey Norman National Review Online Rudolph Giuliani has a problem with guns. Seems that when he was cleaning up New York, Sheriff Giuliani took a hard line on hoglegs. ...As part of his campaign to make the streets safe, Giuliani’s administration sued 30 American arms manufacturers, and his police commissioner proposed a nationwide system of registration under which citizens would be...

Will you be Mitt Romney's cheap date?

Editor's Note 9/28/12 - Please see the following follow-up article, also by Mr. Baus - Recently discovered report forces the question: Do I owe Mitt Romney an apology? (This commentary has also been published at WorldNetDaily.com ) By Chad D. Baus Gun owners have been learning a great deal in recent weeks about the anti-gun record of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who is currently polling...

Op-Ed: Equal rights under the Second Amendment

March 29, 2007 Townhall.com By Ken Blackwell On March 9, a good thing happened for people living in the central and inner cities of America: the DC gun ban was declared unconstitutional. The blanket ban on all operational firearms - and every handgun even if that gun doesn't work - was struck down as unconstitutional by a federal appeals court. As a guy who lived in the projects, served as mayor...

Report: Congress Urged to Move Carefully on DC Gun Ban

CNSNews.com reported last week that attorneys representing six D.C. residents in the high-profile Second Amendment Parker case are warning that attempts by "well-meaning members of Congress" to repeal the 1976 Washington, D.C., gun ban could backfire by keeping the case out of the U.S. Supreme Court. From the story: "We appreciate that the Second Amendment's many friends in Congress want to...

Zumbo - Open Letter to U.S. Senate Opposing a Ban on ''Assault Weapons''

March 28, 2007 An Open Letter to the United States Senate Dear Honorable Ladies and Gentlemen: It recently came to my attention that one of your colleagues, Michigan Sen. Carl Levin, has chosen to attack firearms owners using remarks I wrote in mid-February as his launch pad. As you probably know, Sen. Levin has been making anti-gun speeches every week for the past eight years because of a...

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