National Politics

Op-Ed: We know how to stop school shootings

3:00pm Thursday, December 27, 2012
by Ann Coulter In the wake of a monstrous crime like a madman's mass murder of defenseless women and children at the Newtown, Conn., elementary school, the nation's attention is riveted on what could have been done to prevent such a massacre. Luckily, some years ago, two famed economists, William Landes at the University of Chicago and John Lott at Yale, conducted a massive study of multiple...

Amidst Tragedy, Logic and Reason Must Prevail

3:00pm Wednesday, December 26, 2012
by Tim Inwood Like all of you I was reeling for days over the horror of what happened in Newtown, Connecticut. The victims for the most part were so young, so innocent. There is no reason to bother to try to rationalize what this lunatic did as it was evil and insane. As a parent my deepest sympathies and condolences go out to the families suffering at what should have been a happy time of year...

Moving forward: If more gun control laws are not the answer, what is?

7:00am Wednesday, December 26, 2012
by Jim Irvine The sorrow over the killing of 27 people, including 20 elementary school children, in Newtown, Connecticut has started to change to anger. Typically, pro-gun and anti-gun forces are digging in their heels for the fight ahead. But we owe it to those children and their families to learn from the failures that allowed so many innocent people to be slaughtered. President Obama stated...

Arming teachers – Protecting precious people with guns is already a generally accepted practice

7:00am Monday, December 24, 2012
by Jim Irvine In the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary school shootings, multiple people have suggested that we must look at arming teachers. This is met by skepticism and thoughts that this approach is radical or politically unattainable. The reality is that it’s already an accepted idea. Each of our Presidents and former presidents are protected by people with guns. We do that because they are...

Transcript of NRA Press Conference: "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun."

1:17pm Friday, December 21, 2012
WAYNE LAPIERRE The National Rifle Association's 4 million mothers, fathers, sons and daughters join the nation in horror, outrage, grief and earnest prayer for the families of Newtown, Connecticut … who suffered such incomprehensible loss as a result of this unspeakable crime. Out of respect for those grieving families, and until the facts are known, the NRA has refrained from comment. While some...

Op-Ed: Guns, Mental Illness and Newtown

7:00am Thursday, December 20, 2012
There were 18 random mass shootings in the 1980s, 54 in the 1990s, and 87 in the 2000s. by David Kopel Has the rate of random mass shootings in the United States increased? Over the past 30 years, the answer is definitely yes. It is also true that the total U.S. homicide rate has fallen by over half since 1980, and the gun homicide rate has fallen along with it. Today, Americans are safer from...

Across the nation and around the world: BFA brings facts to an extremely emotional nation following Connecticut killings

7:00am Wednesday, December 19, 2012
by Chad D. Baus In the wake of the Auroro, CO "no-guns" theater shooting, Buckeye Firearms Association published an article entitled " How long is too long to wait to defend the Second Amendment? ," in which we discussed the dilemma we face each time another deranged lunatic decides to murder as many people as they can in a "no-guns" zone. In the article, I outlined how the media and gun control...

Op-Ed: I am Adam Lanza’s Mother

3:00pm Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Friday's horrific national tragedy, the murder of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, has ignited a new discussion on violence in America. Liza Long, a writer based in Boise, says it's easy to talk about guns. But it's time to talk about mental illness. by Liza Long Three days before 20 year-old Adam Lanza killed his mother, then opened fire on a...

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