National Politics

Op-Ed: Barack Obama's Bloodiest Scandal

3:00pm Monday, April 23, 2012
By Katie Pavlich Operation Fast and Furious is the deadliest and most sinister scandal in American history. A scandal so big, it's worse than Iran-Contra and makes Watergate look like a high school prank gone wrong. In the early days of the Obama Administration, President Obama claimed his goal was to stop the trafficking of guns from the United States into the hands of violent Mexican drug...

Second Amendment Foundation chalks up more legal victories

7:00am Monday, April 23, 2012
BELLEVUE, WA - A Federal District Court Judge in Massachusetts has granted summary judgment in a Second Amendment Foundation case challenging that state's denial of firearms licenses to permanent resident aliens. U.S. District Court Judge Douglas P. Woodcock concluded that "the Massachusetts firearms regulatory regime as applied to the individual plaintiffs, contravenes the Second Amendment." The...

Public opinion poll: "Most Americans back gun lobby, right to use deadly force"

7:00am Friday, April 20, 2012
by Chad D. Baus According to a recent news report, a Reuters/ Ipsos poll has found that most Americans support the right to use deadly force to protect themselves - even in public places - and have a favorable view of the National Rifle Association, the main gun-lobby group. From the article : The online survey showed that 68 percent, or two out of three respondents, had a favorable opinion of...

House Passes Historic Sportsman/Conservation Legislation

7:00am Thursday, April 19, 2012
by Jim Shepherd It seems appropriate on the 237th anniversary of Paul Revere's ride that we announce the House of Representatives' passage of a huge block of legislation known as the Sportsman's Heritage Act of 2012. H.R. 4089 is actually the compilation of four bills, all designed to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing and shooting: H.R. 1558 amends the Toxic...

Romney addresses attendees at NRA Annual Meetings; Members have concerns, but seem ready to support "anybody but Obama"

7:00am Wednesday, April 18, 2012
by Chad D. Baus Much to the dismay of two-thirds of GOP voters (who consistently voted against him throughout the primary), Rick Santorum's departure from the Republican primary last week all but locked up the nomination for Mitt Romney. Romney's poor record on the issue of gun rights is quite well-documented , though as a presidential candidate in 2008 and again in 2012 he has changed his tune...

Op-Ed: Campus commandos, or safer students?

7:00am Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Editor's Note: The following op-ed was originally published on April 11, 2012. Would conceal carry on campus prevent school shootings like Oikos? by David Lewis The Oikos University tragedy managed to occur just in time to coincide with the first day of the annual campus gun ban protest. Students this week will wear empty holsters to class to symbolically represent what they see as a...

NBC attack on Remington Arms Company glosses over key facts

7:00am Friday, April 13, 2012
by Jim Shepherd Reasonable doubt is a powerful thing. In a court of law, reasonable doubt is enough to compel a jury to issue a not guilty verdict. In the court of public opinion, however, reasonable doubt is enough to lead to a predisposition of guilt. That is a powerful distinction. It's a distinction not lost on the television professionals at NBC News. That distinction, coupled with a...

Armed American Radio's Mark Walters to President Obama: "If I had a son, he'd look like Brian Terry"

3:00pm Thursday, April 12, 2012
Mark Walters, host of nationally syndicated Armed American Radio opened the Easter Sunday broadcast with a bold comparison between Obama's concern about Trayvon Martin and slain Border Patrol Agent, Brian Terry. Armed American Radio is broadcast live from the Intelligent Talk 920 WGKA studios in Atlanta and syndicated nationally by Salem Radio Network.

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