National Politics

U.S. Rep to U.N. Says Obama Wants Senate to Ratify Arms Treaty

3:00pm Wednesday, October 26, 2011
BELLEVUE, Wash. -- The Obama administration "is seeking advice and consent" for Senate ratification of an international small arms treaty, and also supports the inclusion of small arms in the UN Register of Conventional Arms, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms learned [recently]. The disclosure is found in the text of a statement to the First Committee of the 66th session...

Washington Times series: "Emily Gets Her Gun"

3:00pm Tuesday, October 25, 2011
The Washington Times is currently running an excellent series of articles entitled "Emily Gets Her Gun." The series follows senior editor Emily Miller as she legally tries to get her hands on a gun in the nation's capital, navigating the city bureaucracy and outdated rules in order to legally buy a firearm. The first installment of the series begins like this: I want a gun. I don't feel safe...

Watchdog Report: Humane Society of the United States Still Stiffing Nation’s Pet Shelters

7:00am Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Washington, DC – On October 19, HumaneWatch.org, a project of the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF), released its second 50-state report, "Not Your Local Humane Society," highlighting the failure of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) to significantly share its multi-million dollar budget with local hands-on animal shelters. HSUS's advertisements employ the images of...

Op-Ed: Michelle Obama’s Warning to Gun Owners

3:00pm Monday, October 24, 2011
At a recent fundraiser for her husband's re-election campaign, first lady Michelle Obama told her audience: "We stand at a fundamental crossroads for our country. You're here because you know that in just 13 months, we're going to make a choice that will impact our lives for decades to come...let's not forget what it meant when my husband appointed those two brilliant Supreme Court justices...let...

House passes Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act!

3:00pm Friday, October 21, 2011
Time to start Lobbying Your Senators Hard! By Jeff Knox This important legislation has been languishing in both houses of Congress for the past several years in spite of bi-partisan efforts to get it moving. The Senate version of the bill, sponsored by Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC), was passed out of the Judiciary Committee in 2009 and placed on the Senate Calendar under General Orders where it...

Holder appoints his own friendly fox to guard the ATF hen house

7:00am Thursday, October 20, 2011
by Jeff Knox Was the new Acting Director of ATF involved at the inception of the criminal gunwalking scandal known as Operation Fast & Furious? The appointment of B. Todd Jones as Acting Head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) hasn't caused much of a ripple – in the media or in the ATF. By most accounts Jones is a stand-up guy, ex-Marine, and in a refreshing...

U.S. House Committee Advances National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act

3:00pm Wednesday, October 19, 2011
[Last] week, the House Judiciary considered amendments to H.R. 822, the National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Bill, and defeated all anti-gun amendments offered in an effort to weaken or gut the legislation. The legislation is an important pro-gun reform that will provide for the recognition of carry permits in all states that issue permits. (For detailed information on the legislation, click here...

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