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May sees 11.4% increase in firearms sales checks over same month last year; 12th straight month over month increase

3:00pm Wednesday, June 08, 2011
The May 2011 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 696,947 is an increase of 11.4 percent over the NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 625,763 in May 2010. For comparison, the unadjusted May 2011 NICS figure of 1,219,872 is an increase of 20.8 percent over the unadjusted NICS figure of 1,009,818 in May 2010. This marks the 12th straight month-over-month...

FBI data proves anti-gunners wrong on crime

7:00am Wednesday, June 01, 2011
Preliminary crime data from the FBI for 2010 adds more evidence that gun prohibitionists have been consistently wrong, and that more guns do not equal more crime, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. According to the FBI, all four violent crime offense categories show declines nationwide for 2010, with murder and manslaughter down 4.4 percent from 2009, robbery...

Victim of an on-campus rape publicly shares the story of her horrific attack, fights to overturn campus carry bans

7:00am Thursday, May 26, 2011
[Editor's Note: The following article should take on a whole new meaning for people in the Buckeye State when they consider that the Ohio State (University) Police are currently investigating five possible rapes on campus at OSU. ] by Chad D. Baus FOXNews.com recently reported that lawmakers across the country are debating whether universities should let students and faculty with permits carry...

Wal-Mart retailing giant resumes sales of rifles & shotguns at half of its stores

3:00pm Monday, May 23, 2011
by Chad D. Baus The Wall Street Journal reported recently that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is bringing back rifles, shotguns and ammunition to hundreds of U.S. stores as the hurting retail giant seeks to reinvigorate its one-stop shopping appeal and attract more male customers. From the article : The world's largest retailer stopped selling hunting rifles and bullets at all but a third of its U.S...

SAF challenges interstate handgun sales ban

3:00pm Friday, May 20, 2011
The Second Amendment Foundation [has] filed suit in U.S. District Court in Virginia challenging the constitutionality of federal and Virginia provisions barring handgun sales to non-residents. SAF is joined in the lawsuit by Michelle Lane, a District of Columbia resident who cannot legally purchase handguns because there are no retail firearms dealers inside the District. The Supreme Court's 2008...

Congressman Bob Gibbs Introduces the Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act

7:00am Friday, May 20, 2011
Seeks to close loophole limiting second amendment rights on over 7.6 million acres of federal land On May 12, Congressman Bob Gibbs (R-OH) introduced HR 1865, the Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act. "Today, I am proud to introduce HR 1865, the Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act and continue my commitment to preserve the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution," said Congressman Gibbs. "HR...

AG Holder: "I frankly don't know" how guns were allowed by the ATF to "walk" across the Mexican border

3:00pm Friday, May 13, 2011
According to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the Project Gunrunner program was intended to stop the alleged flow of guns to criminals in Mexico. That didn't happen. Instead, the program may have facilitated the illegal smuggling of thousands of those guns, some of which actually turned up at the murder scene of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in December 2010. As the probe...

April sees 15% increase in firearms sales checks over same month last year; 11th straight month over month increase

3:00pm Tuesday, May 10, 2011
The April 2011 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 843,484 is an increase of 15.2 percent over the NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 731,955 in April 2010. For comparison, the unadjusted April 2011 NICS figure of 1,339,673 is an increase of 9.2 percent over the unadjusted NICS figure of 1,226,760 in April 2010. This marks the eleventh straight month-over-...

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