National Politics

Firearms and Ammunition Excise Tax Improvement Act Moves Forward in the Senate

3:00pm Thursday, July 15, 2010
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), joined by Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and a bipartisan group of senators, offered the Firearms Fairness and Affordability Act of 2010 (S. 632) as an amendment (No. 4444) to the Small Business Lending Act (HR 5297), which is now pending in the Senate. Earlier this week, the House passed (412-6) the Firearms Excise Tax Improvement...

Buckeye Firearms Association endorses Rob Portman for U.S. Senate

7:00am Thursday, July 15, 2010
Buckeye Firearms Association (BFA) is pleased to announce our endorsement of Rob Portman for United States Senate in the 2010 general election. Portman previously served as a Congressman from the Ohio Second District, Director of the federal Office of Management and Budget, and also as Trade Director. His record on Second Amendment issues is solid. Portman voted for the "Protection of Lawful...

An open letter to our partners in Second Amendment victory

7:00am Friday, July 09, 2010
Dear BFA Supporters, Recently the Supreme Court of the United States, in McDonald v Chicago, ruled that the Second Amendment applies to the states and cities. For the first time, our highest court has "incorporated" the Second Amendment through the 14th Amendment. No matter what anyone may tell you, understand that this was a HUGE win for gun owners, and those who believe in the rule of law, our...

SAF sues to overturn North Carolina's 'Emergency Powers' gun bans

3:00pm Tuesday, July 06, 2010
The Second Amendment Foundation on Monday [June 28] filed a federal lawsuit in North Carolina, seeking a permanent injunction against the governor, local officials and local governments from declaring states of emergency under which private citizens are prohibited from exercising their right to bear arms. Joining SAF in this lawsuit are Grass Roots North Carolina - the state's leading gun rights...

An important battle is won in Chicago, but the war on gun rights still rages

7:00am Tuesday, July 06, 2010
by Gerard Valentino After way too many years, the day of liberation for Chicago's law-abiding citizens is finally at hand. In a long-anticipated ruling, the United States Supreme Court struck down the long-standing Chicago ban on firearm possession and returned a fundamental right to the citizens. Now, just as the Founding Fathers envisioned, law-abiding Chicagoans can defend their homes and...

NRA Opposed To Kagan Nomination To U.S. Supreme Court

7:00am Friday, July 02, 2010
Joint Statement by Wayne LaPierre, NRA Executive Vice President & CEO, and Chris Cox, Executive Director of NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action There may be no vote a United States Senator casts that is more important than a vote to confirm a nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court. Now that the Court has clearly stated that the Second Amendment is a fundamental, individual right that applies to...

The Uninvited Ombudsman Report, No. 87 - DISCLOSE Democrats Deviousness

3:00pm Thursday, July 01, 2010
Taken from the most recent "Page Nine", Alan Korwin's "The Uninvited Ombudsman Report" -------- 1- L.A.Times Gun Truth The lamestream media told you: The L.A. Times "Homicide Blog" since 2007 clearly shows who's getting murdered. All 740 of them. It's not "gun violence," it's social violence for one tiny class of people. Guess who. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126853039...

NRA First Vice-President speaks out on H.R. 5175, the so-called "DISCLOSE ACT"

7:00am Thursday, July 01, 2010
by David Keene I have been an NRA Board member for some years and currently serve as NRA's First Vice-President - that you may know. What you may not know is that I have been in the forefront of the fight against liberal attempts to tilt the political playing field their way for decades through what they like to call campaign finance reform. This is a battle that began in the seventies when I put...

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