Bob McCarty Writes

Seventy-five percent of Americans believe the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right of an average citizen to own a gun, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey* of 1,000 adults conducted Feb. 27-28.
Just 14 percent say gun ownership is not a constitutional right, and 11 percent are not sure.
Of those with a gun-owner in [...]

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Responding to Attorney General Eric Holder’s comment yesterday that the Obama Administration will attempt to reinstate a ban against semi-automatic rifles, the National Shooting Sports Foundation reminded Congress and all Americans that such a ban would cause jobs to be lost in a difficult economy, have no effect on reducing crime and would deprive millions [...]

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The New York Times appears to be at it again, publishing false information Sunday about gun crimes in the form of an article, The Virginia Tech Betrayal.  Fortunately, the folks at the National Rifle Association are able to correct the record and prove that the clowns at the “newspaper of record” are wrong.
The first two [...]

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The 24th Annual Gun Rights Policy Conference (a.k.a., “GRPC 2009″) will take place in St. Louis Sept. 25-27, offering gun rights advocates their once-a-year chance to network and get involved with pro-gun rights strategies for the coming year.
Past GRPCs have outlined victory plans and made public the latest firearms trends, according to the Second Amendment [...]

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I’m not an economist, but I do share an interest in the health of this nation’s economy.  When I saw the chart above, produced by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, I couldn’t help but notice the blue line near the right margin of the chart.  Going straight up, the line signals a sizable [...]

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