Barely 24 hours after I revealed video showing President Barack Obama tied directly to Project Gunrunner, a member of the House Homeland Security Committee is demanding answers from Attorney General Eric Holder and Acting ATF Director Kenneth E. Melson about reports that the Department of Justice and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives [...]
Congressman Demands Answers About Gun Ops (Update)
July 12th, 2011 · 1 Comment
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Constitution Gives Individuals Right to Bear Arms
January 18th, 2010 · 2 Comments
This morning, a reader shared a link to a USA TODAY online poll in which readers are asked to answer the question, “Does the Second Amendment give individuals the right to bear arms?” It was not until after I clicked “Yes” that I noticed the poll had been online for approximately 26 months. The results: [...]
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Stats Reveal Truth: Guns Don’t Cause Crime (Update)
December 22nd, 2009 · 6 Comments
A ten percent drop in murders during the first six months of this year at a time when gun sales were up dramatically is more proof that there is no correlation between gun ownership and violent crime, say officials with the Second Amendment Foundation. The FBI released data Monday that shows murders dropped by 10 [...]
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Pregnancy Equals Prison for US Troops in Iraq (Update)
December 21st, 2009 · 3 Comments
For both male and female soldiers in Iraq, pregnancy is a punishable offense. Early last month, Army Maj. Gen. Tony Cucolo (left) issued General Order #1 as a means of informing those assigned to his Multi-National Division North (a.k.a., “Task Force Marne”) that becoming pregnant — or assisting in the effort — is one of [...]
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Today’s Trial Lawyers Would Have Loved This Ad
November 30th, 2009 · No Comments
Imagine what life in 1913 would have been like if the trial lawyer army that exists today was around back then. For starters, newspaper advertisements like the one Iver Johnson’s Arms & Cycle Works ran (above) would have led to thousands — or, perhaps, millions — of product liability lawsuits. That, however, was another day [...]
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State of Discontent Spurs Boom in Gun Sales
February 3rd, 2009 · No Comments
I think it would be funny if, one day soon, the economy turned around and credit for the turn-around went to those folks then-candidate Barack Obama described as “bitter” folks who “cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them.” With President Obama in the White House, anything is possible, right? [...]
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Is Inflation About to Slap the Economy?
January 25th, 2009 · No Comments
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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