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Morning Headlines Deliver Daunting News

March 18th, 2009 · 3 Comments

The headlines to which I awoke this morning are nothing if not daunting: Feds Undercut Ammo Supply — A recent government policy change has taken a bite out of the nation’s already stressed ammunition supply, leaving arms dealers scrambling to find ammo for private gun owners.  Observation: Makes one wonder what’s next in the assault [...]

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Rasmussen Reports: 75 Percent Believe U.S. Constitution Guarantees Right to Own Gun

March 5th, 2009 · 5 Comments

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 [...]

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Congress Reminded to Respect Gun Rights

February 26th, 2009 · No Comments

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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Constitutional Rights of Gun Owners in Jeopardy

February 15th, 2009 · 3 Comments

With five bills introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives so far this year, the Constitutional rights of gun owners are being threatened like never before in the 111th Congress. Ten days ago, I published a post, Democrats in Rush to Seize Guns with H.R. 45, about H.R. 45, a bill introduced by Rep. Bobby [...]

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‘Old Gray Lady’ on Wrong Side Gun of Control

February 9th, 2009 · No Comments

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 [...]

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Gun Rights Policy Conference Set for St. Louis

February 4th, 2009 · No Comments

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 [...]

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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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