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BREAKING: Oklahoma Governor Unexpectedly Vetoes “Shall Issue” Bill for NFA Items

Wed, 04/30/2014 - 15:16
It’s a day of unexpected executive actions by governors today. Earlier we reported that Georgia’s governor had unexpectedly signed a bill into law that allows campus carry and now we know thatOklahoma’s Governor, Mary Fallin, unexpectedly vetoed a popular gun bill today. HB 2461 would have made it a requirement for chief law enforcement officers […]

BREAKING: GA Governor Signs Campus Carry Bill Into Law

Wed, 04/30/2014 - 13:31
HB 826 in Georgia is a bill meant to clear up some zero tolerance policies in schools. You know those situations that resulted in some students who made honest mistakes with pocket knives, or a hunting rifle mistakenly being left in cars ruining a child’s education career. However, due to some interesting language contained within […]

Anti-Gun Group in New York Calls for Microstamping Law and Storage Requirements

Wed, 04/30/2014 - 11:07
See? This is why you don’t give up one millimeter of your rights. Once the anti-gun crowd see that they can get legislation passed they keep pushing for more and more. In this case, New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, bolstered by last year’s passage of the SAFE Act, one of the most extreme set of […]

Slide Fire Design Director Trolls Moms Demand Action Founder Shannon Watts

Wed, 04/30/2014 - 09:45
Poor Shannon Watts, she just can’t catch a break this week. Between being confronted by Dana Loesch, getting caught at an unflattering angle on camera by Guns.com, and now getting trolled by a company her organization is certainly no fan of. Slide Fire Design Director Todd Kauranen posed with Watts for a photo before revealing […]

[Video] Armed Citizen Captures Would be Purse Snatchers at Gunpoint in Texas

Tue, 04/29/2014 - 16:29
The local media in Houston, TX is calling this armed citizen an armed good Samaritan, and rightly so. The man interjected himself into a robbery in progress in order to protect a mother and her children from two would be robbers. As seen on a local business’s security cameras, two assailants in a vehicle attempted […]

“No Guns” Sign Prominently Displayed During News Report Covering Today’s FedEx Shooting

Tue, 04/29/2014 - 14:24
If you followed today’s shooting at a FedEx facility in Georgia in which six people were injured and the shooter was killed, you might have noticed something ironic in the parking lot of the building. As you can see in the screenshot above, the building is a gun free zone. In Georgia, signs don’t hold […]

Left Wing “Daily Kos” Compared NRA Convention to Nazi Rally

Tue, 04/29/2014 - 12:10
From Wikipedia: Godwin’s law (or Godwin’s Rule of Nazi Analogies) is an Internet adage asserting that “As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1″ —​ that is, if an online discussion (regardless of topic or scope) goes on long enough, sooner or later someone will compare someone […]

Pentagon to Destroy $1 Billion of Ammunition

Tue, 04/29/2014 - 03:20
The details on this are a little sketchy at the moment, but I’m going to say that destroying $1 billion of munitions seems, oh, maybe just a tad bit wasteful to me. According to a USA Today report, the Pentagon is set to do just that. Over $1 billion of munitions will be destroyed, despite […]

Bloomberg’s Anti-Gun Groups Paid For Protestors to Attend Protest at NRA Convention

Tue, 04/29/2014 - 03:08
Once again, I don’t think Michael Bloomberg really understands what grassroots means (see my Youtube video on the subject at the bottom of this post). According to a report on BuzzFeed, Bloomberg’s anti-gun groups, including the newly formed “Everytown for Gun Safety” had to foot the bill in order to get just a few hundred […]

[Video] Kids Playing With Nerf Guns Issued Citations by Police

Mon, 04/28/2014 - 16:42
WAUSAU, Wisconsin – I guess it’s a good thing I’m not growing up now or I’d be getting cited by the police for playing with Nerf guns on a daily basis. According to local media reports, a group of teens were having a “Nerf War”, that is shooting Nerf guns at each other in their […]

BREAKING: TX Student Armed With Rifle, Two Handguns Arrested After His Parents Raised Red Flag

Mon, 04/28/2014 - 14:40
According to local media reports, a student at Madison High School in San Antonio, TX was arrested with an AK-47 style rifle, a .45 handgun and a .22 handgun at the school. The arrest occurred after the student’s parents raised the alarm with school officials. The parents came to the school, confronted their son and […]

[Video] Over 40 People Shot in One Weekend in Gun Control Capital of Chicago… Again

Mon, 04/28/2014 - 14:17
This is the third weekend in 2014 in which over 30 people were shot in Chicago, IL. Of course, outside of local media, we’re not hearing too much about this. If a man armed with an AR15 went a shooting spree over the course of a weekend through town, hitting 30 people in the process, […]

[Video] Milwaukee Sheriff David A Clarke at NRA Meetings – “Keep Your Hands Off Our Guns, Dammit!”

Mon, 04/28/2014 - 13:12
Milwaukee County, WI Sheriff David A Clarke has been a strong, pro Second Amendment voice over the last 18 months since the most recent assault on our rights began in early in 2013. The sheriff famously told his constituents that they shouldn’t rely on law enforcement for protection and should protect themselves with firearms. Since […]

Florida Critical Alert: Sheriffs Still Attacking Second Amendment Rights

Mon, 04/28/2014 - 12:28
The following story is reprinted from the NRA-ILA and the United Sportsmen of Florida (USF). On Wednesday, April 30, 2014, SB-296 by Senator Jeff Brandes will be heard on the Senate Floor. The Senate needs to substitute the House bill, HB-209 and pass it without amendments. SB-296 Mandatory Evacuation is the Senate version of HB-209 […]

[Video] Homeowner in Mobile, AL Shoots and Kills Would Be Home Invader

Sun, 04/27/2014 - 23:32
This story highlights the need to be prepared for violent crime at any time of the day. At 9am, many people are either already at work, or getting ready to leave their home and start their day. This period of transition presents opportunity for criminals. In Mobile, AL a suspected burglar attempted to make entry […]

[Video] Home Invader Calls Police Himself After Meeting Up With Armed Homeowner

Sun, 04/27/2014 - 23:15
The most terrifying thing a criminal can face is an armed citizen. In this case, a suspected home invader ended up having to call the cops himself after just such an encounter. A man armed with a large metal pipe assaulted and attempted to enter a Mountain Park, Oklahoma home. Fortunately, the homeowner was armed […]

BREAKING: Moms Demand Action Comm Director Acknowledges Moms Execs Have Armed Security

Sat, 04/26/2014 - 20:49
A little do as I say not as I do? Pretty much par for the course for the anti-gun side of things. Erika Soto Lamb, Comms director for Everytown for Gun Safety (includes Mayors Against Illegal Guns and Moms Demand Action), responded to a tweet from pro-gun journalist Dana Loesch on Twitter and acknowledged something […]

Shannon Watts on Moms Demand Action – “We’re Not Anti-Gun, We Support the Second Amendment”

Sat, 04/26/2014 - 19:10
Apparently Moms Demand Action founder and Bloomberg lackey Shannon Watts is just doing interviews at the NRA Meetings in Indianapolis. In a statement made on camera to Guns.com, Watts says that Moms Demand Action is not anti-gun and that they support the Second Amendment. I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t categorize Moms Demand Action as being […]

Louisiana Legislature Set to Hear Up to Three Pro-Gun Bills This Session

Sat, 04/26/2014 - 11:01
The following story is via the NRA-ILA, This week, the Louisiana Senate Natural Resources Committee unanimously passed House Bill 186. Sponsored by state Representative Cameron Henry (R-Metairie), NRA-supported HB 186 would allow for the use of lawfully-owned suppressors while hunting game animals. In 2011, the Louisiana Legislature legalized the use of these devices for hunting […]

Bloomberg’s “Everytown” Loses High Profile Advisor Just Days After Launch of Group

Sat, 04/26/2014 - 10:45
Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun Safety has already lost a high profile advisor to the anti-gun group, and it was one that Bloomberg was hoping would bring some moderates and conservatives into the mix – former Republican Governor Tom Ridge. According to statement’s made by Ridge’s spokesperson to the Daily Caller, “When I signed on as […]

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