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[Video] Popular Web Comic Cyanide and Happiness Pokes Fun at Gun Owners

Fri, 03/21/2014 - 02:41
Cyanide and Happiness is one of the oldest, most popular and well recognized webcomics on the net with millions of unique visitors each month and subscribers to their Youtube channel. I’ve actually been a near daily reader myself for a couple of years now. Recently, the webcomic focused their sights on gun owners (their sights […]

From the UK: Axe and Gun Wielding Gangs Roam the Streets on Mopeds… Yeah

Fri, 03/21/2014 - 02:02
It’s like Mad Max… except with mopeds and little axes… and it’s in London… it’s basically the same thing. The UK is often touted as being the pinnacle of a gun free culture. Even many police officers in the UK don’t carry guns (although more and more police units are nowadays). However, terrible things do […]

Middle Schooler Suspended For Taking Razor Away From Student Who Was Cutting Himself

Fri, 03/21/2014 - 01:51
This one isn’t directly gun related, but it’s yet another story that highlights the anti-weapon hysteria that is sweeping our public schools. In this case, a 6th grade girl, Adrionna Harris, has been suspended because she took a razor blade away from another student was using it to cut himself and threw it away. The […]

Colorado Public School Students Take Field Trip to Shooting Range, Practice Live Fire With Appleseed

Fri, 03/21/2014 - 00:51
Well, this story is certainly a welcome surprise amidst a sea of other stories about zero tolerance and other public school nonsense. It looks like a public school in Pueblo County, CO took a group of middle school students on a field trip to a local shooting range. Once there they got live fire instruction […]

BREAKING: GA Passes “Most Extreme Pro-Gun Bill in the Country”

Thu, 03/20/2014 - 22:32
This bill was actually called “the most extreme gun bill in the country” by Mom’s Demand Action and other anti-gun groups, so you know it has to be good. First off, a big shout out the grassroots organization GeorgiaCarry.org. Their work over the last two years made the passage of this bill possible. Just yesterday […]

White House Confirms Executive Order Affects Entire Russian Arms Industry

Thu, 03/20/2014 - 14:01
The other day we reported that a press release issued by President Obama might affect the Russian arms/ammo industries. Many people said it would not. However it’s pretty clear based on the wording of the EO that it could. Here is the wording of the EO, Section 1. (a) All property and interests in property […]

City to Shooting Range: Get Rid of NRA Membership Requirement or Get Out

Thu, 03/20/2014 - 11:37
A gun club in Colorado that has been in existence for over 60 years finds itself between a rock and a hard place. Recently, the club changed its rules to require all members to also be members of the NRA. The move was made so that the club would be eligible for certain grants and […]

NRA Wins Court Case, Expands Carry Rights in Public Housing

Thu, 03/20/2014 - 11:19
The following is republished from the NRA-ILA. Fairfax, Va. – Yesterday the Delaware Supreme Court found in the case Jane Doe v. Wilmington Housing Authority that the Wilmington Housing Authority’s (WHA) gun ban amongst its tenants, which denied these public housing residents their fundamental Second Amendment rights, is unconstitutional. The National Rifle Association has supported […]

Why is a GOP Super Majority State Like Georgia Having Trouble Passing Pro-Gun Bills?!

Thu, 03/20/2014 - 04:32
The situation in Georgia is certainly interesting. Many outside observers probably wonder why a state with a GOP super majority in both houses of the legislature as well as a Republican governor and lt. governor is having such a hard time expanding gun rights in the peach state. Many within the state are also wondering […]

[Video] Homeowner Captures Teenage Female Burglar at Gunpoint

Thu, 03/20/2014 - 04:19
A 16 year old would be burglar is probably realizing her life choices as well relationship choices aren’t playing out too well right now. The girl was held at gunpoint by a homeowner after he found her and a male companion trespassing in his garage. The male fled as the homeowner opened fire on him, […]

[Video] Arizona Homeowner Shoots One of Three Armed Home Invaders With a Shotgun

Thu, 03/20/2014 - 04:11
A homeowner in Apache Junction, AZ was forced to make a quick decision when he decided to fire a shotgun blast through a door to his home. The homeowner wasn’t shooting blind though, when he heard a commotion at his backdoor, he checked a security camera that offered a view of the outside of the […]

Montana Homeowner Shoots and Kills Late Night Intruder Who Broke in Through Window

Thu, 03/20/2014 - 04:03
A homeowner in Montana had to use deadly force to defend his home earlier this week. According to local media reports, a homeowner in Corvallis was woken up around 4am by noises in his home. Fearing someone may have been in his home, the homeowner armed himself with a handgun and went to investigate. As […]

Gov. Terry McAuliffe Vetoes Pro Gun Rights Bill in Virginia

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 14:09
Well, who didn’t see this one coming? I guess Michael Bloomberg is finally seeing a return on investment after propping up Terry McAuliffe’s campaign in Virginia. According to the Virginia Pilot, McAuliffe has vetoed HB962. The bill would have clarified VA law to allow people without carry permits to keep loaded firearms in their cars. […]

Michigan Passes Several NRA Sponsored, Pro-Gun Bills

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 12:06
The following is via the NRA-ILA. Charlotte, NC - The Firearms Records Confidentiality Package, consisting of House Bill 4155, House Bill 5324, House Bill 5325, House Bill 5326, House Bill 5327 and House Bill 5328, passed overwhelmingly in the Michigan House of Representatives.  These bills will now be sent to the state Senate for its consideration. HB 4155, sponsored by state Representative Aric […]

Gun Tattoo Prompts Police to Raid Man’s Property With Semi Auto Rifles

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:41
Well, here we have another story of the weird. Apparently, a man in Norridgewock, Maine found himself face to face with police armed with semi-auto rifles after a man with a gun call. According to the Morning Sentinel, NORRIDGEWOCK — Michael Smith went outside shirtless after being awakened Tuesday morning, yelling at a tree removal […]

POLL: What’s Your Favorite Caliber For Everyday Carry?

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 04:47
This one if just for fun. Check out the poll at the bottom of this post and let us know what your favorite caliber for everyday carry is. Are you a fan of pocket pistols? Double stack autos? Old school wheel guns? Capacity or firepower? I’m sure someone carries a random caliber that I forgot […]

BREAKING: GA Senate Pass Massive Pro-Gun Bill

Tue, 03/18/2014 - 22:06
The GA Senate, in a late night session, passed HB60, the massive pro-gun bill in GA. The bill was previously HB875, but the Senate gutted the bill and watered it down in committee, before it reached the senate floor. In order to counteract this process, the House attached the full language to a bill, HB60, […]

SC Pub Calls Gun Owners Losers, Douchebags On Their “No Guns” Sign

Tue, 03/18/2014 - 11:40
This can’t be considered sound business practices. If you want to prohibit something on your private property, go ahead, it’s your property. However, you probably don’t want to offend an estimated 100 million Americans in the process. The Backstreets Pub in Clemson South Carolina apparently posted the sign pictured below outside of their establishment. If […]

[Video] Oklahoma Sheriffs Walk Out of State Capitol After Being Asked to Disarm

Tue, 03/18/2014 - 11:14
Some anti-gun politicians are seriously over the top with their irrational fear of guns. Apparently, so much so, that they can’t be in the same building with armed individuals, even when those individuals are county sheriffs. According to KTUL, nearly 40 sheriffs walked out of the state capitol after being asked to disarm because an […]

[Video] New Yorkers Burn Thousands of Gun Registration Forms in Protest

Tue, 03/18/2014 - 10:25
Dozens of New Yorkers showed up to a protest in Saratoga Springs, NY to protest the registration component of New York’s SAFE Act. The protestors burned gun registration forms in protest of the law. Residents of New York who own firearms designated as “assault weapons” are being forced to register them with the state ahead […]

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