Outdoor commentary and legislative issues.
President Obama is committed to more gun control but in his own words the push will be “under the radar.” There are plenty of examples and John Lott’s article points out how he intends to do it. Read more here…
H.R. 2055—the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2012—has been passed by the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate and has been sent to the President for his expected signature. This bill contains three NRA-backed provisions that will strengthen our Second Amendment rights and prohibit your federal tax dollarsfrom being used to advance an anti-gun agenda. Read more
Smyrna, Tenn. – A 10-year old school boy is in big trouble for waving a piece of pizza around during lunch at school, because it looked like a gun. Now he is relegated to the “silent table” for the rest of the semester. Bad boy! Read more here…
“It is time to revive the ban on assault weapons,” and Jackson bemoans the fact that “more Americans now own a gun on their property than any time since 1993, and for the first time, a majority of Americans are against a ban on assault rifles and semiautomatics.”
It’s hard to tell where this rebel without a real job gets his figures, but it figures. Never mind the fact that semi-automatic firearms are more prevalent than ever before, our nation’s murder rate is at a 47-year low, having decreased 52 percent since 1991.
If anyone doesn’t think governmnet doesn’t over-regulate just about everything, consider this case. A young lady has an embossed likeness of a pistol displayed on the outside of her purse is prevented from flying. It’s a felony according to TSA officials.
Gun-control advocates have lost a mouthpiece. At least he’s been given a “timeout” – bigtime. A Colorado sheriff, Patrick Sullivan now sits in the jail named after – wait for it – himslelf! Seems he got caught dealing meth.
Above the Law: Patrick Sullivan
For 18 years, his rights were above ours. Sherrif Grayson Robinson had this statement on the case:
“The criminal investigation into this matter was initiated on Nov. 17, after several individuals presented credible information that provided probable cause to believe that Sullivan may be involved in the distribution and use of methamphetamine.”
Montgomery, Alabama – Police were nearby when a man with two pistols went postal in the city’s main post office.
This whole incident just doesn’t make sense to me. I mean, it’s against the law to be armed at the post office, isn’t it?
Maybe we just need to go armed when we visit these “gun-free” zones.
An interesting case is moving forward which challenges the U.S. Postal Service’s authority to ban guns in post offices.
Hmmm, and where did that term “going postal” originate? If ever a law-abiding citizen may need protection, it’s on or near the post office.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_19423472
How prophetic is the above? Find out here… For whatever reasons, this current episode of postal shootings is nothing new. Neither is government’s role in perpetuating the myth that gun-free zones make any sense whatsoever.
BELLEVUE, WA – A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction against enforcement by the City of Omaha, Nbreaks of an ordinance that prohibits legal non-citizens from registering handguns in the city, in a case brought by the Second Amendment Foundation, the Nebraska Firearms Owners Association and Armando Pliego Gonzalez. Read more
BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of California’s ban on so-called “assault weapons,” claiming that the statute is “vague and ambiguous” in its definition of assault weapons, leading to the arrest of a California man on two different occasions.
SAF is joined in the lawsuit, which was filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, by the CalGuns Foundation and Brendan John Richards, an honorably-discharged Marine and Iraq war veteran, who was arrested and jailed in May 2010 and August 2011. Read more