Outdoor commentary and legislative issues.
STOCKTON, Calif. – Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), San Francisco Field Division Acting Special Agent in Charge Scot Thomasson announced Dennis William Estes and Kevin John Webber were arrested Friday morning in Stockton, California after conspiring to manufacture and sell firearms without a license to ATF undercover agents Friday, February 24. Read more
BELLEVUE, WA – While Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca advocates handing out driver’s licenses to illegal aliens, it would be nice if he applied the same liberal principle to the issuance of concealed carry permits, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. Read more
By Glen Wunderlich
Friday’s snowfall is sure to have the returning migratory birds second-guessing their programmer’s sanity for compelling them to return to their spring nesting grounds. If I could understand the calls of the sandhill cranes, I’m sure they’d be translated to HELP! For predators, however, it’ll be just another day of winter; for me, it means one more chance at a coyote after dark before nighttime hunting concludes March 1st. Read more
Last week, Mexican President Felipe Calderon unveiled a “billboard” near the U.S. border made of crushed firearms formed into the words, “No More Weapons!”
The Mexican government (aided by American media) has consistently claimed that their country’s crime problems are due, in large part, to the flow of firearms into Mexico from the U.S. This sentiment has been bolstered by the Obama administration
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With private firearm ownership at an all-time high and violent crime rates plunging across the nation, none of the scary scenarios they advanced has materialized. See why groups like the Brady Campaign have missed the target here…
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Gun-control advocates like The Brady Campaign have forever claimed that registration is a safety issue; their reasoning is simple: If a gun has been left at a crime scene and it was registered to the person who committed the crime, the registry will link the crime gun to the criminal. But, the criminals have proved to be smarter than the politicians and gun grabbers.
Despite spending $2.7 billion on creating and running a long-gun registry, Canadians never received any benefits from the liberal’s dream. The legislation to end the program finally passed the Parliament on Wednesday. Even though the country started registering long guns in 1998, the registry never solved a single murder.
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State Senator Mike Green of Mayville says a gun-law reform package will address ”gun-free zones”, reporting violations, and concealed pistol license application issues. More here…
Former New York Governor David Paterson has called on Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance to drop gun charges against Ryan Jerome, a former Marine who unwittingly violated the state’s tough gun laws.
Mr. Jerome visited New York City in September last year with jewelry that he intended to sell. He brought a gun for protection, believing that his Indiana concealed carry permit would be honored in New York. Instead, he was arrested for the first time in his life.