SureFire’s E2D LED Defender Ultra Now Available
The SureFire E2D LED Defender Ultra is now available. It now produces 500 Lumens on its high setting, and still features our Crenellated Strike Bezel® for when 500 lumens is not enough. Read more
Category: Self Defense
CCRKBA Says Coburn Amendment Made Sense, Blasts Senate
BELLEVUE, WA – A proposal by Sen. Tom Coburn to expand gun rights made sense, and Senate anti-gunners who opposed the measure should be held accountable by voters, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said Thursday.
Sen. Coburn’s proposal would have allowed armed private citizens to legally carry firearms on Army Corps of Engineers lands in states where carrying firearms for personal safety is already legal. The vote was 56-43, four votes shy of a required 60-vote threshold. Read more
Firearms Industry Praises Carter for Introducing Secure Firearms Act
NEWTOWN, CT — The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry, today praised U.S. Rep. John R. Carter (R-31, Texas) for his introduction of the bipartisan Secure Firearms Act. Read more
NSSF Dumps Reed, SHOT Management Still Undecided
The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms industry, today announced that it has reached an agreement with Reed Exhibitions to terminate the agreement the parties had for the management of the SHOT Show®. Accordingly, effective immediately, Reed Exhibitions will no longer be manager and producer of the SHOT Show. Read more
CCRKBA: Data Conflicts with Gun Control Rhetoric
BELLEVUE, WA – Newly-released data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) proves that more guns in private hands do not lead to more murders, and a Pew Research study showing widespread ignorance of this fact suggests that the public has been misled, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. Read more
Gun Crime Down. Period.
11,101 FATAL AND 467,300 NONFATAL FIREARM VICTIMIZATIONS OCCURRED IN 2011
WASHINGTON–Firearm-related homicides declined 39 percent and nonfatal firearm crimes declined 69 percent from 1993 to 2011, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. Firearm-related homicides dropped from 18,253 homicides in 1993 to 11,101 in 2011, and nonfatal firearm crimes dropped from 1.5 million victimizations in 1993 to 467,300 in 2011. Read more
Pincus Attacked by Anti-Gunners for Home Defense Advice
NRA speaker Rob Pincus is under heavy fire for remarks made at the National Rifle’s Association’s Annual Meeting last week when he suggested putting gun safes in kids’ bedrooms. The comments and video were picked up by The Huffington Post and The Blaze.
Even Bette Midler got in the bashing, calling Pincus an “idiot” via Twitter.
In the video, Pincus said there would be some “emotional pushback” to his suggestion, but also stated that there is “absolutely nothing wrong with staging the gun where you’re most likely to barricade” during an intrusion.
The video of the complete statement can be seen HERE.
Rob spoke six times during the three-day event, with over 3,000 attendees in total.
Beretta Unveils Newest Pistol This Morning
At the 142nd NRA Annual Meetings and Exhibits in Houston, Texas today, Italian firearm legend Fabbrica D’Armi Pietro Beretta announced their newest pistol innovation featuring integral laser and light technologies furnished by LaserMax. Chambered in .380 ACP, the Beretta Pico™ can be modified to .32 ACP with a simple barrel replacement. In fact, every element of the pistol was designed for user customization, from the frame to the quick-change dovetail sights. Read more
SAF Wins Permanent Injunction in Illinois
BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation has won a permanent injunction against the Warren County, Ill. Housing Authority’s ban on the possession of firearms by residents or guests. Read more
Environmentalist Attacked by Bear, Fights Back with Tripod
An Alaskan wildlife biologist and his family escaped harm, after getting into a scuffle with a crazed bear. Funny, no bear spray and no gun. I guess not all widllife biologists graduate at the top of their class. Details are here…