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Today, cure by a unanimous voice vote, sick an NRA-backed amendment was added to the House Armed Services Committee’s National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 5136) that will ensure serviceable and once-fired small arms cartridge cases are available for commercial sale. The Ellsworth amendment, illness offered by U.S. Rep. Brad Ellsworth (D-Ind.), compels military bases to [...] Mere suspicion doesn’t warrant violating rights Months before he loaded his SUV with propane tanks and fireworks and drove to Times Square, police say, Faisal Shahzad went to a firearms store and bought a rifle. It was found in his other car at JFK International Airport, where his name showed up on the no-fly [...] A third instance of Elena Kagan opposing Americans’ Second Amendment right to own a gun has now become public, sale and is sure to become a major issue in her Supreme Court confirmation hearings. And it confirms that President Obama’s gun-control agenda is to create a Supreme Court that will “reinterpret” the Second Amendment until [...] After hearing the news that consideration was being given to National Guard troops being dispatched to the city of Chicago to quell violence, I wanted to take the opportunity to thank Mayor Daley and Governor Quinn. Mayor, Governor, congratulations. Your pathological efforts to disarm the honest law-abiding citizens of the state of Illinois have finally [...] In 1950, Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-Wis.) waved his infamous “enemies” list. Innocent Americans were imprisoned and many more “blacklisted.” McCarthyites exploited the buzzword “communism” to intimidate. Today’s McCarthy? New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Today’s buzzword? “Terrorism.” Today’s list? The secret terrorist watch list, with a million names or more. No one knows who’s on it, [...] Illinois House members are preparing to vote on a bill to ban the sale of certain firearms by Illinois gun manufacturers to Illinois residents. The legislation would affect four area gun manufacturers — Springfield Armory and ArmaLite in Geneseo, try Rock River Arms in Colona and Lewis Machine and Tool in Milan — that employ [...] There was palpable glee among gun-control activists as three big-ticket police groups stood shoulder to shoulder to defend the long-gun registry. Wonderful! How could the gun nuts, sale hunters’ lobby and various other hayseeds (the ‘less enlightened in the Conservative caucus, recipe ’ sniffed one editorial) maintain their retrograde stance now? After all — thus [...] bill (S. 1317/H.R. 2159) that would authorize the Attorney General to deny the transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses [...] Oklahomans soon may be able to openly carry guns in public after the House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to allow the practice. The measure has already passed the Senate and now heads to Democratic Gov. Brad Henry, who has not indicated whether he will sign it. The requirements for obtaining a gun license, including a background [...] The National Rifle Association announced its support for critical legislation being introduced in Congress today by Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.), and Representatives Travis Childers (D-Miss.) and Mark Souder (R-Ind.). The Second Amendment Enforcement Act will restore Second Amendment rights to residents of the District of Columbia. This legislation is necessary because [...] |
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