Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
No guns sold in state for 2 hours while background checks unavailable :: 12/17/2014
The layaway plan at Bullseye Firearms Inc. in New Alexandria and other dealers statewide was the only legal way to purchase firearms for about two hours Wednesday when the state police's computerized Instant Check System went offline.
Pa. State Police background check, firearms systems back up :: 12/17/2014
Pennsylvania state police said their Internet-based systems are back up and running.
PBS gun poll backfires; stories from Sydney, Philly may explain why :: 12/17/2014
A PBS “Newshour” poll launched Sunday appears to be backfiring big time against the gun prohibition lobby – coincidentally on the heels of Saturday’s “I will not comply” rally in Olympia – and news reports from Australia and Pennsylvania this morning may just have some bearing on it all.
Sydney micro-jihad shows fallacy of gun free zones :: 12/17/2014
Yesterday, December 15, the urban pastoral atmosphere of Sydney, Australia was forever changed with the terrorist attack on the Lindt Cafe. After a long standoff, the jihadi was killed. The sheep dogs arrived and killed him, but with an unfortunate loss of innocent life. Sympathies to the victims and their families.
House Committee Faults FDIC for Participation in Operation Choke Point :: 12/16/2014
Charlotte, NC --(Ammoland.com)- In May, NRA-ILA reported on a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee exposé that substantiated improper activities by the Department of Justice (DOJ) under the guise of Operation Choke Point.
Poll: Would you support more restrictive gun laws in your state? :: 12/16/2014
It has been two years since the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, and the state of Connecticut now has some of the most restrictive gun policies in the country.
Registration will lead to confiscation? They told us that would never happen :: 12/16/2014
The left has repeatedly told gun owners that they want to benignly register their guns. They don't want to take them; they just want to know where they are. Yet, history has shown that this has not always been the case.
Senate Confirms Vivek Murthy As Surgeon General Over NRA Opposition :: 12/16/2014
WASHINGTON -- In a rare show of defiance of the National Rifle Association, the Senate on Monday confirmed Dr. Vivek Murthy to serve as surgeon general of the United States. Murthy's nomination had been stalled for nearly a year due to comments he made in support of stricter gun laws.
Why Gun-Control Advocates Lie about Guns :: 12/16/2014
The facts aren’t on their side. Angered by the news that American voters are now more supportive of the Second Amendment than they have been in two decades, the New York Daily News’s Mike Lupica used his weekend column to vent. Over the course of 900 words, Lupica lambasted the public for continuing “to protect gun nuts,” chided the “mouth-breathing” NRA for its murderous myopia, and contended emotively that “there are no words” available to describe the horror of “a recent poll that says a majority of Americans believe it is more important to protect the right to own guns than it is for the government to limit access to guns.”
A Brief History of Violence; How to protect our schools and churches :: 12/15/2014
Violence isn’t new. Violence has always shocked us. If anything, violence shocks us more now that we have a hundred channels of 24-7-365 media coverage bleeding in wide screen high-definition. Scholars have studied violence and how real violence has changed over time. They learned quite a bit from the attacks on our schools, churches and shopping malls. Their prescription to protect us from violence has changed as well.
Former Ohio Law Enforcement Officer Convicted of Illegal Possession of a Machine Gun :: 12/15/2014
A former sheriff’s deputy from Greene County, Ohio has been found guilty of knowingly illegally acquiring and possessing a machine gun.
Houston cop threatens to jail open-carry activist: "I'm tired of you idiots" :: 12/15/2014
A Houston police officer has sparked an internal investigation after an encounter with an open-carry activist legally carrying an AR-15, The Blaze reported Wednesday. The encounter was captured on video, Jon Street said, after the officer attempted to delete the video. After threatening to jail the man for not having ID, he is heard telling the protester that he was "tired" of seeing open-carry "idiots."
Pew poll confirms amnesty a danger to gun rights :: 12/15/2014
Survey results made public Wednesday by Pew Research Center show public support for protecting gun rights on the rise across all demographics except for two notable categories, “liberal Democrats” and “Hispanics.” Significantly, the latest numbers also show the most dramatic increase in support for gun rights over gun control among African Americans, who registered a 25 percent gain to a majority position of acknowledging guns protect more than they put people at risk.
PA Preemption - New law triggers war of words over firearms :: 12/14/2014
Here’s the funny thing about the fight over whether cities like Pittsburgh can pass local gun-control ordinances. While gun-rights activists are deploying the heavy artillery, the ordinances’ defenders are arguing, in no small part, for the right to fire blanks.
Report: Brooklyn NYPD Officers Planted Guns on as Many as 6 Innocent People :: 12/14/2014
According to a report, a group of NYPD officers in Brooklyn planted guns on as many as six people in order to arrest them unjustly.
Texas considers allowing open carry of handguns :: 12/14/2014
AUSTIN, Texas – Long depicted as the rootin'-tootin' capital of American gun culture, Texas is one of the few states with an outright ban on the open carry of handguns.
Anti-Gun: VPC Identifies Over 500 Concealed Carry Killers, Including an NRA Lifetime Member :: 12/13/2014
WASHINGTON, D.C. Dec. 11, 2014 - The Violence Policy Center has documented at least 506 fatal non-self defense incidents since 2007 resulting from private citizens legally allowed to carry concealed handguns, and this number almost certainly represents a fraction of the actual total.
AT, NEAR, WHATEVER: CNN, Other Media Manufactures School Shooting In Portland, Oregon :: 12/13/2014
The CNN headline and lede boldly proclaim that horror of a school shooting at Rosemary Anderson High School in Portland, Oregon, claiming that three people were shot there.
Do Guns On The Premises Leave Workers More Safe Or Less? :: 12/13/2014
This year, Tennessee joined 21 other states that allow employees to leave guns in their cars at the office parking lot. The laws have left many employers debating how best to ensure safety at work.
Is it time to treat the First Amendment just like the Second? :: 12/13/2014
Two stories in today’s Seattle Times best illustrate the hypocrisy of the political left when it comes to the exercise of civil rights – in this case the First Amendment – and might provide an object lesson to anyone favoring restrictions on the Second Amendment.
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