“Universal background checks…. Effectiveness depends on … gun registration….” So says the National Institute of Justice, part of the Obama Justice Department, in a 2013 study. Criminalizing the transfer of firearms between law-abiding citizens—the only ones who would undergo background checks—has nothing to do with preventing violence, but everything to do with registering gun owners.
Read MoreIn a quintuple victory for Second Amendment rights, a federal judge last week overturned a ban on carrying handguns in public, a ban on so-called assault weapons, caliber restrictions for long guns, a $1,000 tax on handguns, and a requirement that all guns be registered with the government. “The individual right to armed self-defense in
Read MoreThis feature appears in the November ‘13 issue of NRA America’s 1st Freedom, one of the official journals of the National Rifle Association. A recently discovered book of anti-gun talking points prepared for New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his cronies is chock-full of lies about you and your guns. Preventing Gun Violence Through Effective
Read MoreSchools in southern Illinois were greeted with a terrifying sight in the sky Friday, as a cloud appearing to be in the form of a SIG 556 rifle loomed overhead about 8:30 in the morning. Upon noticing the cloud, teachers and other school personnel rushed to gather the children and move them inside the school
Read MoreYesterday, President Obama commuted the sentences of 214 people serving federal prison sentences. Obama has now granted a total of 562 commutations — a number that the White House says is more than the previous nine presidents combined. Many of those whose sentences Obama previously commuted were convicted of firearm-related offenses. Earlier this year, Sen.
Read MoreKitty Werthmann is a WW2 survivor. She is 87 years old and is President of the South Dakota Eagle Forum. Werthmann lived under Nazi rule through the war, and strongly feels the need to warn Americans about the horrors of socialism. Werthmann said that Adolf Hitler spoke just like an American politician. She says: When
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