Sometimes, what seems like good advice at the time is proven later to be not so great. The record shows that decades ago, when more adult Americans smoked than not, popular magazines carried ads in which physicians endorsed this or that brand of cigarette. Brand A was an excellent aid to digestion after meals, one
Read MoreCrime is on the increase in Los Angeles. Violent crime was up 20.2 percent and and all crime was up 12.6 percent when 2015 is compared with 2014, according to Los Angeles Police Department data. Why is anyone’s guess. Some have blamed prison realignment that sent offenders to local lockups with shorter stays. Others say
Read More(RINF) – All over America, rates of violent crime are absolutely soaring. As you will see below, violent crime overall shot up by 20 percent in Los Angeles last year, and the police are telling people that “they need to be able to protect themselves” because the police may not be able to get there
Read MoreLOS ANGELES, Calif. (FOX 11 / CNS) – A 12.6 percent rise in the number of crimes from 2014 to 2015 in Los Angeles was driven by increases in gang-related and domestic violence crimes, Mayor Eric Garcetti and police Chief Charlie Beck said Wednesday. Violent crime alone was up 20.2 percent last year, while the number of
Read MoreDid you vote in the last election? Consider this: The statewide voter turnout for the November, 2014 registered election in California was 42.2 percent. That is so low that if even half of firearm owners in this state had registered to vote and actually voted, gun owners would have gained a majority in the state legislature
Read MoreMaryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh helped pass the state’s assault weapons ban as a member of the state senate. (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post) A federal appeals court on Thursday cast doubt on the legality of Maryland’s 2013 ban on semiautomatic high-capacity assault weapons that passed after the mass shootings at a Newtown, Conn., elementary
Read MoreMany politicians, including President Barack Obama, like to make fun of us so-called “gun nuts” when we talk about government confiscation of privately owned firearms. The fact that we’ve seen it happen in Australia and England, and much closer to home in California and New York, seems irrelevant to gun-ban advocates. “Nobody wants to take
Read MoreA 71-year-old woman was able to fight off a man who tried to steal her car on Sunday. Janet Willis told a reporter a man entered her store around 5 a.m. and demanded she give him the keys to her car. “He said, ‘I want your car,’ I said, ‘so do I,’” she told the Morgan
Read MoreThe harder Obama pushes his unconstitutional gun control measures, the harder Americans push back. Each proposal hardens the consensus in favor of the Bill of Rights and against his latest gimmick. His Town Hall was buried in the ratings by viewer apathy. Those who tuned in had to watch as he was unable to answer
Read MoreThe thumbs forward grip started with competition shooters and spread to defensive pistol instructors and others who recognized the benefits of this once unorthodox style. The grip grew popular because it provides excellent recoil management that allows for faster and more accurate shooting. To get the most from this technique it needs to be performed
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