Gun Rights

Sean Caranna, Executive Director of Florida Carry, Inc. has tracked down how anti-gun staffers associated with the Mayors Against Illegal Guns group are paid with public money. He details the scam on his blog, All Nine Yards:

California State Senator Leland Yee is moving to outlaw the “bullet button,” an AR-15 accessory that enables “fixed” magazines to be removed quickly with the tip of a bullet or other pointed object.

Lethal Force Institute’s Massad Ayoob gives a lesson on what to do if you are stopped with firearms in your vehicle. These essential tips will teach you how to safely interact with police when carrying a firearm while driving. (3:47).

The group Media Matters for America hates NRA. Few organizations have more strongly proclaimed their disdain for our right to keep and bear arms and self-protection, says the NRA-ILA.

Louisiana's House Civil Law and Procedure Committee unanimously passed Senate Bill 303 -- what NRA-ILA calls the country’s strongest “right to keep and bear arms” constitutional amendment.

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has signed an open-carry bill into law, allowing those with concealed handgun permits from the state to openly carry their weapons. Oklahoma became the 26th state to allow open carrying of handguns. The measure will take effect Nov. 1.

Gun Owners of America (GOA) is urging its members and all concerned citizens to contact their representative to urge House Speaker John Boehner to get fully behind a contempt citation against Eric Holder.

ATF yesterday released a report on firearms submitted by the government of Mexico for tracing since 2007. One screaming headline referred to the “Vast Majority of Mexican Crime Guns Originate in U.S. New ATF Trace Data Reveals.” If you have been following the issue of Mexican gun traces on this blog, you will realize the truth is a rapidly shrinking “Vast Majority” and the so-called “flood” of guns going into Mexico moves at glacier-like speed.

NRA-ILA writes that reports have been circulating regarding S. 1813--a highway bill recently passed by the U.S. Senate. The story goes that this bill would allow the IRS to seize your passport and your guns if you owe more than $50,000 in back taxes. The claims are totally bogus, says NRA-ILA.

Sharyl Attkisson, a CBS News investigative correspondent based in Washington, wrote on the CBS News website recently that for more than a year, she has been investigating the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms' 'Fast and Furious' operation and the controversial tactic of 'gunwalking.'

John Romano, columnist for the Tampa Bay Times newspaper, recently attended concealed carry classes in the Florida city and produced an even-handed account of the people at the classes and their motivations for taking the class. Excerpts:

The Associated Press is reporting that the House Oversight Committee is preparing a 48-page Contempt of Congress citation against Attorney General Eric Holder in ongoing Fast and Furious gun-running investigation.