March 2012 NICS Checks Shoot Up 20 Percent
U.S. consumers bought 20 percent more guns in March 2012 than a year earlier, adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System figures show.
‘Silence’ from Anti-GunnersAfter Shooting in North Bend
Anti-self-defense gun prohibitionists in Washington State have been strangely silent following a textbook self-defense shooting in which a homeowner defended himself against an attack.
SAF Wins 2A Case in Mass,Striking Down Gun Ban for Legal Aliens
A Federal District Court Judge in Massachusetts today granted summary judgment in a Second Amendment Foundation case challenging that state's denial of firearms licenses to permanent resident aliens.
Marlin Model 983S Bolt Action 22 Magnum
The high demand and short supply of ammunition in recent months has left many rifle shooters scrambling for alternatives to their centerfire firearms. While rimfire rounds may not be the complete answer to the problem—some types of rimfire ammunition in also in short supply—the popularity of the less expensive bullets is growing.
Panther Nzinga Arrested for Possession of Firearm
A member of the New Black Panther Party -- a felon -- who went on national television to offer a reward for the capture of George Zimmerman was arrested in Gwinnett County, Georgia, and charged with possession of a firearm.
Remington Threatens Shut Downof NY Plant over Microstamping
Remington is threatening to pull its plant out of Ilion, New York, over a gun bill pushed by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
FFLs Added Since Jan. 2010;Gun Imports Down
According to data collected from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, NSSF reports that the number of Type 01 (defined as Dealer in Firearms . . .) Federal Firearms Licenses (FFLs) in the United States increased from 47,411 in January 2010 to 48,987 in February 2012.
Holder on Video: Brainwash people to be anti-gun
A C-SPAN video from January 30, 1995, shows Eric Holder advocating that people should be 'brainwashed' into supporting gun control. Holder, now attorney general of the United States, is shown on the video supporting using Hollywood, the media and government officials to “really brainwash people” into opposing firearm ownership. Holder, who was then the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, was addressing the Women’s National Democratic Club on Jan. 30, 1995. In his speech, he held up anti-smoking campaigns as a model for an anti-gun campaign.
SAAMI Withdraws Its Name from Tainted U.N. Program
The Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute (SAAMI), a registered United Nations non-governmental organization (NGO) with roster status, has taken the regrettable but necessary step of withdrawing any reference of SAAMI association from the U.N. agency project to create 'International Small Arms Control Standards (ISACS).'
D.C.s made-up gun laws
A recently Washington Times editorial claims that the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) knowingly posted false information about transporting local gun laws. From the editorial:
Can the President Kill You?
At the Tenth Amendment Center's website, former judge Andrew Napolitano recently examined remarks by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder regarding constitutional 'due process' and called Holder's legal views 'terrifying.'
ATFs #2: ‘We Made Mistakes’in Operation Fast and Furious
The number two person at ATF says a key mistake in the controversial Operation Fast and Furious was that “a narcotics based strategy was applied to a firearms trafficking investigation.”