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In Texas, TCU Opts Out of Campus Carry–Others May Follow
Parents nationwide who love the 2nd Amendment and are trying to decide which college to pay for should know that, despite a new Texas law that takes effect in August 2016, their CHL-equipped college-age children will not be allowed to carry concealed weapons on the grounds of Texas Christian University, …
Obama Is the Greatest Gun Salesman of All Time: “There Were Two Background Checks Every Second on Black Friday”
While most Americans who braved the annual Running of the Sheep celebration were stocking up on discounted veggie steamers and last year’s flat screen TV models, those who understand the threats to liberty and personal safety chose to spend their hard earned wages on personal protection. According to the Federal Bureau …
Democrat Claims Paris Terrorists may Have got AKs from U.S.
Just when you thought the politicians rhetoric could not get any more absurd, Representative Jan Schakowsky (spoiler alert: she is a Democrat from Chicago) suggests U.S. gun laws are in some way responsible for the Paris attacks! Do these people have no shame? In an interview about the recent Paris …
A Grim Anniversary: The Warsaw Ghetto
Under the heading of mere decency—and, especially in this case, justice—we often find ourselves called to remember grim anniversaries. Quite frequently, these events spotlight the bravery, selflessness and outright heroism we always hope to feature in American Warrior, though in this case not always exhibited by Americans. Such is our …
Obama’s One-Man Crusade Against Guns
While we look to the 2016 presidential election with a combination of trepidation and hope, it is easy to lose sight of the fact that Barack Obama will be with us for another year. Throughout his presidency, Obama has made his distaste for firearms clear—this is a man who, earlier …
European Commission Calls For More Gun Restrictions
We know by now not to be surprised when the automatic reaction of politicians at home and abroad to atrocities in which killers wreak as much destruction as possible upon crowds of unarmed citizens is to more strictly regulate guns. Living in a fantasy world in which the number of …
Six Tips for Giving Guns as Gifts
The holiday season is officially upon us and if you haven’t already started your Christmas shopping, you have probably—in the very least—started making a mental check of list of what you would like to buy. Giving the gift of firepower, especially to the gun enthusiast, is an excellent idea. However, …
Federal Court to Dismiss Designated Terror Group CAIR’s Lawsuit against Florida Gun Store’s “Muslim Free Zone”
Our intrepid legal team, the American Freedom Law Center, which has successfully represented us in numerous free speech lawsuits, has won an important victory for freedom against Hamas-CAIR: “Federal Court Grants AFLC’s Motion to Dismiss CAIR Lawsuit against Florida Gun Store’s ‘Muslim Free Zone,’” American Freedom Law Center, November 24, …
Eight-Shot Alternatives to Semi-Autos
Believe it or not, some citizens shoot better with a revolver than with a semi-auto pistol, and in the real world, slower hits are better than faster misses. It doesn’t matter whether one chooses a revolver because of a deep-seated bias or simply because the revolver seems safer. The concern …
The Gallipoli Gun
A century ago, the stalemated trench warfare that had by then come to characterize the battlefield of the First World War came to the Northwestern shores of the Ottoman Empire. On April 25, 1915 a force of 78,000 allied troops began landing at the Dardanelles—the place where the Aegean Sea …