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Australian special police forces seized a total of 475 guns across the country in a week-long crackdown on illegal firearms, according to AAP (via Yahoo). Dubbed Operation Athena, the crackdown targeting firearms trafficking involved all police jurisdictions – including the Australian Federal Police, the Australian Border Force and the Department of …

Fairfax, Va.— The National Rifle Association released the following statement today regarding Walmart’s decision to change its firearms and ammunition policies: “The strongest defense of freedom has always been our free-market economy. It is shameful to see Walmart succumb to the pressure of the anti-gun elites. Lines at Walmart will soon …

As the Labor Day weekend continues, 7 people were shot in Texas and in Chicago. The media has reported incessantly on the shooting in Texas, which killed 7 people, while beating the drum for gun control and attacking local Republican politicians, but has treated the Chicago shootings, which also killed …

The parts of our federal Constitution are so interrelated that it is impossible to understand a single clause therein without considering all of the other provisions of our Constitution. Article I, §8, clause 3, US Constitution, states: “The Congress shall have Power … To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and …

Sitting in the quiet stillness of a Sunday morning, sipping black coffee from my “I am your father” Darth Vader mug, I find myself reflecting on a personal experience pertinent to what we are facing as a country. These days, a person couldn’t be taken seriously if they didn’t acknowledge …

A Florida homeowner used an AR-15-platform rifle to protect himself from four alleged home invaders who reportedly broke into his house intending to rob him. An hour before the invasion, one of the men apparently knocked on the door and attempted to lure the homeowner outside by claiming to need …

Liberal gun-grabbers and their kissing cousins in the Republican establishment salivate every time they hear of a mass shooting. “This is it! Gun confiscations are the only answer. Congress can’t ignore us now.” Unfortunately, they are partially correct. Mitch McConnell and his clucking lieutenants probably will cave—to some extent. But …

Citizens of England and Wales are actively pursuing interests in shooting sports despite strict gun control and pressure from anti-gun groups.  The number of firearms licenses across England and Wales is now at a record peak, with approximately 597,000 guns this year—an amount 160,000 more than 10 years ago, according …

Popular myth, shoved at us by so many in the mainstream media, has it that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is barred from doing research on gun violence. The NRA is often vilified in news stories on this topic, as many in the mainstream media, as well …

After Al Gore lost the presidential election of 2000—and even lost his own state, Tennessee—the Democrats saw fit to adopt a softer tone on guns for a while. Today, that tone is drying and hardening into concrete. Among the ideas proposed in the last three months by various Democratic contenders …