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No Surprise Here: Senator Joe Manchin Took $87,000 from Pro-Gun Confiscation Law Firm
Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) is coming under scrutiny again after quarterly filings show that I received $87,000 from individuals tied to Paul, Weiss, a law firm that advances “laws” towards confiscation of guns. Paul, Weiss has long been known for questionable tactics in defending terrorists and has a long standing …
What Do Gun Owners Do When the Supreme Court Won’t Acknowledge Their Right to Self Defense?
Fox News recently reported, “After postponing the order multiple times, the nation’s highest court rejected a review of Peruta v. California. In the case, gun rights activists argued that a ‘good cause’ requirement on concealed carry permits is too restrictive.” At issue, in this case, is concealed carry and whether a …
Machine Guns, Swords, And Tanks: This Colorado Man Definitely Has More Guns Than You
Because of America’s fierce reputation for being a heavily armed nation, it would probably surprise most foreigners to learn that the majority of American’s don’t own any firearms. And of the people who are gun owners, most only own a couple of firearms. What makes America such a heavily armed …
Violent Crime With Guns Is Down, But Why?
According to The Washington Post, the incidence of violent criminals using a firearm is down in the United States. In the newspaper’s list of reasons for this phenomenon, there is one glaring omission—widespread gun ownership. As often as the subject of what the media like to inaccurately call “gun violence” …
Universal Background Checks Unenforceable Without Gun Registry
So-called “universal” background checks have become a go-to gun control push for anti-Second Amendment politicians. They come out of the woodwork to push such checks each time a high-profile firearm-based crime occurs. The fact that the vast majority of high-profile attackers already acquire their guns via background checks matters not; …
Gunpowder: How It Works
In the beginning, there was black powder. It changed everything, and it’s still the most consistent burning gunpowder in existence. The problem is this mixture of sulfur, charcoal and potassium nitrate is very corrosive. If residue is left in a barrel, it will eat away the metal like termites chewing …
New Zealand Police Mislead Current and Prospective Gun Owners
Back in April, NRA-ILA alerted readers to the results of the New Zealand Parliament Law and Order Committee’s “Inquiry into issues relating to the illegal possession of firearms in New Zealand,” which proposed that a raft of new gun control laws be foisted upon the peaceful island nation. Not content …
NSSF: $25 Million More to Anti-Gun Group Will Fund a Lot of Astroturf
In today’s environment, with multi-millionaires and billionaires throwing money at politically motivated causes they favor, social media is being used to create the appearance that more Americans support a cause or political view than the numbers really bear out. This is not only deceptive, it is dangerous. Here is the …
A Battle At Barrington: The Men & The Guns
Stephen Hunter’s G-MAN will be on sale May 16, 2017. (Published by Penguin Random House) Isn’t much. Not a thing, really. Just a boulder stuck horizontally in a patch of grass that extends, like a peninsula, into a parking lot fronting a bland municipal building. If you look carefully, you’ll notice …
The M2 Submachine Gun
The most iconic and well-known submachine gun of all time is unquestionably the Thompson. First put into production in 1921, the Thompson initially gained a measure of notoriety in the hands of G-Men and nefarious criminal elements in the late 1920s and early 1930s. It also saw limited military service …