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About 14 years ago, my wife and soulmate said something I disagreed with. So I divorced her. As if that wasn’t enough, about a week later, my kid got a detention at school. So I sold him into a life of slavery with Tusken Raider Sand People. My actions may sound harsh, but I have …

New York City has Michael Bloomberg’s favorite gun control measure in place and is facing a crime epidemic that includes a “nearly” 20 percent increase in homicides. When NYPD Officer Brian Moore was shot on May 2 2015 with a stolen gun, I reported that the strict gun controls in New York were no hindrance to …

When Vince Vaughn told British GQ that he supported guns in schools so those guns could be used to defend children, he said something that is supported by a majority of Americans. Sure, Piers Morgan tweeted that Vaughn was “dumb” and Geraldo Rivera said he sounded like “Timothy McVeigh,” but the American people at large …

The Obama administration’s Spring 2015 “Unified Agenda”–published May 22 2015 – shows that the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) are pushing a number of new gun control rules for implementation by executive fiat. It was previously reported that these rules will further limit the number of people …

As NRA’s new president, I am grateful to serve with you to preserve America’s unique freedoms. I first encountered the National Rifle Association as an 11-year-old growing up in Ohio. Mentored by the NRA in the 1950s by men who had a passion for owning firearms and shooting, I learned the true meaning of our Second …

When the Oregon Senate passed expanded background checks on April 14 2015, it marked a change from 2013 and 2014, when the same type of legislation was taken up but defeated without even making it to the floor for a vote. What was the difference in 2015? One huge differences was the influx of Michael …

As the rape culture grows, undergraduate and graduate women are looking for ways to protect themselves, especially since most colleges don’t allow fire arms on campus. One student took the opportunity to raise awareness by creating a photo/survey project to illustrate what these women are doing to ward off unwanted advances from boorish thugs. Taylor …

On April 14 it was reported that country singers Tim McGraw and Billy Currington would be headlining a gun control fundraiser for Sandy Hook Promise on July 17 2015. Country fans were outraged and on April 16 2105, Currington announced he was pulling out of the concert. According to the International Business Times (IBI), the gun control concert …

Country music headliner Tim McGraw has announced that he will be staging a concert in Hartford, Connecticut this July as a benefit for the group Sandy Hook Promise. The concert is scheduled for July 17 2015, and is billed as featuring McGraw, along with Billy Currington (who has now announced that he won’t be participating) …

In their ceaseless search for new reasons to push gun control, Gabby Giffords’ gun control group–Americans for Responsible Solutions (ARS)–is now pushing gun control as a way to fight terrorism. While this is only one of the 10 proposals ARS is currently advocating, it is certainly one of the most egregious inasmuch as it demonstrates …

For some time now the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) has waffled on it’s various rulings and letters on the use of “Stabilizing Braces” for semiautomatic pistols. The difficulty arises when individuals utilize the brace beyond its intended purposes; shoulder the brace, and effectively turn an AR pistol into a Short Barrel …

Cher’s Curious Tweet About the Paris Shooting Just Might Hurt Your Brain Monica Sanchez/MRCTV During the France terror siege Friday, the gunmen responsible for the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris held hostages and announced that they sought to “die as martyrs” for their cause. Pro-gun control singer Cher tweeted out her curious opinion about what …

Another sad battle by the agents of political correctness in their war on childhood was waged last Friday, when 10-year-old Milford, Mass., fifth-grader Nickolas Taylor was suspended for two days following an incident in the Stacy Middle School cafeteria. The offense? Armed only with his index finger and a vivid imagination, Nickolas reportedly cut in …

A Gallup poll released in the days leading up to the November midterm elections not only shows that support for gun control has fallen by 15 percent since 2000, but support for the repeal of current gun control laws has risen by 9 percent. In other words, it’s not a situation where Americans simply do …

Retired congressman Ron Paul says that recent terrorist attacks and school shootings in North America are guaranteed to give lawmakers the ammunition to pursue new gun control legislation. Paul, the 79-year-old former House of Representatives member who unsuccessfully ran three times for president of the United States, warns in an audio message made available this …

Like millions of other law abiding Americans, Matthew Halleck has chosen to exercise his second amendment rights and in doing so, he felt it is important to protect his two daughters in every possible way that he can. He [legally] carries a concealed firearm each day, including when he drops his young daughters off at …

Back when I was young, naive and not yet wise to the ways of the world, about two weeks ago, I was fantasizing about being elected Benevolent Dictator of the Universe. You know, just like President Nine Iron. Since I view the whole gun issue as a great barometer for individual liberty and personal accountability, …