Let’s Remember the Heroes, Not the Killers
David French at National Review has written a great piece, The Hero Solution to the Mass-Shooting Contagion. In short, he recommends we remember the heroes from these tragedies, not the evil-doers. I couldn't agree more.
It's why...
STEM School Security Guard Fired His Weapon During Shooting, Possibly at Deputies
As is always the case in these situations, it can take days or even longer to unravel exactly what happened in the wake of a high profile shooting. Facts tend to trickle out slowly...
More Half (Baked) ‘Truth’ about Guns and Marijuana
I love the Bill of Rights. I love the fact that this country was formed as an idea by people far smarter than me, who were wise beyond their lifetimes.
I'm also a big fan...
Report: UK Gun Owner Loses Licenses Over Social Media Presence
By NRA-ILA
In 2016, UK shooter and popular YouTube gun channel personality Callum Long-Collins told the BBC, “Being British and a firearms owner, it almost feels illegal to have any sort of opinion on using...
YouTube Continues Demonetizing Gun Videos
Not exactly breaking news, right? But the percentage of my videos that YouTube chooses to pull paid advertising from just keeps going up. Click this photo (possibly twice) to expand it:
That's my last 29...
11 Tips For Journalists Who Want To Cover Guns Like Old School Objective Reporters
Just in time for the NRA convention -- or frankly any time of the year -- a Guns Save Life member submitted this list of suggestions to me for reporters who want to be...
Time After Time, Time Magazine Still Gets It Wrong
By Larry Keane
If a publication’s name is Time, one would think the editors might actually know its timelines. This is especially true when they become a platform for unverified, unchecked and outright misinformation about...
Media Continue to Cause a Distorted Fear of Gun Violence
By NRA-ILA
When it comes to the wellbeing of today’s youth, one would think that all could agree that provoking unnecessary fear should be avoided. That apparently is not the case, however, when it comes...
Social Media Intolerance: Instagram Deletes The Firearm Blog’s Account
As has happened to so many gun-related enterprises in recent years, our friends at The Firearm Blog woke up earlier this week to find that they'd been de-platformed by Instagram. The Facebook-owned site had...
New York Times Resurrects a Flawed Study
By NRA-ILA
Bad anti-gun research, and the sensationalist journalism that often accompanies it, provide unending opportunities for the most used (overused?) of all firearm themes: Zombies. Just when you think the thing is gone for...
News Flash: Media Use Bogus Studies, Analysis to Illustrate America’s Growing ‘Gun Problem’
By Robert B. Young, MD
Here’s one that made The Daily Mail March 26, telling us that “More U.S. children were killed with guns in 2017 than police officers and military personnel COMBINED”. This, from the Anglo world...
MSNBC’s Ali Velshi: Nobody in America Has Suggested Banning Any Guns
MSNBC's Ali Velshi made quite the statement Thursday as he turned to noted firearms expert Shannon Watts for comment about gun control in New Zealand. On the news network almost nobody watches, Velshi said...