Question of the Day: Can the NRA Do Anything to Appeal to Democrats?
"A new Pew poll finds that support for the NRA has rapidly consolidated along party lines in recent years," thetrace.org's latest email blast claims, "tilting each side of the gun safety debate to a more extreme point of view. Just 13...
Random Thoughts On Campus Carry for Women and Alcoholism
My second wife was a beautiful woman. When we walked through a restaurant, you could hear men groan as their wives or girlfriends kicked them under the table. Over the years, alcoholism claimed her looks. If...
Cornyn’s NRA-Backed Mental Health Bill Needs to Address Key Questions
“A+”-rated* Sen. John Cornyn has the National Rifle Association’s backing for a “modest” bill “that would reward states for sending more information about residents with serious mental problems to the federal background check system...
NRA Debunks Bogus Universal Background Check Justification
Right up there with the laughable and oft-refuted claim that "90% of Americans support universal background checks" is the equally laughable "statistic" that 40% of gun sales happen without a NICS check. It's trotted...
NRA Statement on Military Carry
Chris Cox, Executive Director of NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action, released the following statement regarding the ban on troops carrying firearms on military installations:
“It’s outrageous that members of our Armed Services have lost their...
Question of the Day: Is The NRA Crying Wolf?
Last week the NRA aimed its sights (metaphorically speaking, of course) at Australia's gun laws. More specifically, the post-Port Arthur massacre legislation that included a national gun buyback confiscation which effectively disarmed most of Oz's law-abiding...
Everytown for Gun Safety: Dylann Roof FBI NICS Failure is NRA’s Fault
It's the same thing every time. A five-time deported illegal alien felon murders a woman in San Francisco - using a federal agent's gun, no less - and Nancy Pelosi figures that's as good...
Contest Entry: I Owe Wayne LaPierre an Apology
By John Kornegay
Let me say this very clearly – I owe Wayne LaPierre an apology. Prior to 2011, I thought he was a paranoid loose cannon who was talking through his tin-foil hat. I...
Gun Control Advocates Pissing in the Wind?
Never take your gun rights for granted. Always repel politicians' aspirations to degrade and destroy your right to keep and bear arms. Remember that millions of Americans live in states that restrict the type...
Did NRA Board Member Tell the Truth About Murdered Gun Control Advocate?
Drawing attention to the fact that Reverend Clementa Pinckney - the pastor murdered in the Charleston church massacre - was a gun control advocate is bound to anger his family, friends and like-minded colleagues. Suggesting that...
Note to NRA: Recuit Minorities NOW!
TTAG's been on the NRA's butt for years, pleading with them to initiate minority outreach programs. Introduce them to guns, STAT. Because that's where the battle for our gun rights will be won or...
BREAKING: NRA Introduces Bill to Permanently Define “Sporting Purposes” Exemption
Word comes that Rob Bishop (R-UT) has introduced HR 2710, a bill designed to permanently define the "sporting purposes" clauses in federal gun control legislation and remove the ATF's ability to interpret those laws...