Defensive Gun Use of the Day: EO 18 Edition
NRA mouthpiece Wayne LaPierre came in for no shortage of sneering derision when he proposed putting armed guards in America's schools after Sandy Hook. But despite all the feigned horror and elitist scorn, even...
NRA’s Wayne LaPierre’s Testimony to the Senate Gun Violence Hearing
Congress loves holding hearings about things. Whatever the hot button issue of the day may be, they wrangle some of the "important people" into a room and yammer at them for a while. Topics...
GOA: Senate Rule Change Would “Grease the Skids” for Civilian Disarmament
The National Rifle Association (NRA) said their post-presidential inauguration piece last night. This morning, the Gun Owners of America (GOA) sent out an alert warning that Senate rule changes could ease the way for gun...
Wayne LaPierre, NRA Believes Americans Have the Right to Own “Assault Rifles” and “High...
In his speech tonight to a packed room full of people eating things, Wayne LaPierre delivered the NRA's official response to President Obama's inaugural address. In it, Wayne showed all of the good ol' fire and...
Tom Browkaw Shall Overcome…Some Day
The attempts by the media and the anti-gun rights industry to de-legitimize guns and gun ownership continue apace. Former NBC talking head Tom Brokaw stopped by MSNBC's Morning Joe and this week. It seems...
NRA Launches “Stand and Fight” Campaign
The NRA booth at SHOT Show has a rotating thingy above their heads that pronounces the beginning of their "Stand and Fight" campaign that aims to combat the gun control lobby and the increasing...
Quote of the Day: Not This Time Edition
"One of the key messages, says a White House official, is to 'drain the drama and fear' out of what the president is proposing. The message the president wants to send is that he's...
Incendiary Image of the Day: The Gun Culture War Begins
Back in the day, the National Rifle Association (NRA) was a fusty old thing. But then every major special interest group was fusty. The pre-mimeograph technology of the day made agitating for a cause...
NRA Still Winning the School Safety Debate
Despite being mercilessly mocked by the MSM for suggesting armed police officers be put in schools -- a program the NRA dubbed the National School Shield program -- the idea has quickly taken hold...
Quote of the Day: Riding the Storm Out Edition
"One should be careful not to underestimate the power of the opposition. It’s true that the National Rifle Association poured money into last year’s election only to see President Obama — and many other NRA targets...
Quote of the Day: The Old College Try Edition
"It's nonsensical for the NRA to argue that even if we issue another assault weapon's ban, the 'bad guys' will still find a way to obtain and use a gun for their future crimes. If that's...
Suarez vs. Assam: Let’s Get Ready to Rumble!
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Jeanne Assam famously stopped a spree killer, Matthew Murray, at the New Life Church in Colorado Springs in December of 2007. He'd killed four people and wounded five others when Assam, a former Minneapolis...