By Larry Keane The Department of the Interior announced that America’s bald eagles have come soaring back. Outdoorsmen and women have been celebrating this for decades, but local news reporting is missing the picture. “‘A tough bird.’ Rescued eagle in Raleigh fights to stay alive after lead poisoning,” reads one headline. “Bald eagles in N.C. are fighting … Read more
By Roger Katz As a NYPD veteran police officer, and adjunct professor/lecturer of police science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, National Rifle Association certified firearms instructor (pistol, rifle, and shotgun), and training counselor, and active member of the International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors, and lifetime resident of New York City, I … Read more
The mainstream media are an adjunct of the gun control industry in America. They’re willing stenographers for those whose mission it is to roll back or fully repeal Americans’ right to keep and bear arms. It’s really that simple. There is no evidence to bolster the [Politico’s] assertion that the [NICS background check] system is … Read more
In a recent article, Deseret News “reporter” Katie McKellar expresses her deep disappointment at the failure of three victim disarmament bills in the Utah legislature. And no, this isn’t (intended to be) an opinion piece. Utah lawmakers shoot down slew of gun bills All three bills — one to enact universal background checks, one to … Read more
First it was Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer who opined that impeachment really isn’t a valid reason for President Trump not moving forward with the push for gun control. Apparently congressional Democrats didn’t think there would be any legislative consequences to their attempt to remove him from office. Now, it’s the Dems’ media stenographers who … Read more
It’s summer, when network TV ratings traditionally dip. Add to that the fact that we’re heading into a campaign year (the first Democrat presidential debates take place this week), so the producers of CBS’s 60 Minutes decided yesterday was the perfect time to re-run a segment on why AR-15 rifles are unusually deadly and the … Read more
Disgraced former talking head Dan Rather turned up on CNN recently for some reason. There, before dozens of devoted viewers, he echoed the anti-gun media’s party line regarding America’s downright déclassé and frightfully embarrassing tendency to value and avail ourselves of our Second Amendment rights. Rather said on Friday’s “CNN Tonight” show with Don Lemon: “This story … Read more
Want to paint a story about a licensed concealed carrier successfully defending himself in the most negative light possible? Easy. Be a big city newspaper editor. They’re the ones who write the titles for articles that happen to document the effects of criminal predators coming up against lawfully-armed individuals. Take, for instance, yesterday’s post by … Read more
When you have students who don’t want to be politicized and shooters who don’t fit the preconceived profile of what every mass shooter should be, the talking heads and satellite trucks seem to lose interest and move on awfully quickly. Strange, isn’t it? None of this falls in line with what the shooter is supposed … Read more
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