In a March 28th column for The Atlantic, Conor Friedersdorf said the NRA keeps winning the gun conversation by countering the left’s shame tactics with effective persuasion. Friedersdorf began his column by pointing to the push for a “conversation about
California state Senator Leland Yee (D), who was indicted on charges of arms trafficking and public corruption, was allegedly lured into these crimes by a gang led by Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow, described as “the dragonhead” for “one of the most powerful
Allahpundit at Hot Air has some interesting thoughts on why support for the death penalty reached an all-time national low of 55 percent in the latest Pew survey, versus 38 percent opposed. (Interesting that so many other issues with considerably
In an insufferable bit of trolling, Gawker has decided to pick up on the nonsense being spouted by Lawrence Torcello, an assistant professor of philosophy at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Torcello reasons, badly, that organized groups or efforts espousing a view
HOUSTON, TEXAS–On Friday, two men entered the Comerica Bank branch located at 800 Lockwood Drive in Houston allegedly robbed the bank at gunpoint. The FBI sent out a request for the public’s assistance in identifying the two robbers while Houston
On March 27th Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) said they are “not surrendering” on gun control. They were speaking “at a panel discussion on firearm background checks in East Hartford, Connecticut.” According to the New Haven Register,
Authorities in North Dakota have charged a mother with murder for the starvation death of her thirteen-year-old son. The boy only weighed 21 pounds when he died. Jessica Lee Jensen, 35, of Kenmare, North Dakota – which is situated near the Canadian
Cops found tens of thousands in cash and scores of pills in Jim Irsay’s vehicle when they pulled him over for running a stop sign earlier this month. The Indianapolis Star reported the findings in Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay’s
The 137-page, FBI-sworn affidavit against California State Sen. Leland Yee, a Democrat who is also running for Secretary of State, and over two dozen other individuals reads like a crime thriller. Beyond the widely reported stories of alleged wire fraud,
The number two Republican in the Senate is lambasting a media “shield law” proposed by New York Democrat Sen. Chuck Schumer, potentially imperiling its shot at passage. “This is a bad idea and one whose time has not come,” Sen.
With a turnover of 53 billion euros ($73 billion) in 2013, the ‘Ndrangheta mafia from southern Italy made more money last year than Deutsche Bank and McDonalds put together, a new study said Wednesday. The study by the Demoskopika research
A Florida state attorney has cleared an FBI agent and a Massachusetts State Police officer in last May’s shooting death of a Chechen man who was friends with the Boston Marathon bombers. Ibragim Todashev had been cooperative during hours of questioning in
Leopoldo Lopez is a Venezuelan opposition leader who turned himself in to authorities last month after he was charged with committing murder and terrorism. Lopez has spent more than a month in a military prison as President Maduro worked to
A television documentary has exposed that diplomatic staff have avoided prosecution for 88 crimes over the last six years. The figures come from the Foreign Office, and will appear alongside allegations that diplomatic bags are being used to carry drugs
During an March 23rd appearance on Real Time With Bill Maher Representative Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) said it’s okay to have shotguns “but get rid of them crazy military-style assault weapons.” It’s as if Ellison doesn’t know the difference between a
There are more than 1.2 million concealed carry permit holders in Florida and women are making up a growing percentage of that figure. According to The Florida Times-Union, women “composed 15 percent” of concealed carry permit holders in Florida in
Breitbart Texas’ border security expert and contributing editor Sylvia Longmire recently joined the Secure Freedom Radio Show with Frank Gaffney to discuss the evolving dynamics of the drug war within the Western Hemisphere and how it impacts the southern U.S.
Tampa Bay wide receiver Mike Williams was hospitalized on Sunday after being stabbed in the thigh at his gated home. Police suspect his “brother, Eric Baylor, stabbed him with a kitchen knife,” and a “warrant has been issued for his
France’s far-right National Front party saw a resurgence on Sunday in the first round of local elections, damaging the chances of the ruling Socialist party in the process. The chief center-right UMP party took 47% of the vote; the Socialists
The French voted Sunday in the first round of local elections that could see the far-right surge as the Socialist government battles record unpopularity and the main opposition is beset by scandal. Voters are most likely to pick their mayors
NEW YORK (AP) — James Rebhorn, the prolific character actor whose credits included “Homeland,” ”Scent of a Woman” and “My Cousin Vinny,” has died. He was 65. Rebhorn’s agent, Dianne Busch, said Sunday that the actor died Friday at his
Paris (AFP) – French voters went to the polls on Sunday in the first round of local elections set to represent a landmark for women in politics and, possibly, for the far-right National Front. Against that backdrop, polls have suggested
Scott Olsen, the Iraq war veteran who suffered a fractured skull and related injuries when he was hit with a projectile fired by police on the front line of the Occupy Oakland protest in October 2011, has reached a $4.5
Progreso Texas Mayor Pro-Tem Orlando Vela now stands accused of allegedly embezzling at least $5,000 from the Progreso School District according to federal court filings. Mayor Pro-Tem Vela is the fourth member of his family to face criminal charges of
Pro-gun legislation which would allow “teachers, parents, and school visitors to have guns concealed and locked in their cars in school parking lots” is awaiting Indiana Gov. Mike Pence’s (R) signature. Speaking in support of that measure, State Sen. Brent Steele
