On Wednesday, the Illinois Senate Public Health Committee, led by anti-gun, Senate President John Cullerton and backed by Governor Patrick Quinn, passed House Bills 1263 and 815. These measures, if passed would ban nearly all common firearms and magazines, and institute new
According to the FBI annual crime statistics, the number of murders committed annually with hammers and clubs far outnumbers the number of murders committed with a rifle. This is an interesting fact, particularly amid the Democrats’ feverish push to ban
For Republicans and the handful of gun owners who have actually thought of capitulating to Democrat demands for heightened psychological background checks for gun purchases, a word of caution — no increase in psychological scrutiny would have stopped Adam Lanza from
Last month, a federal district court judge in Albany, New York ruled that the eight year old prosecution of former New York State Senator Joe Bruno can proceed to trial in February of next year. Because the statute under which
Ann Coulter is under fire for speaking negatively about the NRA during a guest spot on the Sean Hannity radio program. Here’s the problem, she didn’t speak negatively of the NRA, but of the NRA’s Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre.
The six Indian men arrested for the brutal gang rape turned murder of a young 23-year-old female student are now facing the death penalty. India erupted in protests over the way the government handled the attack and over how the
A six-year-old student at Roscoe R. Nix Elementary School in Silver Spring, Maryland, was suspended the week before Christmas break because he made a gun with his hand and said “pow” while playing with another student. This is a direct
When President Obama appeared on the Meet the Press on Dec. 30, he made it clear that the same gun laws that have made Chicago a criminal’s paradise are going to be pushed on the entire country during 2013. This
Venezuelan authorities have deported a French citizen after accusing him of being an agent of the French government sent to assassinate Hugo Chavez. Frenchman Frederic Laurent Bouquet was arrested on June 18, 2009 by the nation’s political police, formally named
(AP) Israel indicts ex-minister LiebermanBy AMY TEIBELThe Associated PressJERUSALEMIsrael’s Justice Ministry filed its indictment against former Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman in a Jerusalem court on Sunday, charging him with breach of trust and fraud in a case that could further
New York Times: A 31-year-old woman was arrested on Saturday and charged with second-degree murder as a hate crime in connection with the death of a man who was pushed onto the tracks of an elevated subway station in Queens
As the day on which Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D-CA) “assault weapon” ban will be introduced draws closer, another troubling aspect of it has come to light – namely, that it will give new funding and expanded powers to the ATF for
By ASHOK SHARMAAssociated PressNEW DELHIIndian police have charged six men with murder, adding to accusations that they beat and gang-raped a woman on a New Delhi bus two weeks ago in a case that shocked the country. The murder charges
New York City Michael Bloomberg warned city residents not to feel unsafe after a suspected murder at a subway station, claiming one sensational event does not negate the downward trend of homicide in the region. “It’s a very tragic case,
By COLLEEN LONGAssociated PressNEW YORKA woman who told police she shoved a man to his death off a subway platform into the path of a train because she hates Muslims and thought he was one was charged Saturday with murder
For all the abuse the Old Media establishment has dished out to the National Rifle Association this month, polls show that the NRA is still more popular than the media. Gallup released a poll this month stating that the NRA
Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio has plans to deploy armed volunteers to guard Phoenix area schools. The move comes in following the massacre at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. Arpaio told KTVK he has the authority to mobilize a
With America suffering from increasing poverty, and with more and more children born into mountains of debt unleashed by their parents’ and grandparents’ generations, the greatest threat of all may be this: the American father is dying. According to the
After all the Democrats’ emphasis the dangers of so-called “assault weapons,” the details of Senator Dianne Feinstein’s pending assault weapons ban show that her real goal is to ban handguns. That’s right, after all the criticism of the AR-15 and
(AP) VATICAN CITYHere is the official Vatican English translation of the “Urbi et Orbi” Christmas Day message read in Italian by Pope Benedict XVI Tuesday. “Urbi et Orbi” is Latin for to “The city and to the world.” ____ Dear brothers
On Sunday Senator Chuck Schumer tried to pass off the 1994 assault weapons ban bill that was canceled eight years ago as the reason that today’s violent crime rates have been down. In a discussion about gun control with Senator
By ANTHONY McCARTNEYAP Entertainment WriterLOS ANGELESJack Klugman, the prolific, craggy-faced character actor and regular guy who was loved by millions as the messy one in TV’s “The Odd Couple” and the crime-fighting coroner in “Quincy, M.E.,” died Monday, a son
Democrats like Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) and others have made it abundantly clear that no one needs “a 30-round” magazine for a gun. What, other than crime, could one possibly use a 30-round magazine for? While there are multiple easy
Before the horrific crime at Sandy Hook Elementary even took place, some schools in our nation were already putting armed security and police officers on their campuses. As a matter of fact, one such school–Sidwell Friends School in Washington, DC–posted
Gun control punishes the many for the crime of the few. And in our contemporary situation, following the crime at Sandy Hook Elementary, the gun control Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) plans to propose would literally punish a hundred million people
