Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) wrote a letter to Rupert Murdoch to “urge” him to not broadcast this Saturday’s NRA 500 NASCAR race at the Texas Motor Speedway because the winner of the race will, following tradition, shoot blanks from six-shooters
After Robin Kelly’s special election victory to replace Jesse Jackson, Jr. Tuesday night, the Chicago Sun-Times’ Natasha Korecki, who helped lead the media charge against Republican Paul McKinley, reported the election by the people was a mere “formality.” Korecki’s comment echoes
NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s anti-Second Amendment group Mayors Against Illegal Guns announced they will quit running attack ads against Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) now that he’s seen the light on background checks. Toomey joined with Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) in fashioning
In a surprising display of putting politics over commitment to the Constitution, two previously pro-gun senators have turned on the National Rifle Association regarding gun control legislation. Sens. Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) have introduced an amendment to
VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: Now the NRA which is engaging in a campaign which is, I’m not unaccustomed to, of disinformation to try to scare people. Let me read some of the thing they’re saying about background checks. They say
Recreational hunters be warned because according to the People for the Ethical Treatment for Animals (PETA), the far-left group “is planning to acquire a drone…to spy on hunters and catch them in the act as they terrorize animals and break game
Recreational hunters be warned. According to the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the far-left group “is planning to acquire a drone…to spy on hunters and catch them in the act as they terrorize animals and break game laws.”
The Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday said 92% of the reactions to the NRA 500–and the NRA’s sponsorship of the race–have been positive, debunking the mainstream media’s initial notion that the NRA sponsorship would potentially repel fans and viewers. In
The NASCAR driver who wins this Saturday’s NRA 500 at the Texas Motor Speedway will shoot six-shooters with blanks on victory lane, as has traditionally been done at the racetrack. After the NRA sponsored the NASCAR race, gun control activists
Texas Motor Speedway President Eddie Gossage said there will not be any “political speeches” or statements at Saturday’s NRA 500 race. After the NRA signed on as a sponsor of the race, liberals, gun control activists, and the mainstream media
On April 6, The Daily Beast lamented the fact that the NRA has won the day on the current gun control battle, but they claimed that the current victory will be short lived–“Wayne LaPierre may have won the week…but the
National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre is locked in a no-holds-barred fight with President Barack Obama over the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. Today Fox News Sunday featured top surrogates for both, former Rep. Asa Hutchinson for
JOE KLEIN, TIME: Well, we’ve become a lot more wimpy country because, you know, these gun advocates at the NRA want these semi-automatic weapons. I mean, you see Marshall Dillon only used one shot. You know, what do they need
Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy (D) on CNN on Sunday “Wayne reminds me of the clowns at the circus. They get the most attention, and that’s what he’s paid to do,”
The American Civil Liberties Union has some serious issues with President Obama’s attempt to institute so-called “universal background checks” on gun owners in America. Chris Calabrese, legislative counsel for privacy-related issues in the ACLU’s Washington Legislative Office joined me and
A Democrat running for Jesse Jackson Jr.’s seat in Congress attacked the idea of concealed-carry firearms by citing the victims of the Aurora theater shooting, who could not defend themselves in a gun-free zone. Robin Kelly, candidate in the IL-02
Larry Pratt NRA on MSNBC’s “Hardball” with Chris Matthews Thursday Night…
Legislation requiring at least one employee to be armed at every public school in Indiana made it through committee on April 2. It will now be considered by the Republican-dominated house. The bill mandates “that one officer in every public
As Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) works with other Senate Democrats to find a way to push their gun control package through, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is warning that universal background checks pose a threat to individual
The National Rifle Association recently put out its National School Shield proposal elucidating its ideas on adding more security in the nation’s schools. Right on cue, the Los Angeles Times ridiculed the plan as but “a hail of bullets” that
Former Obama senor advisor David Axelrod on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” discussing gun control…
At the NRA’s National School Shield Program press conference Mark Mattiolli, the father of one of the kids killed in the Newtown shootings, gave his support for the conservative legislation proposed by the lobbyist group.
A noticeably disappointed Chuck Todd — who openly called for the NRA to compromise after the Sandy Hook shootings — admitted Tuesday that the gun fight in DC is all but over, and has been won by the NRA. In other
On April 2, the NRA will unveil a report reiterating their calls for placing armed guards in schools to prevent a repeat of the kind of crime that happened at Sandy Hook Elementary. The report will be framed around the
While many Americans were paying attention to things other than politics on Good Friday, Maryland’s Democrat delegates were ramming through Gov. Martin O’Malley’s gun grabbing legislation S.B. 281. This measure is an “assault weapons” ban which is so draconian that
