NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his infamous “Mayors Against Illegal Guns” have struck again–this time with a conference call where he proclaimed the recent presidential elections “proved” the NRA is dying and the American people want more gun control. Did
Even though guns and gun control had about as much to with the 2012 campaign as my Aunt Fannie’s fanny, here’s Politico pushing a meaningless poll: Voters in key three swing states preferred President Barack Obama to Mitt Romney on
Flyers claiming to be from a non-existent Tea Party in Medina, Ohio were placed in mailboxes on Monday urging Ohio voters to defeat “the n***er” in the White House to “help keep our country strong and white.” The flyers, obtained
We’re all glad to see Arnold Schwarzenegger returning to what he does best, but his movie comeback is getting a little ridiculous. While he’s off filming more interesting roles for directors like David Ayer and Jee-woon Kim, the former Governator
Many Americans wonder if members of Congress, especially the Democrats, know anything at all about the U.S. Constitution. Democrat Rep. Rubén Hinojosa of Texas didn’t help quell those fears when at a recent rally he couldn’t even remember which one
Mitt Romney leads President Barack Obama in two post-debate polls in Virginia, showing Romney’s dominating performance over Obama during Thursday’s debate has given him momentum in one of the most important 2012 swing states. A Rasmussen Reports poll showed Romney
Last week Matthew Boyle at The Daily Caller published numerous emails between the Department of Justice and Media Matters for America. The emails showed MMfA and the DOJ working together to spin the facts about Operation Fast & Furious. There
Since last October, I’ve been calling out The New York Times for their dreadful coverage of Operation Fast and Furious. Fast and Furious was the government gun walking scheme that lead to the deaths of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry
The media once again proves they are in the bag for President Obama’s administration. The Inspector General finally released the long awaited report on Operation Fast & Furious. The media were quick point out the report exonerated Attorney General Eric
Matthew Boyle at The Daily Caller published 69 pages of emails between Media Matters for America and Department of Justice spokeswoman Tracy Schmaler about Operation Fast and Furious. Fast and Furious was a government-run gun walking scheme that put over
Gun owners have historically been lovers of freedom. They represent a segment of America that still values personal responsibility and understands the role private gun ownership plays in it. Because of these things, the National Rifle Association (NRA) is asking
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been trying to ban guns for years, and after the theater shooting in Aurora CO, he stepped up his efforts considerably. His goals now seem to be ending gun shows and online ammo sales, and he
Much of the talk in the wake of the July 20 Aurora, Colo. theater massacre involved the influence of the National Rifle Association on gun laws. Gun control advocates quickly seized on the lobbying group as either directly or indirectly
Russell Simmons recently unleashed a broadside against the NRA in the wake of the tragic Aurora shooting. In that tirade, Simmons went full-bore against the Second Amendment: “[T]he NRA has been successful at blocking attempts to pass reasonable legislation that
The threat of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) is over, for now. On July 27, the U.S. joined Russia, Indonesia, and India in saying they needed more time to think about the pact before going forward, thus negotiations ended. And
Peter Bogdanovich recently spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about how he believes movies, not the man named James Holmes who pulled the trigger, are behind the Aurora tragedy. It’s too easy to show murders in movies now. There are too many of
The media has been generally reticent to blame pop culture – like violent movies – for the movie theater massacre that killed 12 people on Friday. Reporters would much rather concoct ways to tie the killings to the Tea Party.
Any untimely death is tragic. “The world,” as Ernest Hemingway wrote in A Farewell to Arms, “kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially.” Most of the 2.5 million Americans who die each year succumb
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) immediately politicized the tragic Aurora theater shootings, and, on Monday, the Congresswoman continued the tactic. This time, she used the Aurora shootings to denounce the National Rifle Association (NRA). “The National Rifle Association is so powerful
U.S. Representative Jim Moran (D-VA-8) on MSNBC
In a July 21 column in the New York Daily News, the editorial board assigns fault for the massacre in a Colorado theater. The fault is not just assigned to killer James Holmes, but absurdly to Obama, Romney, the NRA
The central political topic of the fourth episode of HBO’s “The Newsroom” by Aaron Sorkin? Gun control. “I’ll Try to Fix You” begins in Jeff Daniels’ anchorman character Will McAvoy’s office with Wade, an Assistant US Attorney, informing McAvoy (who
Google wants you to know that it is thinking of your “safety” as it announced that anything to do with firearms on its Google Shopping service is forbidden. Further, firearms customers have recently found that Google Shopping won’t give them
The NRA is putting pressure on the White House and members of Congress when it comes to Thursday’s House vote on contempt against Attorney General Eric Holder. In a letter to the House, Chris Cox, NRA-ILA Executive Director, said the
Federal courts could soon decide a fight between Congress and Attorney General Eric Holder on the Operation Fast and Furious gun-running scandal. If Republicans persevere, this is a battle that Holder should lose in what would be a humiliating defeat
“Our Founding Fathers enshrined the Second Amendment for one purpose: survival.Survival of each citizen. Survival of a nation.” With those words as his theme, thelongest-serving head of the National Rifle Association (NRA)–CEO Wayne LaPierre–trumpeted unity for all conservatives going into
(AP) Nugent says he’s insulted by concert cancellation By RYAN PEARSON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES Ted Nugent said he was insulted by the cancellation of his planned concert at an Army post over his comments about President Obama. Commanders
The Motor City Madman does not pose a threat to the Commander in Chief. Ted Nugent’s recent verbal assault against the Obama administration at an NRA convention caught the attention of the Secret Service. But The Hill reports that Secret
WASHINGTON, April 17 (UPI) — The Secret Service said it will “follow up” on remarks by rocker Ted Nugent that he will be “dead or in jail” if U.S. President Barack Obama is re-elected. The conservative rock guitarist and spokesman
Get ready for the leftist assault on the National Rifle Association. Today, the Media Matters blog has decided to take on the National Rifle Association. A post by Alexander Zaitchik recounts his experiences on a bus on the way to
Rocker Ted Nugent at the National Rifle Association’s conference in St. Louis endorsed Mitt Romney and also siad President Obama is “vile” and “evil,” the members of the Supreme Court “don’t believe in the Constitution” and voters should “ride into
Amid Democrat attempts to use the Trayvon Martin shooting as a means to push for the repeal of Stand Your Ground laws, it’s been interesting to note how many Democrats have a past that includes support for them. For
***UPDATE — “Mad Men’s” trashing of dead Republicans last night didn’t stop with George Romney: George Romney wasn’t the only real person to be prominently mentioned in Sunday’s episode, which also found Don Draper and Harry Crane trying unsuccessfully to
MSNBC’s Karen Finny: “How do we go from one state to 30? Who was the Typhoid Mary for this horrible outbreak? Try not to be surprised. It’s the usual suspects: the Koch brothers, the NRA, the American Legislative Exchange Council,
While many on the left try to blame the NRA, the GOP and Florida gun laws in the tragic shooting death of Trayvon Martin, NAACP President Ben Jealous said the law itself is not the problem.
Yesterday, I had a post on Big Government which focused on a subpoena Rep. Darrell Issa had sent to Patrick J. Cunningham, Chief of the Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona. In both the subpoena and
President Obama released a signing statement with the omnibus spending bill that was passed late last week. In that bill, a provision stated that taxpayer money cannot be used to promote or advocate gun control. President Obama released a statement
Come on Media Matters for America, you’re making it way too easy to prove you’re an Obama propaganda machine and should not be tax exempt. I would prefer a better challenge. I’ve already had to fix one of Chris Brown’s