There are dozens of articles hyping government purchases of ammunition over the last nine months. After spending weeks researching this topic, this is a collection of commonly held myths that are based more on panic than fact. With the recent
President Barack Obama has created a minor controversy within progressive media circles by complimenting the looks of California Attorney General Kamala Harris. Obama praised Harris Thursday as “brilliant,” “dedicated,” and “tough.” He then capped off the compliment, “She also happens
John McKinney (R), Connecticut’s Senate Minority Leader who represents the town of Newtown, voted in favor of An Act Concerning Gun Violence Prevention And Children’s Safety. Before voting in favor of the sweeping new gun restrictions for his state, he read the names
Speaking at a fundraiser in San Francisco on April 3, President Obama said that Adam Lanza, the mass murderer in a New England school shooting, used a “fully automatic weapon” to kill his victims at Sandy Hook Elementary. This assertion
After cutting 5% from his annual salary in solidarity with federal workers, President Obama spent hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars this week to fly out to California to fundraise for the 2014 election cycle. While in California, he suggested
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
On Wednesday, White House press secretary Jay Carney said it was “shameful” for Republican legislators to filibuster gun control in the Senate. “It would be shameful to not allow any one of these measures to come up to a vote,”
Senate Budget Committee Republican staff on Thursday released a description of what they claim is a “major flaw” in the immigration reform plan being pushed by the bipartisan “Gang of Eight”–a loophole that will end up being a multi-trillion dollar
One hundred and thirty-nine pages of gun and ammunition control measures have now passed the Connecticut General Assembly–the senate passed the measures at 6:30 p.m. on April 3 and the house passed them at 2:26 a.m. on April 4. These
(AP) PROMISES, PROMISES: Obama’s IOUs start coming dueBy CALVIN WOODWARDAssociated PressWASHINGTONAmericans are a forward-looking people, which is to say they can have the attention span of a gnat. So presidential campaigns seem like distant history almost from the moment someone
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) is not backing down from his demand for an open and transparent immigration reform process after Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy refused to accommodate his request. Last Saturday, Rubio wrote to Leahy asking for what
Foreign Policy magazine has made a stark pronouncement about Texas Senator Ted Cruz. According to FP’s Erica Grieder, Cruz is “the most hated man in the U.S. Senate.” In a March 29 piece, Grieder made this extreme judgment based on the new Senator’s outspoken positions
Jonathan Miller, the former two-term Kentucky state treasurer who was working with Ashley Judd as she contemplated a campaign for Mitch McConnell’s Senate seat, is now complaining Judd was forced out by a cabal of Democrats. The reasons why, Miller surmises,
A Rasmussen poll released on April 2 shows that 51% of Americans believe expanding background checks won’t do anything to curb gun violence. In fact, six percent of those polled believe expanding background checks could contribute to increased gun violence.
The battle for the 2016 Senate is heating up as Rep. Bill Cassidy will announce today he is running for the Louisiana Senate seat held by Mary Landrieu. Cassidy is a doctor from Baton Rouge who previously served in
(AP) GOP Sen. Kirk announces support for gay marriageBy SARA BURNETTAssociated PressCHICAGOGOP Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois on Tuesday became the second sitting Republican senator to endorse gay marriage _ a move that also could shift the political debate over
The Washington Post is trying to set up a divide between Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and the grassroots tea party movement that was so influential in helping Rubio get to Washington in 2010. In analyzing the current immigration reform debate
John Avlon, the co-founder of the anti-Tea Party No Labels group, wrote a bizarre attack piece on Sarah Palin’s lean political action committee last week after completely misconstruing what Palin said at the Conservative Political Action Conference. At CPAC, the former Alaska
Senate Judiciary Chairman Sen. Pat Leahy (D-VT) has reaffirmed his promise to rush an immigration reform legislative package through the U.S. Senate when Congress returns from recess, amid waning progress on a grand bargain deal and severe concerns cropping up
President Barack Obama’s White House appears to be meddling in the writing of specific legislation with regard to immigration reform, a sign that the so-called bipartisan “Gang of Eight” is not developing ideas on its own. “The president will continue
Today the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a global gun control treaty called the Arms Trade Treaty. Now the fight begins here at home. There are several things gun owners need to know to protect their constitutional rights.
Today, the U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty by a vote of 154 to 3 with 23 abstentions. The treaty would regulate multibillion-dollar international arms trade with thegoal of keeping illicit weapons out of thehands of
On April 2, the UN General Assembly signed off on the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)–a treaty ostensibly aimed at gun trafficking internationally, and which will require nations to monitor and adjust their export/import practices accordingly. The Obama administration supported the draft
In a little-noticed quote on last Sunday’s Meet the Press, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)–a member of the bipartisan so-called “Gang of Eight” pushing immigration reform–might have slipped up and admitted the “Gang” is not going to secure the border before giving 11
On March 31 Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) promised to introduce an amendment banning “high capacity” magazines when the Senate considers a gun control package later this month. Appearing on CNN, Blumenthal said: [Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)] has assured me
