Post Tagged with: "gun rights"

May 15, 2010 09:45

Palin Says Obama Would Ban Guns If He Could

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin warned NRA members Friday that President Barack Obama wants to gut the Second Amendment and told a separate gathering that “mama grizzlies” will help Republicans win this November, sweeping away the Democratic agenda.

May 14, 2010 06:05

Kagan anti gun rights

There’s more evidence of hostility to gun rights on her part. Now, with the choice of Solicitor General Elena Kagan, President Obama is two for two in selecting Supreme Court nominees with an apparent strong hostility to the right of self-defense.

May 14, 2010 05:23

Kagan Was ‘Not Sympathetic’ as Law Clerk to Gun-Rights Argument

Elena Kagan said as a U.S. Supreme Court law clerk in 1987 that she was “not sympathetic” toward a man who contended that his constitutional rights were violated when he was convicted for carrying an unlicensed pistol.

April 22, 2010 04:45

Court Says Concealed-Carry Law Applies to Campuses

Colorado Court of Appeals last week sided with Altman, holding that the university is subject to the same concealed-carry laws as the rest of the state and sending the case back to the trial court.

April 20, 2010 05:01

Dems seek more House votes by hook or by crooked legislation

New bill being pushed would give Washington DC voting rights of a state and dictate to Utah how it selects its new representative. Loosening of gun restrictions has been thrown in as a sweetener for conservatives.

March 31, 2010 05:11

A Gun Ban By Any Other Name…

Every location for which crime data is available has seen an increase in murder rates after gun bans have been imposed.

March 30, 2010 04:54

Report From Liberal Cable Outlet Shows That More Guns Equals Fewer Firearms Deaths

“Firearms in the hands of law-abiding citizens prevent 1 million robberies, murders and rapes every year,” John Pierce, a Virginia-based gun-rights activist with opencarry.org, told MSNBC.com.

March 18, 2010 00:12

REBELLION IN AMERICA: 5th state exempts guns. Is Washington noticing?

A fifth state – South Dakota – has decided that guns made, sold and used within its borders no longer are subject to the whims of the federal government through its rule-making arm in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and two supporters of the growing groundswell say they hope Washington soon will be taking note.

March 9, 2010 05:11

Don’t Let Obama’s Anti-Gun Silence Breed Complacency

Furthermore, his administration is backing a U.N. treaty that would regulate the small arms trade worldwide. Don’t scoff. The president can constitutionally enter such treaties under Article 2, Section 2. Said treaty would become law under Article 6, at least temporarily.