By John James Kirkwood “The NRA has won a terrific victory against daunting odds to help preserve our 2nd amendment rights. What this country needs is the national equivalent of the National Rifle Association in regard to education.” – the Parson WINNING THE NRA WAY Enrollment in the National Rifle Association has reached 5 million […]Continue Reading
The incoming leader of the National Rifle Association has a long history with the powerful gun rights lobby and a penchant for bold statements that are sure to enflame an already explosive national debate over gun control. James Porter, an Alabama attorney and first vice president of the NRA, assumes the presidency on Monday after […]Continue Reading
Any meaningful discussion about the dearth of full-time jobs in America seems to be, well, permanently on the backburner. Meanwhile, immigration, gun control and Jason Collins are front-and-center stories, despite the fact that according to a recent Gallup survey, 19 percent (number two on the list!) say “Unemployment/Jobs” are the country’s biggest problems (via Breitbart): […]Continue Reading
While it is not possible to answer all the e-mails and letters from readers, many are thought-provoking, whether those thoughts are positive or negative. An e-mail from one young man simply asked for the sources of some facts about gun control that were mentioned in a recent column. It is good to check out […]Continue Reading
Obama and his coterie of anti-Second Amendment advocates are not willing to accept the Senate’s rejection of gun legislation. According to BuzzFeed, Obama will force his will on the American people through unconstitutional executive actions. Photro: Richard Cornish. According to a BuzzFeed source, Joe Biden told gun control “stakeholders” via conference call on Thursday that […]Continue Reading
Matt Towery As a columnist, I have my own opinions on issues, and from the get-go I opposed expanded background checks for gun purchases because I viewed it as a slippery slope that could lead to more and more lists of honest Americans and more and more control by the government that would own those […]Continue Reading
DENVER (AP) — Exactly eight months after dozens of people were shot in a suburban Denver movie theater, Gov. John Hickenlooper will sign new restrictions on firearms in Colorado, signaling a historic change for Democrats who traditionally shied away from taking on gun control in a state where owning a gun is as common as […]Continue Reading
The latest round of hysterical gun-control foolishness moves one step closer to expiration, as Senator Dianne Feinstein’s (D-CA) “assault weapons” ban, which takes aim at scary-looking rifles and magazines holding more than 10 bullets, is expected to clear the Senate Judiciary Committee today, but die in the full Senate. Republicans are overwhelmingly opposed to the […]Continue Reading
Rich Galen For the next 1,418 days the top issue on the mind of President Barack Obama and his ever-tightening inner circle will involve the six letters: L.E.G.A.C.Y. Just as years three and four were totally focused on the President’s re-election; so the last two years of his second term will be focused on the […]Continue Reading
President Obama is one of the great political knife-fighters in modern history. He is a failed president — his economy is bleak, his foreign policy bleaker, his vision for American even bleaker still. But he wins. He wins by losing. President Obama has only had two major policy victories during his tenure: the stimulus package […]Continue Reading
U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz flew home from Washington last week, leaving behind a capital baffled by Republicans like him in Congress: those who stubbornly refuse to compromise with President Barack Obama, a tactic that some see as damaging the GOP brand and pushing the nation repeatedly to the brink of fiscal chaos. Back in his […]Continue Reading
I haven’t been able to pilfer an advance copy of the president’s State of the Union address, but I hereby offer some guesses as to what he’ll say tonight. The president will assert, against the evidence, that the state of our union is strong. He will boast that during his first term, we averted another […]Continue Reading