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OSHA Investigates Ruger Firearm Plant–Wants 250K In Fines Imposed

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) wrapped up an investigation in May into the Sturm-Ruger Co. Inc. firearm manufacturing plant in Newport Connecticut, which began in November 2008, and came away with a recommendation of fines, for an alleged 60 health and safety violations, totaling some $255,150. Sturm-Ruger has 15 days to contest the […]

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Kentucky Church To Host Firearm "Open Carry" Event To Celebrate Fourth Of July

Louisville Kentucky’s New Bethel Church will be sponsoring an “Open Carry Church Service” on Saturday June 27, in celebration of the Fourth of July holiday. This event encourages church members to attend with their unloaded and holstered firearms. The day’s festivities will include a raffle for a free handgun, plenty of patriotic music and some […]

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SCOTUS Nominee Sotomayor Ruled Second Amendment Does Not Apply To States

Second Circuit Court Judge and U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor sat on the panel which ruled in the case Maloney v. Cuomo that the Second Amendment does not apply to individual states or citizens essentially saying the states do have the ability to ban firearms within their boundaries. According to scotusblog.com the ruling further […]

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Firearms In National Parks Delayed Until February 2010 On Technicality–Updated 2-13-10

Granted it may seem rather odd to tack an amendment to allow citizens to carry a concealed firearm into national parks, as long as they were already permitted by state law, onto a credit card reform bill but truth be told this type of legislative maneuver goes on all the time. It is interesting that […]

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San Francisco Declares Handgun Ban Legal Despite Supreme Court Ruling To The Contrary

In June 2008 the U.S. Supreme Court handed down their decision in DC v Heller (by the way Dick Anthony Heller is a Special Police Officer at the DC Federal Judicial Center) that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution ensures an individual citizens’ right to possess firearms for private use. Justice Antonin Scalia delivered […]

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WSJ Declares Firearm Control Debate Pretty Much Over

I happened upon a Wall Street Journal editorial today describing how the left wing Democrats have lost the debate on “gun control.” (Man I hate that term. It should be called “society control” because that is truly what the modern liberals are all about.) The column spoke of the recent passage by the U.S. Senate […]

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Police Chief Harasses Firearm Owners Despite Attorney General Ruling

Evidently the police chief in Milwaukee thinks firearm owners are guilty until proven innocent. In many states it’s legal to wear a firearm on one’s hip in plain sight, referred to as open carry, sometimes with but often without a permit as long as there are no attempts to conceal the weapon, even briefly. The […]

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Texas Joins Montana In Declaring State Firearm Sovereignty

It’s outstanding to see the great state of Texas follow Montana’s lead in the continuing fight to wrest individual state sovereignty rights away from the federal government. Under HB 1863 all intrastate commerce involving the sale of firearms, ammunition and accessories manufactured within the state would be outside the control of the federal government per […]

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Pennsylvania Firearm Owners Rally Against Governor's Factually Flawed Gun Banning Agenda

Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell is hoping to take advantage of the death of three police officers at the hand of a deranged lunatic to push for a ban on semi automatic rifles and other draconian gun laws. He, ignorantly or otherwise, refers to the gun the idiot used to kill the officers as an assault […]

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Freebie Of The Week–One Year National Rifle Association Membership

Folks concerned about their Second Amendment rights due to the anti firearm Obama administration can sign up for a free one year limited membership in the NRA right here.

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