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Look At That Smile
My 3 1/2 year old son got a formal introduction to firearms Sunday. The Marlin 60 is a bit large for him, so he did not do any firing. I need to pick up a Crickett for him when I begin to train him on shooting. Still need to work on a few things before…
Read MoreMexican Cartel Bought Guns From U.S. Border Patrol
The testimony of a Mexican hitman turned government witness has revealed some astonishing details of life inside Mexico’s criminal underworld. Most astonishing of all: claims that cartel assassins obtained guns from the U.S. Border Patrol. According to Mexican magazine Revista Contralinea, the testimony comes from a protected government witness and former hitman, who cooperated in…
Read MoreTexas Attorney General Issues Favorable Opinion On Guns In Employer Parking Lots
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has issued an opinion on two important questions regarding implementation of Senate Bill 321, the employee/parking lot protection legislation enacted during the 2011 legislative session In recent hearing by the Texas Senate Criminal Justice Committee (here), which included a review of the implementation of Senate Bill 321, an NRA-ILA representative…
Read MoreAfter Obama Win, U.S. Backs New U.N. Arms Treaty Talks
Hours after U.S. President Barack Obama was re-elected, the United States backed a U.N. committee’s call on Wednesday to renew debate over a draft international treaty to regulate the $70 billion global conventional arms trade. Read the entire article: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/07/us-arms-treaty-un-idUSBRE8A627J20121107
Read MoreReport: Fast and Furious a product of DOJ ‘deliberate strategy’ laid out by Eric Holder, other senior Obama officials
The latest congressional report on Operation Fast and Furious found that the gunwalking-program-turned-scandal was the result of a “deliberate strategy created at the highest levels of the Justice Department aimed at identifying the leaders of a major gun trafficking ring.†The report is the second installment in a three-part series from Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking…
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