The National Rifle Association and Second Amendment Foundation have agreed to drop a lawsuit against New Orleans if they will set up a process through which to return the guns controversially seized by police after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The agreement calls for the city to post a notice on its Web site that explains how [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, October 4, 2008
This Newsweek/Washington Post/Factcheck coalition that has sprung up to “clarify” Obama’s position on guns is making my head spin. It’s almost as if Obama wrote it himself, in his characteristically self-contradicting style. For example… Obama, “Urban Policy”: Obama and Biden also favor commonsense measures that respect the Second Amendment rights of gun owners, while keeping guns away [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, September 28, 2008
Barack Obama’s presidential campaign has contacted several media outlets in Ohio and Pennsylvania in an attempt to prevent advertisements by the National Rifle Association from airing. The ads, which outline Obama’s historically antagonistic attitude against the Second Amednment, have been inexplicably disputed by the campaign as lacking basis in fact. Politico has posted a memo from [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, April 6, 2008
Actor and former National Rifle Association president Charlton Heston has died today at the age of 84. Heston played a number of historical figures in his life, from Andrew Jackson to Marc Antony, and of course his famous roles as Moses and Ben-Hur. Heston was also active in politics as a civil rights proponent, opposed [...]
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Thursday, October 9, 2008
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