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So much for the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence (ICHV) and the Brady Campaign's claims that firearm-related violence is plaguing America. As we're pretty sure our local chapter of ICHV, which has basically devolved into a book club, won't tell you about this... WASHINGTON (TheBlaze/AP) — Gun homicides have dropped…

  In yesterday's first installment of Bob Rainville's "The Moral High Ground" Bob gave us some new terms to help us take back the language and make the moral case for gun ownership and against arbitrary restrictions.   Here's a quick review of the new terms - your "Verbal Ammo" to…

So, we see on Drudge Report that Adam Kokesh, a supposed "libertarian" activist and radio host, is organizing an long-gun open-carry rally and march into Washington D.C. Who is Adam Kokesh? Two words:  Agent Provocateur. With friends like Adam Kokesh, you don't need any enemies. $5 says this crackpot Adam…

[caption id="attachment_7424" align="alignnone" width="555"] Defense Distributed founder Cody Wilson, holding the world's first fully 3D-printed gun. Click to enlarge. (Credit: Michael Thad Carter for Forbes)[/caption]   Making home firearm manufacturing cheap, simple and easy. No metallurgy or metalworking experience necessary. (Forbes) - “Alright. One…two…” Before “three” arrives, a shot reverberates…

At the NRA 2013 Convention this year, NRA's EVP Wayne LaPierre announced the NRA now has over five million members. And every one of those paid for their membership. NRA Surges to Record 5 Million Members (Breitbart) - At the National Rifle Association's convention in Houston, TX, NRA Executive Vice…

NY Governor Andrew Cuomo, the governor who has given his state's residents the most restrictive gun ban in the nation, is now using $140 million of Hurricane Sandy federal disaster relief money to fund an ad campaign to lure businesses to New York State. Yes, tens of thousands of people…

[caption id="attachment_7408" align="alignnone" width="640"] Former Chicago Alderman Sharon Denise Dixon (24th) by Melissa Ann Pinney, courtesy of the Chicago Alderman Project.[/caption]   Reports are rolling in that Former Chicago Alderman Sharon Dixon was caught out front of a Chicago Police Station this weekend with a loaded .357 revolver. She was…

Barry Snell, a senior at the Iowa State University, has penned a magnificent piece published at ISU student newspaper.  The quality and content of the piece eclipses that of most national mainstream media opinion writers. In the piece, he suggests that continued media and political hyperbole and name-calling will solve…

  Bob Rainville of Indianapolis, IN, has written a great piece on how to turn the language of the "gun control" debate on it's head.  It's a long piece, so I've broken it up into three parts; this is part one.   THE MORAL HIGH GROUND by Bob Rainville  …

Thanks to Ron Gore for sending this in. One of the things that is being learned from the Boston bombing is that pressure-cookers have become the container of choice for bomb makers. At long last, who now can argue with the common sense logic that if there were no pressure-cookers,…