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March 2013

I thought I had seen this before….certainly, no astroturf here!

(Image H/T: Big Government) Go to that URL and what shows up is that URL but rebranded as “Organizing for America”.  Part of the text there says: “There’s another simple thing you can do right now to show the overwhelming support for universal background checks. Take the sign and put it somewhere folks will see …

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Feds Gobble Up Ammo: Marines and Police Scrimp And Save

First there were the stories about DHS buying 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition, for practice – perfectly innocent, they said. Steve explained that, even if the purchases were for practice, at normal rates of consumption, that would be sufficient for decades of practice, and besides, hollow point rounds are illegal in war, and an expensive …

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He has risen, indeed

Today is Easter – in my mind, the most solemn, yet joyous day in the Christian calender. It is the culmination of the Old and New Testament – God’s love for us.  In His absolute holiness, our sin (from the free expression of will) is anathema – holiness cannot accept any blemish of that holiness. …

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Riffs off Laura Ingraham’s opening monologue – social issues and the Republican Party.

I like Laura Ingraham, a Conservative talk show hostess, and I do listen into The Factor when she guest hosts.  I had DVR’d the program for a different segment, but this morning upon playing it back, her opening monologue caught my attention even more: The question of what sort of culture our children are going …

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Shurtleff Defends Stand Your Ground Repeal In The Union Leader

“There is hardly any mental misery worse than that of having our own serious phrases, our own rooted beliefs, caricatured by a charlatan or a hireling.”  —George Eliot Last Monday, Steve Shurtleff wrote an op-ed in advocacy for his bill to repeal stand your ground. He tells several lies, makes completely inaccurate statements and could …

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Richard Venola: Ridiculous Extremes

In July 2011, Guns and Ammo’s  Richard Venola wrote this article speaking directly to the topic of those at our Sporting Clubs who make the shooting experience extremely unpleasant at times.  With the recent surge and upticks in new memberships, Venola’s observations, wisdom and experience is never needed more than it is today. I pass …

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Efficacy Of High-Cap Magazine Bans

“Foolishness is rarely a matter of lack of intelligence or even lack of information.”   —John McCarthy How come the demonstrator did not have any rubber scissors? or a tongue depressor?