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Why the Left Won’t Win the Gun-Control Debate

“It’s too hard to persuade people to willingly surrender the right to protect their own lives. Last week I wrote a long essay in The Atlantic that represented my best effort to explain “gun culture” to those who may be more hostile to gun rights than, say, the typical reader of National Review. I began […]

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Today is the last day to enroll. 5th Annual Leukemia Charity Handgun/Rifle Course

Today is the last day to enroll! Everyone must be enrolled 3 weeks before the course! March 23rd, 2018 This year’s charity course is going to be EPIC!!!! If you don’t have formalized training from licensed instructors, you need training! If you have formalized training, you need more training! Enrollment is almost closed!!! www.CharityCourse.gives You […]

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AR-15’s Have Been Sold For 60 Years, But Mass Shootings Are New. Here’s Why They’re Happening…

“Guns Have Existed in America For 200 Years and people have purchased AR-15’s for 60 years, but School shootings are new. The REAL issue is this… Mother Jones recently published a study about the 96 mass shootings that have occurred since 1982. Their report shows that there have been 796 total people killed in mass […]

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A Key Commonality In School Shooters The Left Refuses To Address

“In the wake of the tragic South Florida high school shooting which ended with 17 deaths, Democrats and their allies in the mainstream media have launched a full-scale attack on the National Rife Association (NRA), Republican politicians, America gun owners, and the Second Amendment. And while there is chatter about so-called “toxic masculinity” bubbling up […]

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Former Air Marshal: Arming Pilots Post-9/11 Worked, So Will Arming Our Teachers

“Proposals to arm teachers and other staffers to better secure schools against mass shooters are worthwhile, just as arming pilots was following 9/11, said Chad Robichaux on Thursday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight in an interview with hosts Rebecca Mansour and Joel Pollak. Robichaux is a former Special Agent with the U.S. Federal Air […]

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Opinions: I used to think gun control was the answer. My research told me otherwise.

By Leah Libresco “Leah Libresco is a statistician and former newswriter at FiveThirtyEight, a data journalism site. She is the author of “Arriving at Amen.” Before I started researching gun deaths, gun-control policy used to frustrate me. I wished the National Rifle Association would stop blocking common-sense gun-control reforms such as banning assault weapons, restricting […]

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FILE - This Tuesday, May 19, 2015 file photo shows a firearm and 154 pounds of heroin worth at least $50 million displayed during a Drug Enforcement Administration news conference in New York. According to government data released Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, drug overdose deaths in the U.S. surpassed 50,000 in 2015, the highest mark in at least 15 years. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Heroin now kills more people than guns: Drugs overdoses claimed 50,000 lives in the US last year

“More than 50,000 Americans died from drug overdoses last year, the highest figure ever. 33,000 gun deaths, 62% of those were suicides. Many more were justified police shootings, still others were accidental. A far minority were homicides. The tally has been pushed to new heights by soaring abuse of heroin and prescription painkillers, especially fentanyl. […]

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Thank you for signing up early. Only 2 weeks left to enroll!

5th Annual Charity Handgun/Rifle Course for Leukemia/Lymphoma March 23rd, 2018 www.CharityCourse.gives Only 2 weeks left to enroll! Everyone must be enrolled 3 weeks before the course! March 23rd This year’s charity course is going to be EPIC!!!! You can join us for 2 days, 3 days, or the full 4 days. You can take the […]

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Gunmaker Remington to file for bankruptcy

“U.S. firearm manufacturer, Remington Outdoor Company, said it will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, but stay in business throughout the process. “Difficult industry conditions make today’s agreement prudent,” said Jim Geisler, Remington’s executive chairman, in a statement released by the company on Monday. The company has been dogged by falling sales after one of […]

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69 days out: Instead of being a gun owner, how about being a skilled shooter?

5th Annual Charity Handgun/Rifle Course for Leukemia/Lymphoma We currently have 178 people enrolled! More registrations are coming in every day! We are expecting over 300 participants this year! Every gun owner “thinks” they know how to shoot! But very few actually do. Just because you can take your gun to the range, take it out […]

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