Robb Allen has a great post about citizen engagement in legislation and how you need to be involved to get good laws, specifically good gun laws. He notes that legislators aren’t experts on the issues they legislate. That’s where you, the engaged and informed citizen, have a duty to write, call, or visit your elected [...]
Good Laws Don’t Happen By Accident
October 3rd, 2012 · No Comments · America, NRA, Politics
Tags: Arizona·Gun Laws·gun rights·Guns·Laws·legislation·legislators·NRA·politicians
ATF Tries to Bypass Congress
January 3rd, 2011 · 2 Comments · News
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) appears to be attempting to bypass the Gun Control Act, in turn, creating a national firearms registry. On December 20th, 2010, Acting Director of ATF, Ken Melson, announced Demand Letters for Multiple Sales of Specific Long Guns in Four Border States. This action would require Federal [...]
Tags: 2nd amendment·american values·Congress·Gun Laws·gun rights·legislation·Mexico gun smuggling·national shooting sports foundation
Arizona Laws I Didn’t Learn in School
March 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment · News
I found a list of crazy Arizona laws today. As I tried to verify the existence of these mythical laws, I came across numerous laws that I had been blissfully ignorant about. As a public service to my visitors, I’ll pass along these pearls of legislation, so you don’t end up in jail like Mongo. [...]
Tags: Arizona·Gun Laws·Humor·Laws
Gun Rights on the Move in Arizona
February 8th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Politics, Shooting
Sebastian over at Snow Flakes in Hell notes that Arizona has a slew of pro gun rights legislation in the pipeline this year. The proposed laws include the Firearms Freedom Act, legalizing defensive display of a firearm, allowing university professors to carry guns on school grounds, and eliminating the requirement for a permit to carry [...]
Tags: Gun Laws·Gun news·Politics
NRA Grassroots Workshop
May 16th, 2009 · No Comments · America
The first event of the 2009 NRA Annual Meeting and Exhibits, held in Phoenix, Arizona, was the Grassroots Workshop put on by the NRA Institute for Legislative Action (ILA) at the Sheraton. The grassroots activists were seated by state, so that they could begin networking with other politically active members. The workshop started with a [...]
Tags: America·Gun Laws·NRA Convention·NRA membership·Obama
Obama Administration Wrong on Percentage of Firearms Smuggled from US to Mexico
April 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment · News
Last Thursday, the President proclaimed, “More than 90 percent of the guns recovered in Mexico come from the United States, many from gun shops that line our shared border.” Those of us who are concerned that our second amendment rights are about to be trampled on have more than a sneaking suspicion that this manufactured [...]
Tags: gun bans·Gun Laws·Mexico gun smuggling·Obama·second amendment
Gun Laws Should Have Prevented Pittsburgh Shooting Spree
April 4th, 2009 · No Comments · News
Here’s something the MSM has failed to mention so far about the incident in Pittsburgh today where 3 police officers were killed. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette made quick reference to the fact that the shooter, Richard Poplawski was dishonorably discharged from Marine Corps. basic training. The Department of Treasury Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms document [...]







