You didn’t need a crystal ball to see this one coming. A week after the BATFE withdrew its plan to ban M855 as “armor-piercing ammunition,” U.S. Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) announced that he intends to introduce…
Carrying spare ammunition: It’s not an option, it’s a must
At the end of December, Buckeye Firearms Association published my article, "Ammo Capacity: How Much is Enough?" The point of the article was to suggest that your self-defense firearm needs to have…
Anti-gun U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel Introduces Ammo Ban Legislation
On March 13, 2015, three days after the BATFE rescinded its proposed ammo ban framework regulation, anti-gun U.S. Representative Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) introduced H.R. 1358, a bill designed to ban civilian use and possession…
Is Teaching Propaganda Ethical? Columbia School of Journalism’s Dart Center partners with Bloomberg
A workshop titled “Covering Gun Violence” is being offered in Phoenix by the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma to “help journalists and news organizations in the Southwest improve their reporting on…
Common Ground at Last? Finger-gun Wielding Obama Provides Lesson for America’s Schools
Attention overbearing public school administrators: you might want to remove any portraits of the 44th U.S. president hanging on your walls. In a recent Affordable Care Act promotional video produced for the website…
Report: College shooting sports teams becoming so popular some turn people away
The Washington Post is reporting that shooting sports teams are seeing a surge on a diverse range of campuses across the country, and have become so popular that some are forced to…
Declining Gun Ownership? Sloppy Reporting Strikes Again
Citing recent data from the General Social Survey (GSS), the Associated Press (AP) reported [recently] that gun ownership is on the decline in the United States. This is becoming something of a springtime…
ATF Change Welcomed, But Will It Make A Difference?
The news that BATFE head B. Todd Jones was resigning didn't come from a media outlet citing "reliable sources inside the ATF" – although that's exactly where the news originated. It came…
ATF backs off of ammo ban, but it’s the “sporting purpose” test that needs to go
Feigning shock and surprise at the huge number of comments they received objecting to their plan to ban popular M855 ammunition, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives announced a tactical…
Washington Post Fact Checker: President earns three “Pinocchios” for latest anti-gun whoppers
President Barack Obama has been lying about guns and gun rights for years, and it finally seems as though at least one mainstream media outlet is catching on. For the second year…