Politician after politician have joined the television talking heads in calling for a new “assault weapons ban” patterned after the ten-year Clinton ban that was allowed to lapse in 2004 after Justice Department and private studies concluded it had no impact whatsoever on murder and violent crime rates and had become a symbol of wrong-headed governmental attempts to restrict firearms ownership in this country.
Sandy Hook shows need for heightened protection of schoolchildren
Washington’s ideological blinders too often prevent anything approaching a rational discussion of issues. The battle lines are drawn and most everybody assumes without thinking that any suggestion emanating from “enemy” lines must be dangerous, wrong or even crazy.
The National Rifle Association has two enemies: politicians such as New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and video games.
“I’m not sure which is worse,” David Keene, the NRA’s president, told gun enthusiasts at the state Department of Land and Natural Resources’ hunter education center on Tuesday. “I know which one I wouldn’t want to spend more time with. But I’m not sure which is worse.”
The day after the presidential election, in an interview posted on the National Rifle Association website, NRA President David Keene attributed Mitt Romney’s loss to the Democratic turnout machine.
Team Obama resorts to default excuse: Blame Bush Obama administration officials must remind each other daily that they will never have to accept responsibility for anything that goes wrong on their watch as long as they can find some way to blame their troubles on George W. Bush.
Illinois voters are headed to the polls today and while most will focus on the GOP Presidential primary, at least one other contest that deserves attention.
Other Republican voters around the country are being forced to choose between two incumbents running against each other after redistricting, but in the newly drawn 16th Congressional District the race between veteran Congressman Don Manzullo and freshman Adam Kinzinger has been one of a kind.
Most analysts trace Newt Gingrich’s stunning come-from-behind victory in Saturday’s South Carolina primary to his performance in the two pre-primary debates and in particular to his handling of the home-run pitches thrown him by Juan Williams and John King. Always a warrior, Mr.
