In key contests, Democrats championing gun rights


"Democratic candidates in key states are embracing gun owners’ rights, winning favor from the National Rifle Association, a lobby that has long been the target of disdain from the party faithful."

Beyond Guns: N.R.A. Expands Agenda


"Fresh off a string of victories in the courts and Congress, the National Rifle Association is flexing political muscle outside its normal domain, with both Democrats and Republicans courting its favor and avoiding its wrath on issues that sometimes seem to have little to do with guns. "

Ted Nugent: Why Guns Are Good for Freedom

Chicago's new gun law goes into effect today

Obama and Supreme Court may be on collision course


"Obama and his advisors had weighed how to respond to the court's ruling the week before, which gave corporations the same free-spending rights as ordinary Americans. They saw the ruling as a rash, radical move to tilt the political system toward big business as they coped with the fallout from the Wall Street collapse."

Chicago approves new gun restrictions


"The law, weaker than the gun ban tossed out Monday but with some even stronger new provisions, allows adults in Chicago to buy one gun a month, 12 a year, but they must pay registration and permit fees and take five hours of training."

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"Those who have no confidence in ordinary Americans may expect a bloodbath, as the benighted masses start shooting each other, now that they can no longer be denied guns by their betters. People who think we shouldn't be allowed to make our own medical decisions, or decisions about which schools our children attend, certainly are not likely to be happy with the idea that we can make our own decisions about how to defend ourselves."

US Supreme Court extends gun rights

'The US Supreme Court has restricted the rights of state and city governments to enforce controls on gun ownership."

John Stossel: Right to Carry Arms Reduces Crime

Alaska governor signs Firearms Freedom Act into law


"Alaska has become the eighth state to declare that firearms made, sold and owned in the state are beyond the reach of the federal bureaucrats along the Potomac, with Gov. Sean Parnell's signature on the plan today. "

Feds: States' growing gun-rights movement a threat


"Attorneys argue laws 'void' because of impact on 'interstate commerce'"

In Texas, guns OK in 'express line' at State Capitol

Palin says Obama would ban guns if he could


"Don't doubt for a minute that, if they thought they could get away with it, they would ban guns and ban ammunition and gut the Second Amendment," said Palin, a lifelong NRA member who once had a baby shower at a local gun range in Alaska. "It's the job of all of us at the NRA and its allies to stop them in their tracks.