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The U.S. border with Mexico may very well become armed with military equipment coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan. That’s the hope of two Texas congressmen, Republican Ted Poe and Democrat Henry Cuellar, along with 17 border sheriffs from Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. They sent a letter to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta requesting that he send surplus [...] S. 2213, officially titled the Respecting States’ Rights and Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, treats concealed carry as a RIGHT belonging to the people – not as a privilege granted by the government. “Rather than establish a national standard, our bill will ensure that law-abiding citizens are able to carry concealed firearms while [...] At a campaign stop at a firing range, while Rick Santorum was firing off some rounds, a woman shouted, “pretend it’s Obama.” Santorum, who was far from the woman, couldn’t hear the comment as he proceeded with his target practice. Neither could his staffers. But the yell – the identity of the yeller is [...] Pilots packing heat may soon be a relic of the 9/11 aftermath, as the White House seeks to cut the $25 million budget in half for the federal flight deck officers training program known as the FFDO. “The Nobama administration has had an institutional hostility towards the concept of arming pilots, and especially the FFDO [...] When the ATF made alleged gun trafficker Manuel Fabian Celis-Acosta its primary target in the ill-fated Fast and Furious investigation, it hoped he would lead the agency to two associates who were Mexican drug cartel members. The ATF even questioned and released him knowing that he was wanted by the Drug [...] Capitol Hill lawmakers are trying to help military service dogs finished with active duty by giving them full health benefits and streamlining their adoption process. The Canine Members of the Armed Forces Act has been introduced in the House by Rep. Walter B. Jones (R-N.C.) and in the Senate by Sen. Richard [...] On August 1-2, 1946, some Americans, brutalized by their county government, used armed force as a last resort to overturn it. These Americans wanted honest [...] Gov. Dennis Daugaard vetoed a measure Friday that would have allowed South Dakotans to carry concealed handguns without a permit as long as they had a driver’s license and met state standards for carrying guns. In his veto message to the Legislature, the governor said he supports people’s right to carry a concealed [...] A new monument is coming to Wesley Bolin plaza, across from the state Capitol. This one doesn’t honor a person or veterans of a war, but the U.S. Constitution’s Bill of Rights. What is the Bill of Rights? The first ten amendments to the Constitution. It guarantees, to name a few — freedom of speech, freedom of [...] Indiana soon will have an official state rifle to go along with the state tree, state stone and state flower. The Indiana House voted 78-2 on Tuesday to declare the Grouseland the state’s official rifle. It is one of only six remaining long rifles made by famed Hoosier gunsmith John Small in the [...] |
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