I saw some of the tweets about the latest Sacha Baron Cohen prank video fly on Twitter yesterday, but as I’ve never found the British comedian even remotely funny, I avoided watching the clip. I saw that he’d managed to wrangle some pro-gunners into saying something stupid, but assumed that while it would no doubt […]
Rachel Malone was a one-woman force advancing Second Amendment rights and the cause of constitutional carry in the Lone Star State when TTAG first met her last year. Through her Texas Firearms Freedom advocacy operation — the very definition of grassroots activism — she moved the gun rights ball forward. She did that so effectively, in […]
Winning the gun control debate starts with firing a gun And by that, Winkler means “how to enact common sense gun control laws” . . . Pro-gun people ask why they should listen too hard about sensible gun reform — like fixing the abysmal background check system and criminal gun tracing, actually allowing meaningful research […]
Dear Senator McConnell: The White House, Senate, and House are all in Republican control, in part, because of significant help from the Second Amendment community. Few would argue that. A little over a month ago, it appeared that Congress would pass legislation long desired by gun owners: concealed carry reciprocity, the Hearing Protection Act, restoring […]
Erich Pratt has been with the Gun Owners of America for the last 27 years. So he knows a thing or two about the gun “debate.” As CNN’s British-born Richard Quest discovered when he locked metaphorical horns with the GOA’s Executive Director (video below). Given the pressure of live TV, you really couldn’t have asked for […]
It’s hard to believe, but the Gun Owners of America (GOA) have staked out a position further to the right than the National Rifle Association (NRA). Whereas the NRA will endorse (if not financially support) Democratic politicians whose election will further the NRA’s goals, the GOA is all republican (a.k.a. conservative) all the time. And […]
My recent stories for TTAG about the National Rifle Association’s PR problems have hit something of a nerve. More specifically, members are up in arms about the NRA’s flirtation with Democratic House leader Harry Reid (links here and here). The palaver over the NRA’s “carve out” on the campaign finance DISCLOSE Act has also done little to […]
