After Failing to Disarm Them, Barack Obama Has Thoughts on Why Americans Still Bitterly Cling to Their Guns

Obama discussed the challenges of reducing gun violence and how gun ownership has become an “ideological” and “partisan” issue during an exclusive sit-down interview with “CBS Mornings” co-host Nate Burleson. The full interview will air on Tuesday, May 16. “I think somehow — and there are a lot of historical reasons for this — gun … Read more

Student Loans, Fiscal Incompetence and Firearms: A Thought Experiment

Here’s a little thought experiment. To be clear, I’m not proposing that this actually be done, but it might be worth discussing it with anti-2A types. It also makes a good talking point. No doubt you recall the Obama administration order that magically — without adjudication — made some Social Security recipients prohibited persons. Notably … Read more

President Obama Still Can’t Tell the Truth About Guns

By NRA-ILA Despite no longer living in the White House, former President Barack Obama continues to be a headache to law-abiding Americans. On May 30, Obama spoke at a digital innovation event in Brazil. During the onstage conversation, Obama said, “Our gun laws in the United States don’t make much sense. Anybody can buy any … Read more

Sorry Mr. President, But Your Lies About America’s Gun Laws Were, In Fact, Lies

FactCheck.org calls BS on President Obama’s recent lies about America’s gun laws and allegedly lax regulation told to an audience in Brazil: We asked Eric Schultz, a spokesman for the former president, what Obama meant when he said “anybody … can buy machine guns.” Schultz said the Obama used the term “machine gun,” which are fully … Read more

President Obama Prays for Fewer Guns – IMI Systems Quote of the Day (Enter to Win 1000 Rounds of IMI 9mm Ammo)

“We grieve with all the families in Sutherland Springs harmed by this act of hatred, and we’ll stand with the survivors as they recover. May God also grant all of us the wisdom to ask what concrete steps we can take to reduce the violence and weaponry in our midst.” – Barack Obama in Texas church … Read more

Vedder Holsters Daily Digest: Choking Off Choke Point, Misplaced Deference and a Civilized Second Amendment Right

Undoing the damage of the last eight years . . . FDIC Ordered to Turn Over Documents in Operation Choke Point Lawsuit The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was ordered to turn over documents related to Operation Choke Point late last week. District Court Judge Gladys Kessler told the government agency it had to begin … Read more

Blue Force Gear Quote of the Day: Revealing Friends and Enemies

“So for people who have not committed gun crimes, or any crimes at all, Obama is taking away their gun rights. But, on the other hand, he is telling felons who committed gun crimes that they are free to go. You get a good idea about a person by looking at their friends and their enemies.” … Read more

Random Thoughts About ‘The Gun Lobby’

President Obama has never been our president. I first cottoned onto this fact when he called a bipartisan meeting on his proposed health care law. The President of the United States stood at the lectern and browbeat the Republican politicians gathered at his feet to work out a compromise. I’m not saying that President has any … Read more

BREAKING: President Obama Plans New Executive Orders on Gun Control

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You know how they say there’s nothing so dangerous as a wounded animal? Scratch that — it turns out there’s something much worse. Nothing’s more dangerous than a (politically) wounded politician. Particularly one with executive powers. In his obligatory annual state of the union speech tonight, president Barack Obama promised new measures (“with or without congress”) to affect via executive order that would further restrict Americans’ right to keep and bear arms – all couched in a desire to prevent another Sandy Hook, of course. Congress and our constitutionally-mandated system of checks-and-balances be damned . . .

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