Francis Winters, National pro-gun leader, dies at 89
By TheGunMagStaff - June 26 2014 04:29 PM - Comments Off on Francis Winters, National pro-gun leader, dies at 89 - News Briefs
by Joseph P. Tartaro
Francis Winters
Executive Editor
Francis G. “Red” Winters, 89, onetime national coordinator of the group which led the 1977 reform movement that transformed the National Rifle Association into ...
OR students’ ‘gun control’ video features a surprising expert
By TheGunMag - April 29 2014 04:01 PM - Comments Off on OR students’ ‘gun control’ video features a surprising expert - News Briefs
by Dave Workman | Senior Editor
Dr. Frank P. Calistro
A trio of Portland, OR, 8th graders is getting attention for producing a “documentary” on gun control that aired on C-SPAN, ...
Bloomberg pledges $50 million for gun control
By TheGunMag - April 29 2014 02:04 PM - Comments Off on Bloomberg pledges $50 million for gun control - News Briefs
Billionaire Michael R. Bloomberg, the notoriously anti-gun ex-Mayor of New York City, plans to spend $50 million this year building a nationwide grassroots network to motivate voters who feel strongly ...
ABC Report on Kids & Guns Blistered for International Bias
By TheGunMagStaff - March 19 2014 03:56 PM - Comments Off on ABC Report on Kids & Guns Blistered for International Bias - Media Watch
by Dave Workman
Senior Editor
A “special report” by ABC’s Diane Sawyer headlined “Young Guns” was heavily panned by gun rights advocates who asserted she used some faulty data and that producers ...
Detroit police chief says legal gun owners can deter crime
By TheGunMag - February 6 2014 08:17 PM - Comments Off on Detroit police chief says legal gun owners can deter crime - News Briefs
by Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor
Detroit Police Chief James Craig
If more citizens were armed, criminals would think twice about attacking them, Detroit Police Chief James Craig said on ...
Oregon county prosecutor says CCW licensees are not a problem
By TheGunMag - December 11 2013 05:13 PM - Comments Off on Oregon county prosecutor says CCW licensees are not a problem - News Briefs
by Dave Workman | Senior Editor
Clatsop County, OR, District Attorney Joshua Marquis has publicly acknowledged that his misgivings years ago about a change in state law that expanded concealed ...
The Bullet: Gun News Briefs
By TheGunMag - November 22 2013 07:38 PM - Comments Off on The Bullet: Gun News Briefs - News Briefs
School tells cop: leave uniform, gun at home
He’s not the type of armed man on campus you’d expect parents to be concerned about, but apparently a police officer dropping ...
US gun violence falls dramatically
By TheGunMagStaff - October 11 2013 01:02 PM - Comments Off on US gun violence falls dramatically - Hindsight
US gun violence falls dramatically Surprisingly, NBC News reported on Sept 11 that “gun violence in America has fallen dramatically over the past two decades, and the number of murders committed with a firearm is down ...
Monthly Bullet
By TheGunMagStaff - October 7 2013 06:19 PM - Comments Off on Monthly Bullet - News Briefs
Harvard men’s defense against skunk raises stink
The Boston Herald reported in late May that students in Harvard University’s Gore Hall of John Winthrop House defended their dormitory from the invasion ...
Arkansas school district opts for armed teachers, staff
By TheGunMagStaff - October 7 2013 05:02 PM - Comments Off on Arkansas school district opts for armed teachers, staff - Breaking News
The debate about training and arming teachers and school administrators to respond immediately to the threat of active shooters is still going on months after the National Rifle Association proposed ...
IL county dumps gun court plan
By TheGunMagStaff - October 7 2013 04:09 PM - Comments Off on IL county dumps gun court plan - Legal Updates
The gun court plan that Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle said she wanted to implement by July 1 is on its way to the grave, according to the Chicago Sun ...
July Poll found 45% in favor of ‘stand your ground’
By TheGunMagStaff - October 4 2013 06:38 PM - Comments Off on July Poll found 45% in favor of ‘stand your ground’ - News Briefs
A new poll reveals that 45% of Americans favor controversial “Stand Your Ground” laws, while 32% percent oppose them, Newsmax.com reported.
Another 22% are undecided, according to Rasmussen Reports, which conducted the poll of 1,000 ...
AP study finds little restraint in military giveaways to cops
By TheGunMagStaff - October 4 2013 05:52 PM - Comments Off on AP study finds little restraint in military giveaways to cops - News Briefs
Small-town police departments across the country have been gobbling up tons of equipment discarded by a downsizing military—bicycles, bed sheets, bowling pins, French horns, dog collars, even a colonoscopy machine—regardless of whether the items are needed ...