KELLY LED HOUSE SIDE ATT RESISTANCE When resistance to the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) needed to be mounted in Capitol Hill, Congressman Mike Kelly (R-PA) took the lead in the House of Representatives and got 180 of his colleagues to co-sign a letter to President Barack Obama, opposing the administration’s signing of that […]

MORAN EARNS ‘DEFENDER’ RECOGNITION When Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran recently led a bipartisan group of his colleagues in the Senate to remind President Barack Obama that the controversial United Nations Arms Trade Treaty would not get a warm welcome on Capitol Hill, he was being true to form. It was Moran who, in early 2012, […]

‘HEAD’ OF HIS CLASS, CO. PLUMBER SHOWS HOW TO FIGHT BACK Call Victor Head a “Don Quixote” if you want, but the Colorado plumber who spearheaded a recall campaign against anti-gun Democrat State Sen. Angela Giron in September showed America once again that one determined person can inspire determination in others, and ultimately make a […]

MILWAUKEE COUNTY, WI SHERIFF DAVID A. CLARK EARNS ACCOLADES FOR BLUNT TALK Milwaukee County, WI Sheriff David A. Clarke, Jr. made headlines earlier this year when he advised residents in his jurisdiction to take a firearms safety course and arm themselves against criminals while waiting for a police response. More recently, he was in the […]

FL GOV. SCOTT REFUSED TO SUCCUMB TO HYSTERIA When protesters angry over the verdict in the George Zimmerman case demanded that Florida Gov. Rick Scott do something about the state’s “Stand Your Ground” law, the Republican governor stood his own ground and said “No.” Stand Your Ground was not an issue in the Zimmerman trial […]

ILLINOIS MAYOR SHOWS BACKBONE When it comes to making a point, it might be hard to find anyone who could do it with quite the splash exhibited in June by Lawrence J. “Larry” Morrissey, the mayor of Rockford, Ill. This native-born son, first elected to office in 2005, just won re-election in April to a […]

SHEPHERD PROMOTES ACTIVISM IN NAT’L TOUR In early May, veteran outdoor writer and media professional Jim Shepherd launched a “road trip” tour to promote what he calls the “My Time to Stand” campaign, aimed at building activism and involvement at the grassroots level. Shepherd, editor and publisher of The Outdoor Wire Digital Network and partner […]

INDIANA SHERIFF IS GUN RIGHTS DEFENDER In the midst of this year’s controversy over magazine bans and limits, one Indiana sheriff stepped forward to pop some myths regarding these accessories, and he did it on camera in a video that streaked all over cyberspace. Boone County Sheriff Ken Campbell was not attempting to defend the […]

COBURN EARNS DEFENDER RECOGNITION! U.S. Senator Tom Coburn has, as a cornerstone to his career, been a stalwart when it comes to gun rights and the Second Amendment, so when he accepted the invitation to join the national advisory council for the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, Chairman Alan Gottlieb […]

The blood literally had not dried in Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. last December when the latest major assault on guns and gun owners began. It was clear from the outset that gun control had been selected to be the showpiece — the Obamacare — of President Obama’s second term, but rising to […]