Examiner Gun News
Latest News and Articles from David Codrea as Gun Rights Examiner.
Updated: 1 week 18 hours ago
Gun-hating 'James Bond' violates cardinal safety rule in ‘Spectre’ promo poster
Here’s a gun control trivia challenge. Name the person who said:“I hate handguns. Handguns are used to shoot people and as long as they are around, people will shoot each other.”A. Michael Bloomberg.B...
Obama guns and vegetables contention derived from Sly James’ claim
Running a play from Joe Biden’s past presidential nomination campaign, Barack Obama attacked the right to keep and bear arms at a college in South Carolina earlier this month by using an absurd claim made by yet another...
Fake gun shop video raises questions about truth, compliance with laws
A video produced by States United Against Gun Violence purports to show a fake gun shop in New York City appealing to first-time buyers, who are then recorded on a hidden camera as a man behind the counter turns...
Police recording bill presumes to authorize journalists, threaten gun owners
“HB 2918 is meant to protect officers, NOT restrict the ability to keep them accountable,” Texas State Representative Jason Villalba tweeted in response to critics of his bill mandating members of the public to keep set distances away...
Climate change hypocrisy ignores environmental impact of illegal immigration
“The South/Central bracket of the Climate Change Fantasy Tournament has some true stars of denial,” a Sunday email from Organizing for (Obama) Action claims. “Go vote -- the first round ends tonight.”“On climate...
Glenn Beck’s charges against NRA director divert attention from amnesty threat
Conservative media powerhouse Glenn Beck told The Blaze, a news and editorial outlet he founded, that following a one-hour telephone conversation, National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne La Pierre is opening a “fully...
With ‘Run All Night,’ anti-gun hypocrite Neeson may run all the way to the bank
Will the latest release in a string of “gun violence” fantasies, “Run All Night,” be “another classic Liam Neeson action hit”? That’s the question posed by Hollywood Life for the film which...
ATF and DOJ punt on response in machine gun case
Attorneys for the Department of Justice and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives declined a federal judge’s order allowing them to file a response to the plaintiff’s sur-reply (an additional reply to a...
Snoop Dogg dispenses investment advice in #ImUnloading campaign
Noted investments counselor Snoop Doggy Dogg or Snoop Lion or whatever he’s calling himself these days has teamed up in a video with some other people many who lead purposeful lives have probably never heard of. This time...
ATF temporarily shelves proposed ammo ban while power to proceed remains intact
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives announced Tuesday it “will not at this time seek to issue a final framework” implementing a proposed ban on what it’s still insisting is “armor piercing ammunition...
SPLC chatter predicts arrests of Spokane liberty activists
In spite of federal law enforcement officials shaking his hand and telling liberty activist Anthony Bosworth they appreciated his leadership in keeping a Friday armed rally at a federal building in Spokane peaceful and orderly, now that the...
SAF dismisses amnesty as a gun owner concern with NRA director endorsement
The Second Amendment Foundation’s Alan Gottlieb sent out a March 3 email notice to members and supporters in which he endorsed the candidacy of Grover Norquist for director in this year's National Rifle Association board election...
Feds preparing criminal corruption charges on gun-grabber Democrat
New Jersey Democratic Senator Robert Menendez is the subject of a Department of Justice investigation expected to result in criminal corruption charges, CNN reported Friday. Attorney General Eric Holder has reportedly signed off on the prosecutor...
Spokane protest to defy judge’s gun ban on federal grounds
Despite a last-minute legal maneuver by a federal judge to ban guns on federal property, not just inside designated facilities as provided for in United States Code, protesters plan on going ahead with today’s armed demonstration at...
Court filing argues post-1986 machine gun ban 'defies Constitution'
Claiming the “ban on the quintessential militia arm of the modern day defies the protections our Constitution guarantees,” the legal team led by attorney Stephen D. Stamboulieh filed a sur-reply February 27 in the case of plaintiff...
Hit man hire on molested girls alleged against former Bloomberg mayor’s husband
Allegations that he tried to hire a hit man to kill two molested girls to keep them from testifying against him have surfaced in the case of a former local Democrat party chairman, The Washington Post reported. Michael Gardner, previously...
Gun Owners of America to score amnesty votes in politician gun ratings
News that can help shape the political landscape of the gun rights advocacy community was broken last night on the nationally-syndicated Armed American Radio program, when Larry Pratt, Executive Director of Gun Owners of America, announced GOA...
Anti-gunners memorialize criminals while trying to disarm law-abiding
“We will honor and remember Durham's victims of homicide and their survivors,” an email alert from North Carolinians Against Gun Violence announcing the "23rd Annual Vigil Against Violence” advised supporters“Last...
Amnesty danger to gun rights conspicuously absent from LaPierre CPAC speech
In his speech Friday before the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md., National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre discussed a host of issues impacting gun rights, declaring they all depend on each...
Facebook blocks fundraiser to reunite father and son over gun connection
Readers of this column are familiar with the story of Brian Aitken, a gun owner arrested and convicted after moving in New Jersey with his lawfully-purchased guns. While his sentence was commuted by Gov. Chris Christie, Aitken’s...