Luis Valdes, the Florida state director for Gun Owners of America, should have taken a few more civics classes – something the GOA leadership is learning for themselves, the hard way. This entire saga began with a tirade on Facebook. Valdes blamed one Republican lawmaker, Rep. Cord Byrd, for the fact that Florida still
A 24-year-old Florida man recovering from a gunshot wound to his right hip is behind bars in the Brevard County Jail, facing charges of displaying a firearm during the commission of a felony, and three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. According to local news stations, Marlon Mascoe walked into a Melbourne,
The National Shooting Sports Foundation recently completed an analysis of the latest FBI background check numbers and found August continuing the trend of second-highest numbers on record. As Americans worry more about rising crime and a general unease regarding the toxic political climate, gun sales continue to climb. According
The USA TODAY factchecker we profiled Tuesday, Daniel Funke, might want to find another line of work. He seems to have a problem getting his facts right. In our story titled “Factchecking the media’s antigun factcheckers,” we showed how Funke only focuses on conservatives and conservative issues. His stories have targeted gun owners, MyPillow
The Florida legislature has a pest-control problem – it’s infested with RINOs. Republicans have controlled the state House, Senate and Governor’s mansion for years, but Floridians still don’t have constitutional carry. The Gunshine State once led the nation in gun rights – we pioneered concealed carry, Castle Doctrine and Stand Your Ground – but
After his disastrous Afghanistan rout, Joe Biden has no credibility, especially when it comes to his lifelong efforts to strip Americans of our right to keep and bear arms. Any president who gives a terrorist organization – 358,530 real assault rifles, 126,295 handguns, 64,363 machineguns, 109 helos, 22,174 Humvees, 65 fixed-wing aircraft, 176 artillery
In Texas, 22 new gun bills signed by Governor Abbot from the last Texas legislative session, go into effect today. Of those 22 bills, the one getting the most attention is HB 1927 otherwise known as the Firearms Carry Act of 2021. HB 1927 Officially known as the Firearms
For today’s media, factchecking is an entry-level job. Most media factcheckers are liberal, woke, in their early 20s and politically biased. Most have never even touched a weapon, yet they wade into gun and Second Amendment issues as though they’re the reincarnation of Jeff Cooper or Bill Jordan. But unlike these distinguished gentlemen, the
Most Americans now use some form of social media in their daily lives and for the most part, use it wisely. Or do they? For the record, I am biased against social media in all forms and make no bones about it. Social media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and too many local variations such as
Since a new state law was passed in 2015, Wichita Police have made $196,000 by selling recovered firearms instead of destroying them as most police departments do, according to the Associated Press. Wichita Police use a middleman that sells the recovered firearms though an online auction house, which was not named in the story.
