EPA Surrenders to NRA on Gun Control Issue


"In a swift and unexpected decision, the Environmental Protection Agency today rejected a petition from environmental groups to ban the use of lead in bullets and shotgun shells, claiming it doesn't have jurisdiction to weigh on the controversial Second Amendment issue. The decision came just hours after the Drudge Report posted stories from Washington Whispers and the Weekly Standard about how gun groups were fighting the lead bullet ban."

Will EPA Admin. Lisa Jackson make a back door move to ban lead bullets the day before the November 2 elections?


"Although EPA is barred by statute from controlling ammunition, CBD is seeking to work farther back along the manufacturing chain and have EPA ban the use of lead in bullets and shot because non-lead alternatives are available."

EPA's Gun Control


"Regulation: The U.S. Supreme Court says Americans have an individual right to keep and bear arms. The EPA says the bullets for those guns may be banned as an environmental hazard."

EPA considering ban on lead-based ammunition?


"Hey, if air is an environmental hazard worthy of federal regulation, surely bullets are too, no?"

"The Right to Keep and Bear Arms"

In key contests, Democrats championing gun rights


"Democratic candidates in key states are embracing gun owners’ rights, winning favor from the National Rifle Association, a lobby that has long been the target of disdain from the party faithful."

Beyond Guns: N.R.A. Expands Agenda


"Fresh off a string of victories in the courts and Congress, the National Rifle Association is flexing political muscle outside its normal domain, with both Democrats and Republicans courting its favor and avoiding its wrath on issues that sometimes seem to have little to do with guns. "

Ted Nugent: Why Guns Are Good for Freedom

Chicago's new gun law goes into effect today

Obama and Supreme Court may be on collision course


"Obama and his advisors had weighed how to respond to the court's ruling the week before, which gave corporations the same free-spending rights as ordinary Americans. They saw the ruling as a rash, radical move to tilt the political system toward big business as they coped with the fallout from the Wall Street collapse."

Chicago approves new gun restrictions


"The law, weaker than the gun ban tossed out Monday but with some even stronger new provisions, allows adults in Chicago to buy one gun a month, 12 a year, but they must pay registration and permit fees and take five hours of training."

Gun Control Laws


"Those who have no confidence in ordinary Americans may expect a bloodbath, as the benighted masses start shooting each other, now that they can no longer be denied guns by their betters. People who think we shouldn't be allowed to make our own medical decisions, or decisions about which schools our children attend, certainly are not likely to be happy with the idea that we can make our own decisions about how to defend ourselves."

US Supreme Court extends gun rights

'The US Supreme Court has restricted the rights of state and city governments to enforce controls on gun ownership."