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How the NRA Used Alternative Media to Save the Second Amendment

— Published with Permission of ConservativeHQ.com — This is excerpt No. 31 (of 45) from America’s Right Turn: How Conservatives Used New and Alternative Media to Take Power, by Richard A. Viguerie and David Franke. The National Rifle Association is one of the most successful lobbies in the United States. And it is rather unique among lobbies […]

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A Rebuttal to Those Who Don’t Want to Arm Teachers

There is an interesting and divisive debate going on around the country. The debate centers around arming school teachers/staff to provide extra security for students. I want to lay out some of the common excuses I hear to not arm teachers and give you some rebuttal points to them. “Teachers have enough to worry about. […]

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Why Gun Owners Must Oppose ‘Red Flag’ Laws!

Have you ever seen the movie Minority Report? In the Tom Cruise thriller, several people called “precogs” can see into the future and determine who is going to commit murder. However, before the murder takes place, the police go and arrest the individual and lock them away for life. The individual didn’t actually commit the crime and […]

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‘Red Flag’ laws are just another gun confiscation scheme

— Published with Permission of ParrishMiller.com — The latest scheme from the gun grabbers is called “red flag” laws and, unlike most their other schemes, even nominally conservative pundits and publications are getting on board with this attempt to disarm certain people. That’s the trick, you see, the classic divide-and-conquer strategy that has worked in so many other cases. […]

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Banks, Credit Card Companies Attack Second Amendment

— Published with Permission of TheNewAmerican.com — When the Bank of America (BofA) and Citigroup announced changes in their policies earlier this month restricting loans to companies that sell or manufacture firearms, Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, sent a letter to the CEO of each […]

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Appeasing Liberals

On April 3, 2018, I published the following open letter to the Executive Board of Spokane GOP: It has come to my attention that while I was out of the country, a gentleman by the name of William Parks donated an AR-15 rifle for the Spokane Lincoln Day auction. It has also been explained to […]

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Boulder, CO Changes Its Name to ‘Crazy Town’ – And There Goes the 2nd Amendment

Boulder, Colorado is considering a city ordinance that would ban the sale & possession of “assault weapons”, bump stocks, and magazines of over 10 rounds. I’m thinking that the next ordinance the City Council should consider is changing the name from “Boulder”, Colorado to “Crazy Town.” Or maybe changing the name to “Hey Mass Shooters! […]

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Ban: Boxes, Box Cutters, Pressure Cookers, Knives, Cars, Trucks, Fertilizer, Propane, Hammers, and Guns

I can hear the Diamond and Silk girls saying with tongue in cheek, “Oh ya honey, then we’d be as safe as folks living in Chicago on a Friday night because they have the strongest gun laws in the country. That’s right.” I also don’t hear anyone complaining about the fact that the Lone resource […]

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Stop Killing Kids and Other Innocents

Everyone wants to “do something” to help another human being, especially in an emergency, like an active killer in a school or other public venue. Good people want to help. While we teach CPR, first aid, how to use a fire extinguisher if conditions permit, etc., we can also teach non-cops how to use a […]

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Truth in Advertising? Not so much in Politics Looking at Brad Little

The Idaho Second Amendment Alliance did ask some interesting and important questions recently of Raul Labrador and Tommy Ahlquist. Lt. Governor Brad Little had a family emergency and could not make the event. Interesting enough is that Raul and Tommy agreed upon all the questions asked them. In other words, there was really no difference […]

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Idaho’s Swamp Dwellers Don’t Listen to the People Who Elect Them

It’s time that the taxpayers of Idaho wake up and take a hard look at the Idaho Swamp and the legislators who only work for themselves, the lobbyists, and the Governor. It has taken four years to get good gun rights legislation passed with concealed carry and campus carry. The last important piece is the […]

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Putting Mass School Shootings into Perspective

When a shocking tragedy like the recent Parkland, Florida mass school shooting takes place, the media keeps it in the headlines for days. Television inundates our senses with sights and sounds that reinforce the human emotion of the calamity while the drama is relived in front of our eyes day and night. The media milks […]

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