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Click here to visit site. The National Rifle Association unveiled four new anti-Barack Obama videos at one of its web sites, GunBaNObama.com.  The bases for the anti-Obama sentiment are clearly outlined in statements on the site: Barack Obama has made it clear — he believes gun owners are dangerous

Premier Dalton McGuinty and Mayor David Miller are stepping up pressure on Ottawa for a handgun ban. Following Tuesday's gun violence, McGuinty urged the federal leaders to heed his call to outlaw the easily concealed weapons.

Mark Udall really doesn't seem terribly interested in getting rid of the U-turn Udall label. From the March 26 Denver Post:When the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments last week about the Washington, D.C., ban on handgun ownership, U.S. Rep.

Coroner Jacques Ramsay released his findings Thursday on the 2006 Dawson College shooting in Montreal. The coroner's report calls for a ban on semi-automatic weapons like the one used by gunman Kimveer Gill. "In his report, Ramsey called on the government to ban the... read more

The man whose lawsuit overturned Washington’s handgun ban has successfully registered his handgun, ending a more than 30-year wait to keep the weapon in his home. Dick Heller walked triumphantly out of a D.C. police station today with his permit in hand.

Liberal Evanston, Illinois has given in to common sense and repealed its ban on handguns. The vote in Evanston was an overwhelming 7-1. That leaves the People's Democratic Republic of Oak Park as the only Chicago suburb that still has an unconstitutional ban on handguns. Nobody is surprised.

A first place finish at the OTB Caption Contest. Some of those things just wrte themselves. I guess the New York Times does admit it’s mistakes. 50 years later.  Which ought to give us a clue about when they’re going to return Duranty’s Pulitzer. The priority, apparently, is getting Hell’s A/C working, first.

The handgun ban imposed on Chicago by Comrade Mayor Daley and the City Clowncil has a major loophole in it: Knives and blunt instruments are not banned. Oh, yah, and criminals don't give a rat's butt about the law.

The Toronto Star encourages us today to sign Mayor David Miller’s petition to ban private handgun ownership in Canada: The case for the ban is succinctly stated on the petition itself: “Handguns are intended for one purpose and that is to kill people.

The villages of Wilmette and Morton Grove have repealed their bans. Evanston may follow. Oak Park and Chicago say they will fight to maintain their bans. Most interesting to me is that when the Morton Grove village board considered the question, few people showed up at the meeting.