October 12, 2010 Dear Editor, Texas legislator Dr. Suzanne Gratia-Hupp said, “How a politician stands on the Second Amendment tells you how he or she views you as an individual… as a trustworthy and productive citizen, or as part of an unruly crowd that needs to be lorded over, controlled, supervised, and taken care of.” [...]
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September 30th, 2010
Lawsuit Over Montana-made Guns Goes to Next Judicial Level
MISSOULA, MONT. – In MSSA v. Holder, the lawsuit to validate the Montana Firearms Freedom Act (MFFA), plaintiff Montana Shooting Sports Association announced today that it is now free to take this lawsuit to the next judicial level, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. MSSA president Gary Marbut commented, “We’ve believed all along that the [...]
Go to Lawsuit Over Montana-made Guns Goes to Next Judicial LevelSeptember 28th, 2010
Montana Shooting Sports Association Wins “Affiliate of the Year” Award
Dear MSSA Friends, I have just returned from the national, annual, Gun Rights Policy Conference (GRPC). This event has been hosted each year for 25 years by the Second Amendment Foundation and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. Each year it is held at a different location in the U.S., [...]
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S. Portland, Maine Bans BB Guns, Slingshots Even On Private Land
Totally absurd. The world’s gone mad! Related ArticlesTop Ten Black Bear Blog Stories Of 2009 (1)Assessing the Need for Reform in the Federal Regulatory Process (1)Hurricane Earl Used To Steal Second Amendment Right (0)Montana Firearms Freedom Act Suffers Setback (0)Montana Gun Group Releases Candidate Grades, Endorsements (0)Judge Orders Iowa Sheriff To Take In-Depth Course In [...]
Go to S. Portland, Maine Bans BB Guns, Slingshots Even On Private LandSeptember 8th, 2010
Assessing the Need for Reform in the Federal Regulatory Process
Now what do you suppose could possibly go wrong with this corrupt, out of touch Congress when the Judiciary Committee convenes a meeting that carries the title: “Firearms in Commerce: Assessing the Need for Reform in the Federal Regulatory Process”? This hearing is scheduled for September 14, 2010 at 10 in the morning. Tom Remington [...]
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Poll Question On Issue Of Firearms Freedom Act
The Helena Independent Record in Montana has poll today that readers should consider voting in. The question is: “Does the lawsuit by several states — which argue they should decide which rules, if any, would control the sale and purchase of guns and paraphernalia made inside their borders — belong before the Supreme Court to [...]
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Mike Adams: His Guns Are Safer Than Your Tatoo
Bizarre title isn’t it? Mike Adams, a criminology professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, writes in Townhall that his guns and collection are much safer and prettier than those feminist(?) tramp stamp tattoos some of us have come to hate. Related ArticlesPoll Question On Issue Of Firearms Freedom Act (0)Hurricane Earl Used To [...]
Go to Mike Adams: His Guns Are Safer Than Your TatooSeptember 2nd, 2010
Hurricane Earl Used To Steal Second Amendment Right
When will these negligent, idiot, elected officials get it in their thick skulls that they don’t have the authority to suspend the Constitutional rights of Americans due to a perceived state of emergency? North Carolina’s Governor, acting as any good Marxist dictator would do, declared a state of emergency due to hurricane Earl and as [...]
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Hurricane Earl Used To Steal Second Amendment Right
When will these negligent, idiot, elected officials get it in their thick skulls that they don’t have the authority to suspend the Constitutional rights of Americans due to a perceived state of emergency? North Carolina’s Governor, acting as any good Marxist dictator would do, declared a state of emergency due to hurricane Earl and as [...]
Go to Hurricane Earl Used To Steal Second Amendment RightAugust 25th, 2010
Montana Gun Group Releases Candidate Grades, Endorsements
MISSOULA – The Montana Shooting Sports Association (MSSA) today released its grades and endorsements for candidates for the Montana Legislature. MSSA has posted its just-released candidate grades and endorsements at: http://www.progunleaders.org/MSSA2010Grades/ MSSA is the primary political action organization for gun owners and hunters in Montana and has gotten 54 pro-gun and pro-hunting bills through the [...]
Go to Montana Gun Group Releases Candidate Grades, EndorsementsJuly 18th, 2010
Judge Orders Iowa Sheriff To Take In-Depth Course In U.S. Constitution After Deny Man Concealed Carry Permit
This is a sad story but ends in what goes ’round, comes ’round. An Iowa sheriff had denied a man a concealed carry permit because he was an activist, and had “activated” against the Sheriff spending too much money. The denial was obviously retaliatory. The case ended up in court and U.S. District Judge Mark [...]
Go to Judge Orders Iowa Sheriff To Take In-Depth Course In U.S. Constitution After Deny Man Concealed Carry PermitJuly 18th, 2010
Mel Gibson Has His Gun(s) Taken From Him
Open for discussion! Please do some research and know the facts of this story before commenting. Mel Gibson was ordered by a judge this week to turn over or get rid of his gun(s) and sign a sworn statement attesting to the fact. Gibson has never been convicted of any crime that would warrant his [...]
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Like Washington, D.C. Chicago Thumbs Nose At SCOTUS Gun Ban Ruling
McDonald v. Chicago ruled that the Fourteenth Amendment incorporates the Second Amendment and as such defines that states, counties and local municipalities must guarantee individuals their right to self protection and be allowed to own a gun(s). The ruling also makes it clear that states, counties and local municipalities cannot create gun laws that supersede [...]
Go to Like Washington, D.C. Chicago Thumbs Nose At SCOTUS Gun Ban RulingJuly 13th, 2010
NRA Continues To Anger Some On The Right
Politico takes another look at how the NRA’s actions of late has angered some on the right. It appears that the NRA still considers itself powerful enough to do as they please in what they deem to be their responsibility to protect our Second Amendment; even if it means compromising those rights in order to [...]
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NRA Produces Video Ad To Oppose Kagan Nomination, BUT………
The following is a video that the National Rifle Association will be spreading around in opposition to the confirmation of Elana Kagan to the United States Supreme Court. While I am delighted the NRA has taken a position to contradict Elana Kagan for the Supreme Court, the NRA is stating that the Senate shouldn’t be [...]
Go to NRA Produces Video Ad To Oppose Kagan Nomination, BUT………July 7th, 2010
After McDonald v. Chicago, What Gun Law Violations Should Be Prosecuted?
It would seem that this would be a first, that law officials would actually honor a Supreme Court ruling concerning gun laws. After District of Columbia v. Heller, the District of Columbia thumbed its’ nose at the SCOTUS and continued its ban on guns until eventually allowing possession while still forcing people to jump through [...]
Go to After McDonald v. Chicago, What Gun Law Violations Should Be Prosecuted?July 5th, 2010
Activism Works!
Activism works both ways actually but isn’t it time that activism for conservatives and those looking to preserve rights and restore the United States Constitution, while shrinking the size and grasp of government, takes a front row? Ed Morrissey, Hot Air, follows up on a Glenn Reynolds’ article of how activism worked in the McDonald [...]
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MSSA Considers Review Of Gun Laws Banning Guns On State University Campuses
Gary Marbut, President of the Montana Shooting Sports Association, told the Great Falls Tribune that he is reviewing Montana state laws and considering whether it is feasible to challenge laws on college campuses that prohibit possessing firearms. After the recent ruling in McDonald v. Chicago, Marbut wonders if such laws could be overturned. Marbut was [...]
Go to MSSA Considers Review Of Gun Laws Banning Guns On State University CampusesJuly 3rd, 2010
Montana Shooting Sports Association Opposes Elena Kagan
Editor’s Note: The following is a letter sent to U.S. Senators from Montana, Jon Tester and Max Baucus from Gary Marbut, President of Montana Shooting Sports Association. June 30, 2010 Senator Jon Tester Senator Max Baucus Oppose Kagan Dear Jon, Dear Max, During the confirmation process for Justice Sonya Sotomayor, you assured Montanans that nominee [...]
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A Vote For Kagan Is A Vote To Take Away Your Guns
The Left is screaming for victory in the McDonald v. Chicago case claiming that with this ruling gun rights supporters can no longer claim that the left has any power to “take away your guns”. Don’t swallow that crap! It will forever be an ongoing battle. So long as there are liberals who live and [...]
Go to A Vote For Kagan Is A Vote To Take Away Your GunsJuly 2nd, 2010
NRA Opposes Kagan Nomination
Finally, the NRA has posted an official statement in opposition to the nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court. The NRA states that after “carefully examin[ing]” aspects of Kagan they have found nothing that indicates she supports the Second Amendment. I am still puzzled as to why the NRA waited so [...]
Go to NRA Opposes Kagan NominationJune 29th, 2010
Thomas Sowell On McDonald v. Chicago
How dare a thinker like Sowell offer sense and sensibility to the Constitutional structure of this country? I’m being sarcastic of course. Sowell puts it this way in reference to those judges who feel compelled to alter the laws of this land in order to fit their own perceptions or impressions. If the public doesn’t [...]
Go to Thomas Sowell On McDonald v. ChicagoJune 29th, 2010
With McDonald v. Chicago Victory, NRA’s Reactions To Kagan Nomination Puzzling
Perhaps what we are witness to is the trouble groups such as the NRA get into when they place politics above principle, carving out exemptions for themselves in restrictive Legislative laws in what appears to be an exchange for backing off on opposition to Elena Kagan’s nomination to the Supreme Court. This of course is [...]
Go to With McDonald v. Chicago Victory, NRA’s Reactions To Kagan Nomination PuzzlingJune 28th, 2010
McDonald v. Chicago – 5-4 Court Rules “Reversed And Remanded”
Justice Alito announced this morning that the Fourteenth Amendment does incorporate the Second Amendment in the Heller case to keep and bear arms in self defense. Therefore McDonald v. Chicago is deemed a victory for gun rights. Justices in dessent: Stevens, Breyer, Ginsburg and Sotomayer. It appears all of the majority Justices agree that the [...]
Go to McDonald v. Chicago – 5-4 Court Rules “Reversed And Remanded”June 17th, 2010
Scottish Grandma Jailed For Possessing Dead Dad’s WWII Pistol
The absurdity of life will never cease to amaze……except to the ignorant. “A GRAN was jailed for five years yesterday for having her dad’s World War II pistol. Gail Cochrane’s family were stunned as she was taken down and her son John shouted: “You’re having a “f***ing laugh.” Cochrane, 53, had kept the “heirloom” for [...]
Go to Scottish Grandma Jailed For Possessing Dead Dad’s WWII PistolJune 1st, 2010
Oral Arguments On Motion To Dismiss MSSA v. Holder Scheduled
Oral argument has been scheduled in MSSA v. Holder (Montana Shooting Sports Association v. Eric Holder, U.S. Attorney General) concerning the U.S. Motion to Dismiss., for Thursday, July 15th, at 9 AM, by U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah Lynch.
You should remember that MSSA v. Holder is our lawsuit to validate the principles of the Montana Firearms [...]
May 27th, 2010
Armed Chicago Man Stops Intruder
How long before the left has this man, who broke the ridiculous laws in Chicago and saved he and his family’s lives, booked and brought to jail. Think it will happen? This IS Chicago, where the mayor threatened to shove a gun up a reporter’s butt to show him how effective a gun could be [...]
Go to Armed Chicago Man Stops IntruderMay 21st, 2010
Mayor Daley: Shoving A Gun Up Someone’s Butt Saves Lives
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May 19th, 2010
Briefs Filed In Opposition To MSSA v. Holder
Two briefs have just been submitted in our lawsuit, MSSA v. Holder, to validate the Montana Firearms Freedom Act. Both briefs are from entities opposing the MFFA validation, and both concerning the pending U.S. Motion to Dismiss.
The first brief is from the U.S. (Department of Justice on behalf of Defendant U.S. Attorney General Eric [...]
NRA Not Endorsing Reid: Policy Change Or Membership Worries?
Posted by Tom Remington on August 29, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Personally, I am ecstatic that the NRA has spoken out publicly that they will not be endorsing Nevada Senator and Majority Leader Harry Reid for reelection this November. However, the move by the NRA-PVF is a departure from normal grading and endorsement policy. So my question is: Can we expect to see in writing somewhere [...]
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