NRA Chief LITERALLY Froths At The Mouth During Contentious Meet The Press...
Lots of people were noticing this on Twitter while NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre appeared on "Meet The Press" this morning and defended the organization's response to the Sandy Hook shooting:Indeed, they were...
View ArticleDavid Gregory Held Up A High-Capacity Magazine To See If The Head Of The NRA...
One of the most contentious points of NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre's interview on "Meet the Press" this morning came when host David Gregory challenged him on his statement to try anything that "has a...
View ArticleLet's Be Honest, Guns Are Just A Small Part Of America's Real Problem
Let's be clear: when Congress passes an "assault weapons" ban (and they will pass a ban), it'll be pretty much toothless.That the law will likely leave most things unchanged doesn't matter — the...
View ArticleThe CIA Thinks 'Zero Dark Thirty' Is So 'Inaccurate' It Issued This Statement...
The new movie about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, 'Zero Dark Thirty' arrived in theaters last week and reviews have been mixed, but the acting head of the CIA is not impressed.Michael Morell, standing...
View Article'Poison Gas Bombs' In Syria Could Force US Intervention
Just hours after Syrian forces bombed a line of starving residents waiting for bread, reports came out that the government used chemical weapons on the city of Homs, a rebel-held city in Western...
View ArticleThe World's Largest Naval Station Is Packed Tight For Christmas
The Navy does its best to get troops home for the holidays when it can, but this display at Norfolk Naval base is still more the exception than the rule.Nine "Flattops," five aircraft carriers, and...
View ArticleEXPERT: New Yorkers Own At Least 1 Million Bushmaster Rifles
New York state residents own approximately 1 million Bushmaster rifles, the same firearm used to murder 20 children at Sandy Hook Elementary School, according to the New York Post's Fred Dicker. In a...
View ArticleQuestions Abound Over SEAL Team 4 Commander's Apparent Suicide
The US Navy is investigating the death of a top SEAL officer in Afghanistan as an apparent suicide, CNN reported Sunday.The Pentagon said Commander Job Price, 42, did not die in combat, and that his...
View ArticleHere's What The 'Agent-15' Chemical Weapon Probably Used In Syria Does To People
Reports that chemical weapons were used this weekend in Syria were effectively confirmed today after doctors at the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) interviewed witnesses and victims of the...
View ArticleHow About Banning Bullets? The Constitution Doesn't Say Anything About Those...
One of the arguments invoked by those who think we should keep assault weapons freely available in this country is that the Constitution says we have a right to own and buy them.The Constitution...
View ArticleSyrian Regime 'Has No Future' Says US
Peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi held "constructive" talks in Syria with President Bashar al-Assad, as Washington warned that his regime's days are numbered.As jihadists seized an area populated by the...
View ArticleEven Syrians Are More Optimistic About The Future Than US Republicans
Syrians, who are fighting a civil war in which 40,000 of them have died just this year, are still more optimistic about their own future than US Republicans, recent polls reveal. Republicans also are...
View ArticleSouth Korea Says US Drones May Be Too Expensive
South Korea is not necessarily committed to buying US Global Hawk surveillance drones, a spokesman said on Wednesday, after the Pentagon requested congressional permission for such a sale.Seoul's...
View ArticleFreedom Of Information Request Reveals British Government's Plans For A...
A zombie invasion is a problem that may seem to belong in a horror film rather than to real life, but, none the less, the British government believes it has worked out the best way to cope with one.In...
View ArticleSyrian Chief Of Police Defects To The Rebels, Cites Assad's Brutality
The head of Syria's military police has defected from the army and declared allegiance to the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, according to a video and a Syrian security source.The...
View ArticleThe Clock Is Ticking On Obama To Solve The Iranian Nuclear Crisis
International crises are supposed to last days. Perhaps, like the Cuban missile crisis, they can stretch to weeks or, like the prelude to war in 1914, even months. But the Iranian nuclear crisis, which...
View ArticleThis Army Exercise Was So Useless It Inspired A Psychological Theory
Long before he won the Nobel Prize for Economics, Daniel Kahneman was a psychology officer for the Israeli Defence Force. He got a lot out of his time in the army too, including inspiration for the...
View ArticleProfessor: Don't Be Surprised If There's A War Between Japan And China In The...
Chinese planes flew near Japanese airspace Monday to assert its claims to Japan's Senkaku islands (China calls them the Diaoyu islands).The move came just as Japan announced its new prime minister.Hugh...
View ArticleThe Guy Who Killed Two Firemen Was Also Using A Bushmaster .223 Rifle
Police are now reporting that the man who ambushed first responders in Webster, New York, armed himself with a Bushmaster AR-15 "assault style" rifle, according to Russell Goldman of ABC News.William...
View ArticleTop Ammo Supplier Sells 3 1/2 Years Worth Of Assault Rifle Magazines In 72 Hours
Firearm accessories supplier Brownells says that it's experiencing "unprecedented" sales of magazines.Brownells has sold 3 1/2 years worth of PMAG magazines in just 72 hours, according to a statement...
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