National Rifle Association

Jeff Flake Slammed in TV Ad by Mother of Aurora Shooting Victim (Video)

A Valley mom whose son was killed last year in the movie-theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado, slams Senator Jeff Flake in an advertisement that's about to hit Phoenix airwaves, thanks to Flake's vote against a proposal for more background checks on gun purchases.Caren Teves recently made news after ... More >>

Flip-Flopping John McCain Is No Political Profile in Courage

The Myth of the "90 Percent" Support for Failed Background Check Bill

We can't tell you precisely why several U.S. senators, including Jeff "Pond Scum" Flake, voted against a bill aimed at expanding background checks for gun purchases. Sure, the powerful NRA likely had some influence. But how could anyone vote against something that 90 percent of Americans want? One ... More >>

John McCain Bucks the NRA, Supports Expanding Background Checks for Gun Sales

Republican Senator John McCain announced today his support for an amendment that calls for an expansion of the federal background-check system for gun sales, an amendment that's specifically being targeted for defeat by the National Rifle Association.According to all the newspapers in Washington, th ... More >>

'Til Death Do Us Part: Arizona's Dangerous Love Affair with Guns

Joe Arpaio's School-Patrol Posse Gets a Glowing Review From the NRA

While the National Rifle Association has proposed putting an armed guard inside every American school, the lobbying organization's "news" arm ran a gushing endorsement of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's school-patrol posse, which puts an armed guard in zero schools.The public-relations piece for Arpaio aired o ... More >>

Mark Kelly, Testifying on Gun Violence, Informs Senate Committee of Phoenix Shooting (Video)

Mark Kelly, while testifying in a U.S. Senate committee hearing on gun violence, informed the rest of the room that another Arizona shooting had just taken place during the meeting.After talking about the Tucson shooting of his wife, former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, Kelly fielded a question ... More >>

Reverend Al Sharpton Reveals on National Television that the Emperor of Pinal County, Paul Babeu, Has No Clothes (ICYMI)

We all know the Danish tale about the emperor whose men and subjects stroke him in admiration over his new clothes. Of course, as the story goes, the emperor isn't actually wearing any clothes. Instead of questioning the obvious, everyone basks in a collective ignorance. Until a little boy in the c ... More >>

Gabrielle Giffords' and Mark Kelly's Call for "Laws to Require Responsible Gun Ownership": Yay or Nay?

Two years after the Tucson shooting in which six people were killed, and 13 others were injured, including then-Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, Giffords and husband Mark Kelly used the date to call for Congress to do something."In response to a horrific series of shootings that has sown terror in ... More >>

Gun Control Debate Continues Two Years After Tucson Shooting

Where were you when you heard about the Tucson shooting that claimed six lives and wounded 14, including former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords? I remember being at my in-laws' house in North Phoenix still decompressing from the holidays. When the news broke, I was glued to the television and radio ... More >>

Tom Horne, Arizona AG, Wants Gun Access for One Trained Official at Each School; Says Could Avert "Another Newtown"

Tom Horne, Arizona's Attorney General, is pushing for a new law that would allow one trained official at each Arizona school to have access to a gun. The firearm would be "locked in a secure place" until needed, the AG's office says. Lot of good it'll do there.

NRA's Wayne LaPierre and Neo-Nazi Agree on Sandy Hook Solution: More Guns

It's dang encouraging to learn that the National Rifle Association's top propagandist Wayne LaPierre is practically on the same page as Maricopa, Arizona neo-Nazi Harry Hughes regarding what the nation should do in response to the massacre of the innocents in Newtown, Connecticut. More guns! As I ... More >>

Is Your Band Your Business Or A Make-A-Wish Style Charity For Marginally Ambitious Bassists?

Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. She is here to help you stop doing it wro ... More >>

Top Eight Reasons Conservatives Should Love Medical Marijuana

Not all conservatives want to lock up sick grannies and other medical-marijuana patients, a fact proven by the thousands of right-wingers who in 2010 voted "yes" on Arizona's Prop 203. Yet in polls, Republicans and conservatives do tend to favor penalties for the plant's growth and use more often t ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Wackjob Bro Lester and His Run In with Cari Gerchick

See also: Lester Pearce Submits Public Records Request About Ethics Complaint Against Him See also: Russell Pearce's Bro Lester Pearce, Busted See also: Russell Pearce's Brother, Judge Lester Pearce, Stumped for Brother at LD 19 Meeting See also: Russell Pearce's Supporters in LD 19 Outed as Olivia ... More >>

Tuscon City Council Votes to Support Law Calling for Stricter Background Checks On Potential Gun-Owners

The Tucson city council voted unanimously last night to support the federal Fix Gun Checks Act of 2012 after hearing testimony from the survivors of the January 2011 Tucson shootings. "Based on the testimony from them, based on what's happened in the last couple of weeks in Milwaukee and Aurora, a ... More >>

NRA PAC Endorses Russell Pearce Despite His Blame-the-Victims Remarks on Aurora Massacre

See also: Russell Pearce Blames Victims for Dark Knight Massacre (w/Update) See also: Russell Pearce on Blast for Racist E-mails in New Dennis Gilman Video See also: Russell Pearce Apologizes, Kinda-Sorta, for Dark Knight Massacre Remarks In a major political gaffe that's sure to resonate across th ... More >>

Lori Klein, State Senator, Points Loaded Gun at Reporter's Chest; Idiot Move Violates Number One Gun-Safety Rule

Image: Lori Klein's campaign Web siteState Senator Lori Klein, R-Anthem, pointed a loaded gun a reporter's chest during an interview.​ As every gun owner should know, the Number One rule of handling firearms is to never point a gun at anything you don't want to destroy. Arizona State ... More >>

Feedback for the Issue of Thursday, January 20, 2011

Jared Lee Loughner's Second Amendment Rights and Ray Stern

ebaumsworld.comIt seems I've introduced my dear colleague Ray Stern to the fascinating world of facts, statistics and sources, as he finally breaks down and uses a few in his latest pro-gun nut diatribe, "The Anti-Gun Culture..."In it, Ray returns once again to his us-versus-them, all-or-nothin ... More >>

Welcome to New York: Your Lack of "Character" Means No Handgun Permit

Image: www.planetware.com​ Two cops -- a man and woman -- stood at the door when the senior citizen opened it one afternoon in Middle Village, Queens. The female cop had her hand on the butt of her holstered handgun. "You registered a couple of rifles last year," the female cop explained. "But yo ... More >>

National Rifle Association Gave Gabrielle Giffords a 'C' During 2010 Election

​According to the National Rifle Association's list of grades and endorsements for Arizona's Congressional delegation, Gabrielle Giffords earned a 'C' for her stance on gun rights. The list, reserved for NRA members only, was obtained today by New Times from an NRA representative. For eac ... More >>

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Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, August 5, 2010

John McCain Picks Up NRA Endorsement While J.D. Hayworth Gets Nod of Group's Former President

www.users.sisna.com​Apparently it's go-grab-your-gun day in the GOP Senate primary and both former Congressman J.D. Hayworth and his opponent, Senator John McCain, each picked up endorsements from some big-name gunslingers.We got an email from Hayworth's campaign earlier today announcing that Bob ... More >>

Shooting Star

Learn tricks of the trade at NRA event

Harold Fish Supporters and Gun Nuts Fire Back, and Help Prove My Point

The NRA fanatics believe they can do whatever they want when they're packin'...​Crazy gun call #1Crazy gun call #2Crazy gun call #3Crazy gun call #4? (Not clear, but maybe.)Supporters of Harold Fish, the man I wrote about in this week's lead Bird item "Right to Kill," have been calling me with the ... More >>

Mad Max Rules: The Arizona Legislature's Mandatory Handgun Ownership Laws

pic by Joshuashearn Coming soon to an athletic sock or purse near you... Just when you thought our gun-lovin' legislature had gone as far over the deep end into Mad Max territory as possible, our lawmakers up and make gun ownership mandatory for all lads and ladies 21 and above ... More >>

Q&A: Ted Nugent Talks Guns, Meth, and Hippies Before NRA Convention in Phoenix

The Motor City Madman: Ted NugentTed Nugent talks a lot about discipline. Speaking on the phone from his ranch outside Waco, Texas, the Detroit-born guitarist of "Cat Scratch Fever" fame comes back to it again and again. His life of clean living is the way to go, he says, living another way is nothi ... More >>

Ted Nugent Coming To Phoenix This Month (To Talk About Guns)

Imagine these guitars were guns, and you have some idea what to expect from Ted Nugent's Phoenix apperance. The Motor City Madman, Ted Nugent, is coming to Phoenix this month but, sadly, sans guitar. The conservative "Cat Scratch Fever" guitarist will appearing at the National Rifle Association's 13 ... More >>

Hot Links: Terry Goddard, the NRA, and Julio Cesar Chavez

Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard's home in downtown Phoenix caught fire about 5 a.m. Tuesday morning. No one was injured and the home was not damaged, but the garage burned. Investigators are trying to uncover the cause of the fire...Officials for the Phoenix Convention Center have asked the s ... More >>

Fear of a Black Prez and Crazy White Folks with Guns

Why worry? As The Turner Diaries reveals, ofays and guns go together like grits and runny eggs. What the hell is wrong with white people? Numerous media reports of late have detailed a run on gun stores by crazed crackers who believe the new black President-elect will take their firearms away shor ... More >>

Ex-Lawmaker Debra Brimhall Back as Debra Pearson in College Board Election

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Tour de farce: the corporate-sponsored tours we don’t want to buy tickets to

Cartridge Family

Musicians with munitions

An Angle

Spirited

Gun Ho

Exhibition shoots from the hip

Furious and Furiouser

Local lawyer lays down his opinionated tracks

Gorilla Warfare

Tim Burton monkeys around with an icon. But is it evolution?

Unpackin' Mama's Pistol

Gun lockers are coming to a public building near you

Inside the Soap Box

Michael Moore gets out of his La-Z-Boy to find The Awful Truth

Chaff Storm

Are these guys into S&M?

Letters

Letters

I of the Needle

A KILLER CONVENTION

THE IMAGE-CONSCIOUS NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION ALLOWED NO NOISY FIREFIGHTS DURING ITS ANNUAL MEETING. EVERYONE WAS USING SILENCERS.

FLASHES

JOE ARPAIO'S TENT CITY

ONE BULLET, A LIFE CHANGED