National Rifle Association

Jeff Flake Now Claims He Could Support Expanding Background Checks for Guns

Senator Jeff Flake has changed his explanation of why he didn't support an amendment to expand background checks for gun purchases and apparently is willing to vote for expanding background checks.Flake's stance has been confusing, but Flake has offered up a scenario in which he'd vote for the amend ... More >>

Jeff Flake's Poll Numbers Somehow Got Worse: Whopping 18 Percent Give Him a Thumbs-Up

Senator Jeff Flake is doing a pretty darn good job in office, according to very, very few people.Flake wasn't exactly a big fan of the recent poll that showed his approval rating was just 32 percent, and he probably won't like the poll released today, in which just 18 percent of people said Flake's ... More >>

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Jeff Flake Thinks His Popularity Is "Somewhere Just Below Pond Scum"

Senator Jeff Flake, upon discovering that his approval rating was found to be one of the worst in the country, says "that probably puts me somewhere just below pond scum" on the popularity scale.Public Policy Polling found that Flake's approval rating among Arizonans is 32 percent, and that, coupled ... More >>

Jeff Flake "Has Already Become One of the Most Unpopular Senators in the Country," Poll Says

Despite Arizona's reputation as a state of gun-lovers, it looks like Arizonans still support background checks for all gun sales.That appears to be the reason why Senator Jeff Flake, who recently voted against expanding background checks for gun purchases, has "already become one of the most unpopul ... More >>

Does Jeff Flake Support Expanding Background Checks, or Does He Not?

Senator Jeff Flake claims to support expanding background checks for gun purchases.He also voted against expanding background checks for gun purchases, which might seem confusing, because that doesn't make sense.See also:-Is Jeff Flake a Wuss for Voting Against Expanded Background Checks?-John McCai ... More >>

John McCain's Approval Rating Is 26 Percent

Senator John McCain is doing a pretty good job, according to hardly anyone.That's according to a poll from Behavior Research Center, which says McCain's 26 percent approval rating among Arizonans is the lowest level in 21 years.See also:-John McCain Bucks the NRA, Supports Expanding Background Check ... More >>

Is Jeff Flake a Wuss for Voting Against Expanded Background Checks

Republican Senator Jeff Flake helped defeat amendment that called for an expansion of the federal background-check system for gun sales.Senator John McCain supported the amendment, as did two women who reportedly ended up being escorted out of the Senate -- Patricia Maisch, who grabbed a gun magazin ... More >>

Bill Montgomery Skewered in Puente March, SANE Defends Monty

Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery took it on the chin today, as about 120 demonstrators protesting Monty's discriminatory policies toward undocumented workers marched more than 3.5 miles from Steele Indian School Park to Montgomery's offices in the county administration building in downtown P ... More >>

Gabrielle Giffords Featured in Gun-Control Ad: "Take It From Me, Congress Must Act" (Video)

The pro-gun-control organization headed up by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly, released a video ad featuring a plea from Giffords for Congress to act on gun-control proposals.Giffords and Kelly announced the formation of Americans for Responsible Solutions last mo ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Posse Doing a School-Shooting Simulation, and Steven Seagal's Supervising

Folks, Sheriff Joe Arpaio's school-patrol posse is so serious about school safety that posse members will be setting up a school-shooting simulation this weekend as a test.Have we mentioned yet that actor Steven Seagal will be supervising the festivities?See also:-Joe Arpaio's School-Patrol Posse Ge ... More >>

Your Gonzo Guide to the Republican National Convention

Ted Nugent's Still a "Special Deputy" to Sheriff Joe Arpaio

We almost forgot about when the "Motor City Madman" Ted Nugent -- known in more recent days simply as a madman -- was deputized by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.Turns out, Nugent's still a "Special Deputy" to Arpaio, a sheriff's office spokesman confirms to New Times.

Paul Babeu's Congressional Campaign Contributions Collapse in Weeks Following Allegations He Abused His Power, Threatened His Gay, Mexican Lover with Deportation

Contributions to congressional hopeful Paul Babeu barely trickled in during March, with the once-popular lawman pocketing a mere $6,700 in the wake of multiple scandals enveloping him, his agency, and his campaign.   By comparison, Congressman Paul Gosar, also running for a seat in A ... More >>

Arizona Legislators Still Want Guns on College Campuses

​Arizona state legislators have redrafted legislation that would allow guns on college campuses, despite Governor Jan Brewer's vetoing of a similar bill earlier this year.The new bill is just a modified version of the old bill, which Brewer felt was too vague. However, after vetoing it, the govern ... More >>

Jennifer Nelson Takes on the Subtleties of the Second Amendment at ASU Art Museum

Arizona's Lax Gun Laws Helped Make Tucson's Jared Lee Loughner Possible

Tea Party T-Shirt: Can What You Wear Determine Whether You Can Go to the Polls?

Flagstaff Tea Party Member Told to Cover Up Her Shirt by Poll Workers

Clint Bolick says a Flagstaff woman's First Amendment rights were violated when she was told not to wear a Tea Party T-shirt to the polls.​A Flagstaff woman was told she would not be allowed to vote if she wears her Tea Party shirt to the polls.And when Diane Wickberg called the Coconino Cou ... More >>

Roger Garfield Receives Seven-Year Sentence in Antique-Store Shooting; New Trial Still Possible

  ​A judge sentenced the former owner of a central Phoenix antique store to seven years in prison today for the 2006 fatal shooting of an unarmed homeless man. Roger Garfield, who was profiled in New Times' March 11 edition, had been hassled for weeks at his store at 7th A ... More >>

The Humane Society and Big Agriculture Slug It Out Over Animal Rights

Shoot to Kill: An Antique Dealer Has One Last Chance at Freedom After Gunning Down an Unarmed Homeless Trespasser

Treasurer Martin Makes it Official; He's Running for Governor

Treasurer Dean Martin​As we predicted yesterday, Arizona Treasurer Dean Martin officially declared his candidacy for governor this morning at a closed electronics plant in Phoenix. Martin, who is in his first-term as treasurer and is a former state senator from Phoenix, will ... More >>

Phoenix Law Enforcement Association Prez Mark Spencer’s Latest Outrage, and Arpaio Surreptitiously Tapes the Feds During Latest Sweep

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, April 16, 2009

King of Pain

Sheriff Joe crowns himself anti-corruption kingfish and J.T. Ready looks for race friends on Newsaxon.com

Storm Troopers

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