1 -- BOOK UPDATES

Gun Laws of America (Federal Law)

Supreme Court Gun Cases
(Summary of Findings)


The Arizona Gun Owner's Guide

The California Gun Owner's Guide

The Florida Gun Owner's Guide

The Texas Gun Owner's Guide

The Virginia Gun Owner's Guide



2 -- POSITION PAPERS

BIDS v. NICS
If we must have gun-buyer background checks to stop criminals, do it without compiling massive records on the innocent. A simple system called BIDS does this at far less cost than NICS.

Gun Owners Without Borders
Taking a cue from other successful human-rights groups, author Alan Korwin is calling for international recognition of a person's right to live, which supercedes state sovereignty and any justifications used to exterminate individuals anywhere in the world.

D.C. Gun Ban Ending A Mixed Blessing
Rights activists were joyous when a court took down the 31-year-old D.C. gun ban,
but there's more to it than meets the eye, and until the appeals are over, it isn't over.
It's not even clear how a D.C. resident could buy a gun now that they can keep one
(only at home), since they have to go across state lines to get it.

The Left Wing's Gun-Ban Plans (for Elections)
The left and the Democrats aren't talking about their feelings about guns
before the elections, because they know how badly it would hurt them.
But their ideas haven't gone away, we've just forgotten them.
This reminder (their list) will shock you.

"Page Nine" News-Media Watchblog
Regularly issued reports now chronicle the inaccuracy, slant and flat-out
propaganda that passes for news in the "lamestream." Not limited to guns,
if the media is spinning it, it unravels here.

Post-Shooting Procedures (Cheney Incident)
Standard police guidelines are no statement for 48 hours, and then it's in writing.
Allows for proper lawyer contact, review, trauma recovery, coherence.
You should be entitled to the same respect and legal protections.

New Brady Gun "Decommissioning" Strategy
Introduced quietly under President Clinton, "anything that will keep a gun
from working" is now in eight separate places in federal law.

Why Aren't All Brady Violators Arrested?
It’s well known that of the people stopped by the Brady-FBI background check,
very few are arrested—even though it’s a felony for many to attempt the purchase.
Why don’t the police arrest all the Brady criminals they find?

Federal Gun-Free-School-Zones Problem
Technically, anyone who carries a gun in most populated areas
commits a 5-year felony. It has got to be fixed. See the maps.

News Media Accuracy Bottoms Out
It's getting embarrassing to be a writer, when you see how poorly
the profession is doing as a whole. Ethics and accuracy are about gone.
All my news accuracy material is indexed here, including a growing
collection of columns from The Uninvited Ombudsman.
Numerous laughable cases, statistics, first-hand reports

Minuteman Project Shows the Best of America
The news media portrays it otherwise, but I went down and saw for myself.

THE LIBERTY POLL
Rewrites the book on questions for political candidates --
Try a few of these next time you're in earshot of a politician.
A collaborative effort by Alan Korwin, Mike Anthony, Vin Suprynowicz.

POLITICALLY CORRECTED Glossary of Terms
Certain words hurt you when you're talking about your rights.
View/print a PDF version      (Click here to get Adobe's Acrobat PDF reader for free.)

The Big Lie
You Have No Rights

The Last Refuge for Hate: Gun Hate
It's time for the medical community to recognize and study morbid fear of firearms.

The Only Question About Gun Registration
How does writing your name down help stop crime?

Sunshine Gun Laws
It's time to replace wasteful gun restrictions with good gun incentives.
Legislation you can introduce yourself.

The Lost National Right to Carry
American Historical Rights Protection Act

Reciprocity Schemes
Government plumbs the depths of "rights" management

The Byrne Grant
How To Use Tax Dollars For Private Gun-Safety Training

Trigger Locks
Don't fool with the firing mechanism of a loaded gun

Brady Law Makes Gun Meltdowns Obsolete
Anti-rights activists have turned laws upside down to use against
honest people who own guns. But now the Schumer is on the other foot.

Scapegoat
It's easier to scapegoat an honest person who owns a gun than to disarm a criminal

Misdemeanor Gun Ban
Congress slides dangerously far from the Constitution

Civilian Marksmanship
The U.S. government wants you trained, safe, competent

Laws Violated at Columbine
An attorney asked me to draw up a list of crimes apparently committed
by the assailants at Columbine High School in Colorado. I drew up this
generic list and I was surprised by how long it was

The Noble Uses of Firearms
"... it's easy to lose sight of the noble and respectable place
firearms hold and have always held in American life."

Researcher Finds Federal Gun Law Grew
Nearly 6% in 1998
More Than 4,000 Words Added By Omnibus Spending Bill

Guns and Kids
Too dangerous to ignore

3 -- FEDERAL GUN REGISTRATION PLANS

BIDS v. NICS
A simple background-check system called BIDS operates at far less cost than NICS and without compiling innocent peoples' names. Basically, BIDS distributes the list of hardcore prohibited possessors to federally licensed firearm dealers. Dealers check their customers against the computerized list to lockout illegal sales. This maintains the privacy of innocent citizens, stops criminals, and eliminates the potential for illegal government registries.

The Guns Among Us
Wildly promoted psychopathic atrocities featured on Page One in the national media are written to help promote gun registration and confiscation. People who believe the only purpose is to kill are victims of relentless propaganda. Guns save lives. When a maniac goes crazy, you send in people... with guns. This is the unedited version of the highly acclaimed Uninvited Ombudsman editorial from the 500,000-circulation Arizona Republic newspaper on May 6, 2007.

Dems New Gun Ban Plan and "Dept. of Peace"
Bill Clinton's expired gun ban named 19 firearms, Democrats new plan (2007) names more than 60, plus any semi-auto long gun "with a grip" and anything the Attorney General decides to add without Congress. Their bill for a Dept. of Peace is a cabinet-level indoctrination and policy bureaucracy with huge staff, sweeping powers, tremendous budget, a gun-control agenda and is being sold as an enlightened think tank... that will have controls over the Defense Dept. Under the radar for now, as they build support by getting ignorant city councils to endorse the concept.

Secure Gun Storage and Safety Device
A new angle of attack has been promoted since 1997, and is gaining ground.
Full support from the Brady group and its allies, little attention apparent
from traditional gun-rights supporters.

Gun Show Bill is Not What They Say
Mass media publicity on the proposed McCain-Lieberman Gun Show Bill is grossly inaccurate.
It's really about federal registration of gun shows, vendors, and every person who attends.
Detailed analysis in plain English.

GUN SHOW BILL IS EVEN WORSE
Could Close Gun Shows Completely
If anyone at a gun show offers (not even sells, but offers) a gun to
anyone else at the show -- even a gun they don't have with them -- the
seller, buyer, AND gun show operator can be arrested. You don't even
need a prohibited possessor (a criminal) involved. No operator will run
a show with that kind of legal risk. Full plain-English descriptions,
with citations.

Does Loophole Allow Gun Sale Without "Nics" Check?
"Escape Clause" Was Designed For FBI Computer Failure
Federal Suspension of Bill of Rights Runs 4 Days

Brady Law Closes Gun Stores More Than 8 Days
Persistent Background-Check Outages Stop Business

FBI Closes Down Gun Shows for the Day
Congressional Oversight Apparently No Longer an Issue

Brady (NICS) Stats For First 4 Months (May '99)
More Than 3 Million Americans Now on FBI List

FBI Loses $87 Million (Feb.'99)
Brady law gun tax would have been profitable to Bureau.

NICS Is On, (Dec. '98)
The most critical facets of the NICS criminal background check system
have not hit the media.

Schematic of NICS System, (Nov '98) 62k

Brady Long Guns,  (Feb '98)
This was the first published alert that long guns were under Brady.
Written is straight journalism style, you can forward this hard news to your local paper.

BradyGate,  (1997)
Documented irregularities with the statistics and effectiveness issues.

The Indiana Experiment,  (May '98)
Does the government routinely break laws about record management?
See what seven newspapers found when they teamed up.

NICS Archive - Documents and Position Papers related to
The National Instant Check System

4 -- ARIZONA ISSUES

High School Marksmanship Enacted (2005)
First in the nation, Arizona leads tthe way with an innovative
gun safety program for students.

Restaurant Carry Bill Narrowly Defeated (2005)
On its merits it would have passed, so the news media concocted nonsense.

Tenth Anniversary of CCW Banquet (2004)
Massive celebration of ten years of success attracts national leaders,
welcome from the President, news media decides to supress stories

The Fabrications of Dr. Fabricius
Arizona State University professor Fabricius and his young son
counted some newspaper stories on gun use, and from this
concluded that guns are rarely used in self defense. Pure junk science,
it appeared on page one of a local newspaper and in a medical journal.
Read about it, get outraged, and let them know what you think.

WILL BUREAUCRATS CLOSE TONTO FOREST TO THE PUBLIC?
Federal bureaucrats running the Tonto National Forest (2.9 million acres
of public land basically north of Phoenix) are talking about closing
sections to public access. One of the main goals is to eliminate
outdoor marksmanship.

BATF PROVES GUN LAWS WORK
The top of the Sunday paper proclaimed: 
"Sting Targets Gun Shows" 
Here's what was missing—
Stunning enforcement refutes "loophole" phobia
Sting puts teeth back in dozens of forgotten critical laws

Arizona Gun Safety Forum On April 21, 2001 
"To help dispel ignorance and bigotry about firearms, and to  
explore their beneficial purposes" Unite To Promote Gun Safety

Secret Gun Policy Forum - Arizona Attorney General Janet Napolitano and Phoenix Police Chief Harold Hurtt To Discuss Guns in Secret. Includes an eye-opening report on the forum's results.

Shannon's Law, Everyone followed the front-page drama and pomp surrounding "Shannon's Law,"a bill enacted due to a single tragic death. None of the published or broadcast reports that I saw accurately reflected what was passed. Here's what the public finally got from the lawmakers.

True Preemption Deserves Support (Arizona Republic, 4/6/99)
The preemption battle is really about disarming America.

Should Mesa Melt Its Firearms?
The city of Mesa Says "yes" because it seems right.
But it's better to turn swords into plowshares.

Should Voters Remove "Activist" Judges?
When judges legislate from the bench, should voters take action?

Mexico Arrests
Arizona businessman gets jailed by Mexicans as if he entered California