Getting a Tax Refund? Consider Using it to Support the Second Amendment.
Income tax season is in full swing, with just over one month until the Tuesday, April 15 2014 deadline. Many employees who have overpaid on their tax burden throughout the year will be getting a refund and might be wondering what to do with the “extra” cash. Many people treat themselves to something nice that they have had their eye on for the past year which, for firearms enthusiasts, might be a new firearm, firearm accessory or maybe some ammo and a range trip. Maybe you are thinking about taking the opportunity to get your CCW permit (maybe even taking your class online). But have you considered using part of your refund to help defend the right to keep and bear those firearms?
Tax time might be the perfect time to join or renew your RKBA organization membership, give a membership as a gift or make a donation to help support the cause. There are plenty of great Second Amendment organizations out there and, with the constant attacks on gun rights from all sides, getting a financial boost in the form of a tax refund check is a great opportunity to help fight back against those attacks.
If this is something that you are interested in, you can make your tax refund dollars go further by saving $10 on NRA membership dues here.
Busy Show Season Approaching for Firearms, Shooting and Outdoor Aficionados
Firearms enthusiasts, hunters, outdoorsmen, law enforcement personnel and members of firearms related industries will have ample opportunity to see the latest and greatest new offerings over the course of the next few months. The first half of the 2014 calendar is host to a number of large shows and exhibitions catering to these markets, including the NSSF SHOT Show, NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits and the Great American Outdoor Show. There may have been a few shake-ups in the world of firearms shows over the past year but, as they say, the show must go on…
It’s hard to believe that it’s only a month away, but the year starts off with a bang in January at the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s (NSSF) Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show (SHOT Show). The annual industry-only show is held Continue reading
Brady Campaign to Gun Control Supporters: “Listen, Dummies”
Via NRA-ILA
Last January, National Review Editor Rich Lowry joined a host of others in denouncing Barack Obama’s use of elementary school children at a press conference to unveil his gun control agenda, calling the spectacle “stupidly exploitative” and “infantile.” A newly-released ad from the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, however, suggests some in the anti-gun community have perversely taken that criticism as a challenge. With the new ad, the Brady Campaign seems intent on taking the tone of anti-gun arguments from the school yard to the nursery.
Aptly titled “Gun Laws for Dummies,” the video features an armed cartoon “bad guy” (one suggestive of the popular Angry Birds franchise) wreaking havoc on his illustrated community, using a privately-acquired firearm to break one character’s vacuum and pop another’s balloons. Brady also uses the ad as an opportunity to repeat the invalid statistic that 40 percent of gun sales occur in private transactions and to portray members of Congress as corrupt and rooting for the “bad guys.” As if this all weren’t creepy enough, it also includes narration by what sounds like a preschooler, who suggests that keeping firearms from the unlawful by enacting more laws should be “easy peasy.”
The ad was released as part of a new push to criminalize all private firearms transfers. This move coincides with the 20th anniversary of the passage of the Brady Law. The Brady Campaign’s proposed expansion of federal background checks would force even many family and friends to get government permission for firearm transfers amongst each other and subject all lawful gun transfers to federal paperwork and recordkeeping requirements, the prerequisites for a national registry. Continue reading
