News from Democrats for Gun Ownership

As Predicted The Iranian Assassination Plot (smokescreen) Continues to Unravel.

2011-10-18T09:40:22Z

TheRealNews.com tears into the DOJ's shoddy evidence, subterfuge, and misdirection. Whether this was a plot to simply distract us from the tanking economy, a ruse to further embroil us in a conflict with Iran, or (as I suspect) a plot to take our eyes off Eric Holder's arming of some 2,000 Mexican criminals, it is at the very least incompetent. It may be criminal. Mr. Holder is a blight, and he'll not get my guns without a an extended imbroglio, no matter how many underlings he coerces, or criminal witnesses he employs.

Mr. President, we would urge you to fire him now or be further tainted by association.

Chicago Violent Crime Plummets After SCOTUS Removes Gun Ban

2011-10-14T17:59:14Z

We've never been a fan of Chicago's Mayor, so it is with glee that we report how wrong he was about the repeal of Chicago's ban on handguns. Here's a excerpt of the article...

Murder and violent crime rates were supposed to soar after the Supreme Court struck down Chicago’s and Washington, D.C.’s gun control laws. Politicians predicted disaster. “More handguns in the District of Columbia will only lead to more handgun violence,” Washington’s Mayor Adrian Fenty warned the...

You can read more here. They aren't our favorite source, but a source non-the-less.

RKBA Democrats educational video...

2011-10-12T11:18:57Z

Yes it's a very grass-roots video from our friends at Daily Kos:RKBA, but it makes a great case for all Democrats to support your right to bear arms. Watch it, share it.

Tonya Mahoney Promoted to Public Affairs Officer at DFGO

2011-10-11T21:08:48Z

Tonya has been the candle in the window of this site over the last few months as we dealt with a litany of business and personnel issues. Tonya will now handle all compliance issues for the ATF, coordinate shooting clinics for various groups, and will be responsible for major sponsor recruitment. She's also handling our SMO. Thanks Tonya!

Jon Tester (D) of Montana Pummels Attorney General and ATF over new "guidance". Eric Holder's quagmire deepens.

2011-10-04T09:20:00Z

This crew-cut Rocky Mountain Bad-Ass sent a letter to the Attorney General, and the BATF castigating them for onerous and overreaching guidance ... This is the same Eric Holder who let the BATF sell over 2,000 guns to gun-runners in Mexico in what many Congressional members are calling an illegal sting operation. Hardly seems like Mr. Holder should be giving ANY guidance, much less where guns are concerned. Oh, it's interesting to note that 1,400 guns were never recovered, and a U.S. Border Patrol agent, and untold Mexican citizens have since been killed with these weapons. Holder armed criminals in the United States and Mexico, but wants to take guns from law abiding Americans. In any case, here's a look at Jon's letter.

MEET The WINNER of our initial AR-15 Drawing!

2010-09-08T20:14:21Z

MITCH G, OF NEW JERSEY, IS THE PROUD OWNER OF THE DFGO AR-15. AFTER AN ORWELLIAN EXPERIENCE BEST RELATED ANOTHER DAY, INVOLVING NEW JERSEY STATE LAWS, HE HAS FINALLY RECIEVED IT AND HAS BEEN KIND ENOUGH TO SHARE A FEW THOUGHTS WITH US.

I can't share how happy I am to have won the AR-15 contest that was sponsored by the DfGO, as funny as it may sound, I couldn't think of a better person to win your contest. ;-)

UPDATED: Supreme Court Strikes Down Chicago Gun Ban! Daley cries "Do-Over!"

2010-06-28T16:24:15Z

This from the Chicago Tribune... WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court reversed a ruling upholding Chicago's ban today and extended the reach of the 2nd Amendment as a nationwide protection against laws that infringe the "right to keep and bear arms."

The 5-4 decision appears to void the 1982 ordinance, one of the nation's strictest that barred city residents from having handguns for their own use, even at home.

Two years ago, the high court ruled in a case from Washington, D.C. that the 2nd Amendment protects the rights of individuals to have a gun for self-defense. Since the District is a federal city and not a state, the court did not decide then whether the 2nd Amendment could be used to challenge other municipal ordinances or state laws.

Weapons in as many as 100,000 [Chicago] homes, report says

2010-06-08T16:15:56Z

By Duaa Eldeib, Tribune reporter

When police caught up to a fleeing drug suspect early Thursday, they had little problem arresting him. They found him in a private home he had entered, wounded in the chest by a resident with a handgun.

The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-gun-ban-0606-20100606,0,7528384.story

In Response to D.C.'s "New Rules" designed to circumvent citizens' rights...

2010-05-18T22:58:48Z

"Eleanor Holmes Norton, the District of Columbia’s non-voting representative in Congress, is blunt about the point of the city’s laws: discouraging gun ownership. “To get them you have to go through a bureaucracy that makes it difficult,” she said in an interview. Her constituents tend to oppose firearms because of gun violence, she said." [source: Wall Street Journal]

It is unfortunate, that when the highest court in our land shines the light of justice, and reaffirms the rights of law-abiding citizens to own firearms, that the political roaches scurry for the protection of bureaucracy. They are bound and determined to violate the rights of the very people who put them in office.

That's just what we need - a government even more mired, sluggish, and useless. Here's a suggestion Eleanor Holmes Norton - spend more time figuring out how to increase emergency response times in D.C. and less time trying to thwart the United States Judiciary and your own citizens. And please, don't assume that just because someone is a Democrat, they are lock-step with your uninformed agenda. Go to demguns.org and arm yourself with knowledge.

Robert Hust
Chair
Democrats for Gun Ownership

Our Chairman's response to the honorable Mayor of Chicago...

2010-05-13T06:36:33Z

Response to Mayor Daley

I was recently asked to respond to a press conference held by Mayor Richard Daley of Chicago, regarding his constant attempts to infringe the rights of law abiding gun owners. What follows is my opinion of the issue.

Richard M. Daley’s understanding of guns, gun ownership, and their relationship to crime and public safety is either seriously flawed or his plans for even more sweeping gun control laws are a disingenuous political attempt to have his public pay attention to his left hand, while his right hand bargains away more parcels of public property. Unfortunately, I believe it is the latter.

I would encourage the Mayor to make public any and all research he might have lying about that supports his desire to blatantly ignore his constituent’s Constitutional rights.