Mark Horne at Godfather Politics reports: While the news has been focused on the “fiscal cliff” and the tragedy at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, the Senate has taken their gift back from the nation. They’re like Scrooge, except Scrooge was just a private business man, not a civil government who could own… Continue Reading »
Katie Glueck at Politico reports: CNN anchor Piers Morgan isn’t benefiting from much Christmas cheer, at least according to one measure: The number of signers on a petition urging the White House to deport Morgan has skyrocketed by late Tuesday afternoon to nearly 66,000 names. The petition, created last week, had 65,887 supporters around 5… Continue Reading »
Ben Shapiro at Breitbart reports: Today, the Journal News in upstate New York, owned by Gannett, published the names and addresses of all gun permit holders in the Westchester and Rockland county areas of New York. The Journal News said: The map indicates the addresses of all pistol permit holders in Westchester and Rockland counties…. Continue Reading »
Iulia Filip at Courthouse News Service reports: The Second Amendment right to bear arms does not extend to people who are in the United States illegally, the 4th Circuit ruled. While searching the Orangeburg, S.C., home of Mexican national Nicolas Carpio-Leon, immigration agents found a .22 caliber Marlin rifle, a 9 mm Hi-Point pistol and… Continue Reading »
Matt Townsend at Bloomberg reports: With President Barack Obama endorsing sweeping gun restrictions in the wake of the school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, prices for handgun magazines are surging on EBay (EBAY) and semi-automatic rifles are sold out at many Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) locations. Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, said yesterday that it would… Continue Reading »
