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• Gun Homicides Down - 08 May 2013
  posted in National & Numbers & To Bear Arms

  Despite what the gun-grabbers say, gun-related deaths are happening less today than the early 1990s. The Bureau of Justice Statistics released a report on Tuesday that shows that gun-related murders dropped 39% since 1993: 18,253 compared to 11,101 in 2011. The Pew Research Center also released a report with similar claims. Pew found that the [...]

• Obama on Gun-control: ‘This is just the first round.’ - 03 May 2013
  posted in Alerts & Gun Control

  Conservative American, Speaking in Mexico, Barack Obama claimed Thursday that he will continue to push for “gun safety” measures in the United States, and that their recent defeat in the Senate was ‘just the first round.’ After speaking personally with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, Obama told the press: “The last time we had major [...]

• Pelosi: “We’re not taking ‘no’ for an answer …” - 25 Apr 2013
  posted in Alerts & Gun Control

  Mental health checks. Universal background checks. Magazine and weapons bans. All of these “safety policies” have not been forgotten by the gun-grabbers, despite S. 649′s clear defeat last week in the Senate. Harry Reid said well before S. 649 even came to the floor for debate, that, should the bill and its amendments fail, he [...]

• Critical Gun-Control Vote Tonight: 9 Amendments - 17 Apr 2013
  posted in Alerts & To Bear Arms

  UPDATE 6:40 PM: Today marks more victories for the Second Amendment! Seven of nine amendments to S. 649 came to a vote today and all failed to obtain sixty votes. While not all of the amendments were antagonistic toward the Second Amendment — for example, the Cornyn amendment for concealed-carry reciprocity — several of them [...]

• Gun-Control Round Two - 16 Apr 2013
  posted in Alerts & Privacy & To Bear Arms

  Conservative American, Gun-control round two begins today as the Senate commences their debate on S. 649, Harry Reid’s “Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act.” Last Thursday’s vote on the motion to proceed – where sixteen Republicans joined with Senate Democrats – was only the beginning of this fight. Essentially, it was a formal agreement to begin [...]

• Not so fast Washington, Americans want bills on guns and immigration read before you vote on them - 16 Apr 2013
  posted in Columns & Immigration

  Last time there was a headlong rush to pass legislation in Washington, Obamacare was birthed. 2,500 pages of excruciating small print, plopped on legislators desks just days before they were expected to vote on it. 2,500 pages purchased with “sweeteners,” “arm twisting” and coercion. Almost all of it done behind closed doors. Speaker of the [...]

• Senate to Filibuster Gun-Control Today – Take Action! - 11 Apr 2013
  posted in Alerts

  UPDATE: Cloture was made on the motion to proceed on S. 649 by a vote of 68 yays and 31 nays. ALERT: Senate to push gun-control bill today – pro-gun Senators must commit to filibuster! Take Action: Blast Faxes! Conservative American, Today the Senate will either uphold or foolishly attack the Second Amendment. At 11:00 [...]

• New survey of 15,000 cops gives Obama gun agenda thumbs down - 10 Apr 2013
  posted in Columns & To Bear Arms

  In the midst of the heated gun-control debate in the nation’s capital, a leading Internet web site exclusively for federal state and local law enforcement, on Monday released the surprising results of a survey of police professionals from across the U.S. The survey provides revealing insights into the opinions of American law enforcement regarding gun [...]

• Reid Says Gun-Control Cloture Vote is Tonight - 09 Apr 2013
  posted in Gun Control & Videos

  Update 7:51 PM – Cloture filed, no vote tonight. Senate is adjourned until tomorrow at 9:20 am. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said today that he expects a vote to be taken on gun-control legislation this Thursday, should the Senate invoke cloture tonight. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s office confirmed that this to take place [...]

• Harry Reid: GOP filibuster ‘flies in the face of what 90 percent of Americans want.’ - 09 Apr 2013
  posted in Alerts & Privacy & The Constitution & To Bear Arms

  *Conservative Action Alerts is streaming the U.S. Senate live — click here to watch. ALERT: More U.S Senators standing against federal gun-control legislation. Take Action: Demand Senators to FILIBUSTER gun-control! Conservative American, Progress is being made: Ten more U.S. Senators have committed to stand with Sens. Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, and Rand Paul against up-and-coming [...]