Tag Archive: Self-Defense

on August 29, 2015 in World News

Practical Ladies

Practical Ladies by A1F Daily Staff Just a few years ago, Germaine Adams was a newbie in the world of shooting. She had purchased a gun for self-defense back in 2007, but it mainly just sat on the shelf. After picking it up again in 2012, she decided to do something with it and began training to get her concealed-carry permit. Fast-forward to 2015 and Germaine is not only a concealed carry license holder, but also an NRA Certified Instructor, an NROI certified Range Officer, co-founder of the Rocky Mountain Tactical Ladies Shooting Club and Coordinator of Women’s Programs and… View Article

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on August 29, 2015 in World News

Arkansas attorney general says open carry is legal in Arkansas

Arkansas attorney general says open carry is legal in Arkansas Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge says a 2013 law allows someone to openly carry a handgun as long as they don’t plan to illegally use it against another person. Her opinion comes after a northeast Arkansas man was arrested and convicted after a judge ruled that Arkansas Act 746 does not legalize open carry. The Republican said in an advisory opinion Friday that the law generally allows “open carry,” but cautioned that other laws limiting handguns such as a ban on them on Capitol grounds and at schools are still… View Article

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on August 29, 2015 in World News

Trump: I’m winning because Americans are ‘tired of being the patsies’

Trump: I’m winning because Americans are ‘tired of being the patsies’ By Mark Hensch Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump says he is leading the GOP race because he represents Americans who have had it with their nation coming up short. “People in this country are smart,” he told listeners at the National Federation of Republican Assemblies’ 2015 conference in Nashville on Saturday. “We’re tired of being the patsies for everyone,” Trump said. ADVERTISEMENT “There is a big, big, growing-by-leaps-and-bounds silent majority out there. [The 2016 race] is going to be an election based on competence.” Trump argued he is surging… View Article

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on August 29, 2015 in World News

Sold-Out Conservative Jackson Hole Summit Rages Against the Fed

Sold-Out Conservative Jackson Hole Summit Rages Against the Fed by Chriss W. Street The sold-out Jackson Hole Summit, which seeks to be a conservative counter-balance to the Kansas City Federal Reserve’s Jackson Hole Symposium, kicked off with a fascinating history lesson by a Director of the Council on Foreign Relations on how the Bretton Woods Conference at the end of WW II led to the massive monetary expansion of Federal Reserve and impoverishment of America. Benn Steil, Ph.D., in his book The Battle of Bretton Woods, credits the roots of central banks printing trillions in paper currency, suppressing interest rates,… View Article

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on August 29, 2015 in World News

Gun Control a Key Hillary Clinton Campaign Component

Gun Control a Key Hillary Clinton Campaign Component by AWR Hawkins Democrat presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton is vigorously campaigning on a platform of more gun control for law-abiding citizens. She wants an “assault weapons” ban, a “high capacity” magazine ban, and myriad new regulations on gun purchases and purchasers, as well as new record-keeping requirements on gun owners. In short, she wants national laws to mirror the kind of laws we see in Chicago, California, and New York. The Associated Press previously reported that “universal background checks” are the cornerstone of her gun control push. This one proposal will make… View Article

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on August 28, 2015 in World News

Australia cancels loopy plan for visa police, and other reasons to fear for humanity

Australia cancels loopy plan for visa police, and other reasons to fear for humanity by Kelly McParland The Australian government is looking very bad after it announced a new paramilitary unit with its own uniforms to stop people in Melbourne streets and check for papers as part of a campaign against visa fraud. Titled “Operation Fortitude” it was compared to the Stasi — East German secret police — quickly ran into a wave of mockery and was swiftly cancelled. One Australian columnist wrote: “Operation Ineptitude …was an ill-conceived debacle from start to its inevitable abandonment …. Questions still abound. Whose… View Article

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on August 28, 2015 in World News

Justin Trudeau faced with persuading voters that debt and deficits are not dirty words

Justin Trudeau faced with persuading voters that debt and deficits are not dirty words by John Ivison The fog of electoral war cleared momentarily and one of the key themes of the 42nd general election came into focus, as Justin Trudeau announced the second major economic theme of the Liberal Party platform. The Liberals will double the amount spent on infrastructure over the next 10 years to $125-billion, in an attempt to stimulate demand in the economy, he said. The move will require deficits of less than $10-billion in each of the next two fiscal years, but the budget will… View Article

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