Meer the Widow Known as 'Shotgun Shirley': She Details Her Pro-Gun Quest for Self-Protection (Plus: See Her Shoot) Billy Hallowell Shirley Hedge, also known as "Shot­gun Shirley" (Photo Cred­it: YouTube) Shirley Hedge of Lees­burg, Flori­da, believes whole­heart­ed­ly in her right to bear arms. A  mem­ber of the Pennbrook Pis­toleros  shoot­ing club, she recent­ly spoke with the Orlan­do Sen­tinel about the rea­sons she's become a gun enthu­si­ast — and detailed her quest to obtain a concealed-carry license. It wasn't until she was wid­owed that Hedge, also known as "Shot­gun Shirley," real­ized the impor­tance of self-protection. "My hus­band died three and a half years ago and I real­ized that, except for a friend­ly dog, I real­ly have no weapons of defense at my ready if some­one should break in," she explained. "I believe that it's impor­tant to have the oppor­tu­ni­ty and the right to bear arms…I never w...

MSNBC HOST GOES OFF ON U.S. FOREIGN POLICY: 'ALL WE DO IS KILL ARABS ON INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION…THAT MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH JIHAD' Apr. 25, 2013 6:30pm   Jason Howerton 44 70 1 0 0 Credit: Getty Images for Philadelphia St MSNBC host Chris Matthews made it clear he opposes any U.S. intervention in Syria during his show on Thursday, saying "as long as Syrians are fighting Syrians, that's better than us fighting Syrians." He also argued that the United States is often too eager to intervene in Arab nations. "All we do is kill Arabs on international television. We don't fight Africans, we don't fight Europeans. Who do we fight? Islamic people," Matthews said. "I think that might have something to do with jihad." The host repeatedly insisted that it would be ill-advised for the U.S. to invade Syria to topple the regime of Syrian President Bashar al Assad, who has been accused by the White House of using chemical weapons. Matthews i...

 GUNS.COM 4 Hours Ago NYT refuses to bow to Bloomberg, backs Pro-Gun Advocate by  Chris Mandia In what many have deemed a shocking turn of events, the New York Times has refused to bow to Michael Bloomberg's Mayors Against Illegal Guns demand to redact a  pro-gun editorial . According to sources, the Times rebuffed an email from MAIG to issue a correction to a Friday editorial that was written by prominent 2nd Amendment advocate and Independence Institute Research Director David B. Kopel. "Manchin-Toomey would have legalized BATFE, creating a complete computer database of all sales, guns, and buyers which are identified in the 4473 forms of retired FFLs" MAIG asserted "Kopel's claims regarding the  Manchin-Toomey Amendment  [were] false." In response, Kopel defended his op-ed, affirming his claim that "Manchin-Toomey would have legalized BATFE, creating a complete computer database of all sales, guns, and buyers which are identified in the 4473 forms of...

 THEHILL.COM 4 Hours Ago OFA targets 9 Republicans, 1 Democrat in gun-control web ads - The Hill's Ballot Box by  Alexandra Jaffe By Alexandra Jaffe - 04/25/13 05:12 PM ET "No — we're concerned about [them] not passing this background check bill" Tweet Organizing for Action, President Obama's issue advocacy arm, is out with its first ads on gun-control following the failure of last week's measure in the Senate, a series of web ads targeting nine Republican senators and one Democrat who voted against it. The ads will run in the states of Republican Sens. Kelly Ayotte (N.H.), Saxby Chambliss (Ga.), Dan Coats (Ind.), Ted Cruz (Texas), Jeff Flake (Ariz.), Chuck Grassley (Iowa), Dean Heller (Nev.), Johnny Isakson (Ga.) and Rob Portman (Ohio), and in North Dakota, home of Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp. The ads urge gun-control supporters to "remind Senator Heller: You work for Nevada, not the gun lobby." OFA has not yet indicated which senators it believe...

 RAW STORY 4 Hours Ago D.C. protesters target NRA and other gun lobbyists By Agence France-PresseThursday, April 25, 2013 18:33 EDT Lobbyists in Washington have blood on their hands for helping the top US gun lobby derail President Barack Obama's push for tougher gun laws, protesters said Thursday. Several dozen people gathered in McPherson Square, near the White House, at lunch hour to name and shame six lobbying firms which, they said, have earned a total of $650,000 in fees from the National Rifle Association. "I have seen first-hand what (guns) can do to a body, and it's not a pretty sight" Many of the protesters held anti-NRA posters by artist Shepard Fairey — best known from the stylized "Hope" image from Obama's 2008 election campaign — bearing the slogan: "America: The land where God saves and Satan invests." "It's not just the NRA that's responsible for the proliferation of hundreds of millions of guns in this country,...

 THERIGHTSCOOP.COM 6 Hours Ago 27 Republican Senators embrace state and local sales tax on internet purchases - FIND OUT WHO THEY ARE Posted by   The Right Scoop  on April 25th, 2013 in  Politics  | If this many Republicans will vote for this in the Senate, how many will vote for it in the House? CNS NEWS  – You don't see this very often: a majority of Senate Republicans voting to make people who buy stuff on the Internet pay state and local sales taxes. Anti-tax guru Grover Norquist isn't happy about it and the conservative Heritage Foundation is questioning the senators' conservative credentials. But the issue of taxing Internet sales is getting strong support from Republicans and Democrats alike. The Senate could vote as early as Thursday on a bill to empower states to require online retailers to collect state and local sales taxes for purchases made over the Internet. Under the bill, the sales taxes would be sent to the states where a shopper lives...

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Thursday, April 25th  Did We Compromise National Security? Every day we continue to learn more information about the Boston Marathon terrorists. I’ve written on Hannity.com about the various examples in which we might’ve been able to catch the Boston Bombers before they committed these atrocious acts. What’s worse though is the report from Fox News' Megyn Kelly reports that the FBI was unhappy – she uses the word “stunned” – that a judge showed up to read Dzhokhar his Miranda rights within just 16 hours after he was in custody. FBI officials were under the impre...

 YOUTUBE 11 Hours Ago PJTV: Assault Pressure Cooker Ban: What the Boston Marathon Attack Teaches Us about Gun Control Liberals wasted no time politicizing the Boston Marathon terror attack. They used this horrific bombing to turn America against itself. But what does this act of senseless terrorism teach us about the gun control debate, and the efforts of some like Senator Feinstein to restrict Second Amendment rights?

 WEASELZIPPERS.US 5 Hours Ago McRINO And Schumer Vow To Bring Gun Control Bills Back To The Senate At what point can we kick McRINO out of the Republican party? Via  Daily Caller : "I do agree with Chuck that I think the issue will come back" The Senate will try again to pass recently defeated gun control legislation, and will be aided by increasing activism from previously neutral voters, Sen. Chuck Schumer predicted today at a press conference. "I think we will bring the bill back before the end of the year… lots of Senators who thought it was safe to vote against it [April 17] because of the intensity [of gun-rights supporters] are not so sure any more," Schumer told reporters at an April breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor. "I do agree with Chuck that I think the issue will come back," said Sen. John McCain, who supported an amendment to expand background checks during an April 17 vote. The amendment failed to get the needed 60 votes to o...

 HOTAIR.COM 4 Hours Ago Obama still holding out on those subpoenaed Fast & Furious documents by  Erika Johnsen posted at 2:01 pm on April 25, 2013 by Erika Johnsen Congress is still steadily pursuing the investigation on  the very dark spot  on the Obama administration's record that is Operation Fast and Furious — and when I say "dark spot," I do mean that literally, because so much of the evidence was so thoroughly redacted. The administration is continuing to fight Congressional attempts to uncover all of the details into the deadly gun-walking operation, and the dispute has moved into district-court territory.  In front of a federal judge  on Wednesday, the Department of Justice argued that the court should really just decline to decide on the case and leave the executive and legislative branches to duke it out on their own: A U.S. Justice Department lawyer said on Wednesday that if a judge agreed to consider a Republican bid to get administration do...