NRAILA.ORG 53 Minutes Ago West Virginia: Governor Signs Two More NRA-Backed Bills into Law Today, Governor Earl Ray Tomblin (D) signed two more NRA-backed bills into law, House Bill 2471 and Senate Bill 435. House Bill 2471 , sponsored by state House Speaker Rick Thompson (D-19), will prohibit the restriction of the lawful use, carrying, transfer, transportation, storage or display of a firearm or ammunition during any declared state of emergency.  HB 2471 will protect law-abiding citizens in West Virginia from a violation of their constitutional rights reminiscent of what occurred in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, where law-abiding citizens were stripped of their lawfully owned firearms by overzealous government officials leaving them defenseless and unable to protect their families and property.  This law is effective July 10, 2013. Senate Bill 435 , sponsored by state Senator Herb Snyder (D-16) and amended by state Delegate Patrick Lane (R-38), will require Char...

 THE HUFFINGTON POST 2 Hours Ago Rick Santorum Praises NRA As Constitution 'Warriors' HOUSTON -- Former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum praised the National Rifle Association as "warriors" defending the U.S. Constitution. Santorum spoke Friday in the political rally at the NRA's national convention in Houston. The convention is being held amid the backdrop of the fierce gun control debate raging across the country and the recent defeat of a major gun control bill in the U.S. Senate. Santorum, a former senator from Pennyslvania, told NRA members that the Bill of Rights and the Second Amendment "come from God." Santorum said by helping to defeat the Senate bill, the NRA "stood up when freedom was under assault. You stood in the gap. You made a difference." He also said the debate over gun control is one over the country's core traditional values. Also on HuffPost: Popular on Huffington Post HIV Cure 'Within Months?' Is...

 ABC NEWS 48 Minutes Ago NRA, GOP Leaders Vow to 'Never Back Away' on Gun Rights at Annual Meeting by  Sarah Parnass Big-name Republicans and gun advocates took to the stage in Houston Friday to make it clear that they are not backing down to an administration that seeks stricter gun control measures. "We will never back away from our resolve to defend our rights and the rights of all law-abiding American gun owners," Wayne LaPierre, vice president of the National Rifle Association, told an audience at the NRA's annual meeting Friday. "We are the law-abiding Americans who believe that liberty is a blessing not bestowed by government but by our creator." "They talked about violent crime and yet their proposal didn't have one penny for prosecuting felons and fugitives or for prosecuting gun crimes." Though seats in the auditorium were filled with NRA members, the speakers on the stage seemed to speak to their opponents and the national media,...

 THEBLAZE.COM 3 Hours Ago MSNBC Forced to Apologize After Egregiously Taking Quotes Out of Context for Gun Control Segment by  Jason Howerton MSNBC host Thomas Roberts on Friday aired a portion of Vice President Joe Biden's speech given at a plaque dedication remembering the Americans lost in the Benghazi terror attack and  falsely claimed  he was mourning "children as the victims of gun violence." Roberts was discussing Biden's reported plans to make a second push for gun control after losing in the first round. In the selectively edited clip of Biden's remarks, the vice president was talking about the serious risks that State Department employees and their families face as part of their service. "No child should predecease their parents. And I wish I could tell you we aren't going to add anymore names with this wall…but the truth of the matter is, there will be more." Biden said. After playing the video, Roberts falsely claimed that the vice presid...

 DAILYCALLER.COM 2 Hours Ago Gun business exodus begins in Colorado by  Greg Campbel l "The decision to relocate the company was difficult, and choosing the proper location was essential to our continued growth within the industry" HiViz Shooting Systems, a gun-parts manufacturer in Fort Collins, Colo., will move its operations up the road to Laramie, Wyo., making good on its threat to pull up its Colorado roots after Gov. John Hickenlooper signed into law several controversial gun control measures earlier this year. Of the businesses planning to leave the state for the same reason, HiViz is the first to announce its new home. "The decision to relocate the company was difficult, and choosing the proper location was essential to our continued growth within the industry," said President and CEO Phillip Howe in a  press release . "We look forward to settling into our new home in the firearm friendly state of Wyoming." Wyoming was chosen not just for its gun-f...

 NATIONAL REVIEW 2 Hours Ago Jindal: 'God Bless the NRA' by  Eliana Johnson "We have our own Second Amendment in the state of Louisiana," Bobby Jindal told the crowd gathered at the National Rifle Association's annual summit in Houston. President Obama, he assured them, "won't be able to touch our right to keep and bear arms in the great state of Louisiana."  In a wide-ranging speech sure to further speculation about his plans for a 2016 presidential campaign, the Louisiana governor, who has recently struggled with low approval ratings in his state, touched on topics from his parents' immigration to the United States to the nature of freedom in the country today. The president, he said, simply "does not believe in the transformative and dynamic power of freedom."  "I am ready to stand and fight for that freedom." The crux of Jindal's remarks, however, focused on the Second Amendment, which he accused Obama of attacking fro...

Friday, May 3rd Trident K9 Warriors Mike Ritland, author of Trident K9 Warriors , joined guest host Rose Tennent on the program to discuss his new book, which was recently featured on 60 Minutes. As a Navy SEAL during a combat deployment in Iraq, Mike Ritland saw a military working dog in action and instantly knew he'd found his true calling. Ritland started his own company training and supplying dogs for the SEAL teams, U.S. Government, and Department of Defense. Highly trained working dogs capable of handling both detection and apprehension work in the most extreme environments and the tensest of battlefiel...

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