NRAILA.ORG 10 Hours Ago North Carolina: Take Action to Repeal the Outdated Permit to Purchase a Handgun This week, the state Senate passed an omnibus Right-to-Carry reform bill,  House Bill 937 .  However, the North Carolina Sheriffs' Association is aggressively working to remove the section from H 937 that repeals the antiquated permit to purchase a handgun requirement.   It is critical that the pro-gun community works to counter this effort by taking the following steps: First, please take a moment to contact  your state Representative  and urge her or him to support the House simply concurring with the Senate version of H 937.  State Representatives should oppose all efforts to weaken this bill in any way. Second, please call Governor Pat McCrory (R) and urge him to support the Senate version of H 937.  Respectfully urge him to oppose any efforts to weaken the bill, especially efforts to remove the section regarding the permit to purchase...

 FREEREPUBLIC.COM 1 Hour Ago Obama's Africa Trip Could Cost $100 Million Skip to comments. Obama's Africa Trip Could Cost $100 Million NewsMax ^  | 06/14/2013 | Lisa Barron Posted on  06/14/2013 6:53:31 PM PDT  by  SeekAndFind President Barack Obama's trip to Africa later this month could be one of the most expensive of his tenure, costing the government as much as $100 million. According to a confidential internal planning document obtained by The Washington Post, hundreds of Secret Service agents will be dispatched to secure facilities in Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania, which the first family will visit from June 26 to July 3. A Navy aircraft carrier or amphibious ship, with fully staffed medical trauma center, will be stationed offshore in case of an emergency. In addition, military cargo planes will airlift in 56 support vehicles, including 14 limousines and three trucks carrying bulletproof glass to cover the windows of the hotels where the Obamas will...

 THESTAR.COM 15 Hours Ago U.S. considers Syria no-fly zone after agreeing to arm rebels ANKARA/WASHINGTON- The United States is considering imposing a no-fly zone in Syria, in what would be its first direct military intervention of the two-year-old civil war, Western diplomats said on Friday, after the White House said Syria had crossed a "red line" by using nerve gas. After months of equivocating, President Barack Obama's administration said on Thursday it would now arm rebels, having obtained proof the Syrian government used chemical weapons against fighters trying to overthrow President Bashar Assad. Two senior Western diplomats said Washington is mulling a no-fly zone close to Syria's southern border with Jordan. "Washington is considering a no-fly zone to help Assad's opponents," one diplomat said. He said it would be limited "time-wise and area-wise, possibly near the Jordanian border," without giving details. Imposing a no-fly zone would...