Tea Party Leader Vows To Fight NYC’s “Tyrannical” Anti-Gun Agenda
Gun Rights Monday, January 16th, 2012
Last month, Californian lawyer and influential Tea Party leader Mark Meckler was arrested for trying to board a plane at LaGuardia Airport with a handgun and ammunition.
Federal judge upholds reporting requirement for gun stores
Gun Rights Saturday, January 14th, 2012
From FOXNews.com WASHINGTON – A federal judge has dismissed a firearms industry association’s lawsuit seeking to block the Obama administration from requiring gun store owners in Southwest border states to report when customers buy multiple high-powered rifles. U.S. District Judge Rosemary M. Collyer said the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives properly limited its [...]
Privacy Rights Thursday, January 5th, 2012
Facial recognition is becoming a bigger part of law enforcement and homeland security. It’s also growing in the commercial sector, which has all kinds of privacy and ID misuse implications. That’s why the Federal Trade Commission recently held a workshop to explore the issues.
Alaska lawmaker blasts TSA in new PSA, warning travelers about revealing full body scanners
Privacy Rights Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
Regular readers of NaturalNews.com already know that the expectation of privacy in America has slowly been eroded through a series of laws and court rulings. In the modern era, one of the most egregious and serial violators of privacy has been the Transportation Security Administration.
Gun Rights Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
According to the FBI, over 1.5 million background checks on customers were requested by gun dealers to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System in December.
A Gathering Storm Over ‘Right to Work’ in Indiana
State's Rights Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
INDIANAPOLIS — Nearly a year after legislatures in Wisconsin and several other Republican-dominated states curbed the power of public sector unions, lawmakers are now turning their sights toward private sector unions, setting up what is sure to be another political storm.
Free Speech Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
Artists who use others’ work could be fined or have their websites shut down washington, dc. A bill being considered by a House of Representatives committee last month could divide the art world into two camps: those who want to protect their creations from being used online and those who like to use the work of others.
Jesse Jackson: SC “sinking the ship in order to protect states rights”
State's Rights Wednesday, December 28th, 2011
Jesse Jackson said that we are playing to an imaginary South Carolina and “sinking the ship in order to protect states rights”. Our response: “The only thing imaginary about South Carolina is Rev. Jackson’s belief that our citizens will have better health care, better schools, and better job opportunities if the federal govt continues to try and control our state. We appreciate his concern but we’ll Keep doing what we believe is best for the state we actually live in- and will continue to watch South Carolina grow and move toward a bright future.”
In Kansas, Gov. Sam Brownback puts tea party tenets into action with sharp cuts
Headlines, State's Rights Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
By Annie Gowen, The Washington Post TOPEKA, KAN. — If you want to know what a Tea Party America might look like, there is no place like Kansas. In the past year, three state agencies have been abolished and 2,050 jobs have been cut. Funding for schools, social services and the arts have been slashed. [...]
Military may get faster airport screening
Privacy Rights Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
WASHINGTON — Members of the military on official travel, and their families, would move through airport security quicker next year under legislation sent to the president on Tuesday.