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Methodist Church politicizes Aurora deaths, attacks NRA, calls for gun bans

The national United Methodist Church didn't just call for prayer after the cinema shootings. Instead, the United Methodist Church's General Board of Church & Society stepped up on the bodies of the dead and wounded in Colorado to call for a ban on handguns and semi-auto defense rifles.

UN Gun Treaty Would ‘Bar’ Weapons Transfers to Private Citizens

American Second Amendment rights could be directly threatened by the latest wording of a United Nations draft treaty seeking control over international trade in conventional weapons, FoxNews.com has learned.

Georgia Church Gun Ban Upheld

An Atlanta federal appeals court has rejected a minister's argument that gun carriers have a constitutional right to bring sidearms to worship services. The ruling upholds Georgia's 2010 law that bans guns in churches, synagogues and mosques.

GAO Report: Carry Numbers Skyrocket

A new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office confirms that the number of Americans exercising the right to carry firearms for personal protection is skyrocketing, NRA-ILA reports.

Pizza delivery driver with Right-to-Carry permit — and gun — thwarts robbery

WBNS-10TV in Columbus, Ohio, reports that a pizza-delivery driver in Columbus stopped two men armed with shotguns who attempted to rob him.

A Look at America’s Olympic Shotgun Shooters

Twenty U.S. Olympic Team shooters have begun their journeys to the 2012 Olympic Games in London. With just days left until the Opening Ceremony, here's a brief look at the shotgun shooters.

North Carolina: Anti-Gun Media Has Put Law-Abiding Gun Owners at Risk

Another anti-gun media outlet has put law-abiding gun owners at risk. WRAL.com, the online media outlet for the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Triangle’s WRAL television station, recently published a “news” article about the number of Right-to-Carry permit holders in various counties of North Carolina.

Olympic Shooting Sports on the Rise, But Not in the UK

The shooting sports are more popular than ever across the globe. With the lineups for the 2012 London Olympics set, there are a total of 390 shooters from 108 countries competing at the games. The number of competitors places shooting in the top four sports at the Olympics and the total countries represented is up from the two previous games, according to NRA-ILA.

Colorado Gun Sales Surge After the Aurora Massacre

Background checks for people wanting to purchase firearms in Colorado spiked more than 40 percent this past weekend, after a gunman opened fire in a suburban Denver movie theater, killing 12 people and wounding 58 more.

Swarovski Optik Announces New ATX/STX Spotting Scopes

Swarovski Optik North America’s new ATX/STX scopes have a modular, ergonomic designs with the zoom and focusing rings next to each other.

BATF Head Video: ‘Consequences’ for Whistleblowing

BATFE's acting director distributed a videotaped message to employees this month warning there would be “consequences” for reporting wrongdoing outside their chain of command.

Marksmanship Unit Soldier reinvents career, set to make history

Nine years after losing his leg in a rocket-propelled grenade attack while on patrol in Iraq, Sgt. 1st Class Josh Olson has reinvented his Army career. Going from an Infantry squad leader to a wounded warrior, he is now a Paralympic shooter.

Shotgunner Rhode Bests Cali Ammo Scheme

A panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that California’s law requiring a background check for each ammunition purchase violates the Second...