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I will be on the Austin Hill show Wednesday morning to discuss the ammo shortage and Colorado’s new gun laws

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013

If you're up early Wednesday morning, and want to hear about what happened at the Cal Expo this past weekend due to the ammo shortage, and the latest on Colorado's new gun laws, check out my interview as editor of Western Shooting Journal on Austin Hill's Idaho show. 6:35am PST (9:35am EST) ......click here to listen to NewsRadio KINF 99.1 FM live. Click here to check out Western Shooting

Check out these cool new AmmoMugs!

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013

My new favorite gadget. The perfect gift for a gun enthusiast (only $25). "MOLON LABE is Greek for "Come and Take" and is often attributed to the Spartans' battle cry at the Battle of Thermopylae. The translation was also used by the Texas Colonists in their battle with the Mexican Government in 1835 and many other groups that want to communicate their desire to "Never Give Up". Check them out at

Common Core: What’s Hidden Behind the Language

Monday, March 18th, 2013

Conservatives are in an uproar over Common Core, an educational curriculum being forced upon the states by the Obama administration, which is scheduled to be mostly implemented this year in the 46 states that have adopted it. Common Core eliminates local control over K-12 curriculum in math and English, instead imposing a one-size-fits-all, top-down curriculum that will also apply to private

Your help is needed to resist passage of HB 2047 PARCC/Common Core

Sunday, March 17th, 2013

Editor's note: I have an article coming out tomorrow on the Common Core curriculum. It's bad news for underperforming schools in particular. Good Morning from Colorado, Wouldn't you know it...as soon as I leave town on business the Senate Education Committee finally puts HB 2047 which intends to change the state testing standards from the failed A.I.M.S. system to the yet to be determined