The shrill cries of hysterical anti-hunters notwithstanding, the Superior Court of New Jersey decided recently that limited hunting of black bears will be permitted on state land. And on Tuesday, the . . . .

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld created a ruckus when he said: "You've got to remember that if Washington, D.C., were the size of Baghdad, we would be having something like 215 murders a month." Thi . . . .

The Supreme Court upheld key features of the nation's new law intended to lessen the influence of money in politics, ruling Wednesday that the government may ban unlimited donations to political parti . . . .

Republicans worry that President Bush may not be able to fill his re-election fund with anything close to what Democrats are raising to defeat him next year, thanks to a loophole in the campaign finan . . . .

To his leftist loyalists Kerry displayed his Marx-manship by mixing these hunter pictures with his usual sermon about how he had hunted since age 12 but never used an AK-47 assault rifle. This was Ker . . . .

The U.S. District Court has, for a second time in three months, ruled against the Fund For Animals and other such groups. Read About It: The Washington Times POSTED: Wednesday . . . .

Back when Howard Dean was running for governor of Vermont in 1992, he told the National Rifle Association in a signed questionnaire that he opposed any restrictions on private ownership of assault wea . . . .

The Annapolis City Council still wants to ban toy guns in the city, but following an onslaught of national attention, the lawmaker responsible for the proposed law has made one change. "We are no long . . . .

Former Vice President Al Gore and a group of investors have plans to launch an all-news channel, but it won't be a liberal alternative to Fox News. Instead, it will be aimed at the under-25 crowd. . . . .

National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre told a New York audience over the weekend that bogus research touted by the Clinton administration was responsible for much of the an . . . .

After years of fending off lawsuits, firearms makers appear close to getting Congress to protect them from lawsuits seeking to bankrupt them by make them pay damages for gun crimes. Read About It: . . . .

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a study last week that states there is no evidence to prove gun-control laws are effective in preventing violence. No kidding. There always has . . . .

As the number of weapons on the streets grows and shootings become the norm, gun law is back at the top of the political agenda. It was hoped the measure would reduce the number of handguns availab . . . .

Sen. Charles Schumer, New York Democrat, is highly regarded within political circles for his ability to capture the mood of the moment and milk it to his advantage. However, whether Mr. Schumer should . . . .

Sussex County employees may be prohibited from bringing firearms to work with them - even if they have a permit - an idea that has at least one council member up in arms. Read About It: Sus . . . .

"I'm all for good health and good behavior," writes Neil Cavuto, managing editor of Business News at FOX News Channel. "But that's our call-no one else's. When a politician insists he is looking afte . . . .

The Ohio Supremes got it all wrong again when they declared that school vouchers were unconstitutional. The U.S. Supreme Court took a look and reversed the Ohio ruling like a teacher handing back a re . . . .

The New South Wales government will press ahead with its illegal handguns amnesty despite admitting it is unlikely to take firearms from the hands of criminals. Read About It: The Age . . . .

Arm yourself. That was the message heard by a small group of Gonzaga University School of Law students in Spokane Sept. 17 by scholar John R. Lott, Jr. of the American Enterprise Institute. [Requires . . . .

The shocking murder of City Councilman James E. Davis has stirred the council to consider at least 11 new gun-control laws; Mayor Bloomberg set new rules on guns at City Hall soon after the attack. Ye . . . .

When the Minnesota State Fair opens August 21, visitors will see signs at entrances banning guns from the fairgrounds. Gun rights advocates say the fair has no legal authority under Minnesota`s new co . . . .

It's becoming easier to legally carry a concealed weapon in various states, which is bad news for thugs and thieves. Read About It: Florida Times Union POSTED: Monday, August . . . .

The blizzard of bad commentary that has hit the California gubernatorial recall process gets one's populist blood running. With the honorable exception of George Will, most of the critics have been li . . . .

Attorney General John Ashcroft, a key architect of the USA Patriot Act, will visit more than a dozen cities beginning next week to talk about the contentious law passed in the wake of the September 11 . . . .

Its been almost twenty-three months since 9/11 and yet news headlines last week warned "Al-Qaeda May Be Planning More Hijack Attacks." Unfortunately, our air travel system is still very vulnerable to . . . .

A judicial confirmation hearing July 23 turned into a rancorous debate between Democrats and Republicans over whether it`s possible for a devout Catholic to be confirmed to the federal bench. Read . . . .

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) fired a shot heard around the District of Columbia this week. Three days ago, he introduced legislation to repeal the draconian gun-control law . . . .

Contrary to what has been reported repeatedly in the press, the Supreme Court in Lawrence v. Texas did not protect a "right of privacy." Rather, it protected "liberty"-and without showing that the par . . . .

The animal rights group PETA planted an infiltrator posing as an employee at a mid-Missouri animal laboratory for nine months. The spy`s work later formed the basis of the group`s negative publicity . . . .

In his dual roles as head of the $75 million Florence and John Schumann Foundation and PBS Pontificator-in-Chief, Moyers regularly interviews the people he funds (conflict of interest). He has gotten . . . .

A great democracy like ours deserves a first-rate newspaper of record. And the New York Times isn`t it. Conservatives, populists, humorists, smart alecks, men and women of good will everywhere, includ . . . .

In its latest grab for publicity, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals threatened to picket "The Producers" in Los Angeles because star Jason Alexander moonlights for Kentucky Fried Chicken. . . . .

New York Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer, an outspoken advocate of campaign-finance reform, has been hit with one of the biggest fines ever imposed on a member of Congress by the Federal Election Comm . . . .

Robert Ricker, the NAACP`s proclaimed "smoking gun" witness in its suit against the firearms industry, made his debut in Brooklyn federal court. Ricker headed a now-defunct firearm industry trade gro . . . .

Americans should be thankful they live in a country that takes crime seriously and is fighting it with growing success. Not so long ago, one source of anti-Americanism in Europe was the belief that cr . . . .

Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien is expected to lay down the law to his caucus, warning that next week`s controversial vote requesting more money for the embattled gun registry will be . . . .

White House counsel Alberto Gonzales has responded to comments by Sen. Charles Schumer, a leader of the opposition to the appeals-court nomination of Miguel Estrada. Schumer claimed, among other thin . . . .

It's a shame European functionaries don`t care as much about Africans as they do about pigs. British hog farmers are baffled by new regulations imposed by Eurocrats in Brussels. They require them to g . . . .

The battle over the federal appeals-court nomination of Miguel Estrada has taken an ominous turn for Republicans, with Democrats beginning an unprecedented filibuster and demanding that President Bush . . . .

UCLA Law Professor Eugene Volokh answers the questions: "Shouldn't courts read the Second Amendment as part of an evolving Constitution? Shouldn`t judges update it due to the passage of time, based on . . . .

Someone should remind Parris Glendening he's already number one. The Maryland politician seems determined to burnish his reputation as the nation's least popular governor before he leaves office this week.

What lies behind the conflict? A question as old as civilization itself: Exactly how much power does the government have to regulate individual conduct? Our Founders` answer to the question was plain: . . . .

A couple of the West's democracies are behaving less and less like the bastions of freedom they claim to be and more like authoritarian regimes rife with little Napoleons who want absolute control ove . . . .

Joe Foss, a Medal of Honor winner as a Marine fighter pilot in World War II who was a two-term governor of South Dakota, commissioner of the upstart American Football League and head of the National R . . . .