John Hugya, Pennsylvania Representative Jack Murtha’s chief of staff, used Murtha campaign funds to buy a rifle and some knives and other gun-nut baubles at an auction held by the Friends of the National Rifle Association. And then Hugya counted the $2151 he spent as a gift from the Murtha campaign, even though the Murtha folks said the money was a payment to Friends of the NRA for “advertising.” Talk about a scandal! MORE »

Gas giant ConocoPhillips is conducting an experiment in corporate civil disobedience. In its Oklahoma home office, it’s expressly flouting a state law forbidding employers from banning concealed weapons in the workplace. The National Rifle Association has retaliated in short order with a call to members to boycott Conoco gas stations and a series of billboards proclaiming “ConocoPhillips is no friend to the Second Amendment.” MORE »