Hunters from around the country are planning to boycott Colorado after the state passed stricter gun control legislation last week. "Republican opponents of the new background-check law said it would make criminals of hunters lending each other [guns] for weekend hunting trips. In response, Democrats changed the bill to give people a 72-hour grace period to share guns without triggering background-check requirements. Republicans then complained the bill would imperil weeklong hunting trips," according to the Associated Press.

And the backlash has begun. Outfitters have reported a flood of trip cancelations from out-of-state hunters and Michael Bane, a producer for the Outdoor Channel, said he would no longer film his four shows in Colorado.

In an interview that appeared in Sunday’s New Republic, President Barack Obama stated that he has a "profound respect" for the US’s hunting traditions and that to exclude hunters from the gun debate discussion would be “a big mistake.” 

The interview was conducted on the same day that Obama announced he would put the full weight of his administration into urging Congress to approve an "assault weapons ban."

The President detailed that "the reality of guns in urban areas are very different from the realities of guns in rural areas.”  Obama returned to the “tradition” portion of his remarks by saying, "If you grew up and your dad gave you a hunting rifle when you were 10, and you went out and spent the day with him and uncles, and that became part of your family's traditions, you can see why you'd be pretty protective of that.”

Brad Pitt gives awesome presents. Pitt spent close to $400,000 to build a shooting range/armory for Angelina Jolie, his bride-to-be, at the couple’s Miraval estate in southern France, according to The Sun.

An unnamed source said “Ange,” that raven-haired curvaceous vixen with the perfect lips, is an adrenaline addict who loves shooting.

For the article “Mexico's drug war: No sign of 'light at the end of the tunnel” Msnbc.com's F. Brinley Bruton spoke to NBC News contributor Jorge Castañeda about what, if anything, can be done to turn the tide of death that has washed over the country in the past few years. Castañeda is more than qualified to offer commentary on the subject. He served as foreign minister of Mexico from 2000-03 and is currently a Latin America policy analyst for both NBC News and Telemundo.

Despite this experience, I can’t say that I agree with his assessment of how to solve a situation that has claimed over 50,000 lives since 2006 alone. When asked “what can Mexico legitimately ask of the U.S.?” Castañeda responded “It can ask what President Felipe Calderon has been asking and what every president has been asking for the past 40 years, which is, stop consuming so many drugs and repeal the Second Amendment -- stop allowing people to buy guns in the United States and then export them to Mexico.”