Gun Charge Dropped Against Former Virginia Tech Student A judge dismissed a gun charge Monday against a former Virginia Tech student in a Montgomery County case people around the country have been following. Yunsong Zhao, a Chinese national, is now back in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and his future in America … Read more
Trump Says Weeks from Banning Bump Stocks Protecting those 2A rights one ban at a time?. . . U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday his administration is just a few weeks away from finalizing a regulation that would ban so-called bump stocks, devices that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire like machine guns. “We’re knocking … Read more
Despite Efforts from Democrats, Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Keeps Moving Forward Reported by AWR Hawkins . . . There is a slightly larger divide between those who have a “Very Favorable” opinion on Kavanaugh, 36 percent, and those who view him “Very Unfavorably,” 30 percent. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Friday to move the Kavanaugh nomination forward … Read more
‘South Park’ Arms the Students in Season Premiere About School Shootings This really is how the anti-gun left sees the world . . . Essentially, there had been so many shootings at South Park Elementary, the students were no longer phased by it, nor were most of the townspeople. One of the four main kids, … Read more
Smith & Wesson Loses Duel with Nuns Over Gun Safety It’s all politics . . . In a showdown between nuns and guns, the sisters won. Prodded by Catholic nuns, shareholders of Smith & Wesson’s parent company passed a resolution calling for the gun manufacturer to report on what progress it has made toward making … Read more
Baltimore Had Highest Homicide Rate of Any U.S. City in 2017 You mean gun control doesn’t work? <gasp>… Baltimore has the highest homicide rate among big cities in the U.S., according to crime statistics released by the FBI. The FBI data showed Baltimore’s homicide was the worst of any other U.S. city with a population over … Read more
What’s Next for Cody Wilson? What do you guys think? . . . Tuesday, a controversial gun rights advocate is expected to speak about sexual assault charges he’s facing. 30-year-old Cody Wilson, well known for trying to post 3D printable gun blueprints online, was extradited from Taiwan after Austin police filed an arrest warrant against … Read more
Brady Background Check has Failed to Live Up to its Promises You mean the system is flawed?… “ATF agents did not consider most of the prohibited persons who had obtained guns to be dangerous.” Those words, quoted last year by USA TODAY, explain why the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and local governments are … Read more
The Cut-and-Paste Problem with Initiative 1639 Outdoor Writer and native Washingtonian Dave Workman takes a closer look at the cluster that is i1639… When the authors of Initiative 1639—the 30-page, multi-faceted gun control measure now facing Washington voters on the November ballot—defined a “semiautomatic assault rifle,” they created a split among firearms owners, leaving some … Read more
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