Sometimes you wonder if the mainstream media even realizes what they’re reporting: Authorities are urging gun owners to make safety a top priority. First, they say guns should always be kept out of reach of children and properly stored using gun safes and locks. Next, police say education is key and everyone in the home … Read more
“A mistake,” “an error.” Hmm… A mistake in writing up an Ohio bill could inadvertently ban several types of already legal guns and must be fixed quickly, gun rights advocates say. At issue is legislation approved by lawmakers last year… The bill also attempted to align Ohio law with federal law regarding short-barrel weapons, or … Read more
The Seattle Times’s Danny Westneat takes the side of a rural gun dealer and police chief who have decided a new state law increasing the minimum age for purchasing assault rifles from 18 to 21 doesn’t apply to them. “Reckless sheriffs”? You keep saying these words, Lester Black. I do not think they mean what … Read more
A few quotes from Rep. Lucy McBath of Georgia’s Sixth Congressional District: There is a lot of influence from the N.R.A. gun lobby, and the N.R.A. gun lobby has for years and years now pre-crafted a lot of legislation and passed it to specific legislators and said, “Look, you know, if you want to have … Read more
Lesson of the day: be careful when quoting statistics. Always be confident in your numbers. Who here knows the Massachusetts stats last reported by the FBI? Massachusetts gun laws and only served to infringe on the civil rights of law-abiding citizens. The result is that our violent crime is almost 3 percent higher than the … Read more
He’s right, you know… A great example is the AR-15. They are remarkably more accurate than any handgun and generally easy to operate, making them excellent in a situation where someone is directly threatening your family and/or property. However, because there are evil persons out there who abuse this rifle, Washington’s best and brightest currently … Read more
It’s an image that has become emblematic of the Parkland school massacre: two terrified moms outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, one of them a tall, weeping blonde with the black smudge of Ash Wednesday on her forehead, the other a petite redhead crying in despair on her shoulder. But the bond in that widely seen … Read more
So, what exactly makes a “high-risk gun owner” high-risk? Guns were temporarily taken from at least 1,700 potentially dangerous people last year as red flag laws gained traction. More than 1,000 of the gun removal orders were issued by courts in Florida, according to an AP analysis. In the wake of the Parkland massacre, Florida was one … Read more
The New York Times weighs in, once again, on gun laws: There are a lot of lawmakers prepared to say almost anything, no matter how nutty, in their role as worker bees for the National Rifle Association. But it was sort of surprising that the lead ranter was from Florida. They’re referring to this: “I … Read more
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