The battle against gun control activists who proclaim ad nauseum that more Second Amendment restrictions on law-abiding Americans is the only answer to combatting crime never ceases. This is despite the fact, played out repeatedly in the real world, that criminals don’t follow laws. On the other hand, the firearm industry as a whole – … Read more
A 25-year-old Pennsylvania man was sentenced on October 18, facing up to two decades in state prison after pleading guilty to making multiple firearms straw purchases at gun stores across Bucks County according to authorities. A straw purchase is defined by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) as buying a firearm for … Read more
By Lee Williams The homeowner was alerted there were trespassers on his property by motion detectors outside his front door. A live video feed from his doorbell camera showed three armed men wearing tactical vests, t-shirts and jeans. Two appeared to be ATF agents. The third was a Delaware State Police trooper. None wore body … Read more
From the NSSF . . . As part of an ongoing national effort to help prevent illegal “straw” purchases of firearms, the National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®), the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are reminding the Greater Chicago area public that stiff penalties are in place for … Read more
While there are still probably members of the media who are confounded by the motivation for Rizwan Farook’s and Tashfeen Malik’s 2015 attack in the Inland Regional Center government building, there’s no question as to how they procured their firearms. A friend, Enrique Marquez, Jr., bought them for the married couple in a straw purchase. … Read more
High school stocks classrooms with ‘safety bucket’ in case of active shooter At least that Pennsylvania gave each classroom a bucket of rocks to throw at a shooter . . . Heidi Hummel and her classmates are gearing up for their senior year at Clio High School. In this day and age, in light of … Read more
Gabby’s group can always find something to ban…and use to raise more cash . . . Gun reformers search for the next bump stock On Wednesday, the gun-violence prevention group founded by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) will release a report detailing nine products — all commercially available under current federal law — the advocates say are … Read more
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