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Could CDC Research Be Pretext To Censor 2A Activism? :: 09/02/2021
United States – -(AmmoLand.com)- The fact that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are back in the gun violence research business means that a threat that arguably eclipses Letitia James’s jihad against the NRA in terms of a potential existential threat to effective pro-Second Amendment activism exists. In fact, the clock could very well be ticking.
Far-Left Jacobin Magazine Takes Anti-Gun Control Stance :: 09/02/2021
Jacobin is the kind of thing I read when I want to learn the socialist hot take on the news of the day. They’re pretty unapologetically socialist, actually, and don’t mind if you know it. That’s always bothered me, but it is what it is.
Houston Mayor Misleads On Constitutional Carry :: 09/02/2021
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner is entitled to his own opinion about Texas’ new Constitutional Carry law, but he’s not entitled to make up his own facts. So, on today’s Bearing Arms’ Cam & Co we’re fact-checking the mayor’s claims about permitless carry, as well as offering a constructive solution to his concerns about untrained gun owners lawfully carrying.
CDC Director Commits to More Gun-Violence Research: 'It's Pedal to the Metal Time' :: 09/01/2021
The Centers for Disease Control will once again turn its attention to guns.
Chicago Inspector General Claims That ShotSpotter Does Not Work :: 09/01/2021
CHICAGO, IL –-(Ammoland.com)- Was David Chipman the vice president of marketing for a company that sold a system to cities around the country that didn’t work?
Gun Control Activists Downplay Chicago Gang Violence :: 09/01/2021
A new report from Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun news site The Trace claims that data shows gang violence isn’t nearly as prevalent in Chicago as you might think, though as we discuss on today’s Bearing Arms’ Cam & Co, there are some fundamental flaws with the figures.
NYC Man Free On Bail From Gun Charges Commits Fatal Shooting :: 09/01/2021
New York City is famous for its incredibly strict gun control laws. Getting a gun is difficult if you’re a law-abiding citizen, which we’re told makes it even more difficult for criminals to get firearms.
Biden DOJ Offering Sweetheart Deals To Gun Thieves :: 08/31/2021
Does the punishment fit the crime for a Florida man who pled guilty to stealing 13 firearms from an Alabama gun store? 30-year old Tevin Michael Coffman admitted to stealing at least one gun, as well as possessing stolen firearms, and doing so while being barred from possessing any firearm or ammunition thanks to a felony conviction. In exchange for his guilty plea, federal prosecutors offered Coffman quite a deal, and now he’ll be spending about six months in federal prison for every stolen firearm found in his possession.
History Shows Government Won't Handle Gun Owner Data Well :: 08/31/2021
There are a lot of reasons to oppose gun registration or, really, any program where the government collects electronic data on gun owners. We could go on ad nauseum about them, but that’s not really here nor there. You know the big ones.
If Past Practice is Indicator, ATF Correspondence in Rare Breed Case Will Show Much :: 08/31/2021
U.S.A. – -(Ammoland.com)- “Discovery in the above case rendered these gems of ATF groupthink … Imagine what the discovery is going be like in the trigger case????” Historic Arms LLC firearms designer Len Savage posted on an AR15.com thread talking about the Rare Breed Trigger case. “It will not be pleasant for ATF as I suspect their own internal emails will damn them.”
Nearly 50 Shot During Weekend in Mayor Lori Lightfoot's Chicago :: 08/31/2021
Forty-eight people were shot, four of them fatally, during the weekend in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago.
Philly woman charged with straw-purchasing 19 guns in Bucks County :: 08/31/2021
A Philadelphia woman allegedly bought 19 handguns in Bucks County for the purposing of illegally reselling them for profit, according to federal prosecutors.
AZ: 3 Phoenix Men Indicted for Conspiracy To Purchase Guns Using False Statements :: 08/30/2021
PHOENIX, Ariz. – -(AmmoLand.com)- On August 3, 2021, a federal grand jury in Phoenix returned a 65-count indictment against Chris Oliver, 23, of Gilbert, Arizona, Michael Kelly, 23, of Tempe, Arizona, and Dion Delpino, 23, of Gilbert, Arizona, for conspiracy to make false statements in the acquisition of firearms and 63 instances of making a false statement during the purchase of firearms. In addition, the indictment charges Oliver with dealing in firearms without a license.
Former Gang Member Says He Knows How To Reduce Violence :: 08/30/2021
And it doesn’t have anything to do with gun control. Instead, William “Juneboy” Outlaw says violence interrupters and street outreach can set young offenders on a new path. And Outlaw isn’t just engaging in hypotheticals, but is speaking from experience.
More Excuses from Democrat Politicians for Violence in their Cities :: 08/30/2021
I said that Democrats needed someone or something to blame. They provided more examples even as I was writing my article.
Sheriff Faces "No Confidence" Vote Over Carry Permit Scandal :: 08/30/2021
To be precise, Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith is facing a “no confidence” vote from county supervisors because of a number of areas of concern, including the criminal charges that several of her top lieutenants are facing over allegations of bribery and corruption in the issuance of concealed carry permits.
CDC restarts gun violence research; Director Walensky wants gun rights activists to be involved :: 08/29/2021
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky is restarting the agency's discontinued gun violence research program, expanding the bureaucracy's mission beyond controlling and preventing infectious disease to include studying what President Joe Biden has called a "gun violence public health epidemic."
Lightfoot: People, not guns, are the problem :: 08/29/2021
One of the significant concerns held by the founders of our country was that the government not be allowed to get too big. Our system of government is constructed in such a fashion the people are in charge, not the elected politicians. The politicians are elected to do the will of the people.
South Carolina City Pushing New Ban On Open Carry :: 08/29/2021
Concealed carry licensees in South Carolina can now choose to openly carry if they’d like, thanks to the state’s “open carry with training” law that took effect earlier this month, but one city is already moving to ban the practice at permitted events. On Monday evening, the city council in Greenville, South Carolina gave preliminary approval to an ordinance that would prohibit the open carrying of firearms on public property during events that require a city permit, including political demonstrations.
Why ALL Section 230 Reform Measures May Hurt Gun Rights :: 08/29/2021
Earlier this week, Cam wrote about an attempt to shut down sites like Armslist. The attack seeks to use reform of Second 230, something conservatives have been clamoring for a lot in recent months/years.
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