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Pennsylvania: Inside Politics With Jon Delano: Does Buying A Gun Help With Coronavirus? :: 03/19/2020
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Gun and ammunition sales are surging across Pennsylvania and the rest of the country.
Some Pennsylvania Sheriffs Violating the Law and Their Oath by Refusing to Process License to Carry Firearm Applications and Subjecting Individuals to Potential Prosecution :: 03/19/2020
Recently, due to COVID-19, a number of Pennsylvania Sheriff Departments, in violation of the law and their oaths, have notified residents that they will no longer process license to carry firearm (LTCF) applications, including renewals; thereby, preventing individuals who do not have an LTCF from being able to defend themselves in a time of need and subjecting those who do have an LTCF, but whose LTCF lapses, to criminal prosecution.
Data Study: Ammo Sales Continue to Soar in Wake of Coronavirus Panic :: 03/18/2020
Updated March 17, 2020: As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) spreads across the United States, its impact can be seen in every community. Businesses and schools are closed, the market is volatile, and store shelves are empty as the American public scrambles to prepare for the worldwide pandemic and social distancing prescribed by the WHO and CDC.
Joe Biden's Plan to Come After the Firearms Industry :: 03/18/2020
His political attacks on the industry are why we have a law barring attempts to hold arms manufacturers legally responsible for shootings.
JPFO: Violence solves a lot :: 03/18/2020
One of the more insidiously deceptive lines of the socialist-liberal agenda is the banal phrase: "Violence doesn’t solve anything." How much retrospection is required to understand that Hitler wasn’t stopped by peace marches, negotiations, or "conflict resolution" sessions? It is a horrible, disgusting task, but evil acts, whatever shape they take, must eventually be countered by a superior, violent force.
Export Reform Rules Take Effect After Anti-Gun States (Mostly) Strike Out in Court :: 03/17/2020
On March 9, President Trump’s historic Export Reform initiative officially got underway, as companion rules published by the U.S. Departments of State and Commerce took effect. These rules are aimed at modernizing America’s regime for exports of non-military firearms and ammunition and will promote both U.S. businesses and national security. An effort to block implementation of the rules by the attorneys general of 20 states and the District of Columbia largely failed, with the judge suspending only a narrow portion of the State Department rule that pertains to so-called “3-D printed firearms.”
Many Get Rude Awakening On Online Gun Sales :: 03/17/2020
You can buy a gun on the internet.
PA Gun Stores Remain Open As Non-Essential Businesses Asked To Close :: 03/17/2020
Many Allegheny County, Pennsylvania gun stores are opening their doors today as the county government is asking all non-essential business to close for a period of several weeks. The Pittsburgh Tribune spoke to several gun store owners who say their business is essential, especially in a time of uncertainty.
CA Lawmaker Wants To Modify State Microstamping Law :: 03/16/2020
Any California gun owner will tell you that the state’s “microstamping” law has played havoc with their ability to purchase handguns since it was put on the books back in 2007. No new models of handguns have been made available for sale since, because manufacturers simply can’t comply with the law, which mandates each new handgun model in the state be able to imprint a unique identifying code on two separate locations of the cartridge of a bullet when the gun is fired.
Concealed Carry Applications On Hold In Many Places :: 03/16/2020
Plenty of Americans visited their local gun shops this weekend, loading up on ammunition and firearms as the fear and uncertainty over the social and economic impacts of the coronavirus take hold. We have no idea how many of the gun buyers this past weekend purchased their first firearm, but the odds are good that we have a lot of new gun owners across the country today.
Pro-Gun Software Developer Killed In Police Raid :: 03/16/2020
There’s a concern among many in the pro-gun community that someday, the police will come and knock down their door and round up their families, all because they have guns.
Attorney Says Man Was Sleeping When Maryland SWAT Team Opened Fire on His House, Killing Him :: 03/15/2020
A Maryland man was asleep in his bedroom when police opened fire from outside his house, killing him and wounding his girlfriend, an attorney for the 21-year-old man’s family said Friday.
Bill proposed to eliminate conceal carry permit requirement in PA :: 03/15/2020
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- A state lawmaker is proposing a bill that will change Pennsylvania conceal carry permit requirements.
Champaign Illinois First Locality To Cite Emergency Powers To Ban Gun Transfers :: 03/15/2020
As uncertainty about the COVID-19 outbreak continues to swirl, it is clear that anti-gun extremists and elected officials will use fear of the unknown to advance their agenda to undermine our firearms freedom. Not surprisingly, it didn’t take them long to try and quietly pass and implement gun control schemes while Americans are focused on ensuring the health, safety and welfare of themselves and their families. ​
Pennsylvania: Big turnout for pro 2A rally at Barrar's office :: 03/15/2020
Leah Hoopes, of Bethel Township, holds a sign expressing her views.
1st-Time Gun Ownership Reportedly Spikes as Anti-Gunners Realize 2nd Amendment Freedom Is Vital :: 03/14/2020
Leave it to a worldwide existential crisis to align moral values. As toilet paper and hand sanitizer fly from store shelves, be certain to count something else in, as well: guns. Lots of guns.
New Zealand's Latest Attempt At Gun Control Not Going Well :: 03/14/2020
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s second round of gun control legislation has stalled in the country’s parliament as gun owners and two of the country’s major political parties are pushing back on the proposals. Ardern is still claiming that the new restrictions on legal gun owners will “soon be in place,” but for now there’s no sign that she’s right.
Thousands of D.C. Carry Permits is 'Troubling' to Some D.C. City Council Members :: 03/14/2020
In the months after the court decision (in 2017), the police department began approving hundreds of permits. Before the decision, there were only 123 active licenses, and D.C. police denied 77 percent of applicants for failing to provide the required “good reason.”
Auto worker praised for standing ground against bullying Biden :: 03/13/2020
The auto worker who was cursed and threatened by Joe Biden this week ran circles around the angry Democrat, says the spokesman for a Second Amendment advocacy group.
Can Government Officials Be Trusted With Our Children's Lives :: 03/13/2020
I’m watching the news media and the government go nuts over the flu. That increased my level of skepticism about our public institutions. That was my frame of mind when Bill Frady asked me, “Didn’t we learn what to do from the first school attacks? Why was there ever a second school shooting in the USA?” Bill asked the right question under the right circumstances, and I think Bill is right. We should have learned from the first attack, but we didn’t.
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