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Pittsburgh city council votes to restrict assault weapons months after Tree of Life synagogue massacre :: 04/03/2019
CNN — The Pittsburgh City Council voted Tuesday to restrict assault weapons months after 11 people were shot and killed with an assault rifle and other guns at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue.
The CDC is Lying to You :: 04/03/2019
I’ve mentioned the problem with highly variable firearm homicides numbers in the FBI UCR vs. the CDC’s WISQARS. For 2017, the UCR claims 10,982 firearms homicides, while the CDC says 14,542, 32% higher. Part of that is reporting.
Colorado Sheriff Prefers Jail To Enforcing Unconstitutional Gun Laws :: 04/02/2019
Right now, most of the sheriffs pledging not to enforce anti-gun laws are opting to use their discretion as to which laws get enforced. This isn’t all that different from the police officer who pulls you over but just tells you to slow it down rather than writing you a ticket. You were speeding, but they opted not to penalize you.
Facing little movement in Congress, gun-control groups turn focus toward preventing suicide, handgun violence :: 04/02/2019
Unable to achieve major federal gun legislation in the wake of the nation's notorious mass shootings, U.S. gun-control groups are shifting their focus to state laws that keep guns out of the hands of those at risk of being violent or suicidal.
New Zealand Gang Refuses To Give Up Their Guns :: 04/02/2019
We’ve often countered arguments in favor of gun bans by pointing out that criminals aren’t going to give up their guns. This is often laughed at by anti-gunners, either that or they argue it’s irrelevant for some ridiculous reason.
Pittsburgh approves gun-control bills; opponents threaten suit against city :: 04/02/2019
Pittsburgh City Council approved three gun-control bills Tuesday in a 6-3 final vote that attracted gun-rights advocates and family members of Tree of Life victims to council chambers — and the threat of lawsuits.
High-capacity gun magazines to remain legal in California, judge rules :: 04/01/2019
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – High-capacity gun magazines will remain legal in California under a ruling Friday by a federal judge who cited a home invasion where a woman used the extra bullets in her weapon to kill an attacker and two other cases women without additional ammunition ran out of bullets.
How Donald Trump can stop Democrats from unfairly excluding gun manufacturers from export reform :: 04/01/2019
ANALYSIS/OPINION: President Donald J. Trump can do one simple thing that would, with one stroke of his pen, save little businesses across America, bring fairness to a politically incorrect industry that voted for him and stop another attempt to bankrupt America’s gun manufacturers.
NZ Confiscations Begin: Police Going to Gun Owners' Homes, Jobs. . .One Gun Owner Dead :: 04/01/2019
According to members of New Zealand’s largest firearm forum, Kiwi police are starting to go to gun owners’ places of employment, homes, and even visiting gun ranges in an attempt to gather information and get gun owners to relinquish their firearms.
Peduto eager to take on challengers to Pittsburgh's proposed gun ban :: 04/01/2019
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto on Thursday said he is looking forward to a promised legal battle over the city’s proposed gun ban and plans to immediately sign the regulations into law once City Council approves them.
Study: 'Assault Weapons,' Magazine Bans Do Not Lower Homicide Rates :: 04/01/2019
A study on state-level gun control laws in the U.S. shows that bans on “high-capacity” magazines and “assault weapons” do not lower homicide rates.
An Open Letter to (PA) Congresswoman Madeleine Dean :: 03/31/2019
Newly elected Congresswoman Madeleine Dean has been very busy.
ERPOs are un-American :: 03/31/2019
In the 2002 movie “Minority Report,” police identify and swiftly SWAT-team-style arrest potential criminals before they have committed a crime, even if they are not in the act of committing the crime. That lack of due process, the discarding of the American core value of the presumption of innocence, and the mis-use of quacky, uncertain technology to concretely deprive citizens of their liberties for crimes they did not yet commit, and possibly only imagined, is at the movie’s heart.
About that New Zealand mosque massacre. . . . :: 03/30/2019
Once again, liberal ideas have resulted in terrible results, and yet, the people who promote those ideas blame everyone else for their failures. Now it is a mass shooting in a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Are The Swiss Staying Pro-Gun In Anti-Gun Europe? :: 03/30/2019
The Swiss are famous for a few things such as chocolate, clocks, and pocket knives.
City Council gives tentative approval of gun-control bills in wake of Tree of Life shooting :: 03/30/2019
Pittsburgh City Council on Wednesday tentatively approved three gun-control bills that would ban the use of assault-style weapons and accessories in public places in the wake of October’s Tree of Life massacre in Squirrel Hill.
Dick's Sporting Goods reports $150 million in lost sales after halting assault-weapons sales :: 03/30/2019
Dick’s Sporting Goods’ bottom line took a very big hit after halting the sale of assault-style weapons in response to the Parkland school massacre.
To Anti-Gunners, Gun Rights Aren't Really Rights :: 03/30/2019
For most pro-gun advocates, when we talk about defending the Second Amendment from infringement, we talk about our rights. There’s a reason for that. Our rights are sacred and vital. They’re what makes this nation great.
Cory Booker Invokes 'Shrines To Dead Children' To Shill For Gun Control :: 03/29/2019
Cory Booker is desperately trying to back away from his “I am Spartacus” moment during the Kavanaugh hearings. To do that, he’s delving into the deep slime of anti-gun rhetoric.
Countering the 'Civil Society' Argument Against Semiauto Firearms :: 03/29/2019
United States – -(AmmoLand.com)- One of the more recent arguments being used against modern multi-purpose semi-automatic rifles (and shotguns, for that matter) is that they have no place in “civil society.” It’s a far cry from their earlier justifications for the arbitrary bans on these semi-automatic firearms.
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