Firearms Owners Against Crime
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When Law Abiding Gun Activism Goes Wrong :: 11/19/2019
One of the tropes that we like to repeat about ourselves as gun owners and concealed carriers is that we’re “law-abiding,” that we’re the most law-abiding folks around. Law-abiding, safe and responsible.
Will Second Amendment Tax Spread Across, Beyond Washington State? :: 11/19/2019
Anti-gun-rights politicians in Washington State have a new weapon in their effort to discourage gun ownership: a gun and ammunition tax that financially penalizes law-abiding gun owners for crimes they did not commit, while apparently appealing to a growing segment of the state population who are transplants from somewhere else.
Yudichak Switches from Dem to Indy :: 11/19/2019
State Sen. John Yudichak (D-Luzerne) announced on Tuesday morning that he is switching his party registration from Democratic Party to Independent.
Attorney General Barr Rails Against The Resistance, Senate Democrats and Activist Judges :: 11/18/2019
In a stirring speech before the Federalist Society on Friday, Attorney General William Barr laid waste to "the Resistance" and accused the president's opponents of destroying the rule of law.
Gun from Chicago buy-back program found near dead gang member in police shooting :: 11/18/2019
Chicago, Illinois- According to an AGG report, William Stewart Boyd traded his father’s old .38 caliber Smith & Wesson snub nose for less than $100 in a gun buyback in 2004. It was supposed to be destroyed, but somehow the same handgun with serial number J515268 was found next to a dead body involved in a police shooting eight years later.
If Gun Control Works, Then Please Explain This Case From North Ireland :: 11/18/2019
North Ireland has been in varying degrees of disarray for more than a century. While it’s filled with good people, much like anywhere else, it also has its rowdy component as well. Their dangerous crowd is known for doing things like blowing up cars and things of that sort.
Philly Op-Ed Calls On People To Address Roots Of Violence In City :: 11/18/2019
Columnist Jenice Armstrong isn’t about to become a writer for Bearing Arms anytime soon. I don’t think she’d be interested in writing about the Second Amendment, at least not from the pro-side of things.
After Another Mass Shooting, California Must Recognize Its Gun Control Laws May Actually Be Part of the Problem :: 11/16/2019
Another school shooting, this time by a 15-year-old at Saugus High School in California, another quest for answers. Yet, 20 years after Columbine, the United States is still looking for how to stop mass public shootings. The rest of the world, where mass public shootings are actually much more common, is also looking for solutions. Russia, France, Finland, and Norway are among the European countries that have experienced far more deaths per capita from these attacks.
Analysis Of "Assault Weapons" Polling Shows Phrasing Skews Results :: 11/16/2019
Polling is an art as well as a science, as any good campaign consultant can tell you. Frank Newport, a senior scientist at Gallup, has a new analysis of polling on “assault weapons” bans that demonstrates how polls are worded can make a big difference in support or disapproval for various measures.
CarMax Aligns Itself With Bloomberg's Gun Control Groups :: 11/16/2019
Did you know that Friday, November 15th is National Philanthropy Day? I didn’t either, probably because it’s one of those made-up meaningless “holidays” that only corporations seem to pay attention to. In fact, the used car chain CarMax is doing its best to get some earned media based on the invented holiday with a little gimmick and a large donation to a couple of Bloomberg-backed gun control groups.
Veteran Proposes Shredding Constitution To Stop School Shootings :: 11/16/2019
The shootings at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California on Thursday have spawned a slew of commentary pieces from gun control advocates trying to use the tragedy to push for their own favored policies. Of course none of them would have prevented the heinous crime, and most of them are things you’ve heard before; universal background checks being the most popular argument for some reason, despite the fact that the 16-year old suspect didn’t legally acquire the handgun used in the shooting.
Baltimore Homicide Totals Top 300 For Fifth Year In A Row :: 11/15/2019
Baltimore, Maryland reached a grim milestone on Thursday, as the murders of two individuals brought the city’s year-to-date homicide totals to 300 for the fifth year in a row.
Bill Clinton to Trump: Ignore Impeachment, Pass Gun Control Now - You Got Hired to Do a Job :: 11/15/2019
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s special coverage of the shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, CA, former President Bill Clinton told President Donald Trump to ignore impeachment and pass gun control.
Celebs Push Gun Control After CA Shooting: Americans Are a Violent People :: 11/15/2019
Celebrities pushed gun control, criticized the NRA, and blamed President Donald Trump after a 16-year-old shot five fellow students in Santa Clarita, California.
Democrats lash out as GOP blocks gun measure amid shooting :: 11/15/2019
News of the Santa Clarita, California, school shooting broke Thursday just as Connecticut's two Democratic senators were making an emotional case for gun control on the Senate floor.
NRA Not Allowed To Talk About Anything Following Shooting :: 11/15/2019
What happened in Santa Clarita, California is an absolute tragedy, to be sure. We still don’t know much about what happened, much less why it happened. There are still answers to be learned.
Details Emerge In Santa Clarita Shooting, But Dems Don't Wait For Facts :: 11/14/2019
We’re learning more information about the shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California today, though anti-gun politicians haven’t waited for facts to emerge before trying to shoehorn the tragedy into their own push for additional gun control laws. We now know that one student, a 16-year old girl, has lost her life in the attack, and four other students are being treated at a local hospital for their injuries.
Gun Control Adds to the Death Toll in Illinois :: 11/14/2019
Democrat legislators in Illinois make it hard for honest citizens to protect themselves. Illinois government is controlled by Chicago politicians, and, sadly, those politicians like gun-prohibition. They say their laws makes all of us safer. Facts say otherwise. Illinois politicians claim gun-control is “for the children” but we can count the bodies of the dead and injured who are the real victims of gun control.
NZ Media Continues Delusion By Arguing Registry Makes People Safer :: 11/14/2019
There are a lot of Americans with a very deep respect for New Zealand.
Two Alleged Terrorists Caught In Athens, Plenty of Guns Despite Laws :: 11/14/2019
Gun laws, we’re told, keep bad people from getting guns. That’s why Europe supposedly has a crime rate far lower than what we have here in the United States. We’re told that failures of gun control here in the United States are the result of failures of pro-gun regions and not because of anything else.
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