On August 1, The Economist claimed America averages one mass shooting a day, and they countered the impulse to use a gun to defend oneself from mass shooters by suggesting “the impulse to self-defense… is natural, but mistaken.”
On August 10, the Seattle City Council will vote on two proposed anti-Second Amendment ordinances, one of which will place a tax on individual bullets and a tax on each firearm purchased by law-abiding citizens within city limits.
During an August 8 picnic hosted by the Sedgwick County Republican Party, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach claimed the GOP has made Kansas “No. 1 when it comes to supporting our right to keep and bear arms,” but said the state’s Supreme Court remains “every bit” as left-wing that as California’s Supreme Court.
On August 8, Trainwreck’s Amy Schumer said the difficulty of pushing more gun control through Congress ultimately comes down to how much money the gun industry has to oppose it.
On August 7, Fox News’ John Stossel published a column in which he pointed out that the NYPD refuses to grant him a gun permit and that NYC’s gun laws are so stringent he can’t even “hold a fake gun on TV to demonstrate something.”
On August 13 Florida League of Women Voters (FLWV) Gun Safety Committee chair Patti Brigham will hold a conference for leaders who oppose arming women and other law-abiding citizens on college campuses for self-defense.
On August 5, a man and woman were getting out of their car at an apartment complex in Las Vegas “when three black males came up”—one of whom allegedly had a gun—and demanded the woman hand over her purse. The man then pulled his own gun and shot the alleged armed robber, causing the other two to flee.
On August 7, the Baltimore Sun ran a column ubiquitously examining the chasm between Americans who arm themselves for self-defense and Americans who do not. But on a deeper level, the column asserted that the meaning of the Second Amendment
On August 6, residents and Bonner County Sheriff Daryl Wheeler lined up outside the Priest River, Idaho, home of veteran John Arnold to prevent the Veterans Administration (VA) from taking away his guns.
California is ranked as the fourth-worst state for gun owners in Guns & Ammo magazine’s annual listings of the best and worst states in which to own a gun. The assessment was based on many factors–from concealed carry laws, to self-defense/Castle Doctrine
When the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) overturned Washington DC’s draconian gun ban in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008), one could not be blamed for thinking the pillars of gun control could crumble and the liberties protected by the 2nd Amendment would flourish.
On August 6–the day after Vincente David Montano allegedly attacked Carmike Hickory 8 Cinema in a Nashville suburb–CNN admitted that the gun used in the attack was not real but suggested the gun proves the need for more gun control regardless.
Homemade guns are a “growing threat” in Northern California. That’s according to Susan C. Schena of the Rohnert Park-Cotati Patch, writing in the wake of the July 21 murder suicide in which 21-year-old Scott Bertics allegedly killed his 19-year-old ex-girlfriend and himself with a legally made homemade gun.
Cecil, a socially-conscious king of the jungle, presumably eschewed the parched-grassland delicacies of antelope, zebra, and giraffe in favor of vegan fare. This would explain why his apostles trashed Walter Palmer’s vacation home and St. Sharon Osbourne, married to a known predator of smaller flying creatures, dubbed the hunter “Satan” and called for his head mounted to a wall. Such a beautiful creature would never stoop to the level of a beastly dentist.
The attacker who allegedly wounded three people at the Carmike Hickory 8 Cinema in Antioch, Tennessee, theater on August 5 was armed with a hatchet, peppery spray, an airsoft gun, and a suspicious package which turned out to be a “hoax device.”
Carmike Cinemas, the chain which owns the Tennessee theater attacked today, has been boycotted over their gun free policies in the past.
On August 5, police in Antioch, Tennessee, killed a 51-year-old suspect who allegedly opened fire in a movie theater. The suspect was armed with a hatchet and a gun.
On August 5, Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced legislation that encourages states to more readily submit information on people with mental health problems to the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).
Police report that former Stanford University engineering student, Scott Bertics, built the gun he allegedly used to kill his ex-girlfriend, Clare Orton, then himself.
As the anti-trophy hunting backlash continues in the wake of Cecil the lion’s death, one of Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer’s homes has been vandalized and he has been forced to hire armed security for himself.
During a July 31 luncheon for the American Bar Association’s International Human Rights Award Luncheon, former Justice John Paul Stevens said he agreed with the Supreme Court of the United States’ (SCOTUS) decision that the 14th Amendment protects gay rights but rejected the claim that the 14th Amendment protects gun rights too.
A Congressional Research Services (CRS) study released on July 30 is devoid of evidence to back gun control groups’ claims of an “epidemic” of “mass public shootings.” In fact, counter to claims of “207 mass shootings” in the first 207
Amid the anti-trophy hunting hysteria sweeping certain parts of the country following the death of Cecil the Lion, Democrat senators have introduced the Conserving Ecosystems by Ceasing the Importation of Large (CECIL) Animal Trophies Act.
On the morning of July 31 Ron Henrick heard someone “bust” into his home. Henrick grabbed a 12 gauge shotgun and said, “I was going to shoot his a**.”
With Colt Defense LLC “enmeshed in a bankruptcy case” and its future–financial and otherwise–in question, the union which represents workers at Colt is seeking a bailout from the Connecticut government
