In a preview of a larger interview that will air during Face the Nation on January 3, Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump said he does not like Obama’s efforts at executive gun control and is tired of people blaming guns for America’s ills.
Republican presidential candidate former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee declared, “Israel has shown more good sense than the Americans have when it comes to protecting their citizens” and argued that none of President Obama’s gun control proposals would have prevented mass
The BBC reports that President Obama will take “unilateral action” next week to put “common sense gun laws” in place.
Texas therefore joins most other states that allow citizens to either openly carry guns or carry concealed weapons, with the proviso they have a permit. However, this still puts Texas behind several other states where gun owners may carry weapons without permission of the state, including two largely liberal states.
In a year marked by a relentless Democratic push for more gun control, stocks of two of the most prominent gun makers—Smith & Wesson and Sturm, Ruger & Co—saw their value nearly double.
On January 1, the Chicago Tribune reported that the number of shooting victims in gun-controlled Chicago for 2015 was 2,986.
Nearly two hundred open carry advocates gathered on the south steps of the Texas State Capitol to celebrate “uncovering day” for gun owners who are licensed to carry.
On December 31 Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) claimed there were 372 mass shootings–or more than one mass shooting a day–during calendar year 2015. On the other hand, Mother Jones editor Mark Follman reported four mass shootings for the whole year and USA Today reported approximately 22.
Arne Duncan gave his final speech as education secretary on December 30, expressing his “frustration” that Congress has not passed more gun control and his hope that more such control will be secured to keep school children safe.
On January 1, the Seattle City Council’s tax on guns and ammunition takes effect, thereby raising the prices on guns and ammunition for law-abiding citizens throughout the city.
Texans with a “Concealed Handgun License” or the new “License to Carry” can openly carry a handgun in accordance with the new law that went into effect at midnight on Friday. Other new laws expanding protections of law abiding gun owners also went into effect. The Campus Carry law has not yet taken effect.
On Wednesday, New York Knicks star forward Carmelo Anthony reacted to the alleged robbery that resulted in his teammate, Cleanthony Early, being shot in the knee in Queens earlier that day. A reporter asked Anthony if Early’s shooting underscores “the need for
On January 4, President Obama will meet with Attorney General Loretta Lynch to finalize the executive gun controls expected to be announced next week.
In his weekly address released on Friday, President Barack Obama opened the new year by touting the accomplishments up his presidency, but he also discussed the gun issue. Obama vowed to criticized Congress and vowed to moved forward where he could
Gun crime convictions are down more than 33 percent compared to a decade ago, but the Obama administration’s gun control push has risen sharply.
Despite an overall drop in crime, Washington D.C. has nonetheless experienced a whopping 54 percent increase in its murder rate for 2015, the city reports.
With Texas’ new handgun open carry law going into effect on January 1, six businesses have taken pains to be sure Texans understand that open carry of handguns will not be tolerated in their businesses.
Although Los Angeles is heavily gun-controlled and has more controls on the way, gun crime in 2015 was up in ‘all categories.’
On December 29, actor James Woods reacted to newly released details of the heinous November 10 murder of Amanda Blackburn by urging Americans to “buy more guns and learn how to use them.”
Politico reports that President Obama’s upcoming executive gun control will force a number of private gun sellers to get their Federal Firearms License (FFL) and perform background checks on every gun sold.
On December 28 Reverend Rob Schenck — chair of Evangelical Church Alliance — argued that Christians have no right to use guns for self-defense.
On December 29, Democrat presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton responded to a question on guns by outlining seven specific new gun control laws she wants to institute if elected.
Campus Carry for concealed carry permit holders becomes illegal on January 1, the same day on which police get expanded powers for firearm confiscation.
On December 25, The Salt Lake Tribune ran an op-ed in which the author pointed out that the key ingredients to mass shootings are not “assault weapons” or “high capacity” magazines, but time and unarmed victims.
Cody Wilson and Defense Distributed are currently selling their “Ghost Gunner” CNC machine for $1,500.00. It forges a path for Americans to make homemade AR-15 rifles in their garages, basements, or anywhere else they wish to set up the compact CNC machine.
