2nd Amendment

On January 25, Slate magazine ran a column to disprove once and for all NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre’s talk about the need for Americans to arm themselves for self-defense.

On February 9 Breitbart News reported that Pennsylvania’s Conoy Township posted signs which read, “This Is Not A Gun Free Zone.”

On February 8, a customer who ignored Sonic’s request that “customers refrain from bringing guns to the restaurant” was able to pull his gun and shoot one of three alleged armed robbers, killing him and stopping the would-be robbery.

A 75-year-old gun show vendor in Washington, Pennsylvania, subdued a shoplifter in Washington Crown Center mall by tackling the suspect and threatening to break his arm if he did not comply.

The Atlantic argues that mainline Protestants are better educated, therefore more supportive of gun control.

Police say background checks cannot stop potential criminals, only actual ones.

On February 9, the Montana House passed HB 203 which blocks any future federal ban on semi-automatic firearms or the magazines they use.

Pennsylvania’s Conoy Township has posted anti-gun control signs throughout the township that read, “Welcome To Conoy Township: This Is Not A Gun Free Zone.”

On February 9, the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association (NYSRPA) called for Michael Bloomberg to apologize for his suggestion that cities should bar young minority males from gun ownership.

On Sunday, MSNBC aired Melissa Harris-Perry’s interview of Attorney General Eric Holder and he said the “single failure” of his tenure as AG was the failure to secure gun control.

On January 28, the Washington Technology Industry Association held a “smart gun” symposium attended by a pro-gun control state senator from New Jersey and various smart gun makers, only to have the show stolen by King County Sheriff John Urquhart, who told everyone in attendance that smart guns are not smart enough to be trusted.

On February 5 ,Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America announced the “102nd school shooting since Newtown”–the problem is that shooting they referenced was a gang shooting that happened at nighttime. The incident took place about 8 pm at

On February 5, the GOP-controlled House Militia, Police, and Public Safety subcommittee rejected Governor Terry McAuliffe’s “dubious” domestic violence gun control push. Richmond.com reports that this push meant “forcing anyone subject to a protective order to surrender their firearms within

Three Democratic state senators have joined as co-sponsors on a Republican bill to repeal Colorado’s “high capacity” magazine ban.

Speaking to the Aspen Institute on February 6, Michael Bloomberg said cities should ban young minority males from owning guns, both as an effort to reduce crime and to keep those minority males “alive.”

On February 4, Representative Elizabeth Esty (D-CT-5th Dist.) introduced a bill to ban “high capacity” ammunition magazines, and it was supported by 100 Democrat cosponsors.

The push to put more good guys with guns in schools to dissuade and counter bad guys with guns has re-emerged and is expanding at the state level around the country.

Gun control proponent Mark Kelly—husband of Gabby Giffords—described a recent video by Open Carry Tarrant County’s Kory Watkins as “disgusting.”

South Carolina State University police have reported a murder-suicide on campus on February 5 around 1 PM.