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.
On December 28, three armed intruders forced a mother to the back of her house then fled under a barrage of bullets as she opened fire on them.
Beginning January 1, police in California may confiscate firearms from gun owners thought to be a danger to themselves or others without giving the owner any notice.
An unarmed man in Lawrenceville, Georgia, was shot on December 28 after pacing back and forth near a 95-year-old woman at a storage facility, then shoving her.
On December 28 Bloomberg Business explained what form Obama’s executive action on gun control will take and predicted it will come “soon after New Year’s Day.”
On December 25, USA Today correspondent Trevor Hughes wrote a column explaining that he has decided to buy a handgun for self-defense and to help “enemies … understand that we shoot back.”
In the wake of Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring’s (D) decision to end concealed carry reciprocity with 25 states, Republican lawmakers are pushing legislation that will honor concealed permits from every state–thereby overriding Herring’s action.
As of December 18, Ohio’s National Guard facilities are no longer gun-free.
With open carry of handguns in Texas set to become law on January 1, First Baptist Church of Arlington has decided to allow congregants with concealed licenses to carry openly in church buildings if they so choose.
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America is claiming victory in Texas because H-E-B Grocery stores have made clear they will only allow hidden handguns in their stores.
On December 27, eight people were wounded in a mass stabbing in Anaheim. No firearms were reportedly involved.
Gun sales are surging in California to such a degree that the state’s annual record for background checks was broken by November 30.
The AP-Times Square New Year’s Eve Poll indicates that the Islamic State, the Paris and San Bernardino terror attacks, and mass shootings ranked as “extremely important” or “very important” news for Americans in 2015.
Virginia state senator Bill Carrico (R-Dist. 40) is responding to Governor Terry McAuliffe’s (D) relentless gun control push by introducing a budget amendment to remove funding for McAuliffe’s protection detail.
H-E-B grocers in Texas have put signage on their doors barring openly carried handguns, while Kroger says they will simply abide by the new law which will allow openly carried handguns, beginning January 1.
During an interview with the Daily Mail, actor Kurt Russell affirmed the he owned guns and said that “now is not a good time to lay” them down.
On December 26 The Washington Post reported that police shot and killed 965 people in 2015.
During the December 27 airing of Meet the Press, film director Spike Lee talked about the number of persons shot and killed in Chicago and suggested those deaths do not get attention because “it’s not Sandy Hook.”
When he President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the Gun Control Act of 1968, he signed a bill a that did not contain two of the items he wanted most–licensing requirements for all gun owners and registration for every gun in the country.
Pomona Police are seeking 51-year-old Clarence Duwell Dear, whom they believe doused a woman with gasoline and burned her alive on Friday.
On December 24, author Stephen King tweeted “happy holidays,” even to “NRA types.”
Claremont United Methodist Church abandoned the gun control nativity scene they had planned for this year; a scene which was supposed to depict “eight guns pointing at baby Jesus’ manger.”
On Christmas Eve, an off-duty officer, working mall security, shot and killed a man who allegedly pointed a gun at him during an altercation inside a Charlotte, North Carolina, mall.
Amid a relentless Democrat-sponsored campaign for increasing gun control, guns and related accessories are topping Christmas lists around the country.
