On October 26, the International Association of Chiefs of Police met in Chicago for their annual conference where they dropped their push for longer prison sentences and refocused their attention on passing more gun control.
On October 6, National Public Radio (NPR) debunked Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton’s claim that gun manufacturers are “totally free of liability for their behavior.”
During an October 25 presser, actress Amy Schumer said she has no idea why alleged Lafayette theater gunman John Russell Houser chose to murder two people during her movie Trainwreck.
After a week of polls showing the American people reacted to the Umpqua Community College (UCC) shooting with stronger support for gun rights than gun control, a Washington Post-ABC News poll released October 26 shows that an overwhelming majority of Americans also believe Congressional focus ought to be on fixing our mental health system instead of talking about more gun laws.
On October 23, Senator and Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz observed that the U.S. is one liberal Supreme Court justice away from going after the individual right to keep and bear arms with the intent of hampering, if not abolishing, the exercise of that right.
On October 24, Indianapolis Cajun restaurant Papa Roux was robbed for the first time ever, and owner Art Bouvier responded by announcing a discount price for concealed carry permit holders in order to attract armed, law-abiding citizens to the restaurant.
Thirty sheriffs across the state of California are joining with the California Rifle and Pistol Association in a suit claiming Los Angeles’s recently instituted “high capacity” magazine ban “violates state regulations.”
On the October 25 airing of Meet the Press, Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson stressed the important role an armed citizenry plays in preventing tyranny, saying, the government finds it “much more difficult to dominate people who are armed.”
A Gallup poll released on October 20 shows that a majority of Americans believe more concealed carry equals less crime.
Gallup’s latest poll finds the much-demonized National Rifle Association with far higher approval ratings than two of its most prominent assailants: President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. The NRA had a 58 percent approval rating, far higher than Obama’s 45 percent or Clinton’s 41 percent.
Independence Institute’s Dave Kopel explained that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit defied the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) in handing down a verdict upholding “assault weapons” bans in New York and Connecticut.
A CNN/ORC poll released on October 21 shows that more Americans oppose gun control than support it thanks to the bulwark for the Second Amendment that exists in the population’s white majority.
On October 21, the Washington Post reported their estimate that the number of guns owned in America has doubled in the last 20 years.
On October 21, a CNN/ORC poll showed that opposition to expanded gun control is higher after the attack on Umpqua Community College (UCC) than before the attack.
In a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, the majority of Americans said they see the Democrat Party as “outside the mainstream” on guns. Ironically, almost an identical majority view the Republican Party as “within the mainstream” as it pertains to guns.
The idea of guns behind the pulpit has been gaining momentum in black churches for years and that momentum increased exponentially following the June attack on Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston in June.
Various gun control groups are partnering with Black Lives Matter in an effort to push gun control in Congress, Politico reports. It is the latest partnership for Black Lives Matter, which is also working with the radical Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
On October 19, Hillary Clinton campaign spokesperson Jennifer Palmieri walked back Clinton’s earlier suggestion that an Australian-style gun ban is “worth considering” for U.S. gun policy.
A Detroit pastor is in police custody after pulling a Glock handgun and shooting a 25-year-old suspect who allegedly entered the church armed with a brick during services on October 18.
Gavin Newsom is simultaneously backing an initiative for gun control and to legalize the use of recreational marijuana in the state. News now comes that Newsom’s main focus will be on gun control.
Speaking at The New Yorker Festival on October 3, The New Yorker magazine author Malcolm Gladwell placed the blame for school shootings around the world at America’s feet by describing them as “an overwhelmingly American phenomenon.” He added, “To the extent that anything like [school shootings] happens anywhere else in the world, it appears to happen as a reflection of something going on [in America].”
Clinton campaign Communications Director Jennifer Palmieri stated that while Clinton agrees with gun buy-backs she was “referring to” “places where there have been mass shootings, and the countries have done something to act on it” when she referenced Australia’s gun
The latest Gallup poll shows strong support for more restrictions on guns sales among Democrats and non-gun owners, and increasing support among Independent voters.
On October 17 the Associated Press claimed that the right to use a gun to defend one’s home was created via decisions from the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) that were handed down in 2008 and 2010.
Pastor Randy Scroggins describes what he and his 18-year-old daughter Lacey experienced when she was in the classroom that morning as the gunman entered.
