Huffington Post Taunts NRA for Not Politicizing Charleston Attack
On July 20, the Huffington Post taunted the NRA for refusing to politicize the heinous June 17 attack on Charleston’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Tag: gun control
New York Times to Obama: Use Federal Contracts to Secure Backdoor Gun Control
On July 17 The New York Times reported on the Obama administration’s failure to get any significant gun control passed in Congress by suggesting there is still one avenue open–using federal contracts as a means to backdoor controls on gun manufacturers.
Bloomberg’s Everytown Launches Gun Control Push in Wake of Chattanooga
Michael Bloomberg-funded Everytown for Gun Safety has launched a “six-figure ad buy” to push for more gun control in the wake of alleged gunman Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez’s attack on Marines and sailors in Chattanooga.
Ret. Marine Col.: Chattanooga Attack Shows Need for Armed Citizenry
During a July 16 nighttime appearance of Al Jazeera’s America Tonight, Colonel Gary Anderson, USMC (Ret.), said the Chattanooga attack is a reminder that Americans need to be armed because an armed citizenry “is probably the only way you can truly deter the kinds of things that we saw in the church in Charleston and that we saw… in Chattanooga.”
Citizen Armed with AR-15 Stands Guard Outside Virginia Recruiting Offices
On July 17, a citizen armed with an AR-15 stood guard outside various military recruitment offices in Virginia.
Obama’s Secretive Gun Ban for Social Security Beneficiaries
In a the latest backdoor gun control effort put forward by the White House, President Obama is pushing to ban gun possession for Social Security beneficiaries who are incapable of handling their own finances.
Shannon Watts Rejects Need for ‘Good Guy with a Gun’ After Chattanooga
On July 17, MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts referenced the Chattanooga attack on unarmed U.S. Marines and the PEW poll showing Americans are moving away from gun control, then asked Shannon Watts if she’s “fighting a losing battle–that people feel that it’s going to take a good guy with a gun to outdo a bad buy with a gun?” Watts rejected the suggestion.
FBI: Alleged Chattanooga Gunman Purchased Some Of His Guns ‘Legally’
The FBI indicates alleged Chattanooga gunman Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez had three firearms with him on July 16–two long guns and one handgun. The FBI also indicates Abdulazeez bought at least “some” of the guns “legally.”
CNN’s Kayyem: ‘Guns Are Not the Solution’ To Soft Targets
CNN National Security Analyst Juliette Kayyem argued that “guns are not the solution” to attacks on soft targets and “arming everyone who might be in a soft target is absurd” on Friday’s “CNN Newsroom.” Kayyem said, “The majority of these
Ret. Marine Colonel: Chattanooga Shows How ‘Gun Control Mafia’ Leaves Us Defenseless
During a July 16 appearance on Al Jazeera’s America Tonight, Colonel Gary Anderson, USMC (Ret), said the Chattanooga attack demonstrates that the “gun control mafia” has left military personnel and citizens alike in a defenseless position.
Claim: Walmart Background Checks Exceed Federal Requirements
Federal law allows gun dealers to sell a gun once a background check is passed or after a three-day extended check fails to turn up the information necessary to resolve a “delay” from the system. It was in the latter scenario that alleged Charleston shooter Dylann Roof was able to purchase his gun.
Tim McGraw’s Gun Control Fundraiser Coming Up this Friday
The gun control fundraiser headlined by country singers Tim McGraw and Chase Bryant is coming up this Friday in Hartford, Connecticut.
S.F. Supervisor: More Gun Control Needed to ‘Protect the Public’
In the wake of the July 1 attack in which illegal alien Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez allegedly used a stolen gun to shoot and kill Kathryn Steinle, San Francisco supervisor Mark Farrell is pushing a new gun control law that will require every gun and ammunition sale to be videotaped.
Nip/Tuck’s Kelly Carlson: Punish The Criminal Not The Gun
On July 15 Nip/Tuck actress Kelly Carlson said she owns a firearm for self-defense and that she was raised in a family that believed laws should punish criminals rather than guns.
Washington Post: New Gun Laws Needed Even if They Won’t Work
On July 12, The Washington Post seized on the FBI’s admission of a “mistake” in allowing Dylann Roof to get a gun and reported that new gun laws are needed for America, even if those gun laws do not work.
Moms Demand Action Protests Cabela’s over Gun Sales
On July 13, Michael Bloomberg-funded Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America launched another shame campaign like others they ran against Starbucks, Staples, and Kroger.
Audit: Harris Failing to Keep Guns out of Dangerous Hands
An audit of California’s Department of Justice (DOJ) has revealed that it is still facing a terrible backlog of persons who own guns but shouldn’t–and part of the reason for this is that it “failed over 18 months to fully implement seven of eight recommendations auditors made in 2013 to reduce backlogs.”
Court Rules Walmart Shareholders Cannot Infringe on Customers’s 2nd Amendment Rights
After less than a year under appeal, the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit released its opinion in Trinity Wall Street v. Walmart Stores, Inc., explaining that Walmart cannot be forced to allow shareholders to infringe on customers’s 2nd Amendment rights.
The Left’s Hypocrisy: Murder Proves Need for Gun Control, but Not End of Sanctuary Cities
On Friday, California Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Kamala Harris continued to defend sanctuary cities after illegal alien Francisco Lopez-Sanchez confessed to murdering Kathryn Steinle in San Francisco.
Chicago Lawsuit: Gun Control A ‘Civil Right’
On July 7, Father Michael Pfleger, the Coalition for Safe Communities in Chicago, and other gun control plaintiffs filed a lawsuit suggesting gun control is a “civil right” that is violated by a lack of gun laws and regulations in the Chicago-area villages of Riverdale, Lyons and Lincolnwood.
The Mainstream Media Failed In Its Primary Responsibility and Dylann Roof Got a Gun
A racist terrorist named Dylann Roof bought a firearm, and the American mainstream media helped him get it. America’s utterly useless and hopelessly corrupt mainstream media has once again failed in its primary responsibility, which is to watch-dog the government
Dem Stands with Charleston Families: Pushes Background Checks Alleged Gunman Passed
On July 8, Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA-5th) stood with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and families of Charleston victims and pushed for the very background checks alleged gunman Dylann Roof passed.
FBI: Dylann Roof’s Successful Background Check Was a ‘Mistake’
On July 10, the FBI reported that background checks did not stop Dylann Roof from acquiring the gun he allegedly used to kill nine people at Charleston’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church on June 17.
Hillary Jettisons Subtleties: If Elected She’ll Go After Guns
To this point in presidential politics, even candidates who favored gun control over gun rights hid it or at least tried to hide it.
Gun Crime Soaring in These Democrat-Run Cities
On July 9, USA Today ran a column focused on soaring gun crime in Baltimore, Chicago, Milwaukee, New Orleans, and St. Louis. The common denominator in all five cities?—decades of Democrat mayoral leadership.
