Breitbart News recently had the opportunity to talk with Louisiana Governor and presidential hopeful Bobby Jindal (R) about guns and gun rights. He explained that “the left are bullies” opposed to armed citizens and religious liberty.
In 2014 Boston, Massachusetts, saw an “18 percent” jump in the number of persons applying for a Class A gun license.
On April 11 Breitbart News talked with GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump about guns and gun rights.
On April 10, Bloomberg.com ran a column full of quotes suggesting NRA members at the Nashville convention are nervous and even fearful over a possible Hillary Clinton presidential run and then juxtaposed this so-called fear with a presentation of Clinton’s views that omitted her belief that gun owners “terrorize a majority of people.”
Wisconsin Gov. and likely 2016 presidential candidate Scott Walker has an A+ rating from the NRA and has been a strong protector of the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment.
This week, President Obama said it is “heart-breaking” that his administration has not passed more gun control, and he pledged to continue pushing the subject for the rest of his presidency. But at least one Democrat strategist wishes Obama would drop the gun control push already.
In Jamaica, President Obama spoke out about police brutality, referring to recent incidents involving police officers and the use of force.
As Maine held an April 8 legislative hearing on Senator Eric Brakey’s (R-Auburn) proposal to abolish the concealed carry permit requirement for that state, one thing was for sure—Maine State Police support Brakey’s proposal.
On April 9, NPR corrected the record for groups like Moms Demand Action and news outlets like MSNBC, both of which reported that the NRA was hypocritically pressing for expanded gun rights everywhere, yet barring guns at their upcoming Nashville convention.
Background checks for handguns hit a new high for California in March, just months after yearly handgun sales in 2014 broke a 21-year record in California, as well.
Obama and his fellow Democrats have been in a full sprint for gun control since December 14, 2012, leading to more Americans buying more guns and pushing the firearms industry to historic heights in the process.
With less than two years left in his presidency, Obama says it is “heart-breaking” that his administration has not been able to pass more gun control.
On April 6, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America mocked the NRA for planning to follow state and local laws regarding gun possession and display at the upcoming NRA Annual Meeting & Exhibits in Nashville.
On Tuesday, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) faced questions about his recent gun control push in West Virginia and the growing divide him and the NRA. He responded to these things by claiming the NRA used to pro “gun culture” but now it is pro “big business.”
On April 7, Mother Jones reported on an Everytown for Gun Safety PSA which shows “adorable children” mocking the NRA’s contention that women face “rapers” and “campus killers” and therefore should be armed for self-defense.
On Tuesday, Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to ATF Director B. Todd Jones asking for “details of disciplinary actions taken against Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) employees who were involved in Operation Fast and Furious.”
Representative Steve Israel (D-NY) plans to introduce a bill which will ban the use of 3-D printers to make firearms that are actually or even potentially undetectable.
New Jersey state senate president Stephen M. Sweeney has three words for gun owners who have initiated a recall effort against him–“Bring it on.”
On April 4, The Economist mocked the NRA and Second Amendment supporters with a column that turned out to be an epic fail because it was built on numbers from a debunked Everytown for Gun Safety study, an erroneous claim that “armor piercing” M855 ammo endangers police, and a not-so-veiled attempt to undercut the push to arm women for self-defense on college campuses.
While Oregon Democrats stood with Gabby Giffords and the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence to push expanded background checks on April 1, Grant County Sheriff Glenn Palmer stood for the law-abiding citizens whom the checks will target by describing
In their ceaseless search for new reasons to push gun control, Gabby Giffords’ gun control group–Americans for Responsible Solutions (ARS)–is now pushing gun control as a way to fight terrorism.
In November, California voters passed Prop 47 as an effort to fix prison overcrowding. That proposition has now taken center stage because one of the fixes contained in it is a ban on felony charges for stealing a firearm worth less than $950.
On April 3, Fox News’ host Greg Gutfeld explained that the media’s gun control arguments increasingly fall on deaf ears because Americans refuse to feel guilty over using guns for self-defense.
Fox News Channel host Greg Gutfeld argued that the media “fishbowl” “misses the big point” on gun control on Friday’s broadcast of “The Five.” In reaction to Detroit Police Chief James Craig’s defense of law-abiding citizens carrying guns, Gutfeld said,
On March 27 Gabby Giffords backed Oregon Democrats in pushing all future Oregon gun purchasers to pass the same background check Jared Loughner passed to acquire the firearm with which he attacked Giffords and eighteen others in Tucson.
