On December 10, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said it is “tragic” that Americans are pouring into gun stores to buy weapons because America is already “awash in guns.”
The Simpsonville Gun & Pawn store in Simpsonville, South Carolina, is advertising gun sales on its marquee by telling passersby that one surefire way to “piss off Obama” is to “buy a gun.”
On December 11, UCLA law professor Adam Winkler argued that securing a ban on “assault rifles won’t reduce gun violence” and will hurt the gun control movement by revealing that “the only thing unique about assault rifles is their menacing name and look.”
On December 10 Representative Tom McClintock (R-CA-4) said he was once denied being able to check onto a flight only to discover the reason for the denial was that he had been inadvertently included on the no-fly list.
On December 8 Fox News reported that more than 100 million guns have been sold since the election of President Obama.
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said that attorneys at the White House and Department of Justice have been determining “what kinds of authorities the president does have to pass executive actions” on gun control and hopefully this determination “something
A WBUR poll in New Hampshire taken in the midst of Donald Trump’s comments about banning Muslims from entering the United States due to the risk of terrorism shows Trump’s proposal hasn’t damaged the GOP frontrunner. In fact, it may have helped increase his numbers.
A majority of Americans oppose an “assault weapons” ban for the first time in 20 years of New York Times’ polling on the topic.
On December 10, the House GOP shut down Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA-12) efforts to force a vote to add the no-fly list to background checks.
The Washington Post’s fact checker took a look at recent mass shootings and concluded there is no evidence that stronger gun laws would have prevented any of them.
On December 10, New Republic issued a call to ban the ownership of any gun—be it a single-action revolver, a muzzle loader, or an AR-15—and they suggested this ban should include police officers as well.
Presidential “Executive Action” expanding background checks on gun-buyers is imminent, according to a Dec. 10 Associated Press repo
“It’s tragic that in the immediate aftermath of a series of high profile mass shootings that people feel like they have to go out an purchase a gun,” White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said during a press briefing with reporters today.
On December 8, the Boston Globe asked why the individuals on the no-fly list are anything other than under arrest if they pose such a danger to public safety?
As President Obama and Democrats in the House and Senate push a no-fly list recently rejected by The Washington Post and berated as unconstitutional by the Los Angeles Times, one thing is certain: the push comes at a time that conveniently distracts attention from the failure of Democrat-sponsored gun controls in California.
On December 8, the San Francisco Chronicle published a column in which syndicated columnist Ruben Navarette Jr. suggested Democrats are more motivated to destroy the NRA than to wipe out ISIS.
In recent interview with Jeffrey Wells, acting legend Kurt Russell responded to questions on the San Bernardino attacks by saying it’s “absolutely insane” to “think gun control will change terrorists’ point of view.”
Julianne Moore, Jennifer Aniston, Amy Schumer, and other Hollywood celebrities joined President Obama in a post-San Bernardino gun control video produced by Everytown for Gun Safety.
On December 9 conservative talk radio host Laura Ingram tweeted a quote from John Lott showing that there have been 424 mass shooting “casualties” in the U.S. since Obama took office, but 508 such casualties in heavily gun-controlled France in the past year alone.
Gun sales are skyrocketing from California to Green Bay and beyond following the San Bernardino terror attacks and President Obama’s subsequent calls for more gun controls on law-abiding citizens.
In light of the Democrat-sponsored gun control following the San Bernardino attack, it is crucial to remember the important role armed citizens play in keeping themselves and others safe.
Stephen Koff, Washington Bureau Chief for the Cleveland Plain Dealer has been trying to interview Democrat Senate candidate Ted Strickland about his views on gun control in light of the terrorist attack in San Bernardino.
On April 18, 2014, the New York Times published a scathing editorial on the no-fly list, describing it as “a violation of basic rights” and a list unsuitable for a “democratic society premised on due process.”
A New York sheriff, David Cole is calling on concealed permit holders in his county to carry a gun “at all times” to help fight terrorism.
According to the NYT, Democrat proposals include the creation of an “ISIS czar,” which sounds like something that would come out of a satirical parody of Democrat national-security deliberations. I know – let’s create some new slots in the bureaucracy! That always fixes things! We already have a position to handle ISIS, kids. It’s called “The President of the United States.” The problem is the occupant of the office, not its job description.
