During a January 4 press briefing, White House press secretary Josh Earnest cited debunked Everytown for Gun Safety statistics as one of the reasons behind President Obama’s decision to move forward with executive gun control.
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).
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.
Two days after nine students were shot and killed at Umpqua Community College, The New York Times sucked a bit of the air out of the gun control lobby by admitting that mass shooters aren’t acquiring guns in some secretive manner, but are walking into gun stores and passing background checks.
In a recently released Economist/YouGov poll more than four in five Democrats said they support a national gun registry.
On Wednesday, Oregon lawmakers will discuss a gun control proposal that outlaws all private gun sales except those between “close relatives,” and that makes sales between “close relatives” a privilege that exists only as long as the government allows it to continue.
On January 26, Aljazeera ran a special report on the state of gun control in America, which included a quote on how Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America is making efforts to “undo the damage the NRA has done.”
