
On January 4, the White House released a fact sheet which previews the executive gun control Obama will announce Tuesday, and it reveals there is no numerical threshold of sales that a private seller has to cross before being considered “engaged in the business of dealing in firearms.”
by AWR Hawkins4 Jan 2016, 5:22 PM PST0

On December 14, gun control proponent Gabby Giffords blasted Congress for not enacting California-style background checks following the heinous attack on Sandy Hook Elementary, which happened three years ago. California has the expanded background checks that Giffords has been pushing
by AWR Hawkins14 Dec 2015, 5:22 PM PST0

Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) stated that “we have very little background, very little knowledge” on the 20 million people who came to the US last year from favored nations under the visa waiver system on Wednesday’s “Your World with Neil
by Ian Hanchett9 Dec 2015, 3:08 PM PST0

Syracuse University’s TRAC Reports recently revealed that Obama’s tough talk about increasing prosecution of federal gun laws was just that—talk. In fact, Obama’s annual prosecution of gun crimes has never reached the levels of prosecutions seen during George W. Bush’s last five years in office.
by AWR Hawkins27 Oct 2015, 9:18 PM PST0

On September 29, Breitbart News reported on a Quinnipiac University poll showing that the majority of American voters oppose more gun control—and this opposition includes roughly 3 out of 4 Republican voters and 49 percent of Independent voters.
by AWR Hawkins30 Sep 2015, 7:55 PM PST0

Over the past weekend Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) waved the white flag on the gun control legislation he and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) pushed but failed to secure in April 2013 and tried to push again and again between then and now.
by AWR Hawkins15 Sep 2015, 5:51 PM PST0

Oregon’s SB 941—the legislation requiring background checks for all gun sales—went into effect on August 9, but Lane County Sheriff Byron Trapp pointed out that the law is unenforceable without an accompanying statewide gun registry.
by AWR Hawkins11 Aug 2015, 6:37 PM PST0

On July 28, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) admitted his latest gun control push is “going nowhere” because there is zero support for his new gun control push among the Republicans who control the Senate.
by AWR Hawkins29 Jul 2015, 9:29 PM PST0

On June 23, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) suggested more gun control is needed in the wake of the Charleston attack, but he made clear he will not bring it up until he is sure he has rounded up the necessary votes.
by AWR Hawkins24 Jun 2015, 4:45 AM PST0

From the Huffington Post: WASHINGTON — A revealing conversation on the Senate floor Thursday showed precisely how secretive President Barack Obama’s pending trade deals are, and the absurdity of arguments to the contrary. Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Elizabeth Warren
by Breitbart News22 May 2015, 10:20 PM PST0

Over the last 15 years, Brazil has instituted more and more gun control, including gun registration and criminal and mental background checks for gun ownership. Today they have “restrictive” gun control, and one more thing—a 35-year high for gun deaths in the country.
by AWR Hawkins17 May 2015, 7:26 PM PST0

On May 4, the Oregon House approved universal background check bill SB 941, thereby sending the measure to Governor Kate Brown’s (D) desk for a signature.
by AWR Hawkins7 May 2015, 8:39 PM PST0

On April 24, The Hill ran a column explaining that Hillary Clinton may not outline her strong support for more gun control until the presidential election is over.
by AWR Hawkins24 Apr 2015, 7:25 PM PST0

On April 14, Oregon Senate Democrats passed expanded background checks based on a 2012 shooting at Clackamas Town Center in the Portland suburbs. The problem with this is that the Clackamas gunman stole his gun—so no amount of gun control would have stopped him—and his attack was stopped by a concealed carry permit holder who was armed in the mall.
by AWR Hawkins15 Apr 2015, 8:13 PM PST0

On April 12, Gabby Giffords’s protégé and gun control supporter Ron Barber announced that he is not going to challenge pro-gun Representative Martha McSally (R-AZ-2) for her seat in 2016.
by AWR Hawkins12 Apr 2015, 8:41 PM PST0

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.
by AWR Hawkins5 Apr 2015, 8:01 PM PST0

Talk radio host and author of “The Liberty Amendments” Mark Levin accused Democrats of selective concern about homeland security on Tuesday. Levin contested claims by Democrats that attempting to tie funding for the president’s executive action to DHS funding would
by Ian Hanchett24 Feb 2015, 9:42 PM PST0

On Monday, the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) announced it was teaming up with the American Bar Association and seven other health organizations to form a “coalition” treating guns as a public health threat, focusing on ammunition magazine capacity.
by AWR Hawkins24 Feb 2015, 5:21 PM PST0

Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) criticized President Obama for vetoing the Keystone XL pipeline, stating “quit playing politics with everything we do” on Tuesday’s “Your World with Neil Cavuto” on the Fox News Channel. “I would say that — people like myself,
by Ian Hanchett24 Feb 2015, 2:55 PM PST0

On Tuesday’s “Fox & Friends” on the Fox News Channel, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said he would vote with Republicans to end President Barack Obama’s efforts on executive amnesty. However, he insisted the Department of Homeland Security first be funded
by Jeff Poor24 Feb 2015, 6:42 AM PST0

The Washington Post looks across the pond and demonstrates that Europe’s expanded background checks prove useless in the face of a booming black market for guns and radicalized Muslims looking to commit terrorism.
by AWR Hawkins22 Feb 2015, 1:29 PM PST0

Oil cars were still burning more than a day after a train carrying 3 million gallons of North Dakota crude derailed in a West Virginia snowstorm, shooting fireballs into the sky.
by Breitbart News17 Feb 2015, 6:11 PM PST0

Rep. Alex Mooney is trying to turn up the heat on Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia to allow a Senate vote on a DHS funding bill.
by Matthew Boyle17 Feb 2015, 12:13 PM PST0

Last February, the New York Times editorial writer Joe Nocera raged against “The Bitcoin Blasphemy,” which he claimed was libertarian “sacrilege” since it is “unconnected to any currency or any government.” But try as they might, the leftist thought police at the Times that see bitcoin as an existential threat to “full faith” in the dollar and the U.S. government are failing.
by Chriss W. Street15 Jan 2015, 3:00 AM PST0

Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and John Hoeven (R-ND) see three ways to save a bill meant to force approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline — which the White House promised to veto.
by Dan Riehl7 Jan 2015, 8:41 PM PST0