The emergence of women as a gun-owning demographic to be reckoned with became evident in 2011 and 2012. The NRA reports a Gallup Poll showing a 23 percent jump in female firearms ownership between 2005 and 2011, and this poll is complimented by National Shooting Sports Foundation research showing that among those female gun owners, the largest percentage own more than one gun.
Hillary Clinton tells Fox News Sunday she is “not looking to repeal the Second Amendment,” but she does intend to regulate it.
On Friday a home invader was shot and killed while allegedly trying to steal weapons from a gun store owner’s father.
A listing of the most difficult states for law-abiding citizens to acquire firearms shows California as the most difficult of all. On July 1, Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation expanding universal background checks.
Three persons were killed and a fourth was wounded after a man with gun walked into a party at a residence north of Seattle and opened fire.
Ohio concealed permit holder Dylan DeBoard received a commendation July 27 for intervening to save the life of a Mount Vernon Police Officer who was under attack.
Two women confronted in a San Bernardino Staters Bros. Market for allegedly shoplifting were caught on camera fighting with store employees trying to recover the merchandise.
U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus plans to name a ship after gay rights leader Harvey Milk.
On July 29, Breitbart News spoke to Mary Anne Marcella, a New York City school teacher who explained that a lockdown at her school caused her to realize that the teacher’s ultimate defense is a firearm.
The gun control proponents are operating under the banner of Washington Ceasefire and Oregon Ceasefire, but are actually “a coalition of groups and lawmakers.”
A study conducted by the Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health shows that four out of five criminals acquire their guns illegally while one out of five acquires them through legal means, prior to building up a criminal record.
During her July 28 speech to the DNC, Hillary Clinton said, “I’m not here to take away your guns” and “I’m not here to repeal the 2nd Amendment.”
During his July 28 speech to the DNC, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) talked about aspects of his state’s 2013 SAFE Act and said, “We fought the NRA and we won.”
During her July 28 speech to the DNC, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-52) described gun control as part of building a “strong America.”
“You already have gun control, we’re only asking for a little bit more,” the comedian said.
It is interesting to note that violent crime decreased during this surge in concealed carry. Between 2007 and 2015 “murder rates fell from 5.6 to 4.7 (preliminary estimate) per 100,000.” That is a 16 percent decline in murder. At the same time, “other violent crime fell by 18 percent.”
San Antonio police commended the elderly man for the way in which he responded to the situation — “first calling police, informing authorities he had a gun in his home and then making attempts to stave the would-be intruder’s attempts to enter his home.”
Senator Murphy blasted Trump’s stance against gun-free zones. He told the audience at the DNC that Trump is “doing the bidding of the gun lobby.” And he said Trump’s plan to allow teachers to carry guns is “sinister.”
During his July 27 speech at the Democrat National Convention, gun control proponent Mark Kelly described the absence of new gun laws as one of America’s “greatest moral failures.”
Top Hollywood producer-director Lee Daniels inflated “gun violence” numbers by 66 percent when he claimed that “33,000 people each year die from gun violence” during his speech at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday night.
San Francisco police officer Thomas Abramhamsen surrendered Tuesday on charges of building and possessing his own “assault rifle.”
Jeremy Lucas, reverend of Christ Church Episcopal Parish in Lake Oswego, Oregon, spent $3,000 in church “discretionary funds” to win an AR-15 so he could “destroy” it.
Kesha was playing a late night concert coinciding with the Democrat National Convention in Philadelphia, at an event sponsored by Gabby Gifford’s gun control group, Americans for Responsible Solutions.
Hillary Clinton has two standards–one for herself, that includes armed protection at every turn and corner, and one for average Americans, that includes reversing the Heller decision and refusing to admit any constitutional right to keep and bear arms.
Thomas Salbey, a Munich attack witness, says he would “have shot [gunman David Sonboly] in the head” if he had a gun.
“If we’re going to make progress, the message we have to take is that we’re going to be single-issue voters. I don’t care about e-mails or anything else, (but) we need to vote for Hillary Clinton because she is someone who is going to make progress on gun control,” Ed Rendell says.
Fifty-eight Massachusetts lawmakers — both Democratic and Republican — signed a letter to state Attorney General Maura Healey (D) condemning her July 20 issuance of a directive expanding the state’s nearly 20-year-old “assault weapons” ban.
A recent report from the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) shows that the economic impact of the gun industry has increased 158% under President Obama.
The 77-year-old woman heard a noise and went to investigate, but she did not go empty handed. Rather, she a carried a shotgun which she shouldered and pointed at the two suspects when she discovered them in a bedroom. The suspects scampered to reach the same window they used for an entrance then jumped out of the house.
On April 16, 2007, Seung-Hui Cho opened fire with a handgun on gun-free zone Virginia Tech University, killing 32 unarmed innocents. Less than a year later, in March 2008, Governor Tim Kaine (D) vetoed a bill intended to mitigate the chances of such a slaughter reoccurring by allowing Virginians to keep a loaded gun in their car for self-defense.
On July 20, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey (D) issued a directive expanding the state’s “assault weapons” ban to cover sales of weapons that had previously been interpreted as outside the ban.
During her July 25 speech at the Democrat National Convention, Michelle Obama talked about moving into the White House and watching “big men with guns” take their daughters to school.
Police say a concealed permit holder in Detroit grabbed the barrel of an attempted carjacker’s gun, then pulled his own gun and opened fire, causing the suspect to flee.
Gallup polls conducted within last 12 months show that support for gun control among millennials runs lower than among other age demographics. Gallup editor-in-chief Frank Newport said, “Millennials are … less interested in gun control than those who are older, so the data suggests it’s unlike a number of other attitudes say like, gay marriage where young people are much more liberal. We did not see that in our data on guns.”
At least two people are dead, after an unknown number of gunmen opened fire outside Club Blu in Fort Myers, Florida, where an “event for teens” was being hosted.
While Sergio Toscano was fighting the Roblar Fire at Camp Pendleton, his own home in Sand burned to the ground.
The year 2015 was marked by a statewide pursuit of more gun control in California, while cities like Los Angeles played their part by enacting local controls, such as a ban on the possession of “high capacity” magazines.
Hillary Clinton’s running mate, Sen. Tim Kaine received an “F” from the NRA in 2012 and, as Governor of Virginia, vetoed a bill that would have allowed Virginians to keep a gun in their cars for self-defense
The bill, AB 857, requires individuals to apply for a serial number from the government before constructing a homemade gun, and outlaws the sale of such guns.
An Associated Press (AP) poll released July 23 shows that 59 percent of Americans disapprove of President Obama’s handling of gun laws, and an even greater majority, 62 percent, believe owning a gun makes people safer by “preventing them from becoming victims of crime.”
