President Obama is angry about mass shootings, but even angrier that he’s been routinely blocked on initiatives to restrict Second Amendment gun rights after mass shootings. The White House released a photo of Obama’s angry reaction to the news of another mass shooting, illustrating the emotional tirade he shared with the country from the White House last night.
A frustrated President Obama demanded change on gun control after the Oregon college shooting which grabbed the nation’s attention Thursday.
On September 28, Quinnipiac University released a new poll showing that Republican and Independent voters oppose more gun control while three out of four Democrats want more of it.
Over the weekend, Breitbart News sat down with Gun Owners of America’s Larry Pratt to ask his opinion on House Speaker John Boehner’s plans to resign, and Pratt said he was thrilled with the news. He said he also hopes Boehner is not alone among Republicans when he packs his bags to leave the Capitol for good.
On September 24, an alleged home invader in Port Arthur, Texas, was shot when the homeowner–an off-duty police officer–heard the suspect using a hammer to gain entrance through a window in the front of the house.
On September 25-27, the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) sponsored their 30th Annual Gun Rights Policy Conference which surveyed the state of gun rights in America, including glimpses at areas in which gun rights are secure and areas in which they are under threat.
On September 23, Rasmussen released a poll which shows only 34 percent of likely voters believe the federal government should be involved in gun control.
On September 18, Donald Trump released a position paper in which he took the strongest stand on Second Amendment policies that any of the Republican primary hopefuls have taken to date.
On September 17, the Bisbane Times published a video interview with Richard Dean Anderson—star of the hit 1980’s show MacGyver—in which Anderson talked about how he is not proud of the USA when it comes to the country’s gun culture.
On September 18, Donald Trump released an in-depth position paper on his gun policy, but many people never saw it because the media was too fixated on one comment about Muslims from a Thursday town hall meeting to dig into it.
On September 9–just two days before the 14th anniversary of the horrendous 9/11 terror attacks–Florida Gun Supply owner Andy Hallinan tweeted that he was running a “9/11 week” special, and the “coupon code” was the word “Muslim.”
Breitbart News previously reported that 67-year-old Harvey Lembo bought a gun on the morning of August 31 for self-defense then shot an alleged burglar hours later whom he believes was trying to steal his painkillers.
In the same September 1 speech in which Jeb Bush defended gun rights for Americans, he told students at a Miami school that he supports legalizing immigrants who are in our country illegally—i.e., amnesty. In so doing, it never occurred to him that gun rights for Americans and amnesty for illegal immigrants are mutually exclusive.
On August 16, Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) claimed America is in the midst of a “gun violence epidemic” and suggested there were “204” mass shootings during “the first 204 days of 2015” alone.
During an August 8 picnic hosted by the Sedgwick County Republican Party, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach claimed the GOP has made Kansas “No. 1 when it comes to supporting our right to keep and bear arms,” but said the state’s Supreme Court remains “every bit” as left-wing that as California’s Supreme Court.
On August 5, Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced legislation that encourages states to more readily submit information on people with mental health problems to the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).
Speaking from the presidential campaign trail on August 1, Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ) pledged more pardons for law-abiding citizens charged with carrying guns they legally purchased and possessed in states other than New Jersey.
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.
In a July 23 interview published in the New York Observer, actor Richard Dreyfuss said he would like to rewrite the 2nd Amendment to make it clear it applies to the militia rather than individual rights.
The 30-second spot begins mentioning how Rick Perry “learned life’s important values” growing up in the small town of Paint Creek, Texas, and “as Governor, he put those values to work,” supporting pro-life and Second Amendment causes.
GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump is a lifetime member of the NRA and a concealed carry permit holder who believes the advantages an armed citizenry provides to America are so evident as to be beyond “debate.”
A new Zogby poll released July 6 shows that Independents align with the GOP on guns, supporting gun rights over gun control.
After years of gun control proponents claiming gun owners are a dying breed of old white guys who keep the gun industry afloat by hoarding more and more guns to themselves, NBC’s Today show aired a segment showing that millennials have stepped up to become the new face of gun ownership in America.
In a Suffolk University/USA TODAY survey released on Tuesday, Americans said they do not want gun control to be a “significant subject” in the 2016 elections, by a margin of 52 to 43.
On June 18, President Obama called for Hollywood celebrities to join him in pushing gun control in the wake of the Charleston attack but not every celebrity is falling in line.
A Rasmussen poll released on June 12 shows that only one out of five Americans want to live in a place where they can’t be armed.
In the ongoing effort to discredit the December PEW Research Poll that found 52 percent of Americans support the pursuit of gun rights, while only 46 support more gun control, the Chicago Tribune reported that gun rights may actually be nonexistent; they may actually be an “illusion.”
Researchers at the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health say polls making it look like Americans have abandoned gun control are the result of poorly worded questions. If the questions were worded differently, those polls would show that Americans actually want more gun control laws passed.
When unsuccessful Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis (D) was asked this week why it was acceptable to abort a seven-pound baby, she responded, “That never happens. It never happens. It really never happens.”
A woman testifying for Moms Demand Action has been called on the carpet for misleading the Texas Senate in that the tragic killing of her husband by her son resulted from the use of a firearm. In reality, her son killed his father with a pipe wrench and a knife.
On May 5 country singer Brantley Gilbert posted a Facebook photo of his new tattoo and took his support of the Second Amendment “to another level.”
On Monday, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review published a Pew Research poll, showing Americans’ support for gun rights is at its highest point in over 20 years.
On April 17, Pew Research published an analysis on the shift in public opinion whereby a clear majority of Americans support gun rights over gun control for the first time in more 20 years.
During a March 24 town hall speech, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R) said he would “respect” gun rights “appropriately” if voters would give him a pro-gun legislature.
On March 21, the Huffington Post ran a column focused on President Obama’s clemency powers and indicating that he is tired of “small-time” offenders seeking clemency for the restoration of their gun rights.
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Senate has officially passed SB 11, the “campus carry” legislation that would expand the state’s concealed handgun license (CHL) rights to allow CHL holders to also carry their guns into certain buildings on Texas’ public colleges and universities. The bill passed its third and final reading on Thursday in the Senate, a move that was cheered by Senate Republicans, who are hopeful that their colleagues in the House will pass the bill as well.
On March 18, Assembly Bill 148—which would legalized campus carry—passed the Nevada Assembly Judiciary Committee and is now headed to the Assembly floor.
The Texas Senate passed the “open carry” bill, SB 17, on second reading Monday evening after about three and a half hours of debate. The vote was on partisan lines, with the 20 Republican Senators voting in favor of the bill, and the 11 Democrats voting against it. The bill still needs to go to third reading before it will be deemed officially passed by the Senate.
This week, Governor Greg Abbott (R-Texas) reaffirmed his commitment to sign into law an open carry bill currently being considered by the Texas Legislature.
In his speech at CPAC Friday, National Rifle Association (NRA) CEO and Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre called the NRA “freedom’s safest place” and gave a pointed defense of his organization, the right to keep and bear arms, and rights in general, saying, “They are all linked.”
