Bloomberg News reported Friday that gun store robberies have increased by an alarming 227 percent since 2013 and burglaries have spiked 71 percent during the same period, raising the question whether so-called “universal background check” laws are a feel-good exercise in futility. The Bloomberg story comes two weeks to the day after American Handgunner’s “Insider […]
FBI Trump-Russia Probe Reportedly Now Includes NRA
A media frenzy has erupted in the wake of a Thursday morning report by McClatchy that the FBI is possibly looking into whether a “top Russian banker with ties to the Kremlin” may have “illegally funneled” money to the National Rifle Association to help Donald Trump’s White House campaign. That banker was identified as Alexander […]
Will Expanded State Level Gun Control Efforts Succeed or Fail?
The Hill is reporting that gun control proponents see 2018 as a year in which they “can notch new wins in state legislatures across the country.” Already, Massachusetts and New Jersey have banned “bump stock” devices, the newspaper noted, and bans have been approved by legislative committees in Indiana, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia and Washington. […]
‘New California’ Proponents Declare Golden State ‘Ungovernable’
Proponents of splitting the State of California into two separate entities – California and New California – have declared independence, contending that the Golden State as it now exists is “ungovernable.” According to USA Today, the state would be divided between rural and urban coastal California counties. It is the latter area, and the smaller, […]
WA Bump Stock Poll: Majority Opposes Idea
When Seattle’s KIRO, the local CBS affiliate, asked whether bump stocks should be banned, an online — and unscientific — poll showed a majority of respondents have said “No” by a wide margin. According to the poll results Tuesday evening, 64 percent of poll participants oppose the idea of banning the controversial accessory, while only […]
Washington State Gun Control Battle Warming Up
With nearly 1,000 people on both sides of the gun rights issue listening, Second Amendment advocates, including some retired law enforcement professionals, told a Washington State Senate panel that proposed gun control measures in that state will do nothing to prevent crimes, but only penalize law-abiding citizens. The Senate Law and Justice committee held hearings […]
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