The House of Representatives on Thursday passed two bills to expand background checks on gun sales, and two national gun rights organizations have been quick to respond. According to CBS News, the hotly debated “Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021,” (H.R. 8,) was passed on a vote of 227 to 203, with eight Republicans joining […]
Chicago Sun Times Editorial on Gun Control Misses Target
An editorial in the Chicago Sun Times demanding “stronger federal laws to reduce gun violence” complains about guns crossing state lines and showing up at Windy City crime scenes completely ignores the most important part of the city’s homicide equation. All of those murders are being committed by people who live in the city, regardless […]
Strong Gun Sales Continue as CCRKBA Warns About H.R. 127
Gun sales continued strongly in February, as the FBI reported its raw National Instant Check System (NICS) number of 3,442,777 initiated checks for the month were well above the raw number posted for February 2020, which was 2,802,467. According to the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s “NSSF-adjusted” figures, there were 1,387,076 initiated NICS checks actually related […]
Gun Control in National, NW Spotlight; Seattle Takes New CPL Apps
While Democrats in the U.S. House appear poised to launch a major gun control offensive with universal and so-called “enhanced” background checks on the front burner, anti-gun lawmakers in the Pacific Northwest are also putting on the pressure. Lawmakers in Olympia, Washington are moving a bill to prohibit open carry of firearms “and other weapons” […]
Opinion: First Step Toward Ending Gun Violence: Stop Calling It That
First it was the gun prohibition lobby and then anti-gun politicians, and finally the establishment media incorporated the phrase into its lexicon: “gun violence.” “Gun violence” as defined by Wikipedia is “violence committed with the use of a gun.” It is also misleading because it creates the impression that restricting firearms will reduce violent crime, […]
Seattle-Based Gun Prohibition Lobby Announces 2021 WA Wish List
The Seattle-based Alliance for Gun Responsibility, a billionaire-backed gun prohibition lobbying group responsible for two multi-million-dollar gun control initiative efforts, has announced its legislative agenda for 2021 in Washington state, targeting magazine capacity and open carry. There is no small irony in the fact that homicides in their headquarters city have doubled this year over […]
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