The Seattle-based Alliance for Gun Responsibility is asking for contributions with an email fund raising effort that some in the gun rights community have long described as “dancing in blood” because it appears to exploit the tragedy in Las Vegas in order to advance an anti-gun political agenda. Declaring that “gun violence is preventable” by […]
When Guns Are Wrongly Destroyed, Should Cops Pay or Replace?
Buried in a Wednesday Fox News story about how police sometimes wrongly seize firearms from people was a reference to a California case in which the Torrance, California Police Department wrongly destroyed 21 firearms that were family heirlooms taken and then held despite two court orders. According to Fox, and the Daily Breeze, in the […]
For Teachers, Learning to do it FASTER May Save Lives
A growing number of teachers and school administrators are learning to use firearms under an ambitious program launched a few years ago in Ohio that has now reached educators in several states. Called FASTER (for “Faculty/Administrator Safety Training and Emergency Response”), this project was profiled by Fox News, and it has been discussed at the […]
Gov. McAuliffe: ‘Too Many Guns on Street’ After Scalise Shooting
Anti-gun Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, responding to Wednesday morning’s shooting incident in Alexandria that left Congressman Steve Scalise and others wounded, told reporters that “there are too many guns on the street.” He repeated, until challenged by one reporter, that “we lose 93 million” Americans every day, but finally amended that to “93 Americans.” Scalise […]
Evergreen State College Shuts Down Over Threat
Following days of tension at Evergreen State College near Olympia, Washington, the campus was suddenly shut down Thursday as the result of a “direct threat to campus safety” and the closure continued Friday. The drama began Thursday morning when someone called 911 and claimed to have a .44 Magnum, with which they would shoot “communist […]
2A Activists Not Sad Over O’Reilly Departure
UPDATED: The departure of Fox News’ top ratings magnet Bill O’Reilly does not appear to have drawn many tears from Second Amendment activists responding to a question posed on Facebook, and according to Bloomberg News, his exit isn’t likely to hurt Fox’s bottom line. O’Reilly said it is “tremendously disheartening” that he and Fox have […]