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 […]
‘Ghost Guns’ the New Bogey Man Distraction from Gun Control Failure?
News agencies in Pennsylvania are reporting on the arrest of four Philadelphia men in connection with the alleged “illegal carrying, buying and selling” of so-called “ghost guns, firearms produced from kits with no serial numbers or transfers involving background checks. Recently, according to Al Dia News, Congressmen Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) and Brad Schneider (D-IL) “unveiled […]
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” […]
NY Times Article Ignites Alarming Debate About Guns, Rights
An opinion piece in the New York Times by columnist Gail Collins has ignited a discussion that includes some alarmingly false impressions about the Second Amendment, and some clear misunderstandings about the difference between rights and a privileges. Collins indicates in responses to various readers she is not a fan of guns, but it is […]
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