Acknowledging there are “a lot more stories than I can get to myself,” journalist Stephen Gutowski, founder of The Reload—an online gun-centric news platform started in April 2021—told a lunchtime audience at the Gun Rights Policy Conference the establishment media does not truly value gun-related stories unless they are sensational. “There are not ‘gun beat’ […]
Poll: Americans Divided on Biden’s Philly Speech
A new Rasmussen survey released Monday says likely U.S. voters are almost evenly divided in their reaction to President Joe Biden’s speech in Philadelphia earlier this month during which he ripped so-called “MAGA Republicans” as a threat to the nation. According to the poll, the man seen by many as a practitioner of division politics […]
New Poll Shows Inflation, Not Guns Top Americans’ Concerns
A new Associated Press-NORC poll released Friday revealed the major concerns for a majority of Americans are inflation and rising fuel prices, not social issues such as guns. Guns only seem to be a big issue with identified Democrats, perhaps because it distracts them from thinking about the economy and fuel prices under Joe Biden […]
Poll Shows 2A Advocates Must Educate Public on Guns
A recent Gallup poll showing support for stricter gun laws is up 14 points since October, and 55 percent of Americans not only want to enforce existing gun laws but also want new ones is proof Second Amendment advocates need to up their efforts to educate the public about guns, and rights, heading into the […]
‘Gun Violence’ A Problem: The Term Demonizes, Deflects
ANALYSIS: “Gun Violence” is everywhere; the term permeates the American lexicon and is designed to demonize an object while deflecting responsibility for crimes away from perpetrators. A report at Fox News declares, “Chicago gun violence: 3 killed, 26 wounded over Thanksgiving weekend.” Down in North Carolina, WTVD reports about a Fayettefille father who is “pushing […]
FBI Report Again Says Rifles, Shotguns Used in Fraction of Homicides
Once again, the annual FBI Uniform Crime Report reveals that rifles and shotguns are used in a fraction of homicides involving firearms, re-kindling the question gun prohibition lobbying groups have not directly answered: Why should any rifle or shotgun type be banned? Expanded Homicide Data Table 11 in this year’s spread sheets details “murder circumstances […]