A majority of Republicans (69%) expect crime to rise under incoming President Joe Biden, according to a new Rasmussen Reports survey released this week. The revelation will likely add new momentum to gun and ammunition sales, which skyrocketed during 2020, leaving shelves bare at gun shops and sporting goods stores. Last year saw homicides spike […]
ATF Backs Off on Braces: Yes, America There Is a Santa Claus!
The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives suddenly withdrew its notice and request for comments on the “Objective Factors for Classifying Weapons with ‘Stabilizing Braces’,” that was published Dec. 18 and had created no small amount of ill will for the holidays. The agency released the withdrawal notice Wednesday only five days after […]
Biden Not Yet in Office, Yet Gun Sales Are Surging
Democrat Joe Biden hasn’t even been sworn in but the prospect of his presidency is already fueling vigorous gun sales, as confirmed by an article in Forbes discussing the “uptick” in sales at Smith & Wesson. Forbes reported “sales more than doubled in the quarter ending on Oct. 31, to $248.7 million, compared to $113.7 […]
Demand for Safety, Training Up, says U.S. Concealed Carry Assn.
For the 11th consecutive month, firearm-related background checks have surged, and according to the U.S. Concealed Carry Association, “USCCA instructors and range partners are more active than ever, training twice as many students from January to August than the organization did in all of 2019.” The monthly raw National Instant Check System data from the […]
Record-Breaking NICS Checks up 60% Over October 2019, Says NSSF
The National Shooting Sports Foundation is reporting that so far, 2020 is a record-breaking year for gun sales, and that is based on “NSSF-adjusted” background check data from the FBI’s National Instant Check System (NICS), which just posted a raw number of more than 3.3 million such checks initiated over the past month. According to […]
Amy Coney Barrett’s SCOTUS Confirmation Proof ‘Elections Matter’
Not in recent history has there been more vivid proof that elections matter than with the 52-48 near party-line confirmation Monday evening of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court of the United States. Barrett was sworn in by Associated Justice Clarence Thomas during an event at the White House, and Chief Justice John […]
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