When the FBI released its latest monthly report showing raw data on the number of background checks initiated with the National Instant Check System (NICS) for August, it provided strong evidence Americans are still strong proponents of the Second Amendment. The raw numbers—2,518,137 for the month of August—do not represent completed firearms transactions, as even […]
Biden’s ATF Nominee Supported Gun Ban, ‘Universal Background Checks’
Joe Biden’s nominee to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is on record as supporting a renewed ban on so-called “assault weapons” and a supporter of “universal background checks,” and the nomination is already raising concerns among Second Amendment organizations. As noted by the Daily Mail, when Steve Dettelbach was running (unsuccessfully) […]
Gun Safety 101: Follow Advice of People Who Know Guns
A newspaper in DeKalb County, Ga., is reporting that the county police department is planning a March 19 “safety fair” in response to a Feb. 27 incident in which a youngster apparently found a gun in his mother’s car and accidentally shot himself. It’s the kind of tragedy typically exploited by the gun prohibition lobby, […]
NSSF: ‘President and speechwriters…knowingly lying to American people’
The senior vice president and general counsel of the National Shooting Sports Foundation, writing an Op-Ed response to Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, has accused the president and his speechwriters of “knowingly lying to the American people to peddle more gun control.” NSSF’s Larry Keane opened his rebuttal noting, “It’s a tale as […]
NSSF, Gunmakers Seek Prelim Injunction v. NY Gun Control Law
The National Shooting Sports Foundation, along with several gun companies, distributors and retailers, has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a New York law “designed to blame the industry for the criminal misuse or unlawful possession of firearms in New York no matter where they were purchased,” according to an NSSF news release. New York State […]
‘Black Friday’ Week Saw 687,000-Plus Background Checks, Says NSSF
In a remarkably strong showing, the FBI’s National Instant Background Check System (NICS) reportedly processed more than 687,000 background checks during “Black Friday” week, including more than 26,000 on Thanksgiving Day, according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation. Total for the week leading up to what has traditionally been called “Black Friday,” the day after […]
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