gun control

Things may be complicated for us gun enthusiasts in the next few months. 1-UBC no exceptions 2-no guns of any kind under 21 yo 3-special tax on guns & ammo to safeguard schools. 4-mandatory National 10 day wait for anything that shoots over 10 rounds. Even with CWL 5-Mandatory 21 day waiting...

Now, I understand that a 22lr is no 5.56, and you can't hope to get through any armor with it. Definitely not a first choice for world domination. But I just can't wrap my head around why countries and states that are so strict with rifles don't include .22. For example: ALL semi-auto and pump...

If you had to pick a single 2A-related media piece as your favorite (ex: an article, video, book, recorded audio, etc.), what would it be? WHY? (please post links!) Mine is Daniel Payne's article, "Sorry, But Owning A Gun Is An Individual Right" As we all already know, many "civil rights"...

Canada : Quebec facing 'unexpected resistance' to long-gun registry Quebec is facing 'unexpected resistance' to the long gun registry. Claude Colgan who's sister, Hélène, 'was one of the 14 women killed in the 1989' Polytechnique incident has come out in opposition to the registry. He...

This is an essay I wrote. I'd appreciate your feedback. http://alaskarivergirl.blogspot.com/2015/12/its-worked-so-well-thus-far.html The Wife of 338.06. Call me Rivergirl.

Jeb Bush says that "people aren't getting access to mental health and we don't even know it they have real issues" and that mental health checks to purchase and own firearms should be done on a "state by state basis." Then when asked by Stephan Colbert that "[since] the second amendment is a...

VT: Bloomberg pushes UBC based on False Info Bloomberg's "Everytown for Gun Safety" calls for Universal Background Checks for Vermont based on bogus data. http://bearingarms.com/bloombergs-everytown-uses-fake-study-push-gun-control-vermont/ "The glaring weakness in Everytown’s...

UK:Jacking up firearms fees 76% will cost SMEs £3.5 MILLION (SME means small to medium enterprises) Firearm certificates which are needed in the UK to possess, buy or acquire a firearm or shotgun (and ammo) will go up 76% according to the article. In addition this will affect dealers...

21 states want a court to overturn Maryland’s post-Sandy Hook assault weapons ban An unprecedented 21 states want a court to overturn Maryland's assault weapons ban on the basis that the weapons are constitutionally protected...

UK: Are you a gun owner? Let us in OR ELSE, say Blighty's top cops The police can now come unannounced to inspect firearms. Before an appointment would be needed for inspection http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/10/19/column_acpo_campaign_against_british_gun_owners/ "The Association...

I thought it prudent to keep a public list of items that prove that not all is lost in California with respect to firearms owners' rights. While CA is definitely not as free as was prior to the 1989 Stockton School Shooting and the avalanche of politically-driven efforts to control guns that...

MDA tells Kroger to "Ban Open Carry"! Local Group Wants Kroger Take Stand Against Guns They are at it again, 'Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America' now is trying to pressure Kroger (the country's largest supermarket chain) to ban open carry. Kroger responds by saying it doesn't want...

NJ: Cops Confiscate Stabbing Victim Firearms and Powder Just when you thought it could not get any worse in New Jersey for gun ownership comes word of a man who was stabbed by his wife in Saddle Brook New Jersey. The cops ended up confiscating the man's firearms and breaks open his safe. The...

DC: Gun Law Nullified and Rights Restored? I have been following this on the other two forums that I visit. Maybe someone can explain this better. Apparently, an amendment was attached to an appropriations bill that prohibits the DC Govt. from spending any money on enforcing their...

1965 Dodd Hearings leading up to the 1968 GCA Some of you know I have been studying gun control laws for some time. I have been looking for the complete unedited proceedings of the Infamous (Thomas) "Dodd Hearings" which lead up to the 1968 Gun Control Act. I found it, all 867 pages...

New Jersey: Magazine Capacity Restriction Vetoed http://www.nraila.org/legislation/state-legislation/2014/7/new-jersey-magazine-capacity-restriction-vetoed.aspx#.U7SAsB1zDKg.twitter "Governor Christie Nixes Gun and Magazine Ban Legislation Today, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R)...

I’ve given some considerable thought to the issue of so-called “Universal Background Checks.” While no responsible person wants to see firearms in the hands of an Adam Lanza, Jerrod Loughner, or similar deranged psychopath, neither do we wish to see our firearms listed in some Federal database...