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New Jersey Democrats Look To Force Gun Shops To Carry Smart Guns

Nothing says “free market” like government forcing privately owned businesses to sell a specific product (NJ.com) More than a dozen years after passing a “smart gun” law that is now blamed for stopping them from being sold across the country, state Senate Democrats on Thursday said they want to revamp the law and force gun […]

Amish Man With No Photo ID Suing Over Denial Of Gun Permit

Well, now, this is an interesting case, and brings up a different issue (Daily Caller) An Amish man filed a federal suit in Pennsylvania last week because he was not allowed to purchase a gun without proper photo identification, according to The Washington Post. In the Amish tradition, practicing members cannot have their photo taken. According […]

Poll: Mass Shootings Reflect Mental Health Issues, Not Inadequate Gun Laws

Yet another poll which shows that the gun-grabbers are outside the mainstream American position (Washington Post) As Democrats look to make gun violence a core issue in the 2016 presidential campaign, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds wide agreement that gun violence is a problem but bitter and stark division on whether new gun […]

56% Say Increasing Concealed Carry Would Make U.S. More Safe

Yet another poll that’s bad for the gun-grabbers (Gallup) A majority of Americans, 56%, believe that if more Americans carried concealed weapons after passing a criminal background check and training course, the country would be safer. Personally, I’d like to see an increase in open carry. If a criminal sees someone carrying a handgun, rather […]

Poll: Support For Civilian Possession Of Handguns At Highest Level Ever

Gallup is running an article entitled Americans’ Desire for Stricter Gun Laws Up Sharply, and liberal gun grabbers (meaning, they want to grab Everyone Else’s guns, not their own), are crowing about this. They really love this poll Fifty-five percent of Americans say they want laws covering the sale of firearms to be stricter than […]

Crazy Salon Writer Who Wanted Gun Owners Shot Wrote That He Possessed Guns

A few days ago, unhinged Leftist gun control advocate D. Watkins published, at the always unhinged Salon, an article with this headline and subhead Want a gun? Take a bullet: Take this, gutless NRA cowards — you can have a gun, once you understand the pain of being shot Gun control doesn’t go far enough. […]

Americans Much More Concerned About Gun Control Than Mass Shootings

As usual, leftist gun grabbers are running the rhetorical gamut from pushing “common sense gun control” (heavy restrictions on legal ownership of firearms) to wanting to require anyone who wants to buy a gun to have to suffer being shot themselves (I wonder if this applies to Hillary Clinton’s security detail?) to pushing for the […]

Hillary’s Super Excited For Australian Type Gun Buyback

Democrats have become super enthused by the thought of mimicking Australia when it comes to gun control. Leftists running the gamut from Mr. Obama to pundits to media outlets have discussed implementing what Australia (and Great Britain) did on gun control. Hillary joins the crowd, with the transcript of her statement at a New Hampshire […]

Are You Ready For Three Common Sense Gun Policies?

These ideas by Evan DeFilippis and Devin Hughes at the Washington Post are not necessarily that bad. One big problem is that, in Liberal World, when you give them an inch, they will take a mile, then demand another inch. And, since the writer’s website, The Trace, is backed by gun-grabber Mike Bloomberg’s Everytown, among […]

Washington Post: “Democratic Candidates Vowed To Toughen Restrictions On Gun Owners”

Democrats and their enablers/supporters/defenders in the media constantly tell us that they do not want to restrict lawful gun owner’s Rights, they just want to stop shootings and keep guns out of the hands of criminals. Here’s a big Kinsley gaffe After years of hesitation, Democrats rally around calls for gun control The Democratic presidential […]

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