Gun Control

A school superintendent in Illinois decided that she was ready to everyday carry at her schools in Hutsonville. To carry in class she had to become a cop.

Confiscation squads performing under the auspices of Operation Dual Force have been a success, say California authorities. “This operation is a prime example of how law enforcement comes together to fight crime and keep our neighborhoods safe by removing illegally-possessed guns from our communities,” said Attorney General Xavier Becerra said in a Tuesday press release. [...]

Just weeks after a group of nuns and big-money investors forced Smith & Wesson and Ruger to account for their role in promoting “gun violence,” Wells Fargo took its considerable financial resources and threw them behind one of the world’s largest gunmakers, Sturm, Ruger & Co. The bank issued the company a $40 million line of credit last week, stunning members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, who had been working with investors to force gunmakers to address the “risks” inherent in its products’ association with gun-related violence.

Alyssa_Milano in her speech in Parkland blamed the @NRA for the shooting that killed my daughter. She needs to learn her facts before she speaks.

“The only thing that I’m sad about is that the law-abiding citizens that purchased those (bump stocks) now have to give them back and in doing so (the state is) not going to give them what they paid for them, which is really stealing,” Dattilio explained.

“New Jersey’s LCM [Large Capacity Magazine] law does not prevent ownership of any type of gun and does not restrict the quantity of ammunition a gun owner may possess. It merely restricts the quantity of bullets a magazine may hold,” wrote Judge Sheridan.

“Governor Brown just told millions of people under 21 that they can fight and die for our state and country with machine guns, but they can’t buy a gun for self-defense in their homes,” said coalition spokesman Craig DeLuz. “That’s nuts.”

This November, it appears, Maryland gun owners will have a choice between two devils. Better to vote for the devil you know than the devil you don’t.

Top investors in Smith & Wesson’s parent company, American Outdoor Brands (AOB), passed a resolution this week at their annual shareholder’s meeting that forces AOB to publish a report on the company’s role in “gun violence.” Investors want the gun maker to prove that it is adequately addressing the “risks” inherent in its products’ association with gun-related violence and to show evidence the company is exploring ways to reduce this violence by making guns safer.