Four gun-control bills failed to clear the Senate Monday, falling short of the 60-vote threshold needed to pass the upper house.
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Breaking: Four Gun Policy Bills Fail to Clear Senate!
BY S.H. Blannelberry Published: June 20, 2016 Updated: June 20, 2016Academy Takes Rifles Off Display, Daniel Defense to Sever Ties
BY Max Slowik Published: June 18, 2016 Updated: November 21, 2023Academy Sports and Outdoors is pulling modern sporting rifles from store shelves. In response, Daniel Defense will no longer work with Academy.
Howard Stern’s Pro-Gun Rant: Imagine if Jews had AR-15s
BY S.H. Blannelberry Published: June 18, 2016 Updated: June 18, 2016“Can you imagine if the Jews, at least when the Nazis where banging on the door, if they had a couple of pistols, AR-15s, to fight the Nazis?” Stern asked.
Republican Lawmaker Calls for Tougher Gun Laws
BY S.H. Blannelberry Published: June 15, 2016 Updated: June 15, 2016“Thoughts and prayers are not enough. And it’s time for action,” said congressman Bob Dold during his address before the House on Tuesday.
Homeland Security Secretary: Gun Control is Now A Matter of Homeland Security
BY S.H. Blannelberry Published: June 15, 2016 Updated: June 15, 2016“We have to face the fact that meaningful gun control has to be a part of homeland security,” Johnson said in an interview on “CBS This Morning.”
Former Australian Prime Minister Finds 2A ‘Perplexing’
BY S.H. Blannelberry Published: June 14, 2016 Updated: June 14, 2016Calling the Second Amendment “perplexing,” former Australian Prime Minister John Howard briefly discussed how the United States ought to respond in the wake of the mass killing in Orlando, Florida.
Concealed-Carrier, not Gun Control, Help to Stop Shooting
BY Max Slowik Published: June 9, 2016 Updated: June 9, 2016Amidst news of a murder-suicide plot in California the story of a concealed-carrier, a Boy Scout and a handful of survivors in Texas was largely overlooked.
Clinton Refuses to Acknowledge 2A is Individual Right
BY Jordan Michaels Published: June 7, 2016 Updated: June 7, 2016“Do you believe that an individual’s right to bear arms is a constitutional right, that it’s not linked to service in a militia?” ABC’s George Stephanopoulos asked on a recent episode of This Week.
Katie Couric’s Embarrassing Apology for Misrepresenting Gun Owners in Documentary
BY S.H. Blannelberry Published: May 31, 2016 Updated: May 31, 2016“As Executive Producer of ‘Under the Gun,’ a documentary film that explores the epidemic of gun violence, I take responsibility for a decision that misrepresented an exchange…” said Couric.
New Jersey Denies Concealed Carry Permit to Lieutenant Colonel with Top Secret Clearance
BY Jordan Michaels Published: May 26, 2016 Updated: May 26, 2016The state of New Jersey has denied a concealed carry permit to a Lieutenant Colonel who holds a Top Secret clearance and works at a U.S. Army arsenal that was recently the target of a terrorist attack.