“Americans are increasingly alarmed by mass shootings and by the steady increase in homicides and shootings plaguing too many neighborhoods,” they, members of the United Conference of Mayors, wrote in a letter dated April 13, 2021 (see below).
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Mayors Call on Senate to Criminalize Private Transfers
BY S.H. Blannelberry Published: April 14, 2021 { 8 comments }Vudoo Gun Works Introducing the Three 60 Rimfire Action
BY Max Slowik Published: April 14, 2021 { 2 comments }Rimfire specialist Vudoo Gun Works just announced a magazine-fed repeating bolt action rifle using their updated 3-lug locking system, the Three 60.
David Hogg Abandons Pillow Company Two Months After Starting It
BY Jordan Michaels Published: April 13, 2021 { 35 comments }A short two months after announcing his intention to start a “progressive pillow company” to compete with MyPillow, gun control activist David Hogg has reversed course.
Urban Violence Spikes, U.S. Murder Rates Back to 1990s Levels
BY Jordan Michaels Published: April 12, 2021 { 6 comments }The COVID-induced spike in major city murder rates has been well-documented, but new data from the FBI shows just how bad the problem has become.
Who is David Chipman, Biden’s New Head of the ATF?
BY Jordan Michaels Published: April 8, 2021 { 22 comments }While not unexpected, the nomination has sparked outrage in the pro-gun community. Chipman has a history of making anti-gun statements, and his current employment at the gun control group, Giffords, indicates he will be anything but an unbiased servant of the American people.
Biden Announces 6 Executive Actions on Gun Control, Names Giffords Senior Advisor to Lead ATF
BY Jordan Michaels Published: April 8, 2021 { 113 comments }President Joe Biden announced yesterday a slate of six executive gun control orders covering “ghost guns,” stabilizing braces, red flag laws, and community violence intervention programs.
Shannon Watts on NRA Bankruptcy Hearing: Gun Lobby Is ‘Broken’
BY S.H. Blannelberry Published: April 8, 2021 { 16 comments }Shannon Watts came out firing this week against the National Rifle Association in an interview with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow.
Emory Prof. of Psychology: Ban Gun Sales to People Under 25
BY S.H. Blannelberry Published: April 8, 2021 { 22 comments }“A crucial factor is that the frontal lobes — which help us think through our actions — do not fully mature until roughly age 25,” he continued.
Pittsburgh Joins Philadelphia In Suing Pennsylvania Over Supposedly Racist Gun Law
BY Jordan Michaels Published: April 7, 2021 { 11 comments }The city of Pittsburgh has joined the city of Philadelphia along with several individual defendants in a lawsuit alleging that the state’s preemption law keeps local governments from addressing “gun violence” that “disproportionately ravages communities of color.”
New Yorkers Now Face a Choice: Guns or Marijuana?
BY Jordan Michaels Published: April 6, 2021 { 7 comments }New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed last week a bill legalizing recreational marijuana use, but the legislation doesn’t exempt pot smokers from federal statutes prohibiting gun ownership.









