As the debate over guns continues to rage in this country, the social media conversation has been dominated by memes and straw man arguments bandied about by the hardest-headed among both groups. Gun control and gun rights advocates both circle their proverbial wagons and congratulating one another on the new and witty ways they can […]
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Gun control: The case of the ‘smart gun’
Could so-called smart guns be the solution to gun control and fewer mass shooting incidents? A new study finds that while there is widespread support for smart guns, the considerable additional cost and questionable efficacy demotivates people from purchasing such weapons. According to the study by Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health, smart […]
Op-Ed: So why exactly do you need so many guns?
As the gun debate continues to rage in this country, the social media conversation has been dominated by memes and straw man arguments bandied about by the most hard headed among both groups — with gun control and gun rights advocates both circling their proverbial wagons and congratulating one another on the new and witty […]
Is the Pistol Brace Next To Be Banned?
“White House orders pistol braces to be banned” Imagine clicking on your favorite news site or gun blog and reading those very words. Don’t think it can happen? remember that recently owners of slide fire or “bump stocks” found themselves in the very same situation. An accessory that was legal for years was suddenly called […]
Bump Stocks banned: New Rule Revealed
It’s been more than a year since a gunman carried out a massacre assisted in Las Vegas using rifle equipped with bump stocks. Immediately we heard calls to ban such accessories and devices, with President Trump showing an interest in doing so. He’s stated several times they were working on a bump stock ban, and today […]
Photo of the day: Gun control in Mexico
Pictured here are a few of the “Fast and the Furious” guns. Found like most, in the hands of some very bad people in a very bad place. I lost a few friends to guns that were later linked back to this operation, so when I speak about it I do so with a very […]
The Ghost Gun: Not a Problem and Not a Threat
Contrary to the mass media’s hysterical hand-wringing the idea of a ghost gun isn’t all that special. They aren’t a threat and calling them ghost guns is kind of a dumb way to say home built guns. Building guns at home is an American past time and are completely legal. Our country has been doing […]
The Gun Control Act of 1968 and Why It Matters: The Legal Brief!
Adan Kraut continues to look at the building blocks of modern gun regulation here in the United States with the Gun Control Act of 1968. Links for this episode: The Federal Firearms Act http://legisworks.org/sal/52/stats/ST… The Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 – Page 34 is where it starts https://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/OS… The Gun Control […]
California DOJ loses big – Withdraws New Assault Weapon Definition
California loves to hate guns. They are constantly moving the goal post on their gun control agenda. This is the state that’s implemented fictional microstamping technology into their gun laws. Everyone remembers the gunpocalypse in California in 2016. One of the new laws was a redefining what an assault weapon is, going beyond even their previous definition. […]
The Death of Gun Control? – Defense Distributed Wins
The fear and loathing caused by Defense Distributed and their Liberator printed pistol gave me the sweetest of smiles back in 2013. The anti-gun crowd and the general mass media ate the story up. Story after story commented on how dangerous this 3D printed, single shot 380 was. Plenty of lies were spread about the […]