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on January 30, 2017 in Gun Page World News

Montana AG: Missoula’s Bloomberg-Supported Universal Background Checks Unlawful

by AWR Hawkins Montana Attorney General Tim Fox issued an opinion halting the City of Missoula’s expanded background check ordinance on the grounds that they violate state law and “cannot be enforced.” The ordinance was enacted by the Missoula City Council on September 26, 2016. It abolishes “almost all” private sales by requiring law-abiding citizens to undergo a background check when selling or transferring a gun between one another. The background check requirement was supported by Missoula Mayor John Engen (D) as well as former “[NYC] Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his anti-gun groups, Moms Demand Action and Everytown.” According to the NRA-ILA, Attorney General Fox… View Article

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on January 26, 2017 in Gun Page World News

Congress Acting to Block Obama’s Social Security Gun Ban

by AWR Hawkins Congress plans to take up legislation next week that is designed to block Barack Obama’s gun ban for Social Security recipients who require help with their finances. On July 18, 2015, Breitbart News reported the Obama administration was fashioning what was then a secretive gun ban for Social Security recipients who needed help with their finances. The Los Angeles Times reported that the ban would be sweeping. They reported that it would cover those who are unable to manage their own affairs for a multitude of reasons — from “subnormal intelligence or mental illness” to “incompetency,” an unspecified “condition,” or “disease”… View Article

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on January 22, 2017 in Gun Page World News

Obama Official Issues Ammunition Ban for Federal Lands on Last Day in Office

BY: Stephen Gutowski U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe, an Obama appointee, ordered a new ammunition ban for certain federal lands on Thursday–his last full day in office. The ban, which took effect immediately, eliminates the use of lead-based ammunition on federal lands like national parks and wildlife refuges, as well as any other land administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service. The ban is expected to have a major impact on much of the hunting that takes place on federal lands across the United States as lead-based ammunition is widely legal and used throughout the country. Ashe said… View Article

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on January 19, 2017 in Gun Page World News

SHOT Show–Karl Malone: Show Some Respect, Call Him President Trump

by AWR Hawkins During an interview for an upcoming episode of Breitbart News’ podcast Bullets with AWR Hawkins, former Utah Jazz great Karl Malone addressed the need for more respect in society and said people who purposely talk of Donald Trump in disparaging tones need to call him by his proper title–President Trump. Malone was stressing that “respect” is a key part of gun ownership; that respecting firearms is part of using them properly and safely. He then spoke more broadly and suggested that more respect is needed in all of American life. He said, “Whoever it is, like him… View Article

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on January 11, 2017 in Gun Page World News

Pew Survey: Police Support Gun Rights over Gun Control by 3 to 1 Margin

by AWR Hawkins A Pew Research Center survey released January 11 shows that police officers support protecting citizens’ gun rights over passing more gun control by a margin of 3 to 1. The survey also shows that two out of three officers oppose an “assault weapons” ban. According to Pew, 74 percent of officers believe it most important to “protect the right of Americans to own guns,” while 25 percent want greater efforts to “control gun ownership.” Among the public at large, 53 percent believe it most important to “protect the right of American to own guns,” and 46 percent want… View Article

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