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on June 9, 2016 in Gun Page World News

DNC Platform Committee Member: Nobody Should Own a Gun

by AWR Hawkins DNC Platform Committee member Bonnie Schaefer says she does not believe “anyone should have a gun.” She said this in a video aired by CSPAN and released on June 8. Schaefer said the focus has to go beyond “keeping the guns out of the hands of mentally ill people and criminals.” She added, “I really don’t personally think anyone should have a gun. That’s just my own philosophy.”   The video of Schaefer decrying private gun ownership comes just three days after presumptive Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton refused to answer George Stephanopoulos’ question as to whether the… View Article

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on June 7, 2016 in Gun Page World News

Record Gun Sales Continue Through May Thirteen straight months of gun sales records

BY: Stephen Gutowski Follow @@StephenGutowski The month of May saw yet another gun-related background check record making it the 13th month to see an all time high. The FBI completed a record 1,870,000 checks through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, or NICS, this May, according to an agency report. That’s almost 300,000 more checks than May of 2015, which set a record at the time. It is also nearly a million more checks than May 2008. May was also the first month in 2016 that did not break two million checks as the gun industry enters a seasonal… View Article

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on June 6, 2016 in Gun Page World News

Hillary Clinton Outlines Plan to Abolish the Second Amendment

by AWR Hawkins During the June 5 airing of This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Hillary Clinton outlined her plan to abolish the Second Amendment. Hillary Clinton first disavowed that she is seeking to abolish the Second Amendment then went on to list five Second Amendment-crippling gun controls she plans to implement if elected in November. Clinton said: I’m going to continue to speak out for comprehensive background checks, closing the “gun show loophole,” closing the “online loophole,” closing the so-called “Charleston loophole,” reversing the bill that Senator Sanders voted for and I voted against, giving immunity from liability to gun… View Article

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