Tag Archive: gun rights
on February 7, 2014 in World News
Nationwide Gun Confiscation Is Goal of Mayors
Nationwide Gun Confiscation Is Goal of Mayors Poughkeepsie, N.Y. mayor says he left the group over confiscation plans A current New York mayor has publicly announced his decision to leave Mayors Against Illegal Guns because the gun control group demands an all-out “confiscation of guns from law-abiding citizens.” Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg co-founded Mayors Against Illegal Guns in 2006 to promote gun control. In an announcement published by his city’s newspaper, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Mayor John C. Tkazyik said he quit the group after realizing it was simply a vehicle for Michael Bloomberg to “promote his personal gun-control… View Article
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on February 7, 2014 in World News
Woman Shoots Boyfriend After Being Punched, Dragged Across Floor
Woman Shoots Boyfriend After Being Punched, Dragged Across Floor Orangeburg, South Carolina Sheriff Leroy Ravenell cited self defense for a woman who shot her enraged boyfriend after he beat her and dragged her through the yard and across the floor on February 2nd. According to the Post and Courier, 24-year-old Jeremy Scott Williamson “became enraged after looking in his girlfriends’s purse and finding papers where he was listed as a suspect for a crime in another jurisdiction.” After he argued with her about the papers and refused to let her call her mother to come get her,… View Article
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on January 21, 2014 in Right Edition
Shot Show – Guns are Big Business
Shot Show – Guns are Big Business From smartphone-sized guns through to naked guns that let you see their action in action, the floors of the world’s largest shooting show were chock full of interesting gear. More than 60,000 convened in Las Vegas for the 36th Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show (SHOT Show), where more than 1,600 exhibitors are showcasing their latest and greatest. It’s the world’s largest gun show, and there was something for everyone there. Companies like Remington took inspiration from classics, even those nearly a century old, and reinvented them for today’s shooter. Other companies brought… View Article
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on January 20, 2014 in Gun Page
on January 15, 2014 in World News
Target Shooting, $10 Billion into U.S. Economy Annually
Target Shooting, $10 Billion into U.S. Economy Annually National Shooting Sports Foundation’s (NSSF) Steve Sanetti opened a 2014 SHOT Show press conference by mentioning that while everyone knows gun sales are generating wealth on Wall Street and main street alike, few know that “billions of dollars are pumped into the U.S. economy every year through target shooting.” Literature passed around during the press conference details what kind of money is in view. For example, 2011 sales related to “all target shooting” totaled $9,947,946,881. That money comes from about 20 million Americans… View Article
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on January 15, 2014 in World News
More People Die from Falls in NYC Than Firearms
More People Die from Falls in NYC Than Firearms According to a UPI report, “300 [people] die as result of a fall” every year in New York City. Meanwhile, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) reports 419 people were murdered in NYC in 2012, but of those murders only 239 were firearm-related. Of the 419 murders in 2012, the NYPD lists weapons used as: “Firearms (57 percent), Stabbed (21 percent), Bludgeoned (11 percent), Physical Force (6 percent), Other (5 percent).” The UPI report makes clear that falls “are… View Article
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on January 15, 2014 in World News
Handguns, not assault rifles, used in most mass shootings
Crime study: Handguns, not assault rifles, used in most mass shootings Media hype about mass shootings in America has fostered a myth that the killings are on the rise and that an assault weapon ban, expanded background checks and greater attention to the mentally ill will curb a rampaging epidemic, according to an authoritative and exhaustive study by a noted criminologist. Instead, according to James Alan Fox, author and criminology professor at Northeastern University, mass shootings have remained stagnant over 34 years, averaging 20 a year, and few were committed by the type of berserk… View Article
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