Tag Archive: gun rights

on January 4, 2014 in World News

Virginia Gun Sales Hit 24-Year High in 2013

                      Virginia Gun Sales Hit 24-Year High in 2013 Virginia State Police say background checks for gun sales in 2013 “represented the highest volume of transactions since the inception of Virginia’s background check program” in 1989. Gun sales on Black Friday “also set a record.” According to the Huffington Post, “gun transactions in Virginia totaled 479,253 for the year.” This is nearly an 11 percent increase over the previous sales record of 432,387 transactions in 2012. Gun store owners say the continuing gun control rhetoric coming from President Obama and the… View Article

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on January 4, 2014 in World News

Concealed Carry Saves Lives, Assault Weapon Ban Ineffective

                      Study: Concealed Carry Saves Lives, Assault Weapon Ban Ineffective A new study published in the latest issue of Applied Economic Letters lays low nearly every claim made by gun control proponents and shines a light on the successes of concealed carry on a state-by-state basis. Specifically, the study shows that less restrictive concealed carry laws save lives, while gun control can endanger them. It also shows that gun control measures like “assault weapons” bans do not reduce state-level murder rates. The author of the study is Quinnipiac University economist Mark Gius. In… View Article

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on January 4, 2014 in World News

Executive Actions on Gun Background Checks

                        Obama Bypasses Congress with Executive Actions on Gun Background Checks On January 3rd the Obama administration announced two new executive actions concerning background checks on firearm purchasers. These come just over four months after Obama last used executive actions to bypass Congress and just weeks after Vice President Joe Biden said the White House was shifting its focus away from gun control. According to Fox News, Biden now says the administration is issuing two executive actions to broaden access to mental health records during background checks. One of… View Article

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on January 2, 2014 in World News

Gun re-registration begins in D.C

Gun re-registration begins in D.C., may lead to arrest and confiscation First law in U.S. to require renewal with fingerprints and fees For the first time in the United States, a citizen who has legally registered a gun will have to submit to a renewal process. The consequences of not knowing about this new law or missing the specific 60-day window are dire. Starting on Jan. 2, every single D.C. resident who has registered a firearm since 1976 must go to police headquarters to pay a $48 fee and be photographed and fingerprinted. The Metropolitan Police Department estimates there are… View Article

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on December 27, 2013 in World News

Gun Owners in Connecticut Line Up for Unconstitutional Gun Registration

        Gun Owners in Connecticut Line Up for Unconstitutional Gun Registration The new gun laws in Connecticut go into effect and gun owners and gun shop operators were lined up to register their guns and high volume clips. WFSB-TV reports that a long line of people were at the Public Safety Building in Middletown, Ct, in order to satisfy the new law that goes into effect Jan 1st, 2014.  Gun owners were unhappy about the unconstitutional law that forces them onto a gun registry, especially since it’s not the legal gun owners who use their weapons for… View Article

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on November 28, 2013 in World News

The incredible mile-long floating CITY

The incredible mile-long floating CITY – complete with schools, a hospital,  parks and an airport for its 50,000 residents Seasick sufferers look away now. A  Florida-based firm has designed a floating city called Freedom Ship that would  spend its entire time at sea. The vessel is a mile long, 25-storeys-high  and has enough room for 50,000 permanent residents. It features schools, hospitals, art  galleries, shops, parks, an aquarium, casino and even an art gallery as well as  an airport on the roof and a docking bay at the rear. The designs also include a shopping centre  covering 1.7 million square… View Article

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on November 28, 2013 in World News

Obama Approval Sinks to 38%

Obama Approval Sinks to 38% more bad news for President Obama buried under a bunch of Reuters happy talk about Iran. In its latest poll, Reuters found Obama’s approval rating underwater by a full 18 points. Only 38% approve of the job the president is doing, while 56% disapprove. The Reuters happy talk surrounded another Reuters poll that showed 44% approve of Obama’s deal with Iran, while only 22% disapprove. If the best news the media can muster for Obama is a 44% approval rating on something, it tells you just how bad of shape he is in. The Reuters… View Article

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on November 28, 2013 in World News

Colorado lawmaker resigns to avoid recall

                      Colorado lawmaker resigns to avoid recall third Democratic Colorado state senator facing possible recall after voting for gun-control measures said Wednesday she will resign to avoid a recall election. The resignation of Sen. Evie Hudak of Denver’s western suburbs came less than a week before opponents planned to turn in petitions seeking her recall. The resignation means Democrats will appoint an interim successor, guaranteeing they’ll keep a one-seat majority in the Senate next session. Two other Democratic senators were ousted from office in September recalls, former Senate President John… View Article

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