Tag Archive: gun rights

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 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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on January 14, 2014 in Right Edition

Gun Control Socialists Hate Gun Owners

Real Reasons Liberals Hate Guns Power of the People vs. Power of the Government What occurred in Newtown, Connecticut on that fateful December 14th morning was and remains heartbreaking. The sorrow being experienced by the families of the twenty innocent children killed, along with the loved ones of the other individuals slain must remain overwhelming. This tragedy, purpetrated by a crazed, lone 20-year old gunman, has vaulted the debate over gun control to perhaps an unprecedented level. There is, without a doubt, some type of federal gun legislation on the horizon in early 2013, perhaps as early as Wednesday, January… View Article

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on January 13, 2014 in Right Edition

Firearms Rights – Right to Carry Canada

Mission of Disabled Americans for Firearms Rights: Proudly Representing Responsible Disabled Firearms Owners DAFR fights for the inalienable firearms rights of responsible disabled Americans. Disabled Americans have unique needs when exercising their 2nd Amendment rights. The mission of DAFR is intertwined within five basic areas of focus. These areas consist of: 1.The introduction of firearms for self defense to disabled Americans. 2.Shooting sports program and organized competition for disabled Americans and wounded veterans. 3.Oversee firearms legislation and research their impact on Americans with disabilities. 4.Offer assistance to responsible disabled Americans in order to exercise their 2nd Amendment right. 5.Educating the… View Article

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on January 13, 2014 in World News

NRA 2013 Victories, Prepares for 2014 Fights

                      NRA 2013 Victories, Prepares for 2014 Fights “We’ve never been up against a bigger juggernaut in the history of this association.” With those words, Wayne LaPierre, CEO of the National Rifle Association, called upon NRA leaders gathered in Virginia last week to prepare for battle in this midterm election year, even as they looked back on a year of victories that the D.C. political establishment had said were unachievable. Thirteen months ago on Dec. 14, 2012, Adam Lanza—a depraved thug who deliberately wanted to kill innocent children—murdered his mother,… View Article

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on January 12, 2014 in World News

‘Comprehensive’ Background Checks for Ammo Purchases

                      California Democrats Push ‘Comprehensive’ Background Checks for Ammo Purchases Following the passage of a lead ammunition ban and a plethora of new gun control laws in 2013, California Democrats now say they will push for “comprehensive” background checks on all ammunition purchases in the state. According to The Washington Post, CA State Senator Kevin de Leon (D) said, “Anyone can walk into any gun store, a bait and tackle store, and purchase all the ammunition they want to, no questions asked.” He said it ought not be so: “The… View Article

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