Tag Archive: guns

on January 11, 2014 in World News

Guns, Bullets, Happiness: A 2014 SHOT Show Preview

                      Guns, Bullets, Happiness: A 2014 SHOT Show Preview The 2014 SHOT Show in Las Vegas, Nevada will be held January 14th-17th. It is the world’s largest gathering of professionals involved in shooting sports, law enforcement, and hunting. It consists of “more than 1,600 exhibitors, filling booth space covering 630,000 square feet.” Various firearm manufacturers will introduce new guns for hunting, law enforcement, sport, and self-defense, in addition to new firearm accessories, optics, and options. New ammunition for hunting, law enforcement, and self-defense will be introduced as well. The SHOT… 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 September 20, 2013 in World News

Pennsylvania pro-gun police chief will be fired

  Pennsylvania pro-gun police chief will be fired for YouTube videos gone viral Local officials voted 6-1 Thursday night to terminate the police chief of a small Pennsylvania borough who came under fire earlier this year for posting profanity-laced YouTube videos featuring his arsenal of firearms. The sun will likely soon set on Chief Mark Kessler’s tenure as  Gilberton, PA police chief following Thursday’s meeting in which  the council governing the borough of barely 800 people moved to  terminate its loud mouth local YouTube sensation and the area’s  only full-time lawman. Kessler made international headlines months earlier when his  online… View Article

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on September 10, 2013 in World News

Over 1,200 Weapons Found at CT Schools

                      Over 1,200 Weapons Found at CT Schools in 2011-2012, Only 18 Were Guns A recent report on the number of weapons reported at Connecticut schools (K-12) during the 2011-2012 school year shows that over 1200 weapons were brought onto school grounds but only 1.4 percent of them were firearms. This is critical news in a state that has been at the epicenter in a fight for more gun control since the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting on December 14, 2012 and which instituted some of the most extreme gun… View Article

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on September 10, 2013 in World News

Recalls over gun rights wrap up today in Colorado

                      Recalls over gun rights wrap up today in Colorado A gun-rights organization says today’s recall election of two state senators proves many Coloradans are angry about restrictive anti-gun legislation passed by the state legislature. Colorado Senate president John Morse and Senator Angela Giron – both representing districts in the southern part of the state – are facing recall elections Tuesday because they voted for tougher gun-control legislation limiting the size of ammunition magazines and requiring universal background checks. Early voting began August 30 and ended yesterday. Gun-rights advocates launched… View Article

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on September 5, 2013 in World News

Chicago isn’t safe despite “safe passage” signs

                        Chicago isn’t safe despite “safe passage” signs “Safe Passage” is a feel-good slogan dreamed up by Chicago Police Chief Garry McCarthy and the mayor Rahm Emanuel to foster a sense of safety where there is none. They have dragged city employees off their jobs and forced them to man positions along designated “safe passage” routes – everyone from firefighters to sanitation workers. Yes, the garbage men and firemen are acting as cops. The Chicago Public Schools have also hired hundreds of people (screened for drugs and criminal histories,… View Article

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on September 4, 2013 in Right Edition

Guns at the Airport – High taxes in Italy moves to Poland

For most fliers, the standard slap-your-forehead moment occurs after opening a suitcase upon arrival and discovering that they forgot to pack their prescription medicine, running shoes or perfect necktie. Then there are the travelers, few but growing in number, who have a similar reaction, albeit more severe, over an item that they forgot to unpack before boarding. The forehead slap is usually followed by a fine and sometimes a night in jail. Across the country, people are increasingly being caught at security checkpoints with firearms in their carry-on bags. Nowhere does this happen more often than at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International,… View Article

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on September 2, 2013 in World News

Gun Owners Turn Ohio Gun-Control Rally into NRA Rally

                    Gun Owners Turn Ohio Gun-Control Rally into NRA Rally As six members of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s gun control group rallied for more gun laws on August 30, about 50 gun rights supporters hijacked the event and said that there are enough gun laws already. According to 10TV.com, the Columbus, Ohio rally was hosted by members of Mayors Against Illegal Guns but ended up looking “more like an NRA rally.” When organizer Blanche Luczyk took to the mic and tried to claim Ronald Reagan would support more background checks she was… View Article

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on August 9, 2013 in World News

Management’s Gun Ban Overturned By Owners

Apartment Property Management’s Gun Ban Overturned By Owners The Washington Times reported on Wednesday that renters at an apartment complex in Douglas County, Colorado were told that they were prohibited from keeping firearms in their apartments by the management company: Renters at an apartment community just south of Denver are between a rock and a hard place, ordered by their landlord to either get rid of their weapons or move out. The manager at Oakwood Apartments in Castle Rock, Colo., sent a notice to renters last week advising them of the new rule banning all “firearms and weapons” from the… View Article

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