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  • Now N.J. is looking to ban 'ghost guns'

    04/17/2018 12:47:45 PM PDT · by GuavaCheesePuff · 41 replies
    Newark Star-Ledger ^ | April 17, 2018 | Brent Johnson
    Democratic state lawmakers have a new target as they aim to tighten New Jersey's already strict firearms laws: "ghost guns." A new bill that began advancing in the Democrat-controlled state Legislature on Monday would prohibit the purchase of firearm parts used to make these untraceable homemade guns. The state Senate Law and Public Safety committee approved the measure along with a package of six other Democrat-sponsored gun-control bills that continue to move closer to Gov. Phil Murphy's desk.
  • Now N.J. Democrats want to go after the NRA and gun-friendly states

    04/15/2018 6:34:25 PM PDT · by GuavaCheesePuff · 100 replies
    Newark Star-Ledger ^ | April 15, 2018 | Matt Arco
    Democratic lawmakers want to take the state's tight gun control laws and expand them outside of New Jersey's borders. There's new legislation that would ban state-sponsored travel to any states that don't require their residents to obtain a permits before they purchase a firearm. The goal is to send a message to the National Rifle Association, said State Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg, the bill's sponsor. "Fighting the NRA on the basis logic and rational thinking has not worked," Weinberg, D-Bergen, said. "So I think the thing that might work is fighting them with their pocketbook."
  • New Hampshire Democrats Edging Away From The Second Amendment

    04/09/2018 7:07:18 PM PDT · by GuavaCheesePuff · 31 replies
    Hot Air ^ | March 30, 2018 | Jazz Shaw
    We don’t always delve down to the level of state and local politics, but this rather curious story caught my attention this week. A Democratic state representative in New Hampshire, Katherine Rogers, has stepped over the line and dared to tread where most Granite State residents would never set foot. She’s not just pushing for tougher gun control laws, but suggesting that recent talk about repealing the Second Amendment is “a discussion we should have.” (New Hampshire Journal)
  • Will Enough Ever Be Enough For the Gun Grabbers?

    04/09/2018 1:07:15 AM PDT · by lowbuck · 32 replies
    Townhall ^ | 9 April 2018 | Scott Morefield
    Full title: Will Enough Ever Be Enough For the Gun Grabbers? Let's Ask the Libs in Britain Fighting the Knife Crime ‘Epidemic’ We also point to the inevitable slippery-slope, full well knowing that’s what may of these would-be tyrants are counting on. Sure, they’re going after the so-called “assault rifles” now, because the Parkland shooter used one and they’re really scary looking, but does anyone really believe that, should they succeed in banning those, they wouldn’t go after the next thing the next psychopath uses to commit mass mayhem? . . . snip The answer is an easy one if...
  • Police legally seizing guns under 'red flag' laws [See word about SAF in the article!]

    04/02/2018 7:40:13 PM PDT · by familyop · 31 replies
    Fox News ^ | April 2, 2018 | Dan Springer
    Washington is one of six states with high risk or red flag laws. But in the wake of the Parkland school shooting, the Brady Campaign says at least 30 states are considering them...Even gun rights advocates, who are afraid of government abuse, say it appears to be working...“We’ve seen the downside of people who are distraught or crazy taking out their problems on the general public,” said Dave Workman of the Bellevue, Wash.-based Second Amendment Foundation. “We don’t want that to happen here.”
  • Facing Down 'Intimidation Efforts,' Fox News Defends Ingraham

    04/02/2018 5:12:11 PM PDT · by jazusamo · 55 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | April 2, 2018 | Cortney O'Brien
    Fox News is standing by Laura Ingraham, the host of the network's 10:00 p.m. hour, after she made some controversial comments about Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student David Hogg, who has become a familiar face in the gun control movement. Despite the drama, the network "looks forward" to having her back. "We cannot and will not allow voices to be censored by agenda-driven intimidation efforts," Jack Abernethy, co-president of Fox News, told the Los Angeles Times on Monday. "We look forward to having Laura Ingraham back hosting her program next Monday when she returns from spring vacation with...
  • Ahead of March For Our Lives, Durbin Calls On Republicans To Stand Up To The NRA

    03/26/2018 6:26:53 PM PDT · by mdittmar · 32 replies
    U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) ^ | 3/22/2018 | U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL)
    WASHINGTON—As tens of thousands of students and supporters of gun violence prevention prepare to march in Washington D.C., Chicago, and cities and towns across America, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today slammed President Trump and the Republican majority in Congress for still being unwilling to push for any gun reforms that the gun sales lobby opposes.  
  • ‘Gun Control Saves Lives!’ Gavin Newsom Touts Gun Control During March for Life Rally

    03/26/2018 10:05:36 AM PDT · by rktman · 27 replies
    breitbart.com ^ | 3/25/2018 | Adelle Nazarian
    Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, the leading Democrat in the California gubernatorial race, touted gun control as he addressed hundreds of protesters in Santa Ana on Saturday. The protesters had gathered to participate in nationwide “#MarchForLife” protests calling for stricter gun control laws following the tragic school shooting at a Parkland, Florida high school that left 17 dead last month. “We changed the trajectory of the debate, not just in this state but all across the rest of the country,” Newsom said of Proposition 63, a gun control initiative that requires background checks for ammunition and was approved in 2016. “Gun...
  • Rapper to ‘Progressive’ Gun Grabbers: ‘You’re Going to Progress Us into Slavery’

    03/26/2018 9:12:04 AM PDT · by Beave Meister · 19 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 3/25/2018B | AWR HAWKINS
    While students and activists geared up to march in Washington, D.C., and across the country in support of new restrictions on the Second Amendment, rapper Killer Mike warned that gun control is way the progressive left can return black Americans to slavery. In an interview with NRATV’s Colion Noir, Killer Mike explained how the left equates gun control with progress and observed, “[They are] going to progress us into slavery.” In the lead-up to the March 14 school walk out for gun control, Killer Mike said he told his kids, “I love you, but if you walk out that school...
  • Make No Mistake - The Gun Controllers Want to Take Away Your Right to Self-defense

    03/26/2018 7:18:35 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 44 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | March 26, 2018 | Scott Morefield
    In August 1999, British farmer Tony Martin, whose home and farm had been invaded multiple times over a span of years, grabbed a pump action shotgun and opened fire on a pair of would-be burglars he discovered in his home, killing 16-year-old Fred Barras and wounding 33-year-old Brendon Fearon in the leg. Instead of some free counseling and maybe even a medal for his act of heroism, Martin was arrested by British authorities, charged with murder and wounding with intent, and sentenced to life in prison. Although his sentence was eventually reduced to manslaughter, Martin was denied early release based on...
  • Equal protection under the law [must be satire]

    03/25/2018 2:15:37 PM PDT · by Jim Robinson · 46 replies
    I'm still trying to wrap my mind around this liberal logic. It's been proven over and over again that the police can't protect you when a psychopath enters a gun-free killing zone with murder on his pea-sized brain. They can't get there in time and even if they do, it's often too little, too late, or they're just too afraid to enter the building while there's an active killer on the rampage. The government cannot or will not protect you. So the liberals put big signs on the school house doors saying, "This is a gun-free zone. No guns allowed!"...
  • Obama's message to marchers: 'You're leading us forward'

    03/24/2018 11:51:10 PM PDT · by Innovative · 53 replies
    CNN ^ | March 24, 2918 | CNN Staff
    Former President Barack Obama tweeted his support for students marching across the US to demand gun control, telling them they're leading the charge. "Michelle and I are so inspired by all the young people who made today's marches happen," the tweet said. "Keep at it. You're leading us forward. Nothing can stand in the way of millions of voices calling for change."
  • Feinstein renews effort to ban assault weapons

    03/24/2018 2:07:56 PM PDT · by GuavaCheesePuff · 45 replies
    San Francisco Chronicle ^ | March 3, 2018 | Carolyn Lochhead
    WASHINGTON — The weapon used to kill 17 people in last month’s rampage at a high school in Parkland, Fla., was banned from manufacture and sale in the United States for 10 years under a law written by Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
  • Do We Still Need the Second Amendment?

    03/23/2018 9:45:34 PM PDT · by GuavaCheesePuff · 92 replies
    Folio Weekly ^ | March 21, 2018 | PARVEZ AHMED
    Americans rarely, if ever, agree on anything. But a recent Quinnipiac survey showed that 97 percent support universal background checks for gun ownership. And yet the U.S. Congress remains paralyzed by inaction. The same Quinnipiac survey showed that nearly 7 in 10 Americans want a nationwide ban on assault weapons, including 43 percent of Republicans. And yet the Republican-controlled Florida legislature, along party lines, refused to debate the banning of assault weapons, like AR-15s, the weapon of choice for many mass shooters, including the Parkland shooter who killed 14 high-school students and three adults. During a meeting with victims of...
  • Maine Voices: It’s time for a gun abolition movement

    03/23/2018 8:59:49 PM PDT · by GuavaCheesePuff · 72 replies
    Press Herald ^ | February 25, 2018 | Greg Bates
    MONROE — As students under fire in Florida speak out to end mass shootings, many hope this time it’s different. Indeed, their demand is compelling: Our representatives in Washington must act less like politicians and more like parents. Most of them have children; they should act like it. But a fuzzy demand for “gun control” will likely squander this opportunity to save lives. To end gun deaths, we need to ban all civilian guns.
  • Sessions moves to criminalize possession of bump stocks

    03/23/2018 4:29:05 PM PDT · by Simon Green · 152 replies
    NBC News ^ | 03/23/18 | Pete Williams
    WASHINGTON — Firearm bump stocks would have to be surrendered, destroyed or made inoperable under a ban proposed Friday by the Justice Department. The devices, which allow semi-automatic weapons to fire as fast as a machine gun, became the focus of concern following the discovery that Stephen Paddock attached them to 14 of the 22 rifles he used in the October 2017 shooting rampage in Las Vegas, killing 58 people and injuring more than 700. "After the senseless shooting in Las Vegas, this proposed rule is a critical step in our effort to reduce the threat of gun violence that...
  • A smoking gun? Senator Weinberg denies confiscation quote

    03/23/2018 3:26:15 PM PDT · by GuavaCheesePuff · 13 replies
    Newark Star-Ledger blog ^ | May 10, 2013 | Paul Mulshine
    I received a link to the above video from several gun-rights advocates, including Scott Bach of the New Jersey Association of Rifle and Pistolc Clubs (see press release here). It's a recording of the end of a Thursday meeting of the state Senate Budget Committee at which several gun-control bills were considered. The first voice is that of Chairman Paul Sarlo. After he wraps up the meeting, it sounds like someone says "We needed a bill to confiscate, confiscate, confiscate." As to just who that someone is, it's difficult to tell. It could be anyone who was near the head...
  • Citi sets restrictions on gun sales by retail clients

    03/22/2018 11:18:06 AM PDT · by Olog-hai · 24 replies
    Reuters ^ | March 22, 2018 11:55 AM | Ross Kerber, Nikhil Subba
    Citigroup Inc. (C.N) added restrictions on firearms sales for new retail-sector clients, the Wall Street bank said on Thursday, the strongest move to date by a major U.S. lender following last month’s high school shooting in Florida. In an e-mailed statement, Citi said it will require those clients only sell firearms to customers who have passed a background check, restrict sales of firearms for people under 21 years of age, and not sell so-called “bump stocks” or high-capacity magazines. The bank’s new rules come weeks after a shooting at a Florida high school that killed 17 people, the second-deadliest shooting...
  • Gun control groups continue to embrace Hillary Clinton

    03/20/2018 9:01:04 AM PDT · by PROCON · 19 replies
    guns.com ^ | March 20, 2018 | Chris Eger
    Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords. (Photo: Giffords)National gun control organizations still use the former presidential candidate and secretary of state to garner attention for events and fundraisers. Hillary Clinton, who received the quick public endorsement from both Everytown and Giffords during her failed 2016 bid for the White House, still weighs in on gun politics and is feted by the groups. This week, the umbrella organization backed by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg emailed invitations to attend some 800 Everytown-sponsored March for Our Lives gun control events signed by Clinton. “I have...
  • 2 Students Disciplined For Going To Gun Range Outside Of School Hours

    03/20/2018 5:24:20 AM PDT · by MarvinStinson · 43 replies
    themaven ^ | 03/18/2018 | Andrew Blake
    An attorney from a New Jersey gun organization association announced that a lawsuit may be pending after a school disciplined two students for going to a gun range outside of school hours. Patch.com reported that attorney Daniel Schmutter, with the Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs, sent a letter to Lacey Township School District officials after two students posted pictures on Snapchat showing them at a gun range. There was no threatening context to the pictures or anything that would otherwise cause alarm. In the letter, Schmutter stated that suspending the two students for posting photos off school...