News Roundup

Evening Roundup

July 21, 2011 – 4:48 am

I talked about Washington DC’s lack of a gun shop, due to a 300 foot buffer between a gun shop and schools, libraries, playgrounds, etc. It looks like they have may found a temporary solution – ignore the 300 foot rule and allow the only federally licensed dealer to open up shop in a police read more »

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Politicians

Political Ramifications of Gun Control in Arizona

July 18, 2011 – 11:45 pm

Some good quotes from Arizona politicians in the Arizona Republic. “Having been in politics in Arizona, I realize there’s a strong feeling of gun ownership and also the strong fear in our state of over-government control of our lives.” That’s definitely true, but the level of “control” relinquished to the government in some gun control read more »

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Op-Eds

Wayne LaPierre vs. The United Nations

July 18, 2011 – 2:18 pm

The CEO of the NRA, Wayne LaPierre, advocated against a future arms treaty in a speech at the United Nations Headquarters. The treaty at hand has been floating around for years, but has yet to gain serious traction. It has long been mentioned as a potential “backdoor” gun control method amongst the conservatives. As the read more »

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Proposed Gun Laws

House Dems Propose Federal Straw Purchase Law

July 17, 2011 – 10:51 pm

Elijah Cummings and Carolyn Maloney, both House Democrats, have introduced legislation that would make providing two or more firearms to a felon or someone intending to commit a felony a federal offense. Read the full text here. As it stands, this handled on the state level. When the feds are really pressed to charge someone read more »

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News Roundup

Afternoon Roundup

July 15, 2011 – 5:38 pm

A five year old boy in Indiana shot and killed his two year old brother with a gun he found at home. I haven’t seen any sort of calls for some law to be enacted to attempt to prevent this. That’s a good sign. A law won’t protect kids. Without some sort of home inspection read more »

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Gun Laws

New Delaware Law Bans Carrying While Intoxicated

July 14, 2011 – 11:07 pm

The governor of Delaware, Jack Markell, signed a bill that made carrying a firearm with a BAC of over .08 a misdemeanor. He also signed three other bills related to gun laws, but this is the only one I am particularly interested in. The Delaware Legislature code monkeys aren’t very fast, but here is the read more »

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Proposed Gun Laws

House Republicans Vote to Remove Funding for New Gun Regulations

July 13, 2011 – 7:44 pm

The Hill is reporting that an amendment was attached to the 2012 Commerce, Justice and Science appropriations bill that would prevent the funding of the new gun sale reporting rules. A similar situation occurred earlier this year, where an amendment to remove funding from gun purchase reporting was stripped from the bill by Democrats in read more »

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Gun Laws

New Reporting Requirements for Semi-Automatic Rifles in Border States

July 13, 2011 – 4:50 am

So the new “gun safety measures” that I mentioned the other day are now here! The Department of Justice has announced new reporting requirements for Federally Licensed Firearms dealers in the states along the Mexican border. Gun retailers in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas will now have to report the sale of multiple semi-automatic read more »

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Gun Owners

Man Convicted of Child Pornography Possession Gets Gun Rights Restored

July 11, 2011 – 5:42 am

A former sheriff in Washington State who was convicted of child pornography possession in 2004 had his conviction vacated, which allows him to legally possess a firearm. I only mention this story because I want to talk about a related issue, stripping gun rights from non-violent, non-drug addict criminals. I know viewers of child pornography read more »

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Gun Owners

Waco Homeowners Buying Guns in Response to Robberies

July 11, 2011 – 4:56 am

A string of robberies in Waco, Texas has apparently led to an increase in gun purchases and enrollment in training classes. The article quotes a concealed handgun instructor who says, “They don’t know whose carrying anymore and they’re skeptical on who they want to rob because they don’t want a gun drawn on them either.” read more »

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