A stunning new report from researchers at NYU shows “a causal link between print news media coverage of U.S. gun control policy in the wake of mass shooting events and increases in firearm acquisition.” Headlined “Mathematics Ties Media Coverage of Gun Control to Upticks in Gun Purchases,” the study was reportedly led by NYU researchers […]
Movement on NICS ‘Fix’ Marred by Muzzleloader Smear?
While a bipartisan group of Capitol Hill senators has reportedly reached an accord on legislation that would improve the National Instant Check System (NICS), their work might be offset by a report from a gun control group headed by former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords that takes a swipe at muzzleloaders. The New York Times is reporting […]
Doctors’ Group ‘White Paper’ Backs Hearing Protection Act
A new “White Paper” released Monday by the Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership (DRGO), a project of the Second Amendment Foundation, says making firearm sound suppressors more available to the public by eliminating government paperwork could be a boon to preventing hearing loss among shooters. Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership strongly supports making firearm suppressors […]
Anti-gun Alarmists Get Desperate with Demonization
The gun prohibition lobby is pulling out all the stops in its battle to bamboozle the public with hysteria-driven arguments against long-needed gun law reform and its stubborn defense of so-called “gun-free school zones.” According to the Washington Post, a new “white paper” by a senior official with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms […]
Silence is Golden: Time to Pass Hearing Protection Act
At this week’s Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show in Las Vegas, there is considerable discussion about the recently introduced National Hearing Protection Act, a piece of legislation that would remove suppressors (aka “silencers”) from regulation under the National Firearms Act. Naturally, anti-gunners are having fits over this. Steve Chapman, writing last weekend in […]
WA Gun Activists Gather, Set Sights On Pistol ‘Database,’ I-594 Repeal
Washington State Second Amendment activists bundled up against bone-chilling cold to gather on the state capitol steps in Olympia Friday morning, where they cheered efforts to eliminate the decades-old state pistol database, and a promised attempt to repeal provisions of Initiative 594. The latter measure is the 2014 citizen initiative that requires so-called “universal background […]