That’s something you hear pro-gun nuts constantly say when trying to argue against tougher gun control. While it’s true that Chicago has some of the toughest gun laws in the country, it’s also true that guns are easy to get by traveling to near by cities without such laws. But there’s another angle to this […]
Last week a newspaper in New York created a huge uproar when it published a list of registered gun owners in a two county area. The information was legally obtained through a Freedom of Information request and now another county is being added to the list. Further names and addresses will be added as they […]
We have been hearing so many ideas about what to do following the deadly rampage in Newtown, Connecticut last week. Ideas range from gun control to better handling of mental health. Good! This is the discussion we need to have. I want to tackle one part of this debate right now – gun control. I […]
Yesterday David Gregory said on Meet the Press that all 31 pro-gun rights senators refused to come on the show. On Friday, following the shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, the NRA hid their Facebook page. Why are these people in hiding and not out defending what they believe in? Do they realize that they are only […]
Here’s a tragic story out of Pennsylvania (h/t Amato): A 7-year-old boy died on Saturday when he was shot by his father in an apparent accident outside a Mercer County gun shop, state police said. Joseph V. Loughrey, 44, was getting into his truck holding a .9mm Taurus handgun when it discharged. The bullet struck […]
America has 5% of the world’s population, 25% of the world’s prison population and owns 50% of the world’s guns.Thinking of those numbers makes the following two stories seem almost the norm: Photo of Boy With Gun Leads To Charges For Dad STOCKTON, Calif. – The father of a 6-year-old Northern California boy seen posing […]
Following last weeks massacre in Aurora, Colorado, a new poll shows an overwhelming number of people support better gun control regulations. The biggest kicker? This is a poll of NRA members! 87 percent of NRA members agree that support for Second Amendment rights goes hand-in-hand with keeping guns out of the hands of criminals. There […]