WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of FBI background checks required for Americans buying guns set a record in December, indicating that more people may purchase one after the Connecticut school massacre stirred interest in self-defense and prompted renewed talk of limits on firearms, according to FBI data. The FBI said it recorded 2.78 million background checks during the month, surpassing the …
Back during the Clinton Administration, I joined the National Rifle Association. With the “Assault Weapon Ban” passed and other anti-Second Amendment legislation under consideration, it seemed like a good time to join the one organization capable of slowing the Democratic Party’s gun-grabbing agenda. When I let my membership lapse, it was obvious new gun control legislation …
John Davenport/San Antonio Express-News Just two days after the tragedy at Sandy Hook, another shooting took place at a movie theater in San Antonio Texas. Did you hear about it? I didn’t. Why? Because no one died, thanks to an off duty police officer who shot the gunman. Sgt. Lisa Cuello Castellano, a 13-year veteran of …
[youtube]http://youtu.be/8C-CLsMRcA0[/youtube] The media and the anti-gunners are trying to tell Americans that “assault weapons” need to be banned for public safety. The problem is, assault rifles were banned in 1986. What they want to ban now are semi-automatic sporting firearms. The firearms they want to ban account for less than 1% of the firearms used …
After a school massacre, the U.K. banned handguns in 1998. A decade later, handgun crime had doubled. By JOYCE LEE MALCOLM Americans are determined that massacres such as happened in Newtown, Conn., never happen again. But how? Many advocate more effective treatment of mentally-ill people or armed protection in so-called gun-free zones. Many others demand stricter …
Mikhail Timofeyovich Kalashnikov, the man credited by the Soviet Union with designing the AK-47 and many of its descendant arms (including the AKM, PK, AK-74 lines) is in intensive care, complaining of general weakness. Mr. Kalashnikov has proven over the decades to be almost as durable as the weapons that bear his name. Trotted out for …
