The National Rifle Association, while staying mostly quiet in the immediate aftermath of the mass shooting in Connecticut, has registered an average of 8,000 new members a day since the tragedy, an NRA source told Fox News. While this broadly aligns with trends seen after similar incidents in the past, the surge in membership …
(Image credit: NECN) Just like a scene out of “Antiques Roadshow,” a woman in Hartford, Conn., turned in an old rifle to her local police station’s gun buy-back, only to discover the gun was worth anywhere from $20,000 to $25,000. The woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, inherited the gun from her father who …
Some folks have said it’s like 1994 all over again. I disagree. There are many factors that are different. Some play in our favor, and some don’t. But the ones that do: We have better access to the media than we did in 1994, such as this Dave Kopel article in the Wall Street Journal illustrates. …
This girl says it better than I can: There have been many gun control debates since the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. My thoughts are with the victim’s families. Guns are not the problem. The people and our society are the problem. [youtube]http://youtu.be/EOKP2n585aQ[/youtube]
Gun sales have thrived through out the weak economy and gun company stock prices have soared. But after the massacre at Sandy Hook inConnecticut,the outlook for the firearms industry is less certain, with momentum building for restrictions on semiautomatic rifles and high capacitymagazines. “It would remove one ofthe hottest-selling products from themarket place,” said Rommel …
Breaking news, as of 0930 it was reported to me that Cheaper than Dirt had pulled their online gun sales. When contacted for comment, a representative from Cheaper than Dirt responded with the following statement: Cheaper Than Dirt! is suspending online sales of firearms effective immediately. We are reviewing our policy internally, and will continue to be …
