Gun News from Around the Web: Week of April 11, 2011
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Take Action to Stop Pending Gun Ban
(GunReports.com) -- From Neal Knox Associates and the FirearmsCoalition.org: The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) is seeking public comment on their recent 'study' on the importability of certain shotguns. It is critical that rights supporters express their objections to this 'study' and its pending implementation in no uncertain terms.
More Evidence That Mexican Drug Cartel Guns Are Coming From Central America
(GunReports.com)-- As the NRA-ILA reported last week, evidence is mounting that many of the illegal firearms finding their way to Mexican drug cartels are originating not in the U.S., but rather from surplus military sources in Central America.
Opponents of Gun-Free Zones at Universities Find Unlikely Hero in Nevada Woman
(GunReports.com) -- Fox News' Claudia Cowan reports on Amanda Collins, a young woman who was attacked while at the University of Nevada at Reno, and now backs a bill that would allow concealed weapons at the state's public universities.
Senator withdraws Texas campus carry bill
(GunReports.com) -- In a surprise move, and facing an erosion of support, Texas state Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, withdrew from consideration this afternoon a controversial bill that would allow concealed-handgun licensees to carry their pistols in public college and university buildings in Texas.
NRA’s Outrage Of The Week: NJ Court Says Beaten Man Has “No Need” for...
(GunReports.com) -- From NRA-ILA, this week’s “Outrage” comes from the Garden State, where insult has literally been added to injury for Mr. Jeffrey Muller. This outrage was precipitated by an incredible case of mistaken identity. According to a recent story on theNJ.com Star-Ledger Editorial Page, Jeffrey Muller—a pet store owner from Sussex County, New Jersey—happens to have the same name as an alleged New York power broker.
Gun News from Around the Web: Mar 28-Apr 3
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Gun News from Around the Web: Mar 21-27, 2011
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CCRKBA: ‘President Can’t Tell Gun ‘Safety’ Advocates from Prohibitionists’
(GunReports.com) -- President Obama's well-intentioned Sunday essay on gun rights in a Tucson newspaper demonstrates that he — and probably his entire administration — remains confused about firearms safety and gun control, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said Monday.
Gun Control Advocates Express Strong Support for Second Amendment, While Calling for New Restrictions
(GunReports.com) - President Obama, congressional Democrats and the nation's mayors appear to be working in tandem to 'fix the nation's broken background check system.' They also want to 'close the loophole' that allows private sales of guns between individuals, according to CNSNews.com.
Obama Uses Tucson Shootings to Blame States for NICS Failures
(GunReports.com) -- President Barack Obama had a bylined op-ed in the Arizona Daily Star on Sunday. In it, he creates a fictional number of additional deaths attributable to guns since the Tucson shooting, suggests that gunowners ignore gun violence (we see it and want to protect ourselves from it!), blames states for shortfalls in the FBI National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) system rather than the federal government's implementation. But the real laugher is this: 'Third, we should make the system faster and nimbler. We should provide an instant, accurate, comprehensive and consistent system for background checks to sellers who want to do the right thing, and make sure that criminals can't escape it.'