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SAF rips President’s plan attack gun rights of Social Security recipients
The Second Amendment Foundation responded today to Obama’s plans to attack Social Security recipients’ gun rights: “This could possibly disqualify millions of people from owning firearms and might prevent many others from seeking help,” said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb, himself... Read More
MilitaryTimes: After Chattanooga, ‘DoD does not support arming all personnel’
Leo Shane III and Andrew Tilghman for Military Times report: Following last week’s murder of five service members in a violent and still-unexplained shooting spree in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the Defense Department once again has found itself in the midst of a broader national feud about... Read More
Guns.com: Armed citizens stand guard at military recruitment centers
Jennifer Cruz for Guns.com reports: Following an attack at a recruiting centerand reserve station in Chattanooga, Tennessee, last week that left five people dead, residents across the country are taking it upon themselves to do what they can to protect the servicemen and women working... Read More
Murder rate drops as concealed carry increases in U.S.
Alex Newman for The New American reports: The number of Americans carrying concealed firearms has exploded in recent years, and contrary to the narratives and fearmongering peddled by anti-gun-rights activists, the sky did not fall. In fact, according to the most recent data, not only... Read More
Everytown supports new legislation to expand background checks to stop “Charleston Loophole”
Chris Eger from Guns.com reports: In a move Second Amendment organizations paint as pushing a backdoor gun grab, Everytown has made a six-figure ad buy in support of gun control legislation. The group, funded in large part by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, aims... Read More
The Hill: Gun control group presses for new background check law
Ben Kamisar for The Hill reports: A major gun control group is calling on Congress to strengthen background checks by adopting a law it says would have prevented the man who killed nine people last month at a South Carolina church from obtaining a gun.... Read More
LA Times: Obama pushes to extend gun background checks to Social Security
Alan Zarembo for the LA Times reports: Seeking tighter controls over firearm purchases, the Obama administration is pushing to ban Social Security beneficiaries from owning guns if they lack the mental capacity to manage their own affairs, a move that could affect millions whose monthly... Read More
D.C. Metro system says it follows local gun carry laws
Stephen Gutowski for the Washington Free Beacon reports: The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) has no internal policy on the carrying of firearms within its system and follows the laws of the jurisdictions it operates in, according to a spokesman. “We are governed by... Read More
Guns.com: PA lawmaker seeks to reboot overturned pro-gun law
Chris Eger for Guns.com reports: The controversial Pennsylvania law that allowed the NRA and other groups to haul municipalities to court over local gun laws is soon to have a modified replacement introduced. That original measure, Act 192, was signed in October by Gov. Tom... Read More
Chris Christie changes position on gun control measures he once backed
Claude Brodesser-Akner for NJ.com reports: Gov. Chris Christie made another pivot away from the gun control policies he had advocated as New Jersey governor Friday. On the heels of the shooting of four U.S. servicemen at a Chatanooga military recruitment center and nine churchgoers in Charleston, S.C.,... Read More