Category: FPC Newslinks
Rasmussen Reports: Americans Prefer Living in Neighborhoods With Guns
A new survey of likely voters, conducted by Rasmussen Reports found: American Voters overwhelming prefer living in a neighborhood where they have the option of owning a gun than to live where nobody is allowed to be armed. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds... Read More
Washington Post: D.C. can require gun applicants to provide a ‘good reason’ for now
Ovetta Wiggins for The Washington Post reports: A federal appeals court has ordered a stay of a judge’s ruling in a challenge to the District’s gun laws. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia temporarily blocked a decision made last month by... Read More
CPRC: Bloomberg’s School of Public Health Cherry Picked Claim that firearm homicides in Connecticut fell 40% because of a gun licensing law
The Crime Prevention Research Center reports on recent claims regarding Connecticut’s handgun licensing law: The Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University put out this press release on a paper by Rudolph, Stuart, Vernick, and Webster: “A 1995 Connecticut law requiring a permit or... Read More
The Hill: Gun groups denounce push for handgun licenses
Tim Devaney for The Hill reports: The National Rifle Association (NRA) and other gun rights advocates are assailing Democrats for a controversial legislative proposal that they say would restrict access to handguns. People would be required to obtain a license before purchasing some firearms under the... Read More
Nevada resident speaks out on failed gun rights legislation
Ann Friedman for the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports: Las Vegas resident Charles Weakland, who managed five gun shops across the valley for 35 years, said one reason he loves to call Nevada home is because of its gun laws. “It’s one of the reasons that... Read More
AP: Abbott signs open carry, campus carry into law
The Associated Press reported yesterday: Gov. Greg Abbott stopped at a gun range to sign into law bills letting Texans carry concealed handguns on college campuses and openly carry them virtually everywhere else. Abbott was at Red’s Indoor Range in Pflugerville Saturday morning. He says... Read More
Guns.com: Waco biker shootout update: 475 weapons, only 44 shell casings recovered
Chris Eger for Guns.com provides an update on the specifics of last month’s biker shootout in Waco, Texas: The event that erupted on May 17 left 9 dead, 18 wounded and 239 detained, prompting a massive police response that included local, state and federal agencies. Authorities... Read More
Bearing Arms: Radical Democrats Push Restrictive Federal Handgun Licensing
Bob Owens from Bearing Arms reports: For every essential freedom, there is an equal and opposite Democrat reaction. The Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act of 2015, introduced yesterday, is a perfect example of their insatiable desire to constrict your liberties. The bill would require lawful residents... Read More
Pro-Second Amendment groups unite to support pro-gun bill in Congress
Dave Workman for The Gun Mag reports: Several leading gun rights organizations have thrown their weight behind federal legislation that would replace the “sporting purposes” and “sporting use” standards set down in the 1968 Gun Control Act, and ostensibly rein in what the bill’s sponsor... Read More
Guns.com: Tannerite chief responds to ATF safety advisory on exploding targets
Chris Eger from Guns.com reports: Following a warning issued by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on the potential dangers of misusing exploding targets, Guns.com spoke with Tannerite’s CEO, Dan J. Tanner. When asked for comment Thursday, Tanner, head of Tannerite Sports, the... Read More