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Guns.com: Bank of America Signals Relationship with Remington Over After Bankruptcy Exit
“The Remington bankruptcy financing commitment was in the works for some months and occurred before our current policy was in place,” Finucane said. “Remington is aware of the policy that we subsequently announced, and that policy will dictate our future actions after the bankruptcy proceedings conclude.”
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Townhall: United Nations Quietly Pushes International Gun Control
Under the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (PoA), governments agreed to improve national small arms laws, import/export controls, and stockpile management – and to engage in cooperation and assistance.
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The Hill: Oklahoma Gov. Vetoes Bill Allowing Adults to Carry Guns Without a Permit
"I believe the firearms laws we currently have in place are effective, appropriate and minimal," Fallin said in announcing her veto of Senate Bill 1212, which would have removed the requirement for Oklahoma residents to complete a training course and demonstrate competency with a firearm before carrying in public.
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OC Register: This Man Proposed a Law Banning "Assault Weapons" in Huntington Beach, Then the City Sued Him
Already in his pajamas, Daniel Horgan didn’t expect to hear a knock on his door at 9 p.m. Even more surprising, his visitor swiftly tagged him with a lawsuit. Yet another shocker was the plaintiff: Huntington Beach, where Horgan grew up and still resides.
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SF Chronicle: California Starts Slow on Seizing Unstable People's Guns, But That Could Change
“Due process that occurs after one’s rights have been taken away is in fact not due process,” DeLuz said.
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Washington Examiner: Despite Gun Control, Australia Suffers Worst Mass Shooting Since 1996
On Friday, seven bodies – three adults and four children – were discovered on a property in the southwestern Australian tourist town of Margaret River. According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, police are handling it as a murder-suicide.
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ABC: New Gun Policy Inside Newark Luxury Loft has Tenants Up in Arms
"When I saw that letter, I just thought, wow, that's kind of an invasion of people's privacy," said Vu-An Foster, who has lived in the apartment building for several years. "Like, how do they know? Are they going in people's apartments looking for guns? Like, where did that come about?"
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Fox: Dick's Sporting Goods Loses Firearms Businesses After Gun Control Push
The Mossberg announcement came just one day after MKS Supply, which makes Hi-Point firearms, also announced it would pull out of Dick's. Last week, gun manufacturer Springfield Armory said it was halting business with the sport’s supply company, too.
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Guns.com: Groups on Both Sides Urge Fallin to Act on Constitutional Carry Bill
The bill keeps the state’s current concealed carry licensing scheme but codifies that a permit is not required for a law-abiding Oklahoma resident to carry a concealed handgun. The plan’s author argues the state already recognizes the gun rights of visitors to the Sooner State from any of a dozen where constitutional carry is already the law of the land.
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Star Tribune: Rep. Erik Paulsen Gets Behind Gun Violence Measure in Congress
Paulsen’s office did not respond to a Star Tribune interview request. The Eden Prairie Republican, who represents large portions of suburban Hennepin and Carver counties, has generally voted with his party against stronger gun control measures, and has been the recipient of National Rifle Association campaign donations.
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Fox: Media Portrayal of Gun Ownership is Inaccurate and Biased
NBC might be the worst network, but it’s a tight race. It seems to have given marching orders to its TV writers to churn out scripts demonizing law-abiding gun owners and lionizing those who want to slap strict new controls on gun ownership, even if that means disregarding the Second Amendment to the Constitution.
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Guns.com: House Committee Advances Bill Modernizing Excise Tax Fund to Promote Shooting Sports
H.R. 2591 allows states to use up to $5 million of federal tax dollars collected through firearm and ammo sales for funding hunter and recreational shooter recruitment grants. States can also use a portion of their grants for general marketing purposes and for building, maintaining and promoting gun ranges
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Santa Ynez Valley Star: Bank Closes Gun Shop's Accounts
He said he walked into his local Rabobank branch recently and was handed a letter stating that the bank was terminating the accounts for his business, the Second Amendment Gun Shop in Santa Ynez.
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Ammoland: Sturm Ruger Shareholders Vote to Create Gun Violence Report
The board of directors must provide “evidence of monitoring of violent events” that are associated with the sale of their firearms along with methods of producing safer guns. The report must also address the companies “reputational and financial risks related to gun violence in the U.S.”
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CBS: Car Service Owner Offering Free Rides to Prom in Exchange for Turning in Guns
Rashawn Welch, President of CeaseFire and 305 Elite Concierge, partners with Miami MVP where he rents out cars to Miami’s exotic car lovers. This year, he is pushing to get guns off the streets, letting teenagers know if they turn in their guns to Miami Gardens Police Department they will be riding to prom in style.
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Fox 10: Fannin County School Board Votes to Allow Staff to Carry Guns
It is common for schools in Georgia to have uniformed gun-toting officers patrolling the hallways and grounds. It would be a radical step to allow general school personnel to have weapons during the school day.
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Seattle Times: Giant California Teacher Pension System Targets Gun Sellers
Fund officials also are lobbying other pension funds and investors to join their drive. The system funds pensions for more than 900,000 public school educators and their families.
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IJR: Companies are Distancing from Gun Owners - But Warren Buffett Refuses to Let Politics Run His Business
“I do not believe in imposing my political opinions on the activities of our businesses, and if we get into what companies are pure and which ones aren't pure, I think it is very difficult to make that call,” Buffett explained.
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NJ2AS: Housing Developer Bans Guns in Rental Properties
You have two choices: keep your gun(s) or become homeless. A new low for the anti-gun bigots!
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CBS News: Wisconsin high school student sues principal over ban on gun T-shirts
A Wisconsin high schooler is fighting to wear shirts with images of guns to school. Matthew Schoenecker says his T-shirts reflect his personal beliefs, but after the Parkland school shooting, administrators at his high school said his shirts were inappropriate and that he could no longer wear them. He is suing his principal over the ban.
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The Blaze: School hauls pro-Second Amendment student in for questioning over gun flag
Officials at a Pasadena, California, school dragged a student in for questioning over his pro-gun rights flag, which he wore as a cape for a pro-Second Amendment function at school.
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My Central Jersey: Proposed Ordinance Would Ban the Sale of Firearms and Ammunition in Sensitive Areas in Piscataway
Councilman Steven Cahn, an attorney and former U.S. Marine captain, proposed the ordinance, which is considered to be the first of its kind in the state, the statement said. Under the measure, retail sales would be banned near schools, day care sites, college campuses, medical facilities, bars, parks, places of worship and similar sites.
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SF Bay News: Santa Clara Co. Board Votes to Ban Guns on County Property
The ordinance adds a new chapter and modifies an existing one in order to “prohibit the possession, sale or discharge of firearms and the possession or sale of ammunition on county property.”
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The Denver Post: Statehouse Republicans reject Colorado “red flag” gun bill
A contentious measure that would have allowed Colorado judges to order the seizure of guns from people considered a “significant risk” to themselves or others was rejected Monday night by Republicans in a GOP-controlled state Senate panel.
