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The announcement, expected Thursday, comes amid a spate of high-profile shootings and as some advocates have grown frustrated in the White House's delay. President Joe Biden is expected to unveil a long-awaited package of executive actions to curb gun violence Thursday at the White House, according to four people familiar with the plan. The announcement comes nearly three months into Biden’s term, a delay that had frustrated activists who wanted the president to fulfill a campaign pledge to take action on gun violence on his first day in office. That frustration only grew after a slate of mass shootings in...

Gun ownership among black Americans is up nearly 60 percent following the record gun sales of 2020. The Guardian reports, “gun ownership among Black Americans is up 58.2 percent.” The paper cites National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) figures showing “Americans bought a record number of firearms last year,” including an “estimated 5 million people [who] bought their first ever gun between March and August.” Black Americans witnessed the greatest increase among all first-time gun buyers. Gun rights groups like the National African American Gun Association have subsequently seen giant leaps in membership. Anubis Heru owns the 1770 Armory and Gun...

The Delaware Senate has approved Democratic proposals to outlaw high-capacity magazines and require anyone wanting to buy a handgun to first take a training course, be fingerprinted and obtain a permit from the state. The bills passed the Democrat-controlled chamber Thursday with no GOP support. They now go to the Democrat-led House for consideration after the legislature's two-week Easter break. ---snip--- Sokola's bill gives existing owners of magazines capable of holding more than 17 rounds until June 30, 2022, to surrender them to the state.

Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) on March 30 said that more gun laws will restrict law-abiding citizens from protecting themselves while doing little to stop violence, coming after the House passed two gun control bills last month. Most Americans consider using a gun to defend themselves as their last line of defense, Perry told The Epoch Times. “But these two bills don’t really do anything except infringe upon the rights of law abiding citizens,” he said. “Unfortunately, [lawmakers] claim it’s to address the problems of these mass shootings. But neither one of these bills would effectively make a difference in any...

Having pondered for some time what kind of solution is there to all the anti-gunners who are adamant about restricting or removing the Second Amendment rights of Law abiding Americans, I think I may have arrived at a solution or at least something to debate and throw into the Congressional mix (when it comes to Bill passage). I would suggest that any representative (or Senator) who feels obligated to go against their oath to Support and Defend the Constitution (especially the Second Amendment - Shall not be Infringed), be required to forfeit their Second Amendment rights as a condition of...

Under the plan Biden teased on the campaign trail, “assault weapons” and “high-capacity magazines” would come under the National Firearms Act. The definition of “assault weapons” would extend to semi-automatic rifles, handguns, and some shotguns. High-capacity magazines are those that hold more than ten rounds—or most standard magazines. Gun owners would have two choices: either surrender their property to the government or pay a $200 tax to keep each item, which will be added to a national registry. For many people, this would quickly turn into thousands of dollars paid to keep their own property. A hunter, for example, with...

Boulder shooter Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, no white supremacist he, just may have carried out his murderous grocery store massacre in retaliation for U.S. activities in the Middle East, including Joe Biden’s bombing of Syria little more than a month into his presidency. If so, he would be the latest in a line of Islamic terrorists who have tried to wreak revenge for our war on terror by slaughtering innocent Americans. On Feb. 25, a moth into his presidency, the Biden administration wagged the og and bombed Syru, conducting an airstrike that reportedly killed 22 Iran-backed fighters in an apparent...

On March 25, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled against the ATF’s December 26, 2018, rule declaring bump stocks to be machine guns and prohibiting ownership of said stocks.NPR reported the prohibition against ownership went into effect on March 26, 2019.

Here is an all too typical Twitter post making the claim that AR-15s are the weapon of choice for mass public shooters. But you have to wonder though if all this media coverage that these are the best weapons for mass public shooters actually causes more of these particular guns to be used than would otherwise be the case.

Eight slain in Atlanta, now 10 in Boulder. Your town could be next. Can the nation finally do something about weapons of war on our streets? President Joe Biden called Tuesday for Congress to move immediately to “ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.” It’s a start, though he’ll have to reach across party lines for real this time, since some Democrats are as anti-gun-control as the bulk of today’s GOP. The New York Post does not see this as a conservative or liberal issue — it’s an issue of life and death. Curbing guns is what led to New York...

Asian Americans are flocking to gun stores to arm themselves for self-defense amid the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes. Forbes spoke to Jimmy Gong, owner of Jimmy’s Sport Shop in Mineola, New York, and he said, “There are more Asians being introduced to firearms. Before, there was never gun culture in the Asian community. But after the pandemic and all the hate crime going on, there are more Asians buying guns to defend themselves.” Gong noted his business doubled during the era of coronavirus, and half of his customer base is comprised of Asian Americans. Forbes points to findings from...

Australia instituted these strict laws following the April 1996 mass shooting at Port Arthur, in which gunman Martin Bryant took the lives of thirty-five people using an AR-10 semi-automatic rifle. Bryant’s motivation was reportedly based on the failure to buy a bed and breakfast property but also to become “notorious.” The shooting outraged the nation, and soon Australia introduced comprehensive gun control. It was led by then Australian Prime Minister John Howard, who had only taken office six weeks earlier at the head of a center-right coalition. Howard came to the decision that firearms were simply too easy to obtain...

Gun control activist David Hogg pledged to launch a “progressive” competitor to MyPillow but just one month after the company’s soft launch, Good Pillow has yet to debut a product and the “Good Pillow” trademark belongs to someone else. As The Daily Wire reported in February, Hogg intended the company to compete with MyPillow, whose CEO was vocally supportive of former President Donald Trump following his November election loss. Hogg called the effort a “pillow fight ” and even went so far as to recruit a partner, tech entrepreneur William LeGate. “[William LeGate] and I can and will run a...

PARMA, Ohio — Two men were killed in a shooting outside of Rookies Sports Bar and Grill in Parma early Saturday morning—one of whom was working as a security guard for the bar, according to the Parma Police Department. Around 2:13 a.m., officers were called to the bar located on Pearl Road for a report of a shooting. Once on scene, officers found two men, both with multiple gunshot wounds. Sean Acierno, 29, was walking through the parking lot of the bar when he was shot. He died as a result of his injuries, police said. Timoteo “Tim” Cruz, 27,...

Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo, who gained a national profile by criticizing President Donald Trump and marching with George Floyd protesters, has resigned to lead the Miami Police Department. Acevedo confirmed to CNN in an email Monday morning that he will be leaving his present position after more than four years to become the City of Miami's next police chief. Born in Cuba, the 56-year-old Acevedo was the first Hispanic to lead the police department in Houston, the nation's fourth most populous city. Acevedo will replace Miami Interim Chief of Police Ronald L. Papier. Acevedo has become a fixture in...

Miami Spring Break Video Shows Chocolate People Causing All Of The Problems! "Do you believe these people are afraid of cops?" --Tommy Sotomayor

Art Acevedo, the Houston police chief who forged a national profile by calling for gun control, marching with protesters after George Floyd's death and criticizing President Donald Trump is taking the top job in the Miami Police Department. Acevedo was introduced as the city's top cop during a news conference Monday with Mayor Francis Suarez...

The city of Chicago endured a violent weekend between the evening of March 12th and the early morning hours of March 15th – with 39 people having been shot across the city, 4 of which died from their sustained injuries. One shooting incident in particular resulted in 15 people being shot, and 2 dying. One of the most detrimental shooting incidents within Chicago over the weekend occurred at approximately 4:40 a.m. on March 14th within the 6700 block of South South Chicago Avenue. Police say that some sort physical altercation took place at a party, which then escalated into gunfire....

The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees free speech to all private citizens. But as conservatives have had to learn the hard way, our First Amendment protections are not safe in the era of Big Tech. Recently, we’ve witnessed unprecedented efforts on the part of Big Tech monopolies to coordinate the censorship of conservative political views. Just recently, Amazon Web Services, Google, and Apple conspired to boot the conservative-friendly social media app Parler off the web. And every day, more stories emerge of conservatives and Christians who find their social media accounts suspended, banned or otherwise censored for voicing...

Boulder, Colorado’s ban on modern sporting rifles and magazines that can hold more than ten rounds is a violation of the state’s firearm preemption laws, according to a district judge in the city that declared the local law null and void on Friday. The gun and magazine ban was enacted by the Boulder City Council in the summer of 2018, and has been the subject of multiple lawsuits challenging its legality. This particular case was brought by two Boulder residents who challenged the authority of the city council to enact or enforce the gun ban, given the fact that the...