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Democratic lawmakers introduced legislation to ban the sale and possession of firearm suppressors, known as silencers. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.) said that the 2021 Help Empower Americans to Respond (HEAR) Act, would ban the sale, importation, manufacturing, and possession of silencers. The bill was first introduced in 2019 after a mass shooting in Virginia Beach that left 12 dead. The measure will also create a silencer buyback program, give Americans a 90-day period after the bill becomes law, and it would provide exceptions for law enforcement and other personnel. “Gun silencers are dangerous devices...

In a 2013 Facebook “chat” he even claimed to have advised his wife that she should fire a shotgun in the air if she was concerned for her safety! “I said, ‘Jill, if there’s ever a problem, just walk out on the balcony here, walk out and put that double-barrel shotgun and fire two blasts outside the house.'” The fact that the then-vice president of the United States of America, a man who went to law school, would offer such advice clearly is a problem. As was noted at the time, firing a shotgun in such a manner – unless...

Biden’s calls to overturn the PLCAA would be a way to sue firearms makers into bankruptcy. “He wants to drive us out of business,” Mark Oliva, the director of public affairs for the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the firearms industry trade group, told NBC News. “So it’s a very scary proposition, and we take it very seriously.”

As a result, it is impossible to know exactly how many firearms may have changed hands in March. Critics of the system, including many lawmakers, have argued for a universal background check system that would track every firearm. But clearly it would be impossible even to know where to start as private sales that are legal in many states make it impossible to know who exactly may have purchased a firearm. What is an absolute certainty is that at least two million additional firearms are now in private hands, joining the more than 470 million already owned across the United...

Paul Maxwell, a former Desiring God writer and the author of the book The Trauma of Doctrine, has announced he is no longer a Christian. “What I really miss is connection with people,” Maxwell said on his Instagram feed. “What I’ve discovered is that I’m ready to connect again. And I’m kind of ready not to be angry anymore. I love you guys, and I love all the friendships and support I’ve built here. And I think it’s important to say that I’m just not a Christian anymore, and it feels really good. I’m really happy.” “I can’t wait to...

VIDEOThe beeping lie detector went into overdrive during Joe Biden's gun control speech.

A mass shooter who killed five people will not be a subject of a Great National Debate by the media, because he is of a race the media deems permitted to commit murder without judgment, and the people he killed were white, a race the media considers permissible to kill without comment. This cannot go on much longer. We cannot live in a society in which the Ruling Class deems it permissible to kill white people, so long as it's not they themselves, of course. "Phillip Adams, a former NFL cornerback who played six seasons in the league with six...

Joe Biden on Thursday delivered remarks on ‘gun violence’ in America and announced his ‘initial’ executive actions on gun control.

President Biden on Thursday announced a slew of new gun control measures after a recent pair of high-profile mass shootings, and insisted the Second Amendment doesn’t grant an absolute right to own guns. Biden presented the executive actions in the Rose Garden, joined by Attorney General Merrick Garland and Vice President Kamala Harris. “No amendment to the Constitution is absolute,” Biden maintained, pointing to the famous Supreme Court ruling that you can’t yell fire in a crowded theater as part of the First Amendment’s free speech clause.

If you’ve been wanting to tote a gun in the state of Tennessee, your options just got a little more…open.On Thursday, Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill that’ll change things for firearms owners in The Volunteer State who’d like to keep their sidearm at their side.The law — which takes effect July 1st — will allow both concealed and open carry without a permit.Such a thing — as you may know — is often called “constitutional carry.”Via Twitter, the governor thanked the state legislature as well as the National Rifle Association:“I signed constitutional carry today because it shouldn’t be hard...

oe Biden is a liar and a hypocrite. His attempted executive order end-run around the Second Amendment contains nothing that would have prevented recent mass shootings and certainly wouldn’t make people in cities like Chicago safer on any given weekend. For example, restricting people from making guns at home from kits and regulating gun parts accomplishes nothing – no one is being killed with home-made “ghost-guns” Gang-bangers and drug dealers fighting for turf do bit spend their time making guns from kits. C’mon, man, get real. He lies about the lack of background checks at gun shows allowing undesirables to...

A year into a global pandemic has been good for gun sales, but the fear isn’t just Covid-19, warned Wahl. “First of all, the government has scared the people,” Wahl told the Fergus Falls Journal. “Everyone is real afraid they won’t be able to find it so they are stocking up. They walk into stores and buy everything they can see. You’ll find it on the Internet at about four times the normal price.” As first-time buyers rushed to purchase a firearm they also bought ammunition, and the downside for shooters is that it drove up ammunition prices to levels...

Arizona has signed a new law that would prohibit federal gun laws that would violate the Second Amendment. The HB2111 legislation was signed into law Tuesday by Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey, ensuring rights of gun owners are protected from potential overreaching gun laws sought by President Joe Biden's administration. The law seeks to prohibit police and sheriffs from enforcing new federal gun laws, which critics say will undermine the rule of law and discourage law enforcement officers from enforcing federal gun laws to protect the public. Critics also say it is an unconstitutional measure that will cost taxpayers to...

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...