Gun Control Legislation

Montana to Feds: We Don’t Want Your Gun Control, If Montana has its way in a lawsuit filed Thursday, there will be far less federal gun control in the state – we can only hope more states follow.

Open Carry States Color coded map of open carry states – and don’t forget to check out the other carry maps and laws here. A great resource for anyone interested in carrying a handgun for self-defense on their person or in an automobile . Facts: 42 states permit open carry in public 26 states require [...]

In the US: I would like to see the assault weapons ban reinstated – it’s not philosophical, it’s because of what we have seen on the ground…There is a direct correlation between the assault ban and expiring in 2004 and the numbers – simply the sheer numbers – of assault weapons that we seize in [...]

Firearm sales up in June CNN on the ammo shortage – Includes video.

Jersey City Police Chief Takes Aim at NRA “We need help to stop these weapons from hitting the street,” said Police Chief Thomas Comey. “This weapon is manufactured for nothing other than to hunt man.” Can you guess what type of firearm he is talking about? A Mossberg pump-action shotgun of course. I doubt he [...]

America, We’re Number One: The 2009 Small Arms Survey reported that the Untied States alone was responsible for about half of the worldwide increase in legal international gun sales between 2000 and 2006. The U.S. now accounts for over half of the world’s imports of pistols and revolvers and 45 percent of shotguns, it said.

What an idiot! The purpose of the Second Amendment, as affirmed by federal courts, was to make sure there were adequate arms available to the “well-regulated militia.” Since the various National Guard units now are armed by the federal government, the “right to keep and bear arms” argument has been rendered moot. Sixty percent of [...]

Over at View from the Cumberlands, they have a look: In 2008, there were 171 murders committed in Tennessee using handguns. But there were also 61 committed using knives, compared with 21 committed by shotgun and less than a dozen* committed with those dastardly assault rifles (you know, the ones that the Brady bunch proclaimed [...]

Signed into law. I would bet my left toe that the Brady Bunch wasn’t pleased.