Month: July 2015

Seeking tighter controls over firearm purchases, the Obama administration is pushing to ban Social Security beneficiaries from owning guns if they lack the mental capacity to manage their own affairs, a move that could affect millions whose monthly disability payments are handled by others. The push is intended to bring the Social Security Administration in

The FBI indicates alleged Chattanooga gunman Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez had three firearms with him on July 16–two long guns and one handgun. The FBI also indicates Abdulazeez bought at least “some” of the guns “legally.” That means he bought “some” of the guns the same way that Dylann Roof (Charleston), Elton Simpson and Nadir Soofi (Garland), Jared and

  Here's a picture of the recruiting center that was shot up. Friend on facebook took the pic pic.twitter.com/krOM7xwU6J — Michael Ball (@Mike_Ball423) July 16, 2015 Ladies and gentlemen, the modern military where our best weapons is tolerance, our strength is diversity and gun control is the answer to fighting terrorists. The Tennessean reports that

The gun-free zone sign is from the front of the recruiting station in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Army regulations are very clear saying that you cannot have firearms during one’s official duties (see Para 2-6b).  It should be the same across all branches. Here are interim rules from last year that clearly prohibit privately owned weapons from all federally leased land and

In the recently-released film Terminator Genysis, actress Emilia Clarke wielded a weapon that differed from a bow and arrow used as her previous character as Daenarys Targaryen in Game of Thrones.  Instead, Clarke handled a Colt M4 Carbine rifle and the Sig Sauer P266 handgun with relative ease due to the training of Hollywood marksmanship trainer, Michelle Cannon.

Joey Tapley was buying some bullets with his cousin at the Academy Sports and Outdoors store in Topeka, Kansas, on Friday when he heard some loud bangs. “I look up and they are just loading up weapons from the counter and then they run off,” the 24-year-oldtold WIBW-TV. “And my instincts kicked in.” Tapley ran

Seth Fontenot will learn Wednesday how much time he has to spend in prison for the shooting death of 15-year-old Austin Rivault on Feb. 10, 2013. A jury in March convicted Fontenot, now 21, of manslaughter in Rivault’s death. He also was convicted of two counts of aggravated battery for shooting two then 15-year-olds, Cole

Perhaps it’s technically the New York Timesthat’s saying a “flaw” is what allowed Roof, the Charleston church killer, to buy a gun.  “Flaw” is the word used in the NYTheadline.  The actual communication from the FBI is summarized this way in the text: A loophole in the system and an error by the F.B.I. allowed

Dismisses Anti-hunting Groups’ Lawsuit Seeking to Ban Traditional Ammunition. NEWTOWN, Conn –-(Ammoland.com)- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia today upheld the dismissal of the latest lawsuit brought by anti-hunting groups petitioning the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue regulations banning traditional ammunition with lead components. The refusal by the EPA to consider

In 2009 the Minnesota State High School Clay Target League championship featured 30 competitors. In 2015 the same championship featured 5,134 and “more than 20,000 spectators.” Amid the rapid grown, Wisconsin and North Dakota joined the ranks and high schools in both states embrace shooting as a new school sport as well. According to Bloomberg Business,