The Pittsburgh Presbytery is asking state lawmakers to ban “assault weapons” from private ownership, suggesting only “government authorities” should be allowed to own such firearms. The presbytery “represents 140 congregations and about 30,000 members of Allegheny County churches in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).” According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Pittsburgh Presbytery is also calling for a
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Gun-controlled Chicago ended 2016 with nearly 800 homicides throughout the year. The Chicago Tribune reports that there were a total of 779 homicides between January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2016. That is an increase of 287 homicides over 2015 totals. There were 4,385 shootings — fatal and non-fatal combined — in gun-controlled Chicago during 2016.
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You signed up for your first firearms class. That is awesome and you will certainly learn a lot. It is easy to get overwhelmed by all the new ideas. Your first class probably covers firearms safety.. and much more. Here is a review of what you’ll learn, and what you might need to unlearn. Safety-
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A friend of mine treated himself to a new revolver for Hannukah, a Smith & Wesson .44 Magnum. He and I took it to the range a few days ago to break it in. For the uninitiated, the S&W .44 Magnum is the gun Dirty Harry describes as the “the most powerful handgun in the world;
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C.E. Dyer reports that the number of murders in Chicago keeps rising throughout 2016 in the city led by liberals, with strict gun-control measures that have, as predicted by common sense, done nothing to curb the violence. Breitbart reported: At first, the 2016 murder figures for gun-controlled Chicago drew attention by hitting 500, which was
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California is infamous for its gun laws. That would be a statement like declaring that the sky is blue on a clear day if it weren’t for the trend of the state to get worse over time. The legislature competes with meddlesome private citizens who get referenda on the ballot to see who can do
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Matt Ball isn’t the type of gun enthusiast who hoards ammunition – at least not normally. Ball, a 39-year-old banker from Roseville, is a casual shooter who spends a few days a year at the target range. Typically, when he’s running low on ammo, he swings by a local sporting-goods store and buys what he
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On January 3–the first day of the 115th Congress–Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC-8) introduced national concealed carry reciprocity legislation. Hudson’s office published this summary of the legislation: Rep. Hudson’s bill, which is supported by major pro-Second Amendment groups, would allow people with a state-issued concealed carry license or permit to conceal a handgun in any other
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Sen. Barbara Boxer said the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is facing a “judicial emergency” as she called for a Senate vote Tuesday on San Jose-based U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh’s nomination to the appellate court. As the new year rears its head, the 9th Circuit is facing a four-seat vacancy: Two
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Confused by all these new laws and what makes an AR-15 “featureless” so you might not have to register it as an assault weapon (AW)? A featureless rifle is one that does not have any of the following: pistol grip, thumbhole stock, telescoping or folding stock, flash hider, grenade or flare launcher, or forward pistol grip. A featureless
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