Day: May 26, 2017

Charles Heller of the Arizona Citizens Defense League and Gerry Hills of Arizonans for Gun Safety are usually on opposite sides of any debate. But this year, both Heller and Hills have found something to agree on: They claim that that more pro-firearms bills could have passed this year, but Governor Doug Ducey seems to have

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. From 2014 to 2015, the United States experienced its largest annual increase in firearm deaths over the past 35 years, a 7.8 percent upturn in a single year. In 45 of the 50 states the rate of overall deaths from firearms increased and

106-year old Armenian woman protecting her home with an AK-47, 1990 Source

It was the perfect target if you think about it…if you have studied the enemy’s playbook.  A crowded event, in an unsecured location, attended by non-combatants, in an unarmed egalitarian western nation.  The stuff jihadist dreams are made of.  So 23-year-old Salman Abedi, son of Lybian refugees, set off a nail bomb at the conclusion

A 37 year-old Jordanian man started stabbing an Israeli police officer this past Sunday, May 14, in Jerusalem and was shot dead in the act by the police officer. (Please click here for a better video of this event.) How did Jordan react to this terror incident? By condemning the Israeli policeman’s commission of a

Nashville Mayor Megan Barry has asked Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam to veto a bill that would require cities and counties to either implement more security measures at public facilities or allow handgun permit holders to carry their firearms. In a letter sent to Haslam on May 11, Barry argues the legislation would “negatively impact local governments such as Nashville”

Firearm sales hit a record high last year as the FBI processed more than 27.5 million background checks on gun buyers. This year, sales have eased up a bit, but they’re still on track to hit the second-highest number ever. Despite the dramatic increase in the number of guns in circulation, though, there was an

It is reprehensible that our elected officials, our elected Judges and our “appointed” Justices abrogate their oath of office every day. Anyone of them, with a real backbone, should be using the Fourteenth Amendment, Section 1; that states, in part, “No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities

Why this? Because the questions come all the time. “12 gauge or 20? Long or short barrel? Folding stock or not? What kind of sights? What’s buckshot? Birdshot or not?” So, let’s just list ‘em and tackle them right off. 1: The “normal” legal limit of an 18″ barrel is what you want for ease

The first thing Dr. Amy Goldberg told me is that this article would be pointless. She said this on a phone call last summer, well before the election, before a tangible sensation that facts were futile became a broader American phenomenon. I was interested in Goldberg because she has spent 30 years as a trauma