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Carjacked Congressman is a Perfect Illustration of Why More Americans are Becoming Gun Owners
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) briefly recounted his experience being carjacked in Washington, DC’s Navy Yard neighborhood. He said there were three assailants with guns who stole his car, and he said the incident was proof there should be better support for law enforcement. pic.twitter.com/ZXLYpyAh3Z
— CSPAN (@cspan) October 3, 2023
In a popular up-and-coming area of Washinton, D.C. – just a few blocks from the nation’s Capitol building – a U.S.
Zero Tolerance Follies: The Pathetic Hoplophobia of Punishing Kids (and Adults) for Finger Guns
Finger guns, the lethal weapons of choice of absolutely no one, are in the news again.
Every so often we write about over-the-top reactions to harmless things or actions with some nebulous but apparently nefarious gun-related nexus, like the by-now notorious case of the seven-year-old second-grader suspended for chewing a breakfast pastry into the shape of a gun.
A school official admitted that while a student “used food to make inappropriate gestures that disrupted the class,” there were no “physical threats” made and no one was harmed.
Armed Employee Engages Former Employee Who Opened Fire at Dallas Car Dealership
Last week a former employee who had recently been fired by Vandergriff Honda in suburban Dallas walked into the car dealership with a “long-style rifle.” Employees say Abbas Al-Mutairy had a “blank, very calm” look on his face…right up until the time he shot out a window.
Fortunately, one of the dealership’s employees was armed. From nbcdfw.com . . .
“One of the service advisors has a gun, tries to defend himself, shoots back at him because he was walking toward the service area, then they get into an exchange.
Did Someone Try to Set Up Guns Save Life With a Gun-Running Sting?
Guns Save Life has developed something of a reputation for repeatedly stinging government gun buyback events (see here, here, and here). We collect and trade junk guns — some of them utterly trashed — for perfectly good cash that we then use to support youth shooting programs across the state. Oh yeah, we also use some of the money to buy guns to give away to the kids.
Eleven years ago, we popped Chicago for about $6,500 while turning in almost 70 guns at one of their gun buybacks.
Brown and Gillison: We Need to Stop Conflating Mental Illness and ‘Gun Violence’
Following [mass shootings], the national conversation quickly shifts to discuss mental illness as the culprit. Policymakers discuss the need for more mental health services and programs that keep “dangerous people with mental illness” off the streets. But these talking points perpetuate a false narrative and play on the fears and anxiety of the public. The data tells a much different story. People with mental illness are more likely to be victims of violence, not perpetrators, and severe mental illness can only be attributed to 3 to 5 percent of violent acts in communities.
Gun Meme of the Day: Deer Go Moo Edition
It’s a real thing here in Texas, with quite a big portion of hunting land also being actively ranched. Don’t shoot the big deer that kinda make a “moooo” noise, okay?
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California’s New Senator Laphonza Butler Will Carry On Dianne Feinstein’s Anti-Gun Legacy
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is ensuring that his gun control agenda is in safe hands with the appointment of Laphonza Butler to serve in the U.S. Senate following the passing of U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.). Sen. Butler was sworn in this week, a Democrat who until the announcement was residing in Silver Springs, Md., and has spoken little on gun control issues. However, her progressive track record and history of working for liberal causes assures that she will pick up the gun control mantle.
We Have a Tested, Proven Way to Keep Schools and Students Safe…If We Want To
By Rob Morse
It’s bad enough when another broken, narcissistic idiot with a gun kills innocent victims. It’s worse still when the mainstream media gives the murderer — depending on their politics — a multi-million-dollar publicity campaign.
Until society and the media dynamic change drastically, we’re left with doing what we can to defend our children in schools and our neighbors in churches and synagogues. Along the way, we have to balance some conflicting emotions with some important truths about protecting kids and others in, well, sensitive places.
Why America is Still Great: More People Own Guns and Dogs Than Cats
When something makes you smile.
According to the latest researdch, about 45% of American households have guns. With some fluctuation. that number has been fairly steady for decades. That, of course, dependent on people actually answering honestly when a stranger tries to find out if they own guns (so the actual number is likely more than 50%).
There are about 46 million households with pet cats in the United States, or about 37 percent.
Let’s Look at Sandy Hook Promise, One of America’s Biggest Gun Control Operations
By Lee Williams
On December 14, 2012, a 20-year-old madman stalked the halls of the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, killing 20 young children and six adults. Just 14 days later, the nonprofit Sandy Hook Promise was founded by three Newtown residents, Mark Barden, Nicole Hockley and Tim Makris.
Barden’s son Daniel was killed during the mass murder, as was Hockley’s son, Dylan. Makris’ child was at the school, but was not physically injured.
Let’s Take a Look at Who Will Be Running Biden’s New Ministry of Gun Control
The White House made a much-ballyhooed announcement that they were caving to gun control special interests by installing a new Office of Gun Violence Prevention. The office will have little to do with preventing actual crime and everything to do with using taxpayer dollars to attempt to deny Americans their Second Amendment rights.
Still, there are questions about just what this office will do and who are the people staffing it at taxpayer expense.
Maybe TX Rep. Cuellar Should Have Been One of the 1.1 Million Americans Who Bought a Gun Last Month
As we noted earlier, a US Congressman was carjacked at gunpoint on the streets of our nation’s capital last night. As the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s Mark Oliva told us . . .
The despicable and violent attack on Congressman Henry Cuellar serves as a reminder why Americans continue to choose to exercise their Second Amendment rights. Crime rates are unabated and criminals prey on innocent Americans without consequence. Americans are choosing a different path.
ATF Sends .50 BMG Warning to Border State FFLs
The ATF does a decent job of keeping FFLs on their toes when it comes to threats of theft, fraud, and more. For instance, emails go out to all FFLs within a certain radius of an FFL that’s been the victim of a robbery or burglary. If protests or civil unrest are anticipated somewhere, that will trigger proactive emails and sometimes phone calls to alert FFLs in the affected area
The email I got dtoday was a new one for Texas FFLs.
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Texas Democrat Congressman Carjacked at Gunpoint in Washington, DC
Police activity after alleged car jacking of Democrat Rep. Henry Cuellar https://t.co/0e6Dog5B3A pic.twitter.com/dLZUFodWgv
— Matt VanHyfte (@MattVanHyfte) October 3, 2023
U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar was carjacked by three armed attackers but was unharmed, the Texas Democrat’s office said.
Cuellar’s chief of staff Jacob Hochberg released a statement Monday night saying: “As Congressman Cuellar was parking his car this evening, 3 armed assailants approached the Congressman and stole his vehicle.
Fifth Circuit Issues Preliminary Injunction Blocking Brace Ban Enforcement Against Plaintiffs in Mock v. Garland
For those of you keeping score at home, back in May, a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an emergency injunction blocking the ATF from enforcing its new rule effectively banning pistol stabilizing braces. This was after a lower court judge concluded that the plaintiffs weren’t likely to prevail on the merits of the case.
The Fifth Circuit concluded that not only were the plaintiffs in Mock v.
Better Angels of our Nature: Of Love, Gun Control and Armed Self Defense
By Rob Morse
I hope you’ve fallen in love at some point. It’s an exciting time when your new partner is simply beautiful and the world is full of possibilities. Eventually, the honeymoon ends and you find out that all relationships take work. When you begin to see you see your partner’s flaws, you wonder how you overlooked them before.
The theory of gun control might be a beautiful utopian vision to some, but the reality of disarming the good guys is heart-breakingly ugly with any examination at all.
Sounds and Fury Signifying Nothing: N.J. Governor Emotes Over Challenge to ‘Sensitive Places’ Law
New Jerseys Governor Phil Murphy lashed out in response to a ten day old filing by the Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs, in the challenge to the state’s “carry-killer” Bruen response law. The 2022 law signed by Murphy eviscerated the ability of Jerseyites to exercise the Second Amendment and currently is sitting on the chopping block of a legal challenge.
One of the most egregious provisions of the law created new so-called “sensitive places” where carrying firearms is prohibited.
The Truth About Suppressors – How They Work and What They Really Do
By David Lewis
This project is a comprehensive look at silencers with testing data that shows exactly what difference a suppressed firearm can make on sound levels while shooting.
Understanding How Firearm Silencers/Suppressors Work
When you fire ammunition from a gun, the ammo generates hot pressurized gases that need a place to escape.
As these turbulent gases exit the firearm, the dramatic change in pressure causes a loud blasting sound.
Judge Orders New York to Pay Almost Half a Million of NRA’s Bruen Legal Expenses
In a case decided last summer, the Supreme Court ruled that a New York public carry licensing law was unconstitutional and that the ability to carry a pistol in public was a constitutional right guaranteed by the Second Amendment.
The NRA was a party in that case, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, and last week a New York judge ordered the state to pay $447,700.82 in legal fees.