gun issues

Since 1934 an unlicensed person like me has had to purchase a $200 tax stamp in order to make/buy/register a machine gun, silencer or other NFA firearm. This is one reason why silencers are so expensive in the USA; people want a durable and high quality muffler for their gun. There is a bill...

A bill referred to by some as the Hearing Protection Act https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/367?r=21 No text available yet. It will bring the USA more in line with those other countries which allow unlicensed civilians to use silencers...

So, the setup. As you all know a few days ago there was a shooting in Canada. It kind of made the news and everything. During the coverage of this event swimsuit model and part time sports radio host Chrissy Teigen wrote the tweet I wish I had thought of. It was a great little poke at how...

Who would YOU shoot 1st? The Guy or the Girl? http://news.yahoo.com/2-officers-3-others-dead-las-vegas-shooting-232556307.html I was at the beach today and I heard of this story on the radio. As a gun owner, a white guy, 1 who over 20 years ago sometimes carried a concealed handgun in...

Police identify last known owner of loaded gun found in Target toy aisle Article continues. My suspicion is that he left the gun there so somebody would get hurt and the owner of the gun would get blamed. Based on a deep lack of faith in the goodness of human nature.

Fresh on the heels of the UCSB shootings, up in Seattle another crazy person shot and killed one person, wounded two others before being stopped by students (without guns, it should be added) http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2023778865_spushootingxml.html Have we become so used to this...

There's been another campus shooting this afternoon. It appears to have been a single shooter, with 4 people taken to the hospital. One has died, one is critical, in surgery, and the other two are satisfactory. They haven't released the identity of the suspected shooter, but he's of college age...

So evidently a fellow in camouflage and carrying multiple firearms is hiding out in a wooded area in the city of Mocton, and he's managed to kill 3 RCMP and wound two more. The area is locked down and residents are being advised to do the things you're supposed to do when a fanatical...

Source: ‘Smart’ Firearm Draws Wrath of the Gun Lobby (via Slashdot) /me sighs.

source For: Against: It seems reasonable to me. If responsible gun owners are being responsible with their guns, this should have zero impact on them. If it makes less-than-responsible gun owners act a little more responsible, mission accomplished. On the few occasions where my 5 year old...

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/07/07/kan-law-thrusts-iowa-insurer-into-gun-debate/2495815/ The law of unintended consequences once again.

I saw this link on another forum; http://www.gunssavelife.com/?p=7699 Is there any truth to this article at all? Thanks. Ranb

Here's to the Second Amendment: This link to the story doesn't mention it, but it's believed that the officer was helping someone with a flat tire. A police officer whom appeared to be one of the good guys shoot, while in uniform, all for being a good Samaritan. Yeah, tell me how we don't...

Yes I am a radical. Therefore I am essentially insignificant. The vast majority of people are not going to support my no compromise get-all-the-guns-out-of-civilian-hands-with-whatever-force-is-necessary stance on the issue of gun control. They will, instead, support much more practical and...

CNN reporting a school shooting. How dare they mention guns might be involved. Do they just want us to turn into the USSR with guns banned and everyone forced to worship Obama? That's my prediction of a reaction on at least one gun forum before the day is over. So the question is: why are guns...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19635239 A wanted criminal made a non-emergency call to the police, reporting a burglary (which had not occurred). Two police officers were sent to the address, as is routine, and when they got there they were shot in a hail of bullets (some witnesses...

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20120716/ARTICLES/120719707/1109/sports?Title=Video-shows-patron-shooting-robbers-at-Palms-Internet-Cafe "Yakety-Sax" should be added at about the 40 second mark. Seriously tho, when they turn and run it's time to stop shooting.

The fact that things like this continue to hold traction with the gun crowd has me concerned. Especially since I have hung with some very liberal crowds in my time and really have never run across a deep rooted desire to actually ban all guns. Sure a lot of them don't like guns, I certainly...

Sooners score partial victory in open carry debate

Back in 2009 when I was first beginning to push for a change in Washington State law to allow registered silencer use, I contacted the NRA for advice but I never heard back from them. After Washington state law was changed to allow registered silencer use on firearms, I had a chance to talk to...

There have been ongoing stories concerning Fast & Furious, the program from the ATF that directed gun dealers to violate the law and sell weapons that were going straight to drug cartels in Mexico. There were two other wimilar programs that were also designed to send guns to a drug cartel, and...

PHYSICIANS vs. GUN OWNERS Physicians: a. The number of physicians in the U.S. is 700,000. b. Accidental deaths caused by Physicians per year are 120,000. c. Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171. (Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services) Now think about this . . ...

Let's say you always keep your guns unloaded and safely in a cabinet. In this case, you are unlikely to have an unfortunate accident like these people, but if you had an actual home invasion, maybe you wouldn't be able to get to your gun and load it in time to do any good. OTOH, if you keep it...

From the Arizona Republic: The local Wal-Mart supplying the Mexican drug gangs. Even Hollywood couldn't make that up. Makes you laugh and cry at the same time.

link I personally don't have a problem with a state having an official firearm. In this case there is even a tie in to local history - as should be the case in state symbols. The particular timing may be a bit indelicate, but the concept itself is not inappropriate.

Personally I wouldn't. For one big reason: people are incompetent. I had a friend who was obsessed with guns. So obsessed that it got in the way with a lot of his life. Typically it would go like this: he'd get evicted from someplace because he bought a new gun instead of paying his rent. He'd...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110111/ap_on_re_us/us_congresswoman_shot_the_gun Jared Loughner had trouble with the law, was rejected by the Army after flunking a drug test and was considered so mentally unstable that he was banned from his college campus, where officials considered him a threat...

The rifle range I use is being sued by the county over noise, safety and zoning issues. The club that owns the property asked me to come up with a shooting enclosure to reduce the noise of the high powered rifles used there. I obtained three foam filled steel doors and bolted them together to...

tl/dr version: just tell me why you don't carry a concealed handgun if it's legal where you live. I'm starting this thread because I want to know if I should carry a concealed handgun on me wherever I go mostly. I think this can be broken down rationally and easily. I think I know many of the...

In an effort to help her son fend off bullys at school a woman gave her son a knife and a BB gun to take to school. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/10/26/2010-10-