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OK: CIty, State Officials Talk Self Defense Act
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State and local officials said that while it is difficult to observe trends in people seeking applications to conceal carry firearms, it appears that the numbers spike following mass shootings. “When we see significant violent events, usually mass shootings at schools or malls or that sort of thing, it makes us all very uneasy,” Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation Public Information Director Jessica Brown told the Examiner-Enterprise. “That makes us think about what we can do to protect ourselves.” |
Oregon Debacle Refutes 'Armed Citizen' Fantasy
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What will surely be forever known as the Oregon Standoff is over, and it should be no surprise to anyone that it failed utterly to accomplish anything for the misguided fools who took over a remote government outpost. Well, it did get someone killed, a senseless and futile death to be sure, and that probably will give the constitutionally misinformed a martyrdom of sorts.
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NY: Thousands Raised for Former State Senate Candidate Now Facing Felony Weapon Charges
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Gia Arnold is free on bail amid allegations she had an illegal AR-15 assault rifle in her car last week in Niagara Falls. The 26 year old first made headlines in 2014 when she ran an unsuccessful campaign for the N.Y.S Senate.
Stephen Aldstadt is the president of the Shooters Committee for Political Education, or S.C.O.P.E., a pro-gun organization. He wouldn't comment on Arnold's case. But, he said the group has long contested the now illegal status of most AR-15's. “If you're going to pass a law with guns, you should pass a law that actually targets criminal behavior, not makes criminals out of ordinary sportsman and gun owners.”
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Special Report: Well Armed Women
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She had her concealed pistol license, but Marcy Jankovich didn't feel comfortable carrying.
"I didn't feel confident that I wouldn't shoot my toe off," she explained.
So, Jankovich helped create the Jackson chapter of the Well Armed Woman, a gun club just for women. |
Death of Justice Scalia Puts Supreme Court's Stance on Guns into Question
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Remembered for his conservative view and vivid writing, the late Justice Antonin Scalia, who died this weekend, authored notable dissents and several groundbreaking majority opinions during his decades serving on the U.S. Supreme Court. Perhaps the biggest decision he wrote was in District of Columbia v. Heller in 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court’s most significant ruling on guns in modern times. |
Social Media Sites Not Responsible for Enforcing Gun Laws
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Social media giants Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are taking the regulation of illegal activity on their sites into their own hands through recently announced measures.
To prevent unlicensed gun trading through Facebook and its sister company Instagram, Facebook has banned private sales of guns on the platforms, according to a Jan. 29 New York Times article. |
Eagles of Death Metal Singer Jesse Hughes on Guns: 'Everybody Has to Have Them'
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The Paris terrorist attacks shouldn't be exploited to clamp down on guns, insists Jesse Hughes, the front man for the band that was performing when 89 people were killed in the Bataclan theater last year.
Hughes' band, Eagles of Death Metal, was about an hour into its performance when gunmen stormed in and opened fire in one of the coordinated attacks across the city on Nov. 13. |
FL: First Arrest, $1,000 Reward in New Gun Bounty Program
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Within 24 hours of putting a bounty on illegal weapons, Tampa Police got their first gun in the new "See it, Say it, Stop it" program, aimed at taking illegal guns off of the streets.
The gun bounty program encourages people to call the Crimestoppers Tipline anonymously to turn people in with illegal guns. If the tip leads officers to a firearm and an arrest, the tipster is awarded $1,000. |
NY: Long Island Homeowner Walks into Robbery, Grabs Rifle
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When a Long Island homeowner walked into a robbery as it was unfolding inside his home, he confronted the suspects and grabbed a semi-automatic rifle to shoot after the robbers as they fled the home, police say.
The homeowner wasn't there when the two robbers knocked on the door in New Cassel, then showed guns and forced their way inside Monday morning, according to police.
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IN: Potential Changes Coming to High-Fenced Hunting Bill
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Legislation imposing rules and restrictions on Indiana’s high-fenced deer hunting facilities looks likely to pass through the House. But industry opponents are still lobbying for stricter language.
Environmental and conservation organizations have long opposed high-fenced deer hunting, an industry left unregulated by the courts last year. The likelihood of the General Assembly banning the industry outright this session is essentially zero, but the opposition groups hope to strengthen proposed rules and restrictions.
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5 Things We Didn't Know About Optics
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Optics have been around for a very long time. In fact, the origin of modern firearm optics stretch all the way back to the 17th century, when a civil engineer by the name of John R. Chapman designed the first telescopic scope. These were later used to some extent in the Civil War, and later more prominently in World War I and II. Today, optics are considered an invaluable part of any firearm—whether on the battlefield or for self-defense. |
NY: Local Gun Club Members Recall Scalia Visit
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The way a few members of the Hudson Falls Fish & Game Club tell it, the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was a great supporter of the Second Amendment, but not a particularly good shot.
“I was up in the pull house, and the justice kept missing the clays and the rabbit (targets), so I called Bob (Henke) to come up and pull and I went down there,” said Dan Conley, a Hudson Falls resident who was formerly the head custodian for Queensbury schools. |
WA: State Patrol Works to Get Guns Off the Streets
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The past three years alone, Washington State Patrol troopers working the Spokane district have taken nearly 200 guns off of your streets through something as simple as a traffic stop.
"Every gun has a story," said Washington State Patrol Evidence Tech Jim Hill. "You have to be nosey. That's what makes a good cop. Sometimes you just know if you have a bad guy on your hands." |
MS: Police Chiefs Critical of Latest Gun Bill
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The Mississippi Police Chiefs Association says House Bill 766, the Mississippi Church protection Act, which would allow armed security in churches, will do away with a license to carry a concealed handgun in public and would put law enforcement and all Mississipians in harm's way. |
Two Students Arrested in Gun-Pointing Facebook Post
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Two students were arrested and a third questioned after they reportedly posted a Facebook photo of them pointing guns and holding bottles of liquor.
Monroe Police officers said a juvenile was arrested on an unrelated charge of felonious assault and was lodged in the Monroe County Youth Center. The second teen, considered an adult due to his age, appeared to be holding a handgun and was lodged in the county jail. The third subject who was holding a bottle of vodka was questioned and released by police.
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