In his speech at CPAC Friday, National Rifle Association (NRA) CEO and Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre called the NRA “freedom’s safest place” and gave a pointed defense of his organization, the right to keep and bear arms, and rights in general, saying, “They are all linked.”
The New York Times reports that the ATF’s proposed AR-15 ammo ban has been in the works for over three years.
On February 26, a New York Times op-ed by Mary Lewis Grow of pro-gun control organization Protect Minnesota, cited terror attacks in heavily gun-controlled Europe and Australia as proof for why we need more gun control in this country too, and
Following the gun control push that began in July 2012 with the Aurora theater shooting and escalated after the December 2012 Sandy Hook attack, donations to the National Rifle Association rose to nearly $100 million. IRS disclosure forms show that
On February 24, Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts wrote an op-ed suggesting that campus carry could actually increase sexual assaults on campuses around country.
On February 19, the Los Angeles Times reacted to the growing momentum for Campus Carry legislation across the country by referring to the NRA as “crackpots” and reminding the organization that it is the government’s “responsibility to protect the public through reasonable gun control laws.”
Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) president Grover Norquist has written a letter to several members of the NRA’s board of directors fervently denying allegations of his ties to Muslim Brotherhood leaders as “conspiracies.”
On February 17, Breitbart News reported that Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America lost when Texas Governor Greg Abbot used his State of the State Address to make clear that Texas will be the 45th state in the country to allow the open carry of handguns.
With open carry en vogue today the way concealed carry was in the 1990s, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America is criticizing the NRA, stating it “normalize[s] behaviors that are unsafe.”
On January 25, Slate magazine ran a column to disprove once and for all NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre’s talk about the need for Americans to arm themselves for self-defense.
Following a pattern similar to one we’ve seen in Slate, Politico Magazine, and The Washington Post, the Huffington Post is now contending that guns are used to shoot and kill bad guys only about “450” times a year, and the NRA mantra about good guys with guns stopping bad guys with guns is plain hogwash.
The NRA-ILA is suggesting Gabby Giffords’ gun control group, Americans for Responsible Solutions (ARS), ought to rename themselves “Anti-Gunners for Irresponsible Statistics” in light of their “bogus claim … about the number of firearm and car accident deaths among young people each year.”
With seven pro-Second Amendment bills before the Colorado state legislature on February 22—including some that would repeal certain gun laws instituted in 2013—Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America urged Democrats to dig in and oppose the repeal of gun control.
The Huffington Post says the NRA would be better served attending Bloomberg’s “gun violence” coverage conference rather than complaining about it.
On January 26, Aljazeera ran a special report on the state of gun control in America, which included a quote on how Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America is making efforts to “undo the damage the NRA has done.”
On January 25 Slate magazine published an article revolving around the NRA’s warning that we live in a dangerous world best answered by owning a gun. They argue that the call to gun ownership for self-defense is false, that it is part of a great myth which has clouded the minds of Americans and resulted in a “misguided” expansion of gun ownership, and therefore, expanded crime.
Two Texas Legislators are proposing to amend the Texas Constitution to protect the “Right to Hunt and Fish.” Resolutions to create the amendment have been authored by Sen. Brandon Creighton (R-Conroe) and Rep. Trent Ashby (R-Lufkin). If passed, the proposal would place the issue on the ballot for voter approval in November 2015.
HBO’s Bryant Gumbel tells Rolling Stone magazine that the NRA is ‘a curse on the American landscape.”
As 2014 was a terrible year for the gun control lobby (GCL)–a year in which Gabby Giffords, Mark Kelly, the Brady Campaign, and the machinations of Moms Demand Action were thoroughly rejected–the new plan for the GCL appears to be “Motion-Is-Progress.”
On January 15, Second Amendment supporters gathered in Olympia, Washington, in a show of opposition to Bloomberg-funded I-594. State Representative Matt Shea (R-4th Dist.) said, “We will not comply.”
On January 15—just over two months after winning a gubernatorial re-election with the NRA’s endorsement—Michigan Governor Rick Snyder (R) bucked the NRA and stood with Gabby Giffords in opposing a bill which would have “revised” his state’s concealed carry law.
South Carolina state Representative Alan Clemmons (R-107) is proposing the “Second Amendment Act of 2015,” an act which would create a three-week course on the Second Amendment for high school students and would designate December 15 as “Second Amendment Awareness Day.”
On April 17 and 18 Bloomberg-funded Everytown for Gun Safety will help fund a two day workshop to “enhance the practical ability of journalists to report on guns and gun violence knowledgeably, ethically, and effectively.”
A new Pennsylvania law brought local gun regulations in line with the state’s firearm preemption rules by allowing residents to sue their municipalities.
On Sunday, Vice News ran a story arguing the government needs to treat guns like cars and regulate them heavily.
PBS’s new special, Gunned Down: The Power of the NRA, includes looks at other gun rights groups–like Gun Owners of America (GOA)–and actually credits GOA with dragging Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) into the light when he tried to cloak his 2013 gun control push with words like “compromise” and “loopholes.”
PBS’s new special, Gunned Down: The Power Of The NRA, makes it clear the Obama administration trusted Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) to beat the NRA on gun control in 2013.
On January 5, Variety magazine ran a column admitting the tremendous power of the NRA, and suggested the gun control lobby is figuring out that the only way to beat the pro-Second Amendment group is to bypass Congress. This means bypassing lawmakers loyal to the NRA as well.
Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts says the media is wrong and “the NRA is losing.”
Two months after taking a beating in the 2014 midterm elections, the gun control lobby is revamping its language and redirecting its energies toward what it views as vulnerable states.
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America is asking gun control supporters to “educate” Alan Jackson and Jeff Foxworthy because the two celebrities have agreed to appear at the 2015 NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibitions in Nashville, Tennessee.
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America is targeting country music star Alan Jackson and comedian Jeff Foxworthy for agreeing to appear at the 2015 NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibitions, April 11 in Nashville.
On December 28, “distinguished” Occidental College Professor Peter Dreier claimed those looking for a cause behind the December 20 executions of NYPD officers, Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos, need to quit pointing the finger at NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) and start pointing it at the NRA.
On December 28, the Wisconsin Gazette (WG) ran a column claiming “it is long past time to repeal the stupid Second Amendment.”
On Friday, Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense in America founder Shannon R Watts said the fact that the NRA had blocked her on Twitter is proof her anti-gun group was “winning.”
On December 15, Obama’s anti-gun Surgeon General nominee Vivek Murthy needed 51 votes to be confirmed. He reached 51 because one Republican–Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL)–joined Democrats to confirm him. Breitbart News previously reported that Murthy’s “political activism” was even too much for
In the wake of the hostage taking in Sydney Australia, Vox‘s Max Fisher says it’s time to stop asking Muslims to condemn terrorism. Fisher calls the practice of giving space to Muslim leaders space to comment after a violent incident,
After Senate Democrats confirmed Obama’s Surgeon General nominee Vivek Murthy by a 51-43 vote on December 15, the Los Angeles Times reminded readers that Murthy believes “guns are a healthcare issue.” The newspaper also reminded readers that Murthy supports a
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Monday approved President Barack Obama’s nomination of Dr. Vivek Murthy to serve as U.S. surgeon general, despite opposition from Republicans and some Democrats over his support for gun control. Murthy, 37, a physician at
Before the Senate confirmed Vivek Murthy as Surgeon General, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) said he will not support Murthy because of his “political activism.” According to Roll Call, Manchin said the Surgeon General’s role is to lead “on public health
