Gun Control Watch

[Perd Hapley]

You ain’t missing anything it’s just another Liberal citycuck calling for your rights to be further restricted. More background checks, background checks on ammunition, have to undergo a purchase permit process, putting gun wound photos on ammunition boxes, and other similar stupidity.

They realize wound photos on the ammo boxen would be a selling point, right?

Right?

[Ben]

I reckon this fits here. BBC article on the AR-15. Apparently this Busse guy is a former firearms industry person who went antigun?

Ryan Busse was a top executive at a firearms company in the early 2000s. Back then, he said, AR-15s and other “tactical” military-style weapons were banished to the back halls of industry shows and only accessible to law enforcement and former military members.

I'm pretty sure I'm not crazy and that there has never been a "former military" exemption for scary guns. Yet BBC is quoting this "expert" stating just that. Where's that crazy lady that was supposed to be the fed.gov disinformation czar? Bueller?

https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2023/04/15/bbc-looks-at-how-the-ar-15-went-from-banished-to-americas-national-gun/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65280361

[Perd Hapley]

   Wasn't the AR on the civvy market even before the M16 became the general issue service rifle?


Plus this:

Meanwhile, advances in technology have accelerated the rifle's capabilities beyond those of the military's M-16, Mr Busse said, making it more deadly."

Ummmm, what? The article doesn't even try to explain this. Guess we might as well deregulate full-auto, then.

[Ben]

Grandpa is getting worked up again.

https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2023/04/17/dana-loesch-others-lower-the-reality-check-boom-after-bidens-gun-control-diatribe/

[Perd Hapley]

Grandpa is getting worked up again.

https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2023/04/17/dana-loesch-others-lower-the-reality-check-boom-after-bidens-gun-control-diatribe/

Safe storage of guns? How about safe storage of classified documents?

[Perd Hapley]

Mass shooting stats compared:

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/mass-shootings-by-country

Does the United States have more mass shootings than other countries? It depends on the data.

Exactly how mass shootings in the U.S. compare to those in other countries is a highly disputed subject. In a widely publicized study originally released in 2015, the pro-gun nonprofit Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) compared the annual number of mass shooting deaths per million people in the U.S. to that of Canada and several European countries from 2009 to 2015. The result? Norway led the world with 1.88 deaths per million, followed by Serbia, France, and Macedonia. Where did the U.S. rank? 11th place.

[JTHunter]

Safe storage of guns? How about safe storage of classified documents?

How about "safe storage" of convicted criminals? 

[Perd Hapley]

How about "safe storage" of convicted criminals? 

thats racist

[Perd Hapley]

https://twitchy.com/aaronw-313234/2023/04/17/marianne-williamson-tries-stomping-on-the-2nd-amendment-steps-on-history-rake-instead/

The responses are really good. Scroll to the end.

Her tweet:

When the Founders wrote the Second Amendment, the largest guns they had were muskets.

The modern bullet had not yet been invented.

They could only shoot one bullet at a time.

Today’s assault weapon would be like the power of a cannon to them.

And the Founders never outlawed cannons, so...

[WLJ]

https://twitchy.com/aaronw-313234/2023/04/17/marianne-williamson-tries-stomping-on-the-2nd-amendment-steps-on-history-rake-instead/

The responses are really good. Scroll to the end.

Her tweet:
And the Founders never outlawed cannons, so...

By their logical the 1st A doesn't apply to ball point pens, typewriters, radio, TV, telephones, telegraphs, cells phones, the internet, cameras etc..... You can also throw in cars, airplanes, trains, powered ships as means of conveying messages.

[MechAg94]

This is your periodic reminder:

While it may be possible to outsmart the founders, anyone smart enough to do it is smart enough to not try, and anyone who wants to try isn't smart enough to do it.

I like this response.

[Ben]

The ATF Director, when asked about "assault weapons":

https://twitter.com/i/status/1648385350954262535

https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2023/04/18/atf-director-admits-hes-no-firearms-expert-and-cant-define-assault-weapon/

[JTHunter]

thats racist

How so?  Crooks are crooks and like a mad dog, should be safely confined or destroyed. 

[Perd Hapley]

How so?  Crooks are crooks and like a mad dog, should be safely confined or destroyed. 

Are you white? Then everything you say is racist.

Are you non-white? Then nothing you say or do could ever be racist. Unless you disagree with left-wing neo-racism. Then you're the black face of white supremacy.

I thought we all understood that's how things work now.

[Angel Eyes]

The ATF Director, when asked about "assault weapons":

https://twitter.com/i/status/1648385350954262535

https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2023/04/18/atf-director-admits-hes-no-firearms-expert-and-cant-define-assault-weapon/

Semi-related: Colorado legislation to ban "assault weapons" failed:  https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/assault-weapons-ban-bill-colorado/73-2096e81a-9255-445c-9533-f252d5a5b23a

[HankB]

The ATF Director, when asked about "assault weapons":

https://twitter.com/i/status/1648385350954262535

https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2023/04/18/atf-director-admits-hes-no-firearms-expert-and-cant-define-assault-weapon/

Too bad someone didn't ask him to define "A woman with an assault weapon."   

[MechAg94]

Breaking News: IL AWB Blocked!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKffYuV0jZQ

I don't see any articles on this yet. 

[WLJ]

Breaking News: IL AWB Blocked!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKffYuV0jZQ

I don't see any articles on this yet.

Federal judge grants injunction against Illinois "assault weapons" and magazine ban
https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2023/04/28/federal-judge-grants-injunction-against-illinois-assault-weapons-and-magazine-ban-n69989

[Ben]

The HEAR Act:

https://www.menendez.senate.gov/newsroom/press/sen-menendez-rep-watson-coleman-renew-bicameral-effort-to-outlaw-gun-silencers
https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2023/04/28/dem-senator-gets-schooled-after-clueless-tweet-about-what-gun-silencers-are-designed-to-suppress/

Holy hell, these people are morons.

[JTHunter]

Federal judge grants injunction against Illinois "assault weapons" and magazine ban
https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2023/04/28/federal-judge-grants-injunction-against-illinois-assault-weapons-and-magazine-ban-n69989

Federal District court judge, Stephen McGlynn granted a TEMPORARY injunction that is in effect statewide.  In his opinion, he holds the State's lackluster arguments up and shows their "misrepresentations".  He also opined that the plaintiffs (gun owners) have shown enough evidence that the likelihood of their eventual victory is enough to issue his order.  There will still have to be a trial but the various groups behind this suit have shown evidence of "irreparable harm" with no legal recourse.

Judge McGlynn also took the SA to task as he asked the SA about how long it takes to get a CCP and the SA admitted he didn't really know but that it wasn't as fast as it should be.  And the judge commented how he has been waiting for his since last September !
A well vetted federal judge and even he is getting screwed by IL-ANNOY. 

[WLJ]

Federal judge grants injunction against Illinois "assault weapons" and magazine ban
https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2023/04/28/federal-judge-grants-injunction-against-illinois-assault-weapons-and-magazine-ban-n69989

Never mind

7th court of appeals put a stay on the injunction

 Bad News! Illinois Assault Weapon & Magazine Ban Are Back In Effect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CArq2eqocfU

[MechAg94]

Did NRA Just KILL Constitutional Carry In North Carolina?!
Guns & Gadgets 2nd Amendment News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpOpUjqV-eg

Since when has the NRA been a no-compromise group.  They stealing GOA slogans?

[RocketMan]

I really don't expect constitutional carry to go anywhere in NC, the NRA notwithstanding.  The county sheriffs make a pretty good chunk of change off the concealed carry process, and most of them are quite willing to issue permits in a timely fashion.  This keeps that income stream alive.
There are a couple of exceptions of course, like the sheriff of Mecklenburg county.  His department does a good job of dragging its feet and taking months to issue permits.  I suspect that's due to the lefty leanings of Charlotte.

[RoadKingLarry]

When Oklahoma was going for constitutional carry the biggest opposition from the state was the loss of revenue from permit fees. 

[Pb]

I really don't expect constitutional carry to go anywhere in NC, the NRA notwithstanding.  The county sheriffs make a pretty good chunk of change off the concealed carry process, and most of them are quite willing to issue permits in a timely fashion.  This keeps that income stream alive.

That was also the case in my state.  The sherrifs stalled it for years, not wanting to lose their slush funds.  We eventually won; so there is hope.