CheaperThanDirt! Resumes Selling and Shipping Firearms Following Massive PR Backlash
Earlier this week CheaperThanDirt!, one of the larger firearms accessories and ammunition retailers, suspended its sales of all firearms following the Connecticut shooting. The move prompted a MASSIVE internet backlash, with the number of...
Drug Smugglers’ Latest Weapon: The Potato Gun
Mexican drug cartels may be a bunch of vile, hyper-violent murdering scum, but they're not necessarily stupid. Some have apparently figured out that they can save the cost and risk of mules (hired smugglers)...
Quote of the Day: Self-Preservation Edition
“He wanted to defend himself and his friends, based on what he’s seen on the news.” - Granite School District spokesman Ben Horsley quoted in Utah sixth-grader brings gun to school, fearing another Newtown
Dianne Feinstein Officially Announces Provisions of Upcoming Assault Weapons Ban Bill
Press Release:
“On the first day of the new Congress, I intend to introduce a bill stopping the sale, transfer, importation and manufacturing of assault weapons as well as large ammunition magazines, strips and drums...
NRA Releases Statement on Sandy Hill Elementary Massacre
The NRA had come in for no shortage of criticism for its lack of a response to Friday's shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. They've just released the following:
NRA STATEMENT
The National Rifle Association of America is...
BREAKING: Shooting at Santikos Mayan Movie Theater in San Antonio, TX
It looks like there was an incident Sunday night in my home town of San Antonio that has left two people wounded (as of this writing). An off duty Bexar County police officer who...
Shots Fired at California Shopping Mall
CNN is reporting that a man fired over 50 rounds into the air at an outdoor shopping center in Southern California. Apparently no one was hurt from the gunfire, but one person was injured...
Quote of the Late Night: Maybe Morgan Freeman Edition
The following quote has been attributed to Morgan Freeman, but even Snopes can't verify it. Either way, it pretty much sums up my thoughts on this weekend.
You want to know why. This may sound cynical, but...
Unscientific Survey: Local CCW Applications Up 300+%
Since Tuesday's shooting spree at the Clackamas Town Center shopping mall (only fifteen miles from here) applications for CCW permits are up by more than 300% my local sheriff's department . . .
My job--the...
Newton, CT Killer Used Mother’s Legally Purchased Guns
The firearms used by the shooter in the mass shooting today were legally owned and registered to the shooter's mother, NBC is reporting. Four firearms were recovered, only two apparently used in the actual...
The Truth About the Guns Used in the Newtown School Shooting
It's common, in the aftermath of an event like today's for the features and capabilities of the firearms used to be wrong or exaggerated. In the hopes of keeping some semblance of factual reporting...
White House: Today is Not the Day to Discuss Gun Control
"I think it's important on a day like today to view this as I know the president, as a father does and I as a father and others who are parents certainly do, which...