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It looks like Congress might actually vote on some safety measures for guns, although assault weapons and large magazines are still dead-in-the-water.  It looks like background checks are the only possiblity, and while its passage is a no-brainer, and yields 90% support in the country, you just KNOW the NRA isn't going to like it. And here's the NRA statement: Expanding … Read More

A Tennessee woman was shot in the stomach by her 2-year-old child on Sunday. Rekia Kid was sleeping with the toddler and her three-week-old baby when the toddler discovered a Glock 9 mm stored underneath her pillow and discharged the weapon. Kid managed to get out of the house and crawl to a neighbor’s porch where she was found by the neighbor, … Read More

CNN: It happened in just seconds, by all accounts. A gunshot killed a lawman's wife this weekend in Lebanon, Tennessee. And the tragedy is one more instance of gun violence reverberating across a nation obsessed and at odds over the politics of firearms. A pistol in the hands of a 4-year-old boy went off Saturday and killed Josephine Fanning, the 48-year-old … Read More

 “We tell gun owners, there’s a time to hunt deer. And the next election is the time to hunt Democrats.” – Former NRA lobbyist and founder of Rocky Mountain Gun Owners Dudley Brown  Great.  Inform gun owners to start threatening Democrats. Think I'm exaggerating the danger?  This just came over the CNN newswire as I was typing this post: Congresswoman … Read More

The National Rifle Association (NRA) and its allies in Congress frequently claim that gun violence is highest in places with the toughest crime laws. But a new study from the Center for American Progress (CAP) suggests something closer to the opposite is true — the states with laxer gun laws tend to be the ones contributing the highest shares of national gun deaths and … Read More

From the Salt Lake City Tribune: Prominent Utah gun lobbyist’s AR-15 assault rifle stolen from his car Crime » Thief took the weapon from the lobbyist’s vehicle, police say. By Michael McFall First Published Mar 28 2013 08:45 pm • Updated 3 hours ago Police are looking for an assault rifle that someone stole from the vehicle of a prominent … Read More

You want to talk about rights?  Let's talk about the First Amendment.  I feel pretty comfortable in saying that free speech is threatened (literally) when people show up with handguns, AR-15s, etc.   These selfish bastards obviously showed up armed with the intent to intimidate.  And intimidate it did. But that's not an argument against gun control; that's an argument … Read More

Headline:  Group Wants To Give Tucson Residents Free Shotguns To Reduce Crime