Category: Gun Control

Earlier this week a 17-year-old male student entered the high school where he attended and while undergoing his daily pat down for weapons he shot 2 administrators and fled. His body was later discovered in a forest from a self inflicted gunshot wound.

The White House has announced a special summit to be held on September 1, 2022 called, “United We Stand: Countering Hate-Fueled Violence Together”. Joe Biden is set to be the keynote speaker at this gathering to discuss how to curb the, “corrosive effects of hate-fueled violence on our democracy and public safety, highlight the response of the Biden-Harris Administration and communities nationwide to these dangers, and put forward a shared, bipartisan vision for a more united America.”

A 37-year old woman was speeding (possibly over 100mph in a 35mph zone) in her Mercedes-Benz in Los Angeles on August 4, 2022, when she ran a red light, hit several other vehicles and killed 6 people and seriously injured several more. Among the killed was a young family that…

With the rash of school shootings in the last few years there have been a lot of calls to ban guns and further the gun control agenda. However, gun control does not actually prevent gun violence. If it did, cities like Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York where some of…

I was reading through the comments on a local story talking about what causes mass shootings and what can we do to curb gun violence where I read, “making good people helpless does not make bad people harmless”. This really struck a chord with me and I don’t know if…

Now that H.R.1808 has narrowly passed the House, it goes to the Senate for debate and a vote. With the senate evenly divided (the Vice President casts the deciding vote in the event of a tie) it is critical that you reach out to your state’s Senators and urge them…

The following members of congress who voted in favor of H.R.1808, the Semi Automatic Assault Weapons Ban Bill that passed the House of Representatives all did so in violation of their oath of office to support and defend the constitution. “I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will…

Link to full bill: https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/hr1808/BILLS-117hr1808ih.pdf. Summary of the bill from congress.gov follows: Assault Weapons Ban of 2021 This bill makes it a crime to knowingly import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess a semiautomatic assault weapon (SAW) or large capacity ammunition feeding device (LCAFD). The prohibition does not apply to a…

When the second amendment was proposed by James Madison and ratified in 1791 the opening phrase, “A well regulated militia”, meant something different than it is often times interpreted to mean today. Many people point to the opening phrase of the second amendment and say guns should be regulated or…

In 2013 the CDC performed a study on firearm use and included research about defensive use of guns. The study was never published (no reason provided, but we have our theories). However, the conclusion of the study was that guns are used to defend a person between 500,000 and more…