Bearing Arms - Feb 25 - Mandatory Storage Laws Make Everyone Less Safe

Having trouble viewing this email? View it in your browser   SAVING LIBERTY AND LIVES   /  Facebook     Twitter   NEWS OPINION VIDEOS 2ND AMENDMENT GUNS SAVING LIVES GUNS & GEAR Mandatory Storage Laws Make Everyone Less Safe   x Feb 25, 2021     I'm a big proponent of locking your firearms up when not in use. After all, every story we hear about a child finding a gun and accidentally killing themselves or someone else hurts. It reminds me of a story my mom used to tell me about when she was a ... [Keep Reading]     Op-Ed Shows How It'll Never Be Enough For Gun Control Advocates   x Feb 25 2021   Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau passed some pretty harsh gun control requirements with the stroke of a pen. It's the kind of thing that can't happen in the United States, but it's happened in Canada. Many up that way are still furious at what transpired, too. After all, an entire ... [Keep Reading]     Giffords Law Center Score Card Ignores Truth About "Gun Deaths"   x Feb 25 2021   That gun control advocates lie and mislead is no real surprise to anyone, and in my opinion one of the worst offenders is the Giffords Law Center. Blaming a lack of attention to "gun deaths" on COVID-19, the Giffords Center put out their annual A-F "score card" of state gun laws, ... [Keep Reading]     Why Ghost Gun Bans Are Losing Propositions   x Feb 25 2021   Anti-gunners don't like so-called ghost guns, and it's easy to see why. After all, there's absolutely no way to control who can and can't get these firearms. While many of us see this as a feature, they see it as a bug. Then again, these are the people who want to ... [Keep Reading]     New Prosecutor In McCloskey Gun Case Says He'll Start With "Blank Slate"   x Feb 24 2021   Even though St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner was ousted as the prosecutor overseeing the case against Mark and Patricia McCloskey last year, the couple still faces charges of unlawful use of a weapon and tampering with evidence. Now, a former U.S. Attorney has been appointed as a special prosecutor to oversee ... [Keep Reading]     Arkansas Committee Approves Stand Your Ground Bill, Media Seemingly Displeased   x Feb 24 2021   Stand Your Ground laws help ordinary Americans protect themselves from predatory criminals every day. The good guys aren't free to just gun down anyone they think is a threat, but they also don't have to try and run away when a clear threat is presented. That's the purpose of the ... [Keep Reading]     Researchers Want To Equip Smart Guns With "Ethical AI"   x Feb 24 2021   Would you buy a gun that decided when it was okay for you to pull the trigger? Three researchers in New York say the technology is workable, but on today's Bearing Arms' Cam & Co we take a closer look at their idea and ... [Keep Reading]     KC Paper Slams Bill Allowing Guns On Public Transportation   x Feb 24 2021   A new bill introduced in the Missouri State Senate would remove the prohibitions on lawfully carrying a firearm on public transportation, but anti-gun advocates say the bill "could increase the likelihood" of more violence. Sen. Greg Razer, a Kansas City Democrat, says the legislation is simply a "bad bill," but ... [Keep Reading]     VA Passes Bill Barring Some Convicted of Misdemeanors From Having Guns   x Feb 24 2021   The rules used to be simple. If you had a felony conviction, you couldn't buy a gun. This was consistent with the way we treated felons in general, too, since they also couldn't vote. They were almost non-citizens in many ways. Then people started trying to expand the list of people ... [Keep Reading]     NRA Warns Of Fraudulent Bill Titles In Florida Legislature   x Feb 24 2021   Elected officials sometimes like to try and get clever with their bill names. They try to work out names, they'll break it down so as to make some degree of sense. But not every official makes that effort, which is fine. After all, I actually prefer a straightforward name that's easy ... [Keep Reading]     VIP Gold Live Chat - Biden Gun Ban, Constitutional Carry, & More - Replay Available   x Feb 24 2021   If you are not a VIP Gold member, join below so you can watch and participate today — and in future chats! Use LOYALTY for 25% off! It's time once again for our weekly live chat with VIP Gold members, and I'm really looking forward to this week's conversation. As always, ... [Keep Reading]     New York Dems Seek To Ban "Ghost Guns"   x Feb 24 2021   Among anti-gunners, one of the more terrifying threats out there has to be so-called ghost guns. These firearms are the ones people build at home, which means they don't pass through a licensed dealer. Anyone can build them, and that's a problem for these folks. You see, because anyone can build ... [Keep Reading]     Utah House Passes Second Amendment Sanctuary Bill   x Feb 24 2021   Okay, technically the title of the legislation is the Firearms Preemption Enforcement Act, but the purpose of the bill that passed out of the Utah House of Representatives on Tuesday is really a sanctuary measure by another name. The purpose of Second Amendment sanctuaries, after all, is to prevent as ... [Keep Reading]     Lawmaker: Curb Chicago's Crime By Banning Violent Video Games   x Feb 24 2021   There's no such thing as successfully banning way to safety, whether we're talking about banning guns or anything else, but the idea of waving a magic wand and solving all of our problems is irresistible, particularly to politicians who want to be seen as "doing something" to address a problem, ... [Keep Reading]     Opposition To South Carolina Carry Bill Is Off-Target   x Feb 23 2021   A bill in South Carolina would allow those with concealed carry licenses to also openly carry their firearm if they chose to do so; a minor change to state law, but one that gun control advocates are treating as if the state's getting ready to adopt Constitutional Carry. The Open Carry ... [Keep Reading]     Fierce Opposition To Oregon Gun Bill Limiting Right To Carry   x Feb 23 2021   A measure in Oregon's legislature that would weaken the state's firearm preemption law and allow localities to ban the lawful carrying of firearms in all public buildings was met with hundreds of voices in opposition during the first chance for public testimony on the bill. The Senate Judiciary Committee met ... [Keep Reading]     Missouri County Says It Will Arrest Feds Enforcing Gun Control   x Feb 23 2021   I'm a huge fan of the Second Amendment sanctuary movement. I love all these communities that are stepping up and saying that they won't enforce unconstitutional gun control laws. Since most arrests are made by local law enforcement, it's an important stand and I'm glad to see it. However, many of ... [Keep Reading]     Activists Press Biden To Enact His Anti-Gun Agenda   x Feb 23 2021   It's been a month now since Joe Biden was sworn in as president, but gun control activists and anti-gun politicians are still waiting on those "Day One" executive actions on gun control that Biden promised to deliver. The White House has had several meetings ... [Keep Reading]     Constitutional Carry Passes Indiana House   x Feb 23 2021   Already this year we've seen Utah and Montana adopt Constitutional Carry legislation, but the ranks of states that recognize the right of legal gun owners to carry without a license may grow even larger in the weeks to come. On Monday the Indiana House approved its own Constitutonal Carry bill, which now heads ... [Keep Reading]     Four Arrested After Straw Purchases At Gun Show   x Feb 23 2021   Gun control proponents continually tell us that if we pass more gun control laws, we'll stop bad people from getting guns. Part of that is universal background checks. They seem to believe that criminals are buying guns from law-abiding people at some incredible rate, despite the fact that these weapons ... [Keep Reading]     Oklahoma House Passes Bill Scrapping Use Of NICS System   x Feb 23 2021   Oklahoma is already one of the most Second Amendment-friendly states in the nation, with Constitutional Carry going into effect last year and efforts to declare the state a Second Amendment Sanctuary underway, but lawmakers are also pushing a bill that would end the use of the federal NICS system for ... [Keep Reading]     Appeals Court Strikes Down Gun Storage Law   x Feb 23 2021   The Washington Court of Appeals has ruled that a local gun storage law passed in the city of Edmonds, Washington back in 2018 violates the state's firearm preemption statute, delivering a huge win to gun owners and Second Amendment organizations that had challenged the local law in court. The law, which ... [Keep Reading]     No Motive Apparent In Louisiana Gun Store Shooting   x Feb 23 2021   The shooting at a gun store in Louisiana is an anomaly. It's an aberration. It's one of those things you never see more than once in a lifetime, if that. At least, we sure hope it is. Things like this just generally don't happen. Gun stores are typically the kind of places ... [Keep Reading]     Harvard Law Prof: We Need To Pack The Court To Save Democracy   x Feb 23 2021   Even though Sen. Joe Manchin hasn't budged on the issue, some Democrats haven't given up on their desire to pack the Supreme Court full of reliably progressive justices by growing the number of seats on the Court. In fact, a month into Joe Biden's term and the rhetoric is becoming ... [Keep Reading]     Gun Group Wants Biden To Spend $1 Billion On "Gun Violence"   x Feb 23 2021   We knew that Joe Biden wasn't a fan of gun rights. If he were just some random guy on the internet, you'd probably think of him as a Fudd. "I believe in the Second Amendment, but you don't need that military hardware. All you need is a good shotgun." Admit it, ... [Keep Reading]     Mother Killed After Child Finds Her Gun   x Feb 22 2021   The tragic consequences of not securing your firearms properly and second to that, not educating your children on firearms, can and will ruin and take lives. Negligent acts by some irresponsible gun owners end in shattered lives.  We're not just talking about primary victims but secondary victims as well, the ... [Keep Reading]     Federal Judge Sentences Gun Owner For Using Marijuana   x Feb 22 2021   If you've ever bought a gun at retail and filled out a Form 4473, you've had to check a box stating that you're not an unlawful user or addicted to any narcotic, including marijuana. Even in states where medical marijuana is legal, or states that have legalized the recreational use ... [Keep Reading]     Gun License Delays Put Illinois Residents at Risk   x Feb 22 2021   It should come as no surprise that almost no effort is spared in Illinois to keep people from exercising their Second Amendment Rights. In the middle of a spate of carjackings in Chicago, residents who applied for a Firearms Owner Identification Card or a concealed carry license months ago are still ... [Keep Reading]     Court Allows Case Against N.C. Carry Delays To Continue   x Feb 22 2021   Back in March of last year, Wake County, North Carolina Sheriff Gerald Baker announced that he was closing his office to those applying for a pistol purchase permit because of "a significant increase in PPP applicants and concomitant concerns over social distancing violation by long lines of applicants." That didn't ... [Keep Reading]     Anti-Gun Dems Press For Gun Bans At State Capitols   x Feb 22 2021   Bills to ban firearms from the grounds of state capitol buildings in Washington State and Virginia are still advancing, but as we detail on today's Bearing Arms' Cam & Co, several other states are moving to protect the right of citizens to bear arms, ... [Keep Reading]     More Maine Towns Consider Sanctuary Status   x Feb 22 2021   The Northeast tends to be one of the most liberal blocks in the United States, competing with the West Coast for that title. It's kind of hard not to look at them as almost alien to the rest of the nation. After all, that's the area that gave us some ... [Keep Reading]     Biden AG Pick Declares There's "Room" For More Gun Control Laws   x Feb 22 2021   Judge Merrick Garland, who's been tapped by Joe Biden to be the next Attorney General, told a Senate confirmation panel on Monday that there's "room" for Biden's anti-gun policies to be enacted into law, and if confirmed he'll work with the administration to carry out its gun control agenda. Garland was ... [Keep Reading]     Alleged Graffiti Artist Shot By NYPD   x Feb 22 2021   Graffiti is pretty much a way of life in New York City. I grew up in an era when the Big Apple's subway system was depicted with spray-painted initials, names, and proclamations sprawled along the walls of the cars. The rest of the city wasn't much better. Hell, one of ... [Keep Reading]     Montana Colleges Scramble To Adjust To Constitutional Carry   x Feb 22 2021   The state of Montana became the newest constitutional carry state, and good for them. If only a certain other state that considers itself pro-gun would get a move on and pass constitutional carry, too. (Squints at Georgia.) Anyway, with Montana's passage of the new law, things should be pretty simple. However, it ... [Keep Reading]     Feinstein To Biden: Where's Your BATFE Nominee?   x Feb 22 2021   Anti-gun politicians on Capitol Hill have sent a letter to President Joe Biden demanding that he get to work on his gun control agenda, starting with appointing a permanent director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. The letter, signed by California's Dianne Feinstein, Maryland Sen. Chris Van ... [Keep Reading]     Man Open Carrying Gun Has It Stolen At Detroit Gas Station   x Feb 22 2021   It's one of the worst nightmares for those who carry a firearm in self-defense; a bad guy getting the drop on you and disarming you of your gun. That's what happened to a 53-year old in Detroit last month, but police have only now released details of the crime. In the ... [Keep Reading]     Armed Citizens Saved Lives In Gun Store Shooting   x Feb 22 2021   Well, it was bound to happen. On a long enough timeline, there will likely be a mass shooting at just about any type of place. Now there was one at a gun store. There goes our counter of, "If guns are so dangerous, why are there no mass shootings at gun ... [Keep Reading]     Florida Woman's Second Amendment Argument Ends With Federal Charges   x Feb 21 2021   If you're a longtime reader or viewer/listener to Bearing Arms' Cam & Co, you've heard me talk about the importance of being a "good ambassador for the Second Amendment." Most Americans aren't gun owners themselves and know very little about the intricacies of the gun control debate, so gun owners can ... [Keep Reading]   NYTimes Columnist Jabs Biden On Gun Control   x Feb 25, 2021     There's been a steady drumbeat of gun control supporters demanding action from Joe Biden and the White House over the past couple of weeks, as well as a fair amount of grumbling over the inaction that we've seen so far. Earlier this week POLITICO highlighted some of the voices in the ... [Keep Reading]   Gun Store Owners Vow To Return Fire If Attacked   x Feb 25, 2021     A shooting at a gun store isn't a common thing. After all, people who work at gun stores tend to both be armed and to brook absolutely zero nonsense within the store. Oh, they may joke around, but that's different than someone screwing around in a way they shouldn't. And yet, ... [Keep Reading]   Nebraska Lawmakers Hear Strong Support For 2A Sanctuary Bill   x Feb 25, 2021     The Second Amendment Sanctuary movement continues to gain ground at both the local and state levels, as gun owners and supporters of the right to keep and bear arms push for greater protections against federal infringements of their rights. In Nebraska on Wednesday lawmakers listened intently as dozens of residents turned ... 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