Exclusive: 48 Republican Senators Demand Withdraw of Pistol Brace Ban That Would Affect Millions thereload.com/exclusive-repu…
Nearly the entire Republican caucus just signed on to a letter slamming President Biden's proposal to register or confiscate millions of guns equipped with stabilizing pistol braces. Read about it first over at @TheReloadSite: thereload.com/exclusive-repu…
"Rather than cracking down on the criminals who are turning America’s cities into warzones, ATF and the Department of Justice have decided to go after law-abiding gun owners who are minding their own business and using equipment that ATF seemingly blessed in 2017,” they said.
The senators say Biden's pistol brace proposal "would turn millions of law-abiding Americans into criminals overnight, and would constitute the largest executive branch-imposed gun registration and confiscation scheme in American history." thereload.com/exclusive-repu…
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I'm at the NRA board meeting. They let me sit in on the open session without any issues. Now, the board is in executive session which is only for board members and staff. So, I'm sitting outside. I'm the only reporter here.
No pictures are allowed inside the meeting. Here's a picture of the tiger-print carpet at the Hyatt Regency Tysons Corner Center instead. It's a bold design choice.
The NRA board meeting has been very uneventful. There's been no mention of the failed bankruptcy attempt in open session so far. Jason Ouimet, the NRA's top lobbyist, gave an interesting update about the group's legislative efforts.
There was a significant increase in gun ownership over the last two years. Despite how this tweet frames the issue, though, that doesn't necessarily mean the increase in gun ownership is causing the increase in violent crime we're experiencing. In fact, it probably isn't.
I would argue, it's likely the exact opposite. An analysis @CharlesFLehman and I did last year showed the biggest relative spike in gun sales came after the widespread rioting and violence America experienced last summer. freebeacon.com/national-secur…
@CharlesFLehman Additionally, those spiking gun sales are shorthand for spiking gun background checks. That's what we're really talking about when we talk numbers on gun sales. It's unlikely, but not impossible, a person who completed a background check to buy a gun immediately commits a crime.
Well, this was basically just the greatest hits of talking points President Biden has been using on guns for decades now. Nothing new in this press conference beyond what the White House put out there morning which you can read the details of here: thereload.com/white-house-re…
Biden's new proposal doubles down on gun control but it consists mostly of calls for new legislation, such as an "assault weapons" ban that has no chance of passing and a "zero-tolerance" policy for licensed dealers that "willfully" violate the law. thereload.com/white-house-re…
This biggest new initiative is actually Biden's plan to open up $350 billion in American Rescue Plan funds for localities to hire new police officers. He wants to re-fund the police which puts him at odds with much of his own party. thereload.com/white-house-re…
Biden wants to address the nearly-25-percent jump in murder by passing an "assault weapons" ban, national "red flag" law, and repeal of liability protections for gun makers. He is implementing a new "zero-tolerance" policy for gun dealers who "willfully" violate regulations.
The primary focus of the strategy is on increasing enforcement efforts against gun makers and dealers. But that's unlikely to produce immediate benefits since ATF data shows most guns recovered in crimes were sold years or even decades beforehand. thereload.com/white-house-re…
Silencers don't work like they do on TV. They're rarely used in crime. Decriminaling them is unlikely to create many problems. But Texas telling its citizens it can nullify federal law could create unsuspecting federal felons as recent history shows. thereload.com/analysis-the-r…
As Kevin Williamson pointed out in @NRO, Wickard and Raich are bad decisions which imply the feds have unlimited power through the commerce clause to regulate nearly any action even if it isn't interstate or, really, commerce. It's sensible to want to chip away at this concept.