Bryan Mcintyre

2018 Midterms: Over 100,000 Gun Control Ads Have Aired This Year

By Bryan Mcintyre / September 21, 2018

Steve Sisolak stares out his car window at the Las Vegas Strip. “I’ll never forget driving down after the shooting,” he says to the camera. In the background a piano…

NPR Reports 90% of “School Shootings” Never Happened

By Bryan Mcintyre / August 29, 2018

This spring the Department of Education released a report on the number of school shootings that occur every year. The report claimed that from August 2015 through June 2016, a…

In Five Months, 26 States Have Passed 55 Gun Control Laws

By Bryan Mcintyre / July 27, 2018

Since the tragedy in Parkland, FL, the gun-control lobby has seized the national spotlight. Groups like March For Our Lives and Everytown USA have organized marches, protests, and town halls…

How Justice Kennedy’s Retirement Could Affect The Second Amendment

By Bryan Mcintyre / June 29, 2018

Ten years ago, in the landmark case District of Columbia v. Heller, the US Supreme Court decided that: “The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected…

Intuit Reimburses Gun Store After “Misunderstanding”

By Bryan Mcintyre / June 18, 2018

Several weeks ago, the credit service Intuit (the maker of Turbo Tax and QuickBooks) stopped processing credit card payments for gun related purchases. Without any warning, small businesses dealing with…

Parkland Parents Form Super PAC to Ban “Assault Weapons”

By Bryan Mcintyre / June 4, 2018

Since the tragedy in Parkland, FL, students from Stoneman Douglas High School have campaigned to ban firearms like the AR-15. Now their parents have formed a new political action committee…

Boulder Colorado Bans “Assault Rifles”

By Bryan Mcintyre / May 21, 2018

Last Tuesday, Boulder’s City Council unanimously passed ordinance 8245, which banned “assault rifles,” high capacity magazines, and bump stocks within city limits. Boulder is the second city this year to…

Rhode Island’s Religious Leaders Beat Guns Into Plowshares

By Bryan Mcintyre / May 16, 2018

This past Mother’s Day, religious organizations across Rhode Island took a very literal interpretation of the phrase “swords into plowshares.” All across the Ocean State spiritual leaders blessed decommissioned firearms…