Posts by Bryan Mcintyre
2018 Midterms: Over 100,000 Gun Control Ads Have Aired This Year
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 plays a somber note. “Walking through the site,” he continues. “Hearing cellphones ringing with people trying to find their d one.” We see images of…
Read MoreNPR Reports 90% of “School Shootings” Never Happened
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 staggering 240 schools had an incident where a student fired a gun. That means on average one shooting to place everyday of the school year.…
Read MoreIn Five Months, 26 States Have Passed 55 Gun Control Laws
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 calling for legislative action. While their demands have not been answered in Congress, the state legislatures have taken action. Since February, over half the states…
Read MoreHow Justice Kennedy’s Retirement Could Affect The Second Amendment
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 with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense.” The 5-4 decision came down to one man,…
Read MoreIntuit Reimburses Gun Store After “Misunderstanding”
Several weeks ago, the credit service Intuit (the maker of Turbo Tax and QuickBos) stopped processing credit card payments for gun related purchases. Without any warning, small businesses dealing with firearms found themselves in the hole as Intuit credited back payments for services already rendered. One business affected was Gunsite Academy, a company in Paulden,…
Read MoreParkland Parents Form Super PAC to Ban “Assault Weapons”
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 determined to take over Congress and make harsher gun laws a reality. Last Wednesday the group, Families versus Assault Rifles, started taking donations for the…
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