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Bump Stocks Will Soon Be Illegal, But That's Not Stopping Sales
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There's a countdown clock on the website for RW Arms, a Texas-based seller of firearms accessories. It tracks the days, hours, minutes and seconds until they're no longer permitted to sell bump stocks, devices that allow semi-automatic rifles to fire almost as fast as illegal machine guns. Promotional emails from RW Arms also include the countdown clock, urging customers to "order now" to "enjoy this unique firing experience" while they can.
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First Look: Bergara Premier Series Highlander
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Bergara is on a roll. The company’s high-end Custom Series rifles are extremely accurate and well-built, and their affordable B-14 series of bolt guns are frequently mentioned as one of the best bargains in the world of hunting rifles. Positioned between the budget-friendly B-14 Performance line and the Custom Series rifles is Bergara’s Premier Series bolt-action rifles, which incorporate high-end features into a more affordable production rifle package.
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TX: Proposed Senate Bill would Secure Right to Carry in Place of Worship
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Proposed Senate Bill 535 in the Texas Senate would secure Texans right to carry in church. Rabbi Jeffrey Abraham says security has been at the forefront of his mind since the Tree of Life shooting in Pittsburgh in October. "We've seen an uptick in shootings not just in religious institutions but schools and malls and all of these other places over the couple of years so we have a heightened awareness of these things are happening." Abraham said. |
KU Study Says Most American Overestimate Number of Gun Owners
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A recent study says most Americans tend to overestimate how many people own guns, a finding that some experts say could have political ramifications nationwide. University of Kansas political scientists Don Haider-Markel and Mark Joslyn examined the results of a 2016 nationally representative survey of nearly 1,300 American adults. The researchers found that more than 75 percent of those who responded to the survey overestimated what percentage of Americans own guns. |
OH: ShotSpotter Expected to Go Live in Hilltop Neighborhood Monday
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Columbus police are expected to test their new ShotSpotter technology in the Hilltop neighborhood Monday. The goal of the device is to help decrease the number of shots fired. Some who live in the area believe the new technology will make for a safer neighborhood. Lisa Boggs has lived in a Hilltop neighborhood for 29 years, and she started the South Central Hilltop Block Watch 21 years ago. She said she knows firsthand just how much crime the area faces. |
NC: How Beginners Can Get Started Turkey Hunting
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As the regular hunting season winds down, we’ve got about two months to start thinking about turkey hunting. Yep. Goose season ends this weekend and then we have three weeks of small game hunting until the end of February. I hear a lot of folks talk about the glut of turkeys in the mountains, but what are they doing about it? If you’ve never hunted wild turkey before, they are a challenge! I got skunked last year but plan on making it right this year. If this is the year you want to get started, the WRC and National Wild Turkey Federation are here to help. |
Is Nation Really ‘Coming Around’ to New York-style Gun Control?
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The executive director of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence was quoted Monday morning by the Daily Gazette declaring, “I think the nation, particularly New York, is coming around to the idea that gun laws are needed.”
But New Yorker Rebecca Fischer just might get an argument or two about that theory, especially from rights activists way out in Washington, where beleaguered gun owners are encouraged by pronouncements from more than a dozen county sheriffs that they will not actively enforce provisions of an extremist gun control measure passed by voters last fall. Initiative 1639 is a restrictive gun measure passed by about 60 percent of Evergreen State voters in November, but several lawmen believe parts of the law are unconstitutional. |
The 16th Amendment: How the U.S. Federal Income Tax Became D.C.'s Favorite Political Weapon
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The American Revolution was sparked in part by unjust taxation. After all, the colonists in Boston rebelled against Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” and summarily tossed English tea into the harbor in protest in 1773. Nowadays Americans collectively spend more than 6 billion hours each year filling out tax forms, keeping records, and learning new tax rules according to the Office of Management and Budget. Complying with the byzantine U.S. tax code is estimated to cost the American economy hundreds of billions of dollars annually – time and money that could otherwise be used for more productive activities like entrepreneurship and investment, or just more family and leisure time. |
AL: Huntsville Residents Give Opinons on Pistol Permit Debate
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A Tuscaloosa lawmaker is ramping up efforts to do away with pistol permit requirements in Alabama. WAAY 31 talked to several people today in Huntsville and all of them said they don't approve of the new proposal. They said it could make it easier for guns to end up in the wrong hands. "There's going to be a lot more criminals I think who can sneak in weapons," said Huntsville resident, Devin Brown. "I'm not for more gun control, but I'm alright with the gun control we have in the state," said Huntsville resident, Ethan Lee. |
South Dakota Joins List of Constitutional Carry States
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Residents of South Dakota will soon be able to carry concealed without a permit, thanks to a law that Gov. Kristi Noem signed. Her first signed bill extends the state’s gun rights. Previously, South Dakotans could open carry without a permit. “It’s special for me to be signing a bill into law that protects our Second Amendment rights,” Noem said, adding that gun rights are one of the “fundamental values” of the Constitution. |
PayThink Gun Policy's a Job for Government, Not Banks
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There’s outrage all over the country. Deaths from firearms outpace those in other nations. Mass shootings awaken our national consciousness. The inadequacy of our government’s willingness to address these tragedies with legislation is evident by the lack of movement we see on any comprehensive firearm legislation. Well-meaning people, tired of this inaction, look outside of government for change. But this is an error.
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ME: August Forum on Guns, Safety and Rights Draws 50
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A forum on gun safety and gun rights drew about 50 people Sunday to the University of Maine at Augusta and prompted a wide range of questions on a topic that’s hotly debated nationally and locally. Moderator Grace Leonard noted that when she was growing up in Massachusetts, the high school she attended had a rifle club, which both boys and girls joined. |
KY: Martin Co. Sheriff: "Lock Your Doors, Load Your Guns, and Get You a Biting, Barking Dog"
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A Kentucky Sheriff has had enough after he says budget cuts have ravaged his department, telling citizens "Folks, lock your doors, load your guns and get you a barking, biting dog. If the Sheriff's Office can't protect you, who will?" Martin County Sheriff John Kirk wrote on Facebook addressing citizens of the county on Sunday. According to the Sheriff, with the recent cuts to the department, he will have to move his only other deputy to dayshift, leaving no protection on nights. |
Where Guns Aren't Allowed Despite Constitutional Carry
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The signing of a permitless concealed carry law, on Jan. 31, has some citizens questioning where guns will be allowed and where they won’t on July, 1 when the law goes into effect.
As it turns out, there aren’t too many places where guns are legally banned. Basically, firearms - whether carried openly or concealed - are not allowed in public schools, bars or restaurants that sell alcoholic beverages and courthouses.
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NV: Education, Healthcare, Guns: The 2019 Legislature
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Nevada’s 80th legislative session begins this week. For the next 120 days, lawmakers will debate everything from healthcare reform to education funding to gun control. KUNR’s Senior Political Reporter, Paul Boger, will be in Carson City covering the whole thing. He sat down with KUNR News Director Michelle Billman to talk about some of the major issues that are likely to come up this session.
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SHOT Show 2019: Top 4 New Waterfowl Guns
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Waking up to the sound of geese flying over every morning puts dreams of waterfowl hunting in my head. Visions of my friends and I sitting in a quiet blind with our eyes to the sky, a finger on the safety, prepared to jump up at the call. These visions are what waterfowler hunters live and breathe for. Whether it's geese, puddle ducks or sea ducks, every day in the blind is a new adventure and we wouldn't have it any other way. If you’re in the market for a new waterfowl gun, check out these four new options from the 2019 SHOT Show.
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WV: 70-Year-Old Woman Shot Home Invader
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Deputies with the Pocahontas County Sheriff's Department are investigating an attempted robbery that happened during the early morning hours on Monday, Feb. 4, 2019. They were called to a home on Seneca Trail near Hillsboro, WV at around 3:10 a.m. When investigators arrived they found Jesse Blake, 34 of Marlinton, WV lying in the yard. He had been shot. Blake allegedly tried breaking two windows to get into the house. Deputies said that is when the 70-year-old woman who lived in the home shot him with a .22 magnum rifle. |
UT: 'Red flag' Bill Ready at State Capitol, Gun Lobby Opposed
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A ‘red flag’ plan could temporarily take guns away from dangerous people in Utah, but the gun lobby seems firmly against it, and a showdown may be coming soon at the State Capitol. The ‘Extreme Risk Protective Order’ bill was raised here in Utah last year, after the deadly Parkland, Florida school shooting, but is recast now as a suicide prevention measure. |
ND: North Dakota House Considers 'Red-flag' Gun Seizure Measure
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A bipartisan House bill that would allow authorities to temporarily seize guns from a person who may pose a risk to themselves or others would likely save lives in North Dakota but has no hope in the Republican-led Legislature, a powerful GOP co-sponsor said Monday. "It will die in the House," Senate Majority Leader Rich Wardner told The Associated Press. |
NY: More State Gun Control Measures Likely
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Following legislative passage last week of New York’s most ambitious gun control legislation in six years, advocates and opponents are arguing for and against additional controls. The six new measures that will go before Gov. Andrew Cuomo for signature into law would, among other things, ban rapid-fire devices, allow courts to confiscate guns from people deemed dangerous and bar teachers from bringing guns into schools. |
Lawmakers Want To Imprison Cops Who Don't Give Suspects 3 Phone Calls In An Hour
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Cook County lawmakers have unveiled proposed legislation that would require law enforcement officers to provide suspects with three phone calls within one hour of their arrest.
Failure to do so could result in police officers being charged with a felony official misconduct offense, punishable by up to five years in prison, WBEZ reported. |
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