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Does Jesus Want Gun-Toting Christians?
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“If you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one,” Jesus once told his disciples. Also Jesus: “all who draw the sword will die by the sword” and “turn the other cheek.” These words exemplify the very different portraits of Jesus that Christians have when it comes to issues like gun control, gun rights, and self-defense. Is it ethical to defend oneself or one’s family? Does Jesus want his people to be packing?
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VA: Former Student Expelled After Gun Arrest Sues Virginia Tech
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A former student expelled from Virginia Tech after being arrested on a gun charge is suing the school and police officials in federal court. Yunsong Zhao filed a complaint Thursday saying police violated his rights in falsely arresting him, and school officials violated his due process rights in dismissing him. Police claim they saw Zhao at a local range shooting a semi-automatic rifle with a 30-round magazine. Virginia prohibits non-citizens from having guns with magazines holding more than 20 rounds. |
IL: Bull's-Eye on AR-15: Popular Rifle at Center of Debate Over Gun Reform
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Rare is the day that someone doesn’t walk into CI Shooting Sports and ask to see one of the semi-automatic rifles hanging on the wall behind the counter. Recognized as the most popular rifle in America, the ArmaLite-15 (commonly known as the AR-15) is a variant of the M-16 series of rifles and carbines used by the military. Gun owners admire its lighter weight, ease for modifications and accuracy at up to 500 yards. |
CDC Didn't Release Defensive Gun Use Survey Results
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Gun control advocates have long complained that Second Amendment supporters balk whenever it comes to giving the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) tax dollars to study gun uses. It’s not so much that we oppose research about gun violence; it’s more that we have some apprehension about a predisposition toward anti-gun bias in such research. After all, the CDC, in one of its early ventures in the “gun violence research” field, published a flawed study in 1993 that was designed to support the gun control argument. |
Common Ground Pushing for Smart Gun Technology to Reduce Firearms Violence
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Linda Reid held up the handgun, pressed her finger to a small square and a large plastic lock covering the trigger popped off. The gun was not real but the smart trigger lock was authentic. "Gun owners want instant access but this keeps it safe" from children, Reid said Sunday afternoon at a Common Ground of Southeastern Wisconsin gathering to celebrate the group's 10th anniversary.
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U.S. Legal Resident Caught Smuggling Guns for Cartel Inside Mexico
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Mexican federal authorities arrested a U.S. legal permanent resident who lived in North Carolina after finding a cache of weapons stashed inside his vehicle. Officials said the man was expected to deliver the guns in the Mexican state of Guerrero. The arrest took place along National Highway 57 when federal police officers arrested a man identified only as 33-year-old Noe “N” — a Mexican national who had been legally residing in Wilson, North Carolina. Police claimed the man who had been driving a Nissan Sentra with weapons hidden inside the body of the vehicle. Authorities arrested the man following a traffic stop. |
ID: Locals Get Their Guns Out for The Second Amendment
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Locals got together outside the Bonneville County Courthouse to rally in support of the Second Amendment. The SOS Second Amendment Rally on Saturday morning brought out around 50 people, most of whom carried handguns, AR-15s and other rifles. Some waived American, Gadsden or “Come and Take It” flags. The event kicked off with the national anthem and an invocation which were followed by a speech from event organizer and Idaho House of Representatives candidate Chad Christensen. |
‘Stand For the Second’ School Walkout Planned May 2
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High School students at some 200 high schools are preparing to stage a walkout on Wednesday, May 2 but they’re not pushing for gun control, they are “Standing for the Second Amendment,” according to organizer Will Riley.
The 18-year-old Carlsbad, N.M. high school senior said in a telephone interview that “The media portrays my generation as anti-gun, anti-constitution. The fact is, when I look around at my fellow students, half of them just don’t agree with that.” |
WA: Yakima Home-Invasion Deaths are Self-Defense
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No criminal charges will be brought against three Yakima residents involved in a violent home invasion that led to the death of two suspects last weekend. “It is clear that the homeowner in this horrific event was defending himself and his family from intruders who had unlawfully entered his home and were attempting to rob him at knifepoint,” Yakima County Prosecuting Attorney Joe Brusic said in a news release Friday. More details about the home invasion and deaths of Chase Rogers, 24, and Brian Perez, 31, also were revealed in the release.
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VA: Former Police Officer Faces Sentencing for Gun Dealing
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A former Virginia sheriff’s deputy who also worked as a Washington, D.C., police officer is facing sentencing on federal charges of illegally dealing in firearms. Fifty-one-year-old Richard S. Wince was to be sentenced Monday in Richmond after pleading guilty to dealing firearms without a license. Prosecutors are asking for 12 to 18 months in prison. The defense is asking for probation. |
IN: Man Killed in Boonville Self-Defense Shooting
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A man was killed in an apparent self-defense shooting near Boonville on Friday night, police said. Police responded to a 911 call reporting a self-defense shooting in the 1700 block of South Pelzer Road at 7 p.m. Friday night. Ronald D. Blackford Jr. was found lying wounded on the ground, according to a Warrick County Sheriff's office news release. He was later pronounced dead by medical personnel on the scene. |
MN: 2K Gather At State Capitol For ‘Second Amendment Rally’
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Guns rights advocates waving American flags and carrying signs opposing stricter gun control rallied Saturday on the steps of the Minnesota State Capitol. The event billed as the “Second Amendment Rally” drew an estimated 2,000 people, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. It included representatives from the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus, the Gun Owners Civil Rights Alliance, the National Rifle Association and the state Republican Party.
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CA: Debate Rages as Del Mar Fairgrounds Hosts ‘Gun Prom’
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Amid a heated debate about whether gun shows should continue being held at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, a Second Amendment political action committee held its annual fundraising dinner there Saturday. Nearly 600 people gathered at the fairgrounds for the San Diego County Gun Owners Second Amendment Celebration Dinner -- a formal event informally dubbed the “gun prom." Organizers say the event's goal is to protect their right to bear arms and promote gun safety. |
IL: Perry County Mulls Declaring Itself a 'Gun Sanctuary' After 4 Other Counties Pass Resolutions
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The Jefferson County Board passed a resolution this week declaring the county a “gun sanctuary,” adding that the county opposes several bills pending in the Illinois General Assembly. The resolution opposes HB1465, HB1467, HB1468, HB1469, and SB1657. The document says the General Assembly desires to restrict the individual rights of U.S. citizens as protected by the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which is the right of the people to keep and bear arms. |
Gun Control Crowd Easily Offended These Days
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Remember the case of the second-grader who was suspended because he supposedly bit his toaster pastry into the shape of a gun on purpose? If you thought the war on guns couldn’t get any more ridiculous, you might be wrong. News flash from anti-gunners: Beware of the killer T-shirts! That’s right. The latest death threat that anti-gunners see comes from a simple piece of cotton with some ink on it. Here are some recent examples of why methinks they’re taking this to the absurd. |
UCD Experts Take on Firearm Violence
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A panel of experts on Thursday attacked the issue of gun violence from every direction. All affiliated with UC Davis, five professors and a doctor each brought to the debate a different perspective; yet all expressed frustration during “Guns and America after Parkland” forum. |
CA: First-Ever Firearms and Safety Summit in San Jose
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Dozens of people with a wide range of opinions on guns met at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds in San Jose Saturday for the first-ever summit on firearms and safety. The event was set up to open up a fair and balanced discussion on firearms and to hopefully find a common ground. "Guns are so prevalent and so easily obtained that they've created the bad social conditions," said Ann Duwe from Los Altos. |
A Pennsylvania Cop Carried an AR-15 at a Gun Control Rally. What Happened Next May Surprise You
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We live in an era of profound carelessness. Too many people don't want to know the entirety of a story, or worse yet, tell only part of the story they know. Last month, Martin Palla, a police officer in Western Pennsylvania, learned this the hard way. Palla, who polices Rostraver Township, stood watching the “March for Our Lives” anti-gun rally in nearby Greensburg, dressed in a deep red flannel pullover jacket and khakis with his AR-15 slung over his shoulder and his dog by his side.
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Study: California Gun Deaths Declined Between 2000 and 2015
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Gun deaths have fallen in California over a 16-year period ending in 2015, driven largely by a decline in gang violence and falling homicide rates among black and Hispanic male victims, a recent study of firearm violence has found. Researchers at the University of California, Davis published their findings in the May issue of the journal Annals of Epidemiology after reviewing 50,921 firearm deaths recorded in California between 2000 and 2015. The University provided the study results on Monday. |
Do Stronger Gun Laws Stand a Chance? It’s Been an Uphill Battle.
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There was a time when horror over gun violence stood a chance of prodding national politicians to act on their outrage. Half a century ago, politicians seemed particularly amenable to tougher measures if a shooting victim was one of their own. After the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and then mere months after the murders of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Congress was moved in 1968 to enact a gun control law. |
IN: Gun Buy-Back in Crawfordsville Draws Both Sellers and Opponents
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A Crawfordsville church says it is trying to make its community safer by giving out grocery gift cards in exchange for peoples’ unwanted guns. And while the goal was to get firearms off the streets, it also got people talking. The debate over guns is always one that gets folks fired up. But if this event proved one thing, it’s that people who have completely different opinions can still find a way to agreeably disagree. |
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