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“The latest figures from the FBI show that July 2016 was the 15th consecutive month of record background checks for gun sales. The previous July record was set in 2015, when there were 1,600,832 background checks. But the FBI reports that July 2016 there were 2,197,169–an increase of nearly 600,000 checks. The record breaking trend […]

“Kirk Puckett, a spokesperson for the Alamance County Sheriff’s Office, said a pair of young sisters from North Carolina stopped a home invasion when one of the girls armed herself with a rifle for protection. It was around 12 p.m. Thursday when the 12 and 13-year-old girls, who were in their Snow Camp home on […]

“After the usual “assault rifles” are “weapon of war” used by “mass murderers” anti-AR15 Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey dropped this bombshell at The Boston Globe. “The Massachusetts assault weapons ban mirrors the federal ban Congress allowed to expire in 2004. It prohibits the sale of specific weapons like the Colt AR-15 and AK-47 and […]

“The U.S. Agriculture Department’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service doesn’t seem like a Wild West sort of federal agency since its biologists mostly check on the human health impact of animal and plant species. But it reported buying $4.7 million in high-powered weapons, ammunition and military gear during the last decade, including shotguns, night […]

“Action movie actor Matt Damon spent his Fourth of July weekend in Australia, where he spoke to local media about the latest “Jason Bourne” film, as well as his views on gun control. The “Bourne” franchise star expressed his desire that the United States would conduct a massive confiscation of firearms akin to the 1996 […]

From our friends at Aegis Academy Celebrating the Fourth of July and Gun Control As the Fourth of July approaches, many of us are preparing to celebrate this occasion with family barbeques, neighborhood parades, impressive concerts and colorful firework displays. I have to admit, it is one of my favorite holidays. No fanfare of gifts, […]

California Update: Gov. Brown Takes Action on Gun Control Bills The National Shooting Sports Foundation is extremely disappointed that Gov. Brown today chose to sign into law these highly restrictive and unneeded gun control measures, all of which will affect law-abiding Californians while doing nothing to stop the criminal misuse of firearms. By acting within […]

I’ve got a stack of books I’ve been wanting to get into for the past year. With a new pup I just haven’t found the time to pick up a book. So I decided to finally get on board with Amazon’s Audio Book app for the smart phone. With a 30 minute drive to and […]

“Gun sales are on a pace to break last year’s record of more than 23 million, a boon to the U.S. industry and gun stores thanks to election-year worries about gun control and recent terror attacks, according to government figures and experts. Under Obama, background checks for guns reached 141.4 million through the end of […]