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Gun Sales Surge in Virginia Ahead of Democrat Takeover
Cam Edwards – Bearing Arms
Earlier today Tom Knighton covered the not-so-great news about the number of NICS checks performed on firearm transfers during Thanksgiving week, which were down about 13% compared to last year.
One state that bucked the trend, though, is Virginia. The National Shooting Sports Foundation reports the state was among the top five across the country for both NICS checks in general and NICS checks on the transfer of long guns; a surge NSSF’s Mark Oliva attributes to concerns about a sweeping semi-auto ban coming as soon as the Democrats take complete control of state government next month.
The spike in sales is an indication that at least some Virginia gun owners are aware of the looming threats to their Second Amendment rights, even though Democratic officials have largely been silent about their gun control plans. State Sen. Creigh Deeds told reporters a few weeks ago that he and other lawmakers are working on language for an “assault weapons ban”, and Sen. Scott Surovell has…Read more here.
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Is DOJ Pulling Some Pro-Gun Shenanigans?
Tom Knighton / BEARING ARMS
The Department of Justice hasn’t been as great on guns as many of us might like. Sure, it’s far better than any previous DOJ that any of us can remember, but we wanted better.
The NSSF is happy enough, but plenty of people aren’t.
However, what if some of what seems to be anti-gun movement is something else? What if it’s setting the stage for some pro-gun shenanigans?Could the Trump Department of Justice (DOJ) protection of the National Firearms Act (NFA) in Silencer Shop v BATF be a tactical move to bring the case to the Supreme Court?
Could the Trump Department of Justice (DOJ) protection of the National Firearms Act (NFA) in Silencer Shop v BATF be a tactical move to bring the case to the Supreme Court?
The Supreme Court case United States v Windsor upended centuries of precedent and jurisprudence in the United States by finding a key part of the Defense of Marriage Act to be unconstitutional. The Obama administration played a key part in this policy shift by claiming the act was constitutional…Read more here.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mixed Signals on 2A from DOJ Is As Good As It’s Likely to Get
Tom Knighton – Bearing Arms
President Donald Trump has been the most pro-Second Amendment president in living memory, if not the most pro-2A since the era of the Founding Fathers. That is solidified already, even if nothing else comes from the White House during the next three years.
It was never a high bar to clear, after all, and he vaulted over it.
But that doesn’t mean there aren’t issues. The Department of Justice has done some very pro-gun things. It’s also holding firm in defending some gun control laws. That’s creating a bit of whiplash for many pro-gun folks like The Truth About Guns’ Mark Chesnut.
We’ve reported lately how the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) seems to have a somewhat schizophrenic attitude when it comes to supporting the Second Amendment. On one hand, the DOJ claims to be doing everything it can to restore Americans’ 2A rights. On the other hand, DOJ attorneys will defiantly argue in support of an obviously unconstitutional infringement. Read more here.
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Two Big Laws Take Effect in North Carolina
Tom Knighton / BEARING ARMS
Lawmakers like making it so that various measures go into effect on the first of the month. It’s kind of arbitrary, but it’s also universal enough that I kind of get it.
In North Carolina, a state that’s kind of been in the crosshairs of late, they had a couple of measures go into effect as of today that I wanted us to talk about a bit.
The first deals with guns on private school campuses.
House Bill 193 allows employees and volunteers at private schools to carry firearms and stun guns on school grounds if they have written permission from the school’s board of trustees or administrative director, have a concealed handgun permit and have completed a training course.
The law also allows people attending religious services to carry a gun if the private school is connected to a place of worship.
Republican bill supporters cited a shooting at a religious school as the reason behind the…Read more here.
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