Discuss gun politics, gun control laws, the Second Amendment, the use of firearms for self-defense, and the use of firearms to commit crime and violence. http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Mon, 20 May 2013 11:16:54 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:16:54 This semi-automatic pistol comes with two magazines which each holds 16 rounds.

http://cdn102.iofferphoto.com/img3/item/469/295/466/gamo-pt-85-co2-pistol-9c07.jpg

Notwithstanding the ammo that can be carried in the magazines, it is not recommended as a backup for wild-hog hunting.

The barre... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172122990 Sun, 19 May 2013 15:31:26 An interesting read. While I'm not a fan of the NRA leadership, have to give credit where it is due. What I would like to see is the more moderate [link:http://www.independentfirearmowners.org/2013/|IFOA] do something similar without starting infighting among the gun rights crowd.
This one IMNSHO... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172122974 Sun, 19 May 2013 13:09:32 which is, IMHO, analogous to reverse entrapment by doing something legal, but out of the ordinary, to entice a cop to arrest you. Open carry is one thing. Walking around town with an AR and a video camera (or fishing off a pier in Florida with pistol on hip, fishing pole in one hand, video camera ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172122951 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:34:55 and if there are other gun-related crimes which can result in similar light mandatory sentences,
[blockquote][blockquote]why don't [b]those with an agenda to eliminate gun ownership [/b]seek to
increase prison time for those who commit crimes with firearms?[/blockquote][/blockquote]
In Connetic... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172122936 Sat, 18 May 2013 14:30:40 Source: [b]Reuters[/b]

[div class="excerpt"][b][link:http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/18/us-usa-guns-colorado-idUSBRE94H02L20130518|Colorado sheriffs sue to block new gun-control laws][/b]

By Keith Coffman
DENVER | Fri May 17, 2013 11:46pm EDT

(Reuters) - A group of Colorado county s... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172122930 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:49:31 [i]Mayor Mitch Landrieu confirmed Thursday that a second suspect had been arrested in the Mother's Day second line shooting, and New Orleans Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas said that four others were arrested for harboring suspects.

The second suspect arrested Thursday was identified as Shawn... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172122887 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:16:22 [div class="excerpt"]A dumb burglar was shot in the shoulder and leg after mistakenly locking the owner of the house in his own gun cupboard, police said.

Three armed invaders broke into a Houston home at 2 p.m. Tuesday.

But, unluckily for them, they hadn't realized they'd stuffed him in his ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172122861 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:24:38 His ad, from 17 days ago...

http://youtu.be/NMIU7HEkRwk

...He just lost...to a conservative repuke...

He chose to make gun bans part of his campaign, seems to have only helped his opposition.... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172122842 Fri, 17 May 2013 00:47:28 [div class="excerpt"]"One tenet of the National Rifle Association's faith has always been that handgun controls do little to stop criminals from obtaining handguns. For once, the NRA is right and America's leading handgun control organization is wrong. Criminals don't buy guns in gun stores. That's ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172122836 Thu, 16 May 2013 23:31:09 Saw this [link:http://www.democraticunderground.com/12622998|elsewhere] on DU.

[blockquote]Increasing public safety by changing gun laws is about making it less easy to commit mass murder by forcing shooters to pause and reload. That's a terrible calculation to make, but it's reality. [/blockquo... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172122757 Thu, 16 May 2013 13:35:21 [div class="excerpt"] Violence is driven by socioeconomic and cultural factors, not the mere presence of firearms. The statistics clearly show this, and the very same statistics manipulated by so-called "gun control advocates" irrefutably contradicts their agenda's premise when put into proper conte... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172122746 Wed, 15 May 2013 18:56:04 is it more accurate based on estimated number of guns per capita?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_guns_per_capita_by_country
This has the top four as:
US, Yemen, Switzerland, Finland

or
The number of households with at least one gun?
http://www.guncite.com/gun_control_gcgvinco.html
... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172122732 Wed, 15 May 2013 01:55:27 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/13/gun-in-purse-starbucks_n_3268652.html

A Florida woman accidentally shot her friend in the leg while waiting in line at a Starbucks on Saturday.

Police say Pamela Beck and Amie Peterson were getting coffee at the Tyrone Square Mall in St. Petersburg when... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172122647 Mon, 13 May 2013 20:23:24 Source: [b]Associated Press[/b]

[div class="excerpt"][b][link:http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/10790564|Rubio's PAC airing ads defending Ayotte on guns][/b]

AP foreign, Monday May 13 2013

KEN THOMAS

Associated Press= WASHINGTON (AP) — A political group backed by Republican Sen... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172122614 Mon, 13 May 2013 18:18:49 Have fun in jail, dickhead.

[blockquote]
NEW LEBANON, N.Y. - A man has been charged under the New York State SAFE Act after troopers found he had a handgun in his car with the loaded magazine containing nine rounds of ammunition, rather than the limit of seven rounds.

State Police issued a tr... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172122597 Mon, 13 May 2013 15:59:21 Why aren't more people talking about training, tying training to gun ownerships?

(from the other DU gun forum, thanks applegrove, but I don't dare post this there.) http://www.democraticunderground.com/12622938

Upon reading the subject line, I immediately thought "YES!", it's just like boats. ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172122576 Sun, 12 May 2013 14:04:50 [div class="excerpt"]Just when you thought the 3D gun was dead, it's back. Just Thursday, the company that made the 3D gun blueprints, Defense Distributed, was forced to take the blueprints off of its site by the U.S. Department of State.

The issue, then? The plans had already been downloaded ove... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172122564 Sun, 12 May 2013 10:37:24 on being awarded the Sarah Brady Visionary Award at Brady Center event at the [link:http://www.hotels.com/ho124056/the-beverly-hills-hotel-beverly-hills-united-states/|Beverly Hills Hotel]. While I'm sure the BHH is a nice place, I wonder how the Joyce Foundation [link:http://www.hotelworkersrising... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172122506 Sat, 11 May 2013 13:44:19 [div class="excerpt"]

A smoking gun? Senator Weinberg denies confiscation quote

By Paul Mulshine/The Star Ledger

Follow on Twitter

on May 10, 2013 at 2:30 PM, updated May 10, 2013 at 5:30 PM


I received a link to the above video from several gun-rights advocates, including Scot... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172122478 Fri, 10 May 2013 19:22:43 [div class="excerpt"]Illinois State Police say they’re trying to deal with a huge backlog of applications for Firearms Owner Identification cards.

The agency received more than 28,000 applications for cards during April alone.

That’s on top of an existing backlog of nearly 76,000 applications.... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172122470 Fri, 10 May 2013 18:33:55 [div class="excerpt"]Proctor Chief Turns to Citizens During Ammo Shortage

May 9, 2013
Updated May 9, 2013 at 7:34 PM CDT
Duluth, MN (NNCNOW.com) - A nationwide ammunition shortage has police departments across the country counting their bullets. It's no different in Proctor, where the Chief say... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172122458 Fri, 10 May 2013 15:53:35 [div class="excerpt"]Officer Derek Carlile is a member of the IGOTD Hall Of Eternal Infamy, after leaving his .38 revolver in a car cup-holder with his unsupervised children. His three-year-old son promptly grabbed the gun and fatally shot Carlile’s seven-year-old daughter. TTAG has followed this si... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172122427 Thu, 09 May 2013 17:17:47 Forget "studies"; how about actual news reports of actual events captured on a daily basis?

See: http://www.reddit.com/r/dgu/ for exactly that kind of raw information.


This surveillance footage must be fake, because we are told that nobody is skilled enough to take on armed robbers by the... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172122424 Thu, 09 May 2013 17:05:11 Have not seen this posted yet. Fascinating information.


[div class="excerpt"]

[link:http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2013/05/07/gun-homicide-rate-down-49-since-1993-peak-public-unaware/|Gun Homicide Rate Down 49% Since 1993 Peak; Public Unaware]

Compared with 1993, the peak of U.S. gun homi... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172122370 Wed, 08 May 2013 22:59:01 permit. I didn't prod her into it, didn't force her into it, didn't even talk about it. It just happened.

I think it's a wonderful idea.

I work out of town and the house is rather remotely located. We've been there 13 years with nary an incident, but recently two things have happened nearby w... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172122345 Wed, 08 May 2013 17:59:47 [b]GOPers in damage control mode after background checks votes [/b]

Kelly Ayotte and Jeff Flake saw their approval ratings drop after they opposed the measure
By Jillian Rayfield

After seeing their approval ratings tank following their votes against the Senate’s gun background check me... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172122317 Wed, 08 May 2013 11:40:17 These bills have been passed by both the House and the Senate and go to the Governor for signature. His signature is certain.

[i]Senate Bill 299 / House Bill 1304 by state Senator Craig Estes (R-Wichita Falls) and state Representative Kenneth Sheets (R-Dallas) protects against charges of unlawfu... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172122310 Wed, 08 May 2013 10:57:32 http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/07/18108298-gun-violence-in-us-has-fallen-dramatically-over-past-20-years-justice-dept-report-finds?lite&ocid=msnhp&pos=2

[div class="excerpt"]Gun violence in America has fallen dramatically over the past two decades, and the number of murders committed wit... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172122293 Wed, 08 May 2013 05:41:34 Monday, May 06, 2013 1 comment

The 'talking point' to justify not enacting gun background check legislation that 92% of Americans support is that, "if we allow this to be passed it's just the camel's nose under the tent. The liberals will just want more when it doesn't work..."

The probl... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172122278 Tue, 07 May 2013 23:54:40 Illinois law mandates that a person must undergo a background check and receive a Firearm Owners Identification Card in order to purchase or possess a firearm or ammunition (with exceptions for nonresident hunters, etc.).
430 ILCS 65.

http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=1657&Ch... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172122232 Tue, 07 May 2013 12:30:10 Along with bombs and bombers, guns seem to be all the media wants to talk about these days. Death is sexy to our miscreant media, especially when people are killed on purpose. And when that happens, it’s all the newspapers and news stations will print and broadcast, in turn making these events appea... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172122228 Tue, 07 May 2013 12:13:19 Source: [b]Associated Press[/b]

[div class="excerpt"][b][link:http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/10780480|Biden asks clergy to make moral argument on guns][/b]

AP foreign, Tuesday May 7 2013

JOSH LEDERMAN

Associated Press= WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden is asking pas... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172122156 Mon, 06 May 2013 21:07:00 It is not only legislators but also the legislation under consideration that needs credibility.

Of the many aspects of gun control and related laws, pressure for another assault weapons ban undermines the credibility of the pro control side since rifles are used least often to murder among types ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172122101 Mon, 06 May 2013 15:20:38 April, 2013---1,714,433
April, 2012---1,427,343

Increase of 387,090

No comment needed. The numbers speak for themselves.... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172122054 Mon, 06 May 2013 07:11:19 This forum, I don't need to explain that so much (I've xposted to GD and Gungeon Jr.). I really think that's the answer. ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172122052 Mon, 06 May 2013 06:38:05 ...to further soften gun laws that were already among the courntry's most fireams-friendly, allowing college students to carry handguns in class.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/05/05/301934/texas-passes-student-firearms-bills/... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172122046 Sun, 05 May 2013 19:50:16 Source: [b]Reuters[/b]

[div class="excerpt"][b][link:http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/04/us-usa-guns-nra-idUSBRE94200K20130504|NRA chief: Boston-area residents were vulnerable without guns][/b]

By Andrea Lorenz
HOUSTON | Sat May 4, 2013 7:37pm EDT

(Reuters) - Heavy-handed gun laws an... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172122021 Sat, 04 May 2013 22:04:41 [div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]
by Eric R. Poole

I'M A MARINE CORPS VETERAN WHO WENT TO WAR, CAME HOME AND IMPULSIVELY purchased every type of small arm I had seen in Iraq and Afghanistan. I wanted my kids to appreciate the artifacts used to shape our nation's history. There are mor... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172121993 Fri, 03 May 2013 23:33:32
I actually learned about it here.
http://www.independentfirearmowners.org/2013/
[div class="excerpt"]It would allow Americans to buy handguns from out-of-state sellers, which is not allowed currently.[/div]
IOW, it would amend the 1968 Gun Control Act to allow interstate handgun sales without a... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172121948 Fri, 03 May 2013 19:03:49 (snip)

The idea of using violent force to prevent democratically elected government from operating according to the will of the people began when the Koch brothers’ funded teabaggers brought signs to rallies claiming “we came unarmed this time” during the healthcare reform debate throughout 2009.... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172121891 Fri, 03 May 2013 11:49:05