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Why Gun Control Is a Loser for the Democrats

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There is nothing so comforting as a closely held prejudice, even when it repeatedly harms you. The white-hot passion of Democratic politicians to restrict and even strip Americans of their constitutionally guaranteed right to buy, own, keep, shoot and carry firearms continues as a monument to self-abuse.

Simply put, the gun control issue is a loser. It doesn’t matter that the paid consultants, the lobbyists from the gun-prohibition industry, or the East Coast media all assure candidates that it’s now safe to come out of hiding and proclaim their open hatred of the very concept of self-defense and protecting your family. The history of Democrats who push to rip away the rights of millions of Americans constitutes a list of “whatever happened to” candidates. From dozens of Democrats who lost their seats in Congress because of their gun-ban vote in 1994 to Al Gore’s anti-rights position, which has been credited with costing him the presidency, the party of “trust the government for your personal safety” keeps having to relearn the lesson. In point of fact, their own party put out a paper some years ago warning candidates to not talk about gun control, calling it a loser issue . . .

Now Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders fight to establish who is the strongest anti-Constitution candidate. It’s a clear indication neither they nor their advisers actually talk to real people outside the Washington cocktail circuit.

For more than 20 years I’ve hosted a national radio talk show about guns, and through that I’ve talked with thousands of people across the country — people who have owned guns all their lives, people who only recently bought a gun, and people who have never owned a gun but now want to. Typically, I’ll ask why they are thinking of buying their first gun, and the answer always is that they want to protect themselves and their families. They have looked at the news, studied the events, watched the videos of attacks on the streets, and they have concluded that no one else will be on the scene to protect them. Oh, and fully a third of first-time handgun buyers these days are women, so put aside that mental image of a demographic which can be ignored. (Read more from “Why Gun Control Is a Loser for the Democrats” HERE)

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Gun Store Owner Breaks Silence, Reveals ATF Raided His Business in 2014 and Why He ‘Quit Fighting’ Them [+video]

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Photo Credit: KERO-TVA gun shop owner in Southern California was subjected to a raid by the federal government in 2014, but he has just now decided to voluntarily forfeit the more than 3,000 parts the agents took two years ago.

Christopher Cook, the owner of The Armory in Southwest Bakersfield, California, told KERO-TV that it was simply a clerical error and wrong information given to officials with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives by a former lawyer that led to a raid of his business in 2014, during which officials took 3,804 parts . . .

Cook contended that his former lawyer gave ATF officials the wrong information regarding how the pieces were made that led to the raid as well as his eventual forfeiting of the more than 3,000 parts taken from him.

“The reason that I quit fighting is because it’s a battle that I don’t believe that the U.S state attorney, the DOJ or the ATF office would be able to say they were going to give our stuff back,” he said.

According to KERO-TV, the Department of Justice said in an agreement with Cook that the agency will ensure that the receivers stay out of the hands of criminals. The agreement also states that Cook will never be criminally prosecuted for this incident; he is also not allowed to sue the ATF for wrongfully taking his property. (Read more from “Gun Store Owner Breaks Silence, Reveals ATF Raided His Business in 2014 and Why He ‘Quit Fighting’ Them” HERE)

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White House Won’t Say If It’s Behind Facebook Gun Ban

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By Nicole Duran. The White House on Monday refused to say whether Facebook’s recent decision to ban users from facilitating the sale of guns, parts and ammunition was the result of pressure from the Obama administration.

“We welcome this step,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said on Monday, just days after Facebook’s Friday announcement. “We talked about how the Internet is a loophole” for people seeking to buy guns without undergoing background checks, he said. It’s a “common-sense effort to prevent guns from easily falling into the hands of criminals or other individuals who shouldn’t be allowed to access guns,” he said.

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Facebook and Instagram Are Banning Private Gun Sales

By Dave Smith. Facebook has decided to ban the private sales of firearms on its social network.

Instagram, Facebook’s photo-sharing platform, is doing the same.

“Over the last two years, more and more people have been using Facebook to discover products and to buy and sell things to one another,” Facebook’s head of product policy said in a statement to The New York Times . . .

Facebook says it will rely on its 1.6 billion users to report any violations of these new rules — this especially goes for Facebook’s private messaging service Facebook Messenger, since Facebook does not read the content of messages sent on that platform. Facebook already bans the private sales of pharmaceuticals and illegal drugs like marijuana. (Read more from “Facebook and Instagram Are Banning Private Gun Sales” HERE)

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Facebook Bans Firearms Sales

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Facebook says it’s cracking down on online gun sales, announcing Friday a new policy barring private individuals from advertising or selling firearms on the world’s largest social network.

The new policy applies also to Facebook’s photo-sharing service Instagram. It comes after gun control groups have long complained that Facebook and other online sites are frequently used by unlicensed sellers and buyers not legally eligible to buy firearms.

Facebook “was unfortunately and unwittingly serving as an online platform for dangerous people to get guns,” said Shannon Watts of Everytown for Gun Safety, a group that launched a public campaign to convince the social network to change its policies two years ago. (Read more from “Facebook Announces Stricter Policy on Firearms Sales” HERE)

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HIDDEN CAMERA: Buying Machine Guns Without Background Checks?

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If you’re a leftist who believes other leftists, it’s probable you think guns (even fully automatic ones) can easily be purchased without a background check. You hold this notion for a simple reason: your leftist leaders in political circles reaching as high as the White House, say such silly things as “Guns are easier to buy than books.” A myth which is as true as receiving a college scholarship from the tooth fairy.

To prove how wrong leftists are about guns, we took a hidden camera to gun shows and gun dealers. We tried weaseling through the “gun show loophole” and even tried getting automatic weapons without background checks. It went as well as anyone who’s ever purchased a gun legally would expect it to go.

Highlights:

Nobody was able, nor willing, to sell us a fully automatic weapon. The lengthy process is described in the video. It’s not easy. It’s actually really, really hard.

The gun show loophole is a myth. What Obama and Bernie are referring to are already illegal practices, as seen by the hilarious reactions of gun salesman at the gun shows.

There is no way to purchase a firearm at a qualified store without a background check. It doesn’t happen. Again, watch the hilarious video.

We’ve already covered how the gun show loophole was a giant myth and a distraction, but this realllly puts it into perspective. Guns are not easy to buy. Guns are so difficult to buy, we nearly got arrested for trying to buy guns the way Obama says people by guns. Which means, Obama is, as we already knew, a giant lair. He hates your Second Amendment rights almost as much as he hates people who work for a living. (For more from the author of “HIDDEN CAMERA: Buying Machine Guns Without Background Checks?” please click HERE)

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FBI Declares Arbitrary Halt to Background Check Appeals

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The FBI “temporarily” halted efforts to process denial appeals on background checks, thereby leaving up to “7,100” Americans in limbo as to whether the federal government will allow them to buy a gun.

According to USA Today, FBI Assistant Director Stephen Morris said the halt in processing appeals, which went into effect on January 20, became necessary because the number of Americans buying guns has overwhelmed FBI background check examiners.

But the NRA-ILA says halting appeals on background checks is equivalent to halting 7,100 Americans’ rights to due process. They suggest the halt itself proves how little gun control groups really understand what actually goes into a background check for a gun purchase . . .

It is demonstrable that delays for gun purchases resulting from this halt are the inevitable fruit of trading freedom for false security in 1998, which is when the Clinton administration inserted government between the American people and the exercise of Second Amendment rights via background checks. (Read more from “FBI Declares Arbitrary Halt to Background Check Appeals” HERE)

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NICS Performed 23 Million Gun Background Checks in 2015

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U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch told the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday that the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) performed over 23 million gun background checks in fiscal year 2015 and a record 3 million requests in December alone – the highest number of monthly requests since after the Sandy Hook shooting massacre in December 2012.

Sen. Christopher Murphy (D-Conn.) asked Lynch what appropriations will be necessary for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to complete its goals as it relates to NICS and the growing number of applications as well as “the increased coordination that we want to see to make sure that we have all of the records uploaded on that system.”

Lynch said the DOJ estimates it would need $121 million to run NICS for fiscal year 2016 and an additional $35 million for fiscal year 2017 “on top of that base figure.”

“That would allow us to maintain the additional positions we hope to add this year. We may not be able to add all of them right away. As I indicated, there is time required to bring federal employees on board,” said Lynch. (Read more from “NICS Performed 23 Million Gun Background Checks in 2015” HERE)

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‘American Sniper’ Widow Taya Kyle Just Tore Apart Obama’s Gun Plan Piece-By-Piece

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Taya Kyle, whose husband, Chris, was the subject of the movie American Sniper and a victim of gun violence, published a lengthy op-ed in opposition to President Obama’s executive actions on gun control.

In a piece entitled, “Gun Control Won’t Protect Us,” posted at CNN.com, the 41-year-old said she has been on both sides of the issue during the course of her life. Kyle said she used to be afraid of guns, but now is a gun owner who is “prepared to defend myself with a firearm, and understand the fear of my freedoms being taken away.”

“Because I have felt, and lived, all of these things, I have spent much time thinking about evil, freedom and not only the world we live in, but the country too,” Kyle writes. “There are many facts and statistics people will use to argue both sides of the gun control issue.”

Kyle points out that violent crime is down significantly during the last 20 years, but due to the high-profile mass shootings of recent years, the public’s fears are up. She observes nearly all the mass shootings have occurred in so-called “gun-free” zones, where the killers know they will likely have the best chance to maximize the number of casualties.

Kyle says there needs to be a better perspective when responding to mass shootings. “If we add up the number of these mass killers over the last decade, how many people are we talking about? Fewer than 40 over the last decade?” she questions. “Do we want to make laws for millions based on the choices of fewer than 40 evildoers?” (Read more from “‘American Sniper’ Widow Taya Kyle Just Tore Apart Obama’s Gun Plan Piece-By-Piece” HERE)

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Obama Just Got Caught Red Handed at His Gun Speech- He Thought He Could Slip It by, Then…

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Twitter lit up Tuesday after President Obama made the claim that violent felons can go online and buy weapons “with no background check, no questions asked.”

The assertion came as part of a lengthy address from the East Room of the White House on the executive actions Obama is taking to increase gun control in America.

Gun-rights advocate and radio talk show host Dana Loesch was quick to call out the president on his claim.

In the article she linked, Loesch points out that those purchasing guns online must go through the same background checks as those purchasing them at retail locations:

Background checks already exist for purchases made online…When you purchase guns online they aren’t shipped to your house like an Amazon delivery. They must be shipped to a FFL [Federal Firearms Licensed dealer] where you then go, fill out a 4473 [Firearm Transaction Record], get your background check, and if cleared you can take it home. Period. This law already exists . . .

In an interview with Townhall, Lars Dalseide, with the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action confirmed Loesch’s statement. “When it comes to online sales, guns can only be transferred to the buyer through a federally licensed firearms dealer – that’s the law,” Dalseide said. (Read more from “Obama Just Got Caught Red Handed at His Gun Speech- He Thought He Could Slip It by, Then…” HERE)

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Clinton Just Took Credit for a Big Obama Plan – It Also Happens to Be One of His Worst

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Hillary Clinton praised Obama’s executive actions on gun control, claiming that his plans were influenced by her own proposals.

“I am very proud of President Obama’s announcement today,” Clinton said of the president’s new series of executive actions. “In fact, I feel really good because I called for some of those measures a few months ago” . . .

Obama would use executive power to increase background checks and ramp up mental health treatment and reporting, both of which Clinton advised in her October plan.

On the campaign trail, Clinton often condemns the GOP for pushing back against gun safety legislation, which she describes as doing the National Rifle Association’s bidding under the guise of defending Second Amendment rights. (Read more from “Clinton Just Took Credit for a Big Obama Plan – It Also Happens to Be One of His Worst” HERE)

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