Gun Rights

Writing in the Wall Street Journal, author and economist John R. Lott Jr. took on recent statements by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Lott quotes Bloomberg, who called 'on police to join him in fighting for more gun control: 'I don't understand why the police officers across this country don't stand up collectively and say we're going to go on strike.' Lott pointed out that it is illegal for police to go on strike, and Bloomberg later backed off his statement. Then Lott wrote, 'But the mayor is just as far off the mark in his assumption that police agree with him on gun control.'

Corey Cogdell is a Trap Shooter who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and competed in the 2012 Olympic Games in London, placing 11th in Women’s Trap. She also hunts wild game. After Cogdell published photos on Facebook of herself posing alongside animals she killed, anti-hunting activists took to Twitter to threaten and insult her, the political website Twitchy.com

Writing for the Russian publication RIA Novosti, Alexey Eremenko nails why many officials -- regardless of locale --want to ban guns. In his essay, ‘Nanny State’ Wants No Firearms for Russians, he writes:

The United Nations indefinitely suspended action on an international arms trade treaty Friday after the United States and several other countries asked for more time, TheHill.com reports.

In an interview on Fox News on Sunday, Justice Antonin Scalia said there “are some limitations that can be imposed” on the purchase of guns.

Very aggressive gun control hasn’t prevented multiple-victim public shootings in Europe, writes economist John Lott at FoxNews.com. And he adds that gun-free zones are a common feature of mass shootings.

Oklahoma law enforcement officials are running behind the time limit set in state law for processing concealed-carry licenses, and LE anticipates even more requests as a result of an upcoming change to allow the open carry of weapons.

The number of concealed weapons permits in Florida is nearing the one million mark, according to the Florida Department of Agriculture Consumer Services Division of Licensing, which monitors them.

National Journal recently polled Congressional representatives from each major party and confirmed what a lot of gun advocates already know: the National Rifle Association dictates gun-control policy to Congress.

Writing in an opinion piece for the Denver Post, David B. Kopel, research director for the Independence Institute and an adjunct professor of advanced constitutional law at the University of Denver, made some excellent points about what the state’s gun laws cover and don’t cover. From the editorial:

Here is a video that didn’t get national coverage because a responsible, armed, trained citizen was present and took care of a threat immediately.

The Arms Trade Treaty being written at the United Nations in New York City is due to be finished July 27, but because of extraordinary secrecy, details of what may be implemented have been hard to come by. However, details of a Composite ‘Working Document’ were released on July 24, which is now fueling speculation (see links below) about what the ATT is likely to do domestically and worldwide. Is ATT a clear and present threat to the 2nd Amendment? Or as international gun-prohibition advocates assert, will the treaty be a solution to worldwide gun violence? We’d like to hear your opinions in the comment section below.