Connecticut on Tuesday sued four gun companies it accused of mailing illegal firearm parts with no serial numbers to an undercover state investigator, the latest legal filing by states and cities seeking to crack down on untraceable ghost guns. Announcing the civil lawsuit, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong displayed AR-15 “80% lower receivers” that the […]
NJ Governor Pitches 2,400% Tax Increase On Firearms
June 23, 2018 by
New Jersey’s Democratic Governor Phil Murphy is floating a plan to increase taxes on buying and selling guns by up to 2,400%, according to guns.com. Murphy estimates that the state will take in an additional $2 million in revenue from the tax, which would include raising handgun purchase permits from $2 to $50, and firearms […]
YouTube Is Banning Some Firearms Videos, And Gun Owners Are Furious.
March 22, 2018 by
Gun owners and Second Amendment advocates are speaking out against a YouTube decision to ban some firearms videos.The video sharing site will no longer allow people to post videos designed to “sell firearms or certain firearms accessories.” YouTube will no longer allow videos promoting the sale of certain gun accessories, or the installation […]
Police seize first firearms under Florida’s new gun-control laws.
March 17, 2018 by
Broward County judge on Friday issued the state’s first order temporarily removing guns from a person under Florida’s new gun-control laws. Four firearms and 267 rounds of ammunition were ordered removed from a 56-year-old Lighthouse Point man who was determined to be a potential risk to himself or others. The guns and ammunition have been […]
Obama Commutes Sentences Of Over 50 With Firearms Violations
August 5, 2016 by
President Barack Obama issued a record amount of commutations on Wednesday, and over 50 of them had firearms violations. Of the 214 commutations issued by Obama, 56, or about a quarter of the total commutations, had firearms violations on their record in conjunction with a drug trafficking or carrying a firearm as a felon, which is […]
Facebook Announces they Are Now Banning ALL Talk of Firearms, Ammo, or Gun Parts Trading
January 31, 2016 by
Facebook and its acquired service, Instagram, no longer allow users to make arrangements to buy or sell firearms, gun parts, or ammunition. The new rule has given users a hot topic to share and post about, whether they “Like” it or not. “Over the last two years, more and more people have been using Facebook […]