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Cops Attempt Gun Confiscation Without Warrant; This New Jersey Man Said “No” | Zero Hedge

By innovate | July 17, 2018 by innovate

Police in New Jersey have officially crossed the [thin blue] line and literally attempted to confiscate guns from an army veteran without a warrant. But it didn’t go as planned, because Leonard Cottrell Jr. refused to comply with the orders of the cops. Eventually, all gun confiscation will be carried out by the police; who of “don’t make the laws, they just enforce them,” and Cottrell found this out the hard way. After serving two…

H.R.5103 – 115th Congress (2017-2018): Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2018

By innovate | March 12, 2018March 12, 2018 by innovate

SEC. 2. Increase in excise taxes relating to firearms. (a) In general.—Section 4181 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: “SEC. 4181. Imposition of tax. “There is hereby imposed upon the sale by the manufacturer, producer, or importer of the following articles a tax equivalent to the specified percent of the price for which so sold: “(1) Articles taxable at 20 percent: “(A) Pistols. “(B) Revolvers. “(C) Firearms (other…

With Trump’s backing, NRA maps campaign for ‘silencers’

By innovate | January 27, 2017 by innovate

The National Rifle Association is shifting into high gear to shoot down federal and state barriers to buying gun suppressors, believing that the inauguration of President Trump will help to clear the way to easy and low-cost purchases of silencers. “It’s going to be a new day, it’s a new opportunity to hit the reset button,” said Chris Cox, NRA’s chief lobbyist and the executive director of the NRA Institute for Legislative Action. “This is…

NRA-ILA | NRA Applauds the Introduction of the Hearing Protection Act, H.R. 367

By innovate | January 12, 2017 by innovate

FAIRFAX, Va. – The National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) applauded Congressmen Jeff Duncan (SC) and John Carter (TX-31) on Monday for introducing the Hearing Protection Act, an important bill that gives gun owners and sportsmen the opportunity to better protect their ears and hearing. “Many gun owners and sportsmen suffer severe hearing loss after years of shooting, and yet the tool necessary to reduce such loss is onerously regulated and taxed. It doesn’t make any…

Election drives gun-buying surge, Beretta election sale on magazines

By innovate | November 1, 2016 by innovate

Americans are suspending major purchases of houses and cars until after the presidential election, choosing instead to lard up on guns instead, according to a new survey provided to Secrets. “The top item Americans say they are likely to buy because of the election is a gun,” according to a survey for the supply chain firm Elementum. What’s more 97 percent of Americans are holding off major purchases “due to the presidential election.” On top…

INCH by INCH: Obama Issues Executive Order That May Drive Gunsmiths Out of Business – The Truth About Guns

By innovate | August 18, 2016 by innovate

President Obama has the ability to issue “executive orders” that direct the agencies controlled by the Office of the President to change the way they operate. Government agencies have a large amount of leeway when it comes to the interpretation of the law and how it applies to the American people, and these executive orders are intended to allow the president to specifically direct those agencies in whatever manner he sees fit. Last Friday President…

Facebook Banned Gun Sales. So Why Is It Still ‘Full of Them’? – The New York Times

By innovate | July 22, 2016 by innovate

A discussion group on Facebook called Texas Pew Pew Pew Show & Tell warned its users that it was intended to host conversations “about anything that goes pew pew pew,” but not to facilitate the sale or trade of firearms. The same note asked participants to “be smart” and “to take it to PM,” a reference to private messages. “If you don’t get the hint, I can’t help stupid,” the note said. Though the message…

Gun control laws haven’t reduced crime, murder rates

By innovate | July 22, 2016July 22, 2016 by innovate

Surely murder is a serious subject, which ought to be examined seriously. Instead, it is almost always examined politically in the context of gun control controversies, with stock arguments on both sides that have remained the same for decades. And most of those arguments are irrelevant to the central question: Do tighter gun control laws reduce the murder rate? That is not an esoteric question, nor one for which no empirical evidence is available.…

$1,000 Gun Tax Pushed as “Role Model” for States | Americans for Tax Reform

By innovate | April 18, 2016 by innovate

Steep gun tax concept endorsed by Hillary Clinton in 1993 beginning to take hold WASHINGTON, D.C. – A $1,000 per gun tax should serve as a “role model” for states, according to the governor of the U.S. territory of the Northern Mariana Islands, which imposed the $1,000 gun tax earlier this month. An idea first endorsed by Hillary Clinton in 1993, steep gun taxes have now taken hold in Cook County, Ill. the city of…

Gun Groups Push to Make Silencers Easier to Purchase, Own

By innovate | April 5, 2016 by innovate

Gun rights advocates hope to remove a number of federal restrictions related to the purchase and ownership of firearm silencers. The Hearing Protection Act would exempt silencers from the National Firearms Act of 1934, a law that also regulates fully automatic weapons. Under the current law, individuals who wish to purchase a silencer must pay a $200 tax and wait several months for the ATF to process paperwork on the item before bringing the accessory…