This Week in Gun Rights is TTAG’s weekly roundup of legal, legislative and other news affecting guns, the gun business and gun owners’ rights. Chris Murphy to put forth Universal Background Check Bill Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) It’s being reported that Senator Chris Murphy of ConnecticutRead More →
Posted 29 mins ago in Daily News, News by Luke C. with No CommentsTags: background checks, fbi, gun sales, NICS The numbers coming in from the FBI this month indicate that the current record for NICS Firearm Background Checks completely shatters every previous year going back to 1998 when recordsRead More →
By Larry Keane There’s a bill brewing in Virginia that’s got great intentions, but will wreak havoc for gun ranges and the state-run background check system. Democratic state Sen. Creigh Deeds has introduced SB 1250, legislation to require background checks for gun rentals. It’s a first-of-its-kind bill that was introducedRead More →
Next Post Coming Soon…▶ Rep-Elect Andrew Clyde is firmly pro-2A. (Photo: Clyde campaign) US Congressman-elect Andrew Clyde from Georgia is preparing to take office with gun rights in mind. Clyde is a gun store owner who got his start working out of his own garage back in 1991 and foundRead More →
Courtesy FBI Yawn. It’s no longer considered news that Americans continue to buy guns at a never-seen-before pace. We’ve been beating down the doors of gun stores since March due to the pandemic and then civil unrest (not to mention prisoner releases and the defund-the-police movement). Throw in the usualRead More →
Bill Would Mandate California-Style Ammunition Background Checks in Florida – The Truth About Guns Dan Z. for TTAG In Florida, you can’t legally own or have a firearm if you’ve been convicted of a felony, if you’re under a domestic violence restraining order, or if you’re deemed a “violent careerRead More →
Surprise! Americans still want every single firearm that gun makers can possibly turn out. But if you’ve been anywhere near a gun retailer in the last few months, you probably knew that already. The FBI published their NICS background check total for August yesterday. Now the NSSF has massaged theRead More →