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April 11, 2021

guns

Article

Background checks, ammo and gun sales maintain record pace

February 17, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — In 2020, firearm-related background checks, ammunition sales and gun sales all saw record numbers. The pace has continued this year with a record number of background checks performed in January 2021, according to […]

Business

Air traffic is down, gun seizures up at US airports

August 11, 2020 David Koenig, Associated Press

DALLAS — With air traffic nearing a five-month high, airport security is finding guns in passenger carry-on bags at three times the rate recorded before the pandemic. And 80% of the guns are loaded. The […]

Opinion

MATTHEWS: Beto O’Rourke’s gun confiscation proposal could not save his foundering campaign

November 6, 2019 Stacey Matthews

Beto O’Rourke jumped into the Democratic presidential race in March to much fanfare. He had run a spirited campaign against Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in 2018, showing off a fundraising prowess that impressed former President […]

Opinion

WILLIAMS: Gun grabbers misleading us

October 30, 2019 Walter Williams

Gun control did not become politically acceptable until the Gun Control Act of 1968 signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The law’s primary focus was to regulate commerce in firearms by prohibiting interstate […]

News

Colt halts production of civilian rifles

September 19, 2019 The Associated Press

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — Gunmaker Colt says it is stopping production of rifles for the civilian market. Colt’s chief executive officer, Dennis Veilleux, says it is not permanently ending production but believes there is already […]

News

High-capacity magazines get new scrutiny as Congress returns

September 4, 2019 Martha Bellisle | The Associated Press

SEATTLE — Some federal lawmakers are making a renewed push to ban high-capacity magazines. Nine states have passed laws restricting magazine capacity to 10 to 15 rounds, and the Democratic-led U.S. House plans to consider […]

News

Customer with concealed gun kills 7-Eleven robbery suspect

August 9, 2019 The Associated Press

CHARLOTTE — Authorities in North Carolina say a customer armed with a concealed gun shot two robbery suspects at a 7-Eleven, killing one and injuring the other. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police spokeswoman Cindy A. Wallace said in […]

Opinion

MATTHEWS: After Mass Shootings, All “Sides” Feel the Grief and Devastation — and Seek Solutions

May 8, 2019 Stacey Matthews

It was Tuesday afternoon, just before 6 p.m. I was finishing up a writing day when my mother called to me from the living room. “You need to come look at this.” She watches the […]

Jason Saine speaks to reporters at the N.C. General Assembly
Opinion

SAINE: Will NC Democrats grab your guns in 2019?

March 6, 2019 admin

Leftist Democrats in the North Carolina General Assembly are full of new and innovative ideas these days. The blue wave has left us with a cesspool of liberal activism, both legislative and judicial, and goes […]

News

Washington bans anyone under 21 from buying semi-automatic rifles

January 5, 2019 admin

SEATTLE — The State of Washington on Tuesday joined a handful of other states that ban anyone under 21 from buying certain rifles after voters passed a sweeping firearms measure in November that has drawn […]

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