Traver allied with the progressive Joyce Foundation to lobby for tighter federal restrictions of Second Amendment freedoms. He supports curtailing access to ATF databases and opposes privacy protections for gun-owners. He has also compared automatic black-market weapons to legal semi-automatic assault weapons.
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March 22, 2011 05:37
Everything you need to know about the most recent gun-control debate (but didn’t have anyone to ask), Part II
The centerpieces of this “common sense” discussion are bills that would expand and “strengthen” the current National Instant Background Check System (NICS) and a ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines. -Daily Caller
March 15, 2011 05:23
Here it comes, hold on to your guns
Obama’s election prompted record gun sales all across the US because people feared a leftist assault on gun rights. As predicted Obama and the leftists call for “reforms” citing the Tuscon shooting.
February 7, 2011 16:39
WHAT LIBERALS DON’T KNOW ABOUT GUNS, CHAPTER 217
There’s only one policy of any kind that has ever been shown to deter mass murder: concealed-carry laws. In a comprehensive study of all public, multiple-shooting incidents in America between 1977 and 1999, the highly regarded economists John Lott and Bill Landes found that concealed-carry laws were the only laws that had any beneficial effect.
January 24, 2011 07:14
Gun Control Measures Don’t Stop Violence
National Academy of Sciences reviewed 253 journal articles, 99 books and 43 government publications evaluating 80 gun-control measures. Researchers could not identify a single regulation that reduced violent crime, suicide or accidents. A year earlier, the Centers for Disease Control reported on ammunition bans, restrictions on acquisition, waiting periods, registration, licensing, child access prevention and zero tolerance laws. CDC’s conclusion: There was no conclusive evidence that the laws reduced gun violence.
January 17, 2011 05:45
Stand your ground – with a gun?
Using a gun to defend yourself can get you in trouble no matter what the law says. Two cases with vastly different results.
January 12, 2011 07:31
Speaker Boehner opposing new proposed restrictions on firearms
The immediate rejection of King’s legislation by Boehner illustrates the difficulty gun-control advocates will face in moving forward with any legislation.
January 4, 2011 15:40
America’s New Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & (NO) Firearms
Your 2nd amendment rights are in jeopardy again as Obama appoints another anti-gun fanatic to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
December 30, 2010 08:04
Gun fight at the Texas smoke shop
A Waco, Texas store clerk sent armed robbers running when he pulled out a gun and fired shots, sparking a shootout caught on a surveillance camera. The shop owner says he hit at least one assailant. (Dec. 30)
December 21, 2010 09:42
Christie Commutes Sentence of Man Sent to Jail for Owning Guns
Showing his usual penchant for rationality, Gov. Chris Christie has commuted the 7 year sentence a New Jersey man received for owning guns.
