For those concerned that background checks will eventually be used to create gun registries that can later facilitate confiscation, they need only look at what is happening now in New Jersey. New Jersey’s Attorney General relies on questionable claims to justify...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics. . The background check system for gun purchases is a mess. Republicans have criticized Democratic presidents for failing to prosecute people denied gun purchases through background checks. Democrats have leveled...
Between 1998 and 2021, there were about 4.8 million denials for gun purchases. There were another 131,865 denials in 2022, 116,587 in 2023, and 110,505 in 2024. The total is about 5.1 million denials. There is a lot of missing information on the number of prosecutions...
If you add up the fees for the Federal Firearms Licensee ($120) as well as the fees for the background check charged by the DC police department ($35) and their registration fee ($13), the total cost of a universal background check is $168. Amazingly, even if one...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar5k6vxC3e8 Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) has put forward H.R. 2267: "To require the Attorney General to submit to the Congress a report that includes the demographic data of persons determined to be ineligible to purchase a firearm...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9zESruhUbI There are some different estimates for the percentage of males who have felony convictions by race, but the relative ranking is clear, with black males having the highest rate among black males followed by Hispanic males....
Ohio and Iowa have sued the Biden administration because the administration is refusing to let states verify whether registered voters are noncitizens. Even without access to this data, Ohio was able to identify some noncitizens who were registered to vote. But even...
The Sheetz convenience store chain has been hit with a lawsuit by federal officials who allege the company discriminated against minority job applicants. Sheetz Inc., which operates more than 700 stores in six states, discriminated against Black, Native American and...
“Currently, gun stores are required by law to conduct a background check for every gun sale. But, for decades, many dealers who sell weapons someplace other than the traditional gun store — say, for example, a gun show or a flea market or even through social media —...
The system is facing "massive wait times." One has to wonder if gun control advocates view this as a positive part of the law. In New York, background checks are now required to buy ammunition, and background check requests will go through the state police instead of...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9zESruhUbI Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) questions Dr. John Lott about the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) errors and the problems with Red Flag Laws. More information on the errors in the NICS system is...
Frequently in the solution to these mass shootings is to simply spend more money on mental health.