Daily News Pulse: “Did the Brady Law Really Do Anything…”
This week the Daily News Pulse asked the question: “Did The Brady Law Really Do Anything For Gun Control: Is It Outdated” and then offered some well-known facts (that you won’t likely read in the mainstream media):
“Today, 37 states have ‘shall issue’ permit systems and as of July 1, 2011 three of those states will also allow for permitless carry (as does Vermont, which has no permit system). This has resulted in an estimated 6 million Americans exercising this right. With all of these ‘guns in public places,’ in 2009 the country experienced a 39-year low in its violent rate crime and a 45-year low in its murder rate, according to the FBI. These historic lows also occurred in the absence of a federal ‘assault weapons’ ban, a law for which the Brady Campaign awards yet more points at the state level.”
And yet, to hear anti-gun zealots speak they make it sound like it is the Wild West in America. The irony is that the ones committing the crimes are doing so with ILLEGAL guns, but gun control types believe disarming law-abiding citizens is the way to go.
New Hampshire to End Gun Permit Requirements
This will no doubt become a major topic this week. The Associated Press, via Boston.com is reporting that New Hampshire could become the fourth state, along with Vermont, Arizona and Alaska that doesn’t require a permit to carry concealed, loaded guns.
No doubt this will come “under fire” from the anti-gun crowd.
Governor of Wyoming signed into law a Constitutional Carry
From our friends at the Rocky Mountain Gun Owners:
Last Wednesday, the Governor of Wyoming signed into law a Constitutional Carry law that returns real self defense freedom to the state of Wyoming.
This major sea change didn’t happen by accident.
It happened because of the National Association for Gun Rights, working in conjunction with the boots-on-the-ground group, Wyoming Gun Owners.
And, I’d like to keep that ball rolling by making it happen again and again.
Yes, I know: We haven’t passed it in Colorado yet, but we’re working on it. Only Vermont, Alaska, Arizona, and now Wyoming enjoy that freedom.
But the Rocky Mountain Gun Owners and the National Association for Gun Rights is working to bring it to more states.
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Pro Gun Story That is Also a Feel Good Story
NECN reported that a Vermont museum has acquired a large collection of vintage firearms, noting that these antique guns help document “the history of Vermont gunmaking.”
The collection will go on display at the Shelburne Museum next spring. The news site noted:
“The 106-gun collection, amassed by Terry Tyler, consists of firearms manufactured in the state in the 18th and 19th centuries. Among them: Hunting rifles, pistols and military guns from the Mexican-American and Civil Wars, some with stocks made of tiger maple, burled walnut and other decorative woods. The exhibit, ‘Lock, Stock and Barrel: The Terry Tyler Collection of Vermont Firearms,’ opens May 15 at the museum.”
Finally, praising of the history of guns in the media.
Vermont Newspaper Notes Gun Show Not Hit By Recession
In a surprisingly unbiased story about this weekend’s gun show, The Times Argus reported that this weekend’s gun show was seeing breakout business. Vermont might be a “blue state” but it was also one of the original colonies calling for independence from England back in the 1770s, so it is no surprise that its residents understand how firearms keep one free!
The story noted not only that attendance of the gun show was up, but called out a few highly desirable pieces, “including a musket carried by a soldier in a New Hampshire regiment in the Revolutionary War.”
Kudos to The Time Argus. It is nice to see news in the mainstream media that calls out the importance of historical firearms.
