Media Fail: Americans' Gun Purchases Are Soaring

NRA-ILA GRASSROOTS VOLUME 22, NUMBER 1   NEWS   Media Fail: Americans' Gun Purchases Are Soaring Lately, along with gun control supporters claiming that the number of gun owners is declining, some in the media have been saying that Americans' gun purchases are declining as well. Last summer, Time.com went so far as to say--and we're not kidding, here--that guns are one of the 10 Things Americans Have Suddenly Stopped Buying. And this week, a Washington Post headline, Gun sales in Virginia drop in 2014 following 3 years' growth, suggested that there are fewer gun purchases today than there were three years ago.   NEWS   Majority of States Support the NRA's Request that the U.S. Supreme Court Overturn San Francisco's Restriction on Self-Defense in the Home Twenty-five state attorneys general joined Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning in filing a brief supporting the National Rifle Association in Jackson v. San Francisco.  This case challenges San Francisco's ordinance requiring gun owners to lock or disable any firearm inside the home except when the home owner is actually carrying the firearm on his or her person -- an ordinance that directly contradicts the U.S. Supreme Court's holding in its landmark Heller decision.   NEWS   Bell Rings for Anti-Gun Senator Barbara Boxer California's junior U.S. senator, Barbara Boxer (D), announced this week that she will not seek re-election in 2016. The announcement follows a statewide poll last year, indicating that Boxer's support among Californians had slipped. Moreover, in the November 2014 elections, her party became the minority in Congress' upper house, resulting in her loss of the chairmanship of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.   NEWS   Who's Right About Right-to-Carry? Later this year, Congress may consider Right-to-Carry reciprocity legislation that would require states to honor each other's concealed firearm carrying permits. When they do, gun control supporters better hope they have someone more effective to argue for their side than anti-gun advocate Daniel Webster.   NEWS   BATFE Rings in the New Year with More Executive Gun Control On January 2, BATFE issued its first ruling of 2015.  Identified as ATF Rul. 2015-1, it significantly expands the scope of activities that BATFE considers to be "manufacturing" for purposes of the Gun Control Act (GCA).  While BATFE claims this ruling is simply a "clarification" of their prior position taken in ATF Rul. 2010-10, 2015-1 is clearly an attempted expansion of the definition of manufacturing.   NEWS   Bizarre Anti-gun PSA Promotes Stealing Guns and Bringing Them to School In mid-December, San Francisco director Rejina Sincic released a bizarre "Stop Gun Violence" public service announcement that quickly went viral, but perhaps not for the reasons she intended. The PSA opens on a boy stealing his mother's handgun from a drawer and placing it in his backpack as his mother sits peacefully on the couch reading a book. The student proceeds to bring the handgun to school, and while alone with his teacher, suddenly reveals the firearm and puts it on her desk. The student then asks, "Can you take this away? I don't feel safe with a gun in my house." From the woman's startled reaction, it's apparent she doesn't feel safe with it on her desk, either. VIDEOS   Expanding Gun Rights Across the Country In this NRA-ILA news minute, Jennifer Zahrn shares good news for Second Amendment supporters in Florida, Idaho, Michigan, Kansas, Indiana, and Louisiana. 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