Obama Going After Gunsmiths

Obama Going After Gunsmiths

By Jeff Knox 

(August 4, 2016) The Obama administration has announced new regulatory guidelines that will drive thousands of small gunsmiths out of business.  This reinterpretation of existing regulations lowers the bar for what constitutes “manufacturing” of firearms, and will require that any gunsmith who performs any service more involved than simply cleaning or replacing old parts with functionally identical new parts register as a firearm manufacturer and pay a $2250 annual registration fee.

Another Gun-Free Mass Murder

By Jeff Knox 

(July 28, 2016) Democrats have declared gun control as one of their top campaign issues this year (though they call it “gun safety,” “gun reform,” or “gun violence prevention” instead of gun control – those terms poll better).  They are betting that GunVoters are not really the political powerhouse that we have been reputed to be, and that after atrocities like the San Bernardino and Orlando terror attacks, Americans will reward them for trying to restrict rights.  They use mass murders – at home and abroad – as emotional launch-pads for their anti-rights rhetoric, but for all of their posturing about saving lives, they refuse to directly address the core problems: our broken mental health system, and fundamentalist Islam.  They also ignore the fact that none of the atrocities would have been prevented, or even mitigated, by the “solutions” they offer.  They are also ignoring the two most recent deadly attacks, because guns didn’t play any significant role in either of them.

To Defend Gun Rights, It's Trump

By Jeff Knox 

(July 20, 2016) The stage is set for a head-to-head battle between the two most widely disliked presidential candidates in modern history.  There is still significant enmity between Trump supporters and fans of Senator Ted Cruz, just as there is a rift between Hillary followers and Berners.  Hillary has the advantage that Bernie Sanders has officially endorsed her – something Ted Cruz has refused to do for Trump – but his supporters still aren’t happy about the outcome.  The big difference is that Hillary has the Democratic Party establishment firmly in her pocket, while the GOP establishment is swallowing bile not to actively oppose Trump.