Results for: "gun violence"

Democrat Congressional Candidate in Maine Backtracks on ‘Red Flag’ Law
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2026/10/19/congressional-candidate-maine-backtracks-on-red-flag-law-n1234174
– Wildlife Committee, I was executive director of the Sportsman's Alliance of Maine, etc.“ Dunlap opened when discussing the “gun violence … “Our nation’s gun violence epidemic has a deep impact on the safety, health, and wellbeing of women and gender minorities,” Maine Women … “This brief focuses on the impact of gun violence on women and gender minorities, and points to policy solutions to keep our communities…
Walk The Talk America Launches 2026 Survey
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2026/09/02/walk-the-talk-america-launches-2026-survey-n1233707
–  Sodini often says that each side will point a finger at the other, saying they’re to blame for so-called gun violence, completion…
Anti-Gun State Representative Beclowns Himself During Halloween Hearing
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2025/11/03/anti-gun-state-rep-beclowns-himself-halloween-hearing-n1230467
– “I'd like to start off with a simple request, please stop referring to it as ‘gun violence,’” Green opened with. … “There is no such thing as gun violence.…
Collaborative Effort in California Shines Light on Gun Control Group’s False Claims
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2024/08/31/collaborat…nia-shines-light-on-gun-control-groups-false-claims-n1226100
– announcement they lay out some of the contents of the report:Deception 1: Faulty Definition of Gun Crime: Giffords inflates gun violence…
Outdated Anti-Gun Group VPC Overstates ‘Victories’
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2024/07/15/outdated-anti-gun-group-vpc-overstates-victories-n1225588
– The VPC has been working with a large coalition of human rights, arms control, and gun violence prevention organizations to reverse … Read our full comments here.In just one more example of the gun industry's appalling and callous attitude toward the victims of gun violence … also inconsequential.Saying that this is an example of the “gun industry's appalling and callous attitude toward the victims of gun violence…
Chicagoland's Gun ‘Turn-ins’ Should Spark Debate
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2024/12/15/chicagoland-gun-turn-ins-should-spark-debate-n1227155
– The topic of so-called “gun violence” is surrounded by misleading ideas and alleged statistics. … There’s been no measured drop in gun violence proceeding so-called “buybacks,” or as more appropriately labeled in this case, turn-in…
N.J. Attorney General Releases Data on Permits to Carry; Proves Us Right!
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2024/03/15/nj-attorne…l-releases-data-on-permits-to-carry-proves-us-right-n1224199
– .”Well, all the chicken littles need to take it down a notch, because Governor Murphy was just celebrating the drop in “gun violence … Callahan, a hoplophopic jerk-off, just told us he was prepping the police forces for MORE gun violence. So what is it? … With 33,044 more citizens in New Jersey carrying firearms, gun violence went down. Murphy, you gotta accept that.…
Consortium of Grassroots 2A Groups Meet to Amplify Their Messages on Mental Health and Guns
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2024/03/16/consortium…to-amplify-their-messages-on-mental-health-and-guns-n1224213
– groups are pushing for and targeting very specific policies the people/entities that fund them want.The business of so-called “gun violence … supporters of the 2A are not going to carry water for groups that want to subvert our rights.For example, if some doctor that runs a “gun violence…
Rhetoric on Colorado Study of Gun Owners Tiptoes Around Facts
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2024/01/18/rhetoric-on-colorado-study-of-gun-owners-tiptoes-around-facts-n79503
– These groups are not interested in the next big research check or position at a state university’s so-called gun violence research…
N.J. Governor Phil Murphy Makes Same Observation As CCRKBA (Kinda)
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2024/01/16/n-j-governor-phil-murphy-makes-same-observation-as-ccrkba-kinda-n79390
– “Gun violence” or violence that happens to have been committed via a firearm is a hot-button debate and usually bent to serve a political … New Jersey has also seen a sharp drop in so-called “gun violence” numbers. … There are now permit to carry holders in New Jersey and there was a drop in gun violence.…
Colorado ‘Study’ Panders to ‘Political Leaning’ Arguments on ERPOs
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2024/04/03/colorado-s…udy-panders-to-political-leaning-arguments-on-erpos-n1224411
– for the brain trust…the very brain trust that disclosed:Dr Knoepke reported receiving grants from National Collaborative on Gun Violence … Dr Barnard reported receiving grants from Colorado Office of Gun Violence Prevention during the conduct of the study. … No matter the political leaning of their community, our results suggest that people facing direct or ongoing threats of gun violence…
N.J. Top Cop: No ‘Drastic Bump in Public Shootings’ With Increase in Carry Permits
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2024/03/22/nj-top-cop…in-public-shootings-with-increase-of-carry-permits-n1224289
– 2022, Callahan said he spoke to over 400 municipalities to “prepare them for both more concealed carry permit applicants and gun violence…
Top Shot Chris Pledges Big for Mental Health and You Can Too!
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2024/05/07/top-shot-chris-pledges-big-for-mental-health-and-you-can-too-n1224800
– “Many of us gun owners believe that a key approach to reducing gun violence in our country is to focus on mental health.…
NJ NICS Research Center Knocks it out of the Park on Storage Map
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2024/07/05/nj-nics-re…rch-center-knocks-it-out-of-the-park-on-storage-map-n1225497
– way better than having no options.The reason I was interested in this specific data in N.J. is because the Rutgers New Jersey Gun Violence … Gun Violence Research Center was formed in 2018 by Governor Phil Murphy and soaks up about three million dollars annually of taxpayers … Such as the one published by the Rutgers Gun Violence Research Center that cost the taxpayers of NJ over $3M per year!.”…
Buckeye Firearms Association responds to suit allegedly scuttling Ohio preemption
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2022/11/06/buckeye-fi…responds-to-suit-allegedly-scuttling-ohio-preemption-n64048
– home rule powers and “stands in the way of specific legislative steps that the city seeks to take to protect their cities from gun violence…
Montclair University in N.J. Bans Pepper Spray, Yet They Sell it?
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2025/03/13/montclair-university-in-nj-bans-pepper-spray-yet-they-sell-it-n1227957
– As noted before, even Rutgers University – the home of the Rutgers Gun Violence Research Center – allows students the right to bear…
Senator (and Former Mayor) Cory Booker Admits Legal Gun Owners Weren't a Problem in Newark
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2025/01/17/former-may…legal-firearm-owners-never-were-a-problem-in-newark-n1227403
– stunning hypocrisies I've found since I've been down here in Washington, is every politician gives lip-service to driving down gun violence…
Crime Prevention Research Center’s Commissioned Survey on ‘Gun Violence’ Results
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2024/12/30/crime-prev…centers-commissioned-survey-on-gun-violence-results-n1227245
– The question asked had to do with what would do more to help fight crime, rather than pin the topic to just so-called “gun violence … and asked the question the traditional way.”The Rasmussen survey asked the following question, “Which would do more to reduce gun violence…
Americans Increasingly Worried About Uncle Sam Being Big Brother
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2025/01/03/americans…reasingly-worried-about-uncle-sam-being-big-brother-n1227276
– With overhauls of the ATF and perhaps a recasting of the “Gun Violence” office at the White House, we can remain hopeful.It’s doubtful…
A Eye-Opening Study on Civilian Response to Active Shooters
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2025/04/16/study-on-civilian-response-to-active-shooters-eye-opening-n1228321
– compare those incidents with civilian responses, they pulled data from “the Heritage Foundation, Defensive Gun Use Tracker, Gun Violence…
Who’s Chatting With the White House & Trump Addresses the National Rifle Association
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2025/04/28/whos-chatt…and-trump-addresses-the-national-rifle-association-n1228439
– On January 22, two days after Trump’s inauguration, it was reported that the White House Gun Violence Prevention website was taken…
N.J. Officials Mark Record Low of ‘Gun Violence,’ No Mention of Record High Numbers of Carry Permits
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2025/01/13/nj-officia…no-mention-of-record-high-numbers-of-carry-permits-n1227331
– On January 8, 2025, officials from New Jersey gathered to celebrate record-low numbers of so-called “gun violence.” … “The wave of mass shootings that seem to constantly be in the news reminds us of the ever present danger of gun violence made worse … Bruen case was decided in June of 2022 – with 2022 being the first year the Murphy Administration observed a decline in gun violence…
Lone 2A advocate quoted in Politico’s Women’s safety piece
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2023/08/05/lone-2a-advocate-quoted-in-politicos-womens-safety-piece-n73282
– Inacker believes that stricter gun legislation won’t equate to less gun violence, because “criminals” are “just flouting the law” anyway…
Stephen Shives, 2A advocate, running for Gunshine State House
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2023/08/18/stephen-shives-2a-advocate-running-for-gunshine-state-house-n73835
– How dare you with all the gun violence in this country do such a thing?” So we never heard that from that individual ever again.…
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