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Spring Cleaning: Private Firearm Sales in Missouri

You know that gun collecting dust and hasn't been shot in a while? Well, have you thought about selling it? Here's how to conduct a private sale in...

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Right to Carry Revoked by a Typo?!

The following is a video transcript. Purchasing a gun for the first time can be intimidating. Let’s discuss the process of purchasing a firearm and the three most common mistakes that are made when purchasing a gun for the first time. So, you’ve decided which gun you want to buy and are heading to the... [Read More]

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Maine: No Firearms Registry for Us, Thanks

A firearms registry won’t happen in Maine, now that Gov. Paul LePage gave his signature to a bipartisan bill that preemptively blocks any effort to create list of gun owners. LePage, a Republican, signed LD 9, “an act to prohibit the creation of a firearms owner registry,” on June 12, four days after the Legislature... [Read More]

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Michigan Background Checks Fall as Firearms Ownership Stays Steady

FBI background checks for firearm sales in Michigan have steadily fallen since December 2016, following the election of Donald Trump. Sales were down 20 percent overall in the first three months of 2017 compared to the same period in 2016, according to FBI data and background checks for handguns in the Great Lake State were... [Read More]

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Legislation Proposed to Mandate Background Checks at Gun Shows in Texas

  The next legislative session will commence in just over a week — January 10, 2017 — and one of the bills pre-filed ahead of the session’s opening was HB 259, authored by State Rep. Rafael Anchia, (D-Dallas). Under the proposed measure, it would become a crime to sell a firearm at a gun show without using... [Read More]

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Are Background Checks a Predictor of Future Behavior?

Gun control advocates and politicians regularly tout the need for gun sales background checks as a way to stem “increased gun violence” in America. But is their argument logical? In the vice presidential debate on October 4, Democrat Tim Kaine reiterated the party line, stating “we need to close gaps in the background check system,”... [Read More]

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