While the federal government can mandate recalls of items including unsafe toys, cars, or medications, it is unable to do so for defective firearms. The industry self-polices its products, and has done so for decades. “Gun manufacturers have operated without federal...
General Interest
Enjoy the speech Trooper Douglass
Sen. Pat Toomey is taking PA State Trooper Alex Douglass to the President's final State of the Union addresstomorrow night. Trooper Douglass was injured in September 2014 at a State Police barracks when Eric Frein allegedly opened fire. While Trooper Douglass still...
Not to debate the last mass shooting but to do something to prevent the next one
Today, as the President announced his signing of Executive Actions to prevent further gun violence he said, "All of us need to demand a Congress brave enough to stand up to the gun lobby's lies, all of us need to stand up and protect its citizens. All of us need to...
Watch the President’s address
https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2016/01/04/live-updates-what-president-doing-keep-guns-out-wrong-hands
The New York Times examines the role states can play in gun violence prevention
On the eve of a major announcement from the White House, The New York Times reports on how gun violence prevention groups, "have secured a number of surprising recent successes in Connecticut, Delaware and elsewhere. And they are now looking to state and local...
