A study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association purports more people suffer when active shooters use semiautomatic rifles. Researchers from the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston analyzed FBI data on nearly 250 mass shootings since 2000 — excluding the Las Vegas massacre as a “major outlier” and San Bernardino because
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A skeet shooter slamming some skeeters. (Photo: NSSF) The gun industry’s trade association released a new report showing sportsmen pump more than $93.5 billion into the U.S. economy in 2016, the biggest year on record for gun sales. That figure is the result of some 53 million Americans buying their guns, fishing rods, outdoor gear
States in dark blue were the ones examined for the study. (Graphic: GAO) Internal watch dogs found that the ATF investigated only a small percentage of individuals denied a firearm through the federal background check system and just a mere fraction of a percentage point of those individuals were prosecuted. For the report published last
Pro-gun demonstrators in Chicago’s Millennium Park. (Photo: Daniel Terrill/Guns.com) A new study concludes gun owners remain one of the most politically active voting blocks in America. Political science researchers from the University of Kansas said this week gun owners vote more often, donate more often and contact their elected representatives more often, resulting in federal
Dee Hill examines the last of the guns that once belonged to her husband, Darrell Hill, a retired cop who accidentally shot her in the stomach shortly before his death in 2016. (Photo: Frank Carlson/PBS NewsHour) Researchers at the University of Colorado raised concerns last week over dementia patients’ access to firearms. Dr. Emmy Betz,
The partisan divide among Americans’ views of the National Rifle Association grew further apart this year, according to a recent survey. Gallup polled more than 1,500 adults last month and found nearly nine in 10 identified Republicans held favorable views of the NRA versus just 24 percent of Democrats. The 64-point spread grew by one-third
Gun ownership spiked worldwide over the last decade, according to the most recent Small Arms Survey. Civilian-held legal and illegal firearms increased 32 percent to 857 million in 2017, according to researchers. American gun ownership far outpaced the remaining 229 counties and territories included in the list, accounting for more than 45 percent of the
Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership said this week many physicians support the Second Amendment — despite what the American Medical Association recommends. Dr. Robert Young, a practicing psychiatrist and editor for DRGO, told Guns.com Wednesday the AMA’s recent call for more gun control on Capitol Hill isn’t surprising, even if it’s misguided. “Jumping aboard progressive
An administration official told Senate lawmakers this week the president’s School Safety Commission won’t focus on the role firearms play in perpetuating violence. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, chair of the commission established in the wake of the Parkland massacre, said the group’s primary mission will center on bolstering safety, dodging a direct line of questioning from
Signs at the NRA booth during the NRA convention in Dallas on May 4-5, 2018 shows off NRA leadership. (Photo: Daniel Terrill/Guns.com) The National Rifle Association reported a 12 percent decrease in annual revenue in 2017, according to a financial report distributed to members during the organization’s annual meeting in Dallas on Saturday. That decrease
A recent Gallup poll revealed the percentage of Americans ranking gun control as the nation’s top problem decreased by half this month. The survey, conducted April 2-11, found only 6 percent of respondents said strengthening regulations on gun sales remains the country’s “most important problem” — down from 13 percent in March. Dissatisfaction with the
A recent survey from Pew Research Center indicates teens and their parents worry — almost equally — about school shootings. The poll finds 57 percent of students aged 13 to 17 worry somewhat or a lot about the possibility, while 63 percent of their parents share the same concern. Nikki Graf, a research associate for
The nation’s largest integrated health system, Kaiser Permanente, will invest $2 million in research for preventing gun injuries and death. In Monday’s announcement, Kaiser said the endeavor — designated the Kaiser Permanente Task Force on Firearm Injury Prevention — will focus on “addressing preventable gun-related injuries and death, whether by suicide, homicide or accident.” The
Under pressure to act on gun violence, Congressional lawmakers made it clear with the new spending bill that the Centers for Disease Control can research the issue, but the clarity doesn’t exactly put the issue to bed. The Senate approved a measure Wednesday that explains the “CDC has the authority to conduct research on the
Gun control group Everytown for Gun Safety has asked a New York federal court to force the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to release information about firearm suicides. Everytown said ATF refused its request via a 2016 Freedom of Information Act Request for the data by claiming federal law shields such information from
A joint Ipsos and National Public Radio poll conducted last month found support for banning “assault-style” rifles has declined 7 percent since October. The survey of 1,005 adults shows 72 percent favored the ban, compared with 79 percent as of Oct. 17. Nearly nine out of 10 Democrats support the policy, down 3 percent from six
A Pew Research Center poll conducted last year found a majority of gun owners approved of arming school teachers. Six in 10 owners expressed some level of support for allowing teachers and staff to carry firearms while working. Overall, 55 percent of those surveyed in March and April 2017 disagree with arming teachers, compared to 45
Andrew Bryant loves guns. He served in the Marines Corps, where he completed two tours in Afghanistan and rose to the rank of sergeant, and now he works at Battlefield Vegas as a range safety officer. Given his experience and enthusiasm, we asked him to make a list of what really took his attention at
A Robotic Wingman vehicle maneuvers semi-autonomously through a course at Fort Benning, Georgia, in late 2017. The vehicle can mount either an M134 Gatling-style minigun or an M240B machine gun. (Photo: U.S. Army) “Everyone could use a wingman. Ours just happens to be a self-driving Humvee with a machine gun,” says the Army about its
Federal agents bough ttwo guns from anonymous dealers on the Dark Web: an AR-15, left, and an Uzi, right. (Photo: Government Accountability Office) A federal report released last week detailed a covert government investigation into illegal online gun sales, uncovering layers of complexity unaddressed by previous studies. The Government Accountability Office spent more than two years answering gun ads online to
Reports on gun sales often follow a tragedy that forces a national debate about gun ownership. When figures are up, they’re interpreted as successful political efforts by pro-gun organizations. When they’re down, the opposite is true. But sometimes results reported are askew or incomplete. They miss the larger patterns that exist or outright misrepresent the
Documentary filmmaker and liberal activist Michael Moore is not a fan of the 2nd Amendment. (Photo: YouTube) PolitiFact has called out liberal activist and documentary filmmaker Michael Moore for some claims he made in a Facebook post calling for the Second Amendment to be repealed and replaced after the mass shooting in Las Vegas. Specifically, critics honed in
Rick Ector with his Smith & Wesson 9mm at a Detroit gas station in 2012. (Photo: Carlos Osorio/Associated Press) An estimated 3 million Americans carry a loaded handgun on their person every day, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Public Health. Researchers from the University of Washington, Harvard University and