Unbelievable news. According to the new book "Blood Money", the Chinese government is seeking to destabilize the United States by arming criminals on our streets and our government is looking the other way.
According to the excerpts I read, China is secretly shipping auto sears (or "Glock switches") and suppressors into the US by the thousands. An auto sear allows a semi automatic gun to fire fully automatic. A full auto gun will continue to fire as long as the trigger is held down. A 9mm Glock handgun in full auto mode can fire 20 rounds per second. A normal 17 round magazine can be emptied in less than a second. Just to be clear, these items are NOT legally purchased or owned. Some suppressors can be legally purchased and owned by private citizens, but fully automatic guns cannot. While some of these shipments are caught at the border, it seems like plenty of these items are making their way to gangs and other bad guys. According to the article the ATF reported 66 incidents of full auto gunfire in Saint Louis in 2021. In 2022, there were 339!!! The violence and carnage is only going to continue to grow exponentially unless our government will acknowledge what is happening and hold China accountable. Joe Biden and most other democrats around the country (including Virginia legislators) are sticking to the same playbook, though. They continue to call for more and more gun control. It doesn't matter what laws are passed, criminals don't obey the law. They will continue to get their guns, sears and suppressors via illegal means.
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Many people keep a gun to protect themselves and their family at home. If you're in this group, you should read about Kevin Monahan who shot and killed a woman who was a passenger in a car that mistakenly drove up his driveway.
According to the article, Mr. Monahan and his wife were awakened by the sound of vehicles in his driveway. He told his wife to hide inside and went outside with a pump action 20 gauge shotgun. First, he fires a warning shot into the air. Then, after losing his balance, shoots a shot into the car that killed Kaylin Gillis. There are many indicators to me that Mr. Monahan was not trained in self-defense because he did a lot of things wrong:
I want to encourage everyone who keeps a gun for self-protection to spend time learning about scenarios you might be put in and thinking about how you would handle them. Getting some hands-on live fire training is also important. VCDL - ACTION ITEM! Time to contact the Governor!
The first gun bills have finally landed on the Governor’s desk and we need to act NOW! While we have no reason to believe that Governor Youngkin won’t veto gun-control bills, we dare not leave that to chance, as he has not said publicly what he will do. So, it is important that we have as many gun owners as possible contacting the Governor. Any gun-control bills the Governor vetoes will have zero chance of being overridden! The prewritten email to Governor Youngkin can be edited to add your own thoughts if you wish. Here is the link to send the email to the Governor. Please share this link with family, friends, co-workers, and anyone else you know who supports the right to keep and bear arms! https://www.votervoice.net/VCDL/Campaigns/111468/Respond I'm following the horrific news of the terrorist attacks on Israel and murder of innocent citizens. It is no surprise that many in Israel are calling for expanded gun ownership by private civilians. This is very similar to what happened after Russia invaded Ukraine last year.
According to the article: "In Israel, the usual personal weapon allowed are pistols with a limit of 50 rounds of ammunition. To qualify, one must be of a certain age, depending on IDF service, live or work in an area that demands extra security, not have a criminal record, and pass a training course and background check, among other things." The requirements are so strict only 1.5% of the population has a gun. “Who has a gun? The terrorists, and all the criminals. Who doesn’t? Law-abiding tax-payers. The government trusts criminals with guns more than their own civilians,” Yoel Israel, CEO of a digital marketing agency, told The Times of Israel. French gun control proven failed during the recent riots.
Watch these videos and be outraged. Criminals parading down the streets of France with illegal guns while law abiding citizens have no way to protect themselves. There are many examples from all over the world proving that criminals will have guns, even if they are outlawed. Last year, I wrote about a school shooting in Russia. America has the 2nd Amendment to guarantee our right to protect ourselves and our loved ones. Here's a must watch video of Lt. Governor Winsome Earle-Sears responding to the shooting earlier this month outside of the Altria theatre after a High School Graduation ceremony. She said: "Even if you took all the guns off the street, from the law-abiding citizens, the others who mean harm, who mean to kill and mayhem, they're going to have the guns."
She's right of course, the way to prevent these crimes is to get tough on crime. However, enforcing existing laws and keeping criminals off of the street is not what the left wants. This article says: "The shooting prompted a floor speech by U.S. Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Richmond, who called for her colleagues in Washington to legislate background checks and an assault weapons ban to protect children." Assault weapon ban and background checks to protect children??? This is so stupid. The shooter used a handgun, not what the left calls an "assault weapon." He was also 19 and can't legally buy a handgun - though I only saw this referenced in one article out of the five I read about the shooting. There are already background checks on ALL gun purchases. Here's a great article on Winsome Sears' appearance on the Bill Mahr show. She is a strong pro-gun advocate and I love her comments in this article about women and guns.
What makes no sense, of course, is Mahr's comments: "I mean, I do not like guns. I have guns. I do not like them. I always compare them to antibiotics. I never want to take one, but I’m glad they exist because I’m as small as some women," Maher joked. Hopefully he's joking. A gun is not very likely to do him any good if he doesn't like them and doesn't want to use them. It sounds like he's hoping he can somehow rise to the occasion when his life is on the line. Mahr isn't the only one though, I know several people who own guns for self-protection but have never been trained how to safely use them and never practice with them. If you own guns, please don't be like them. Get trained on safe gun handling, marksmanship and self-defense and then practice regularly. Sometimes I'm surprised at the lengths that gun controllers will go to in order to pass more gun laws.
I guess it is no surprise that Mike Bloomberg and Hillary Clinton (and many others) claim 100 people die each day due gun violence, when the number of gun homicides is about 35 per day. Two-thirds of gun deaths in America are suicides and should not be included in "gun violence" numbers. As the article rightly points out, additional gun control is unlikely to reduce suicides. However, I was shocked when I read about a District Attorney who refuses to prosecute gun crimes. I can't imagine hating guns, gun owners and basic freedom so much that I'd be willing to let people die in order to get more gun control. I guess that is what Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón is doing. Prosecuting the existing laws would make the community safer. Great quote from the article: “How can George Gascón have the nerve to talk about needing new gun laws when he refuses to endorse the ones we already have?” said veteran prosecutor John Lewin according to the Washington Examiner. “If you want to deter criminals from using guns, punish them for doing so. This is why we have gun enhancements! The idea is that you want to increase the penalty so much for using a gun in a crime that the criminals decide to leave them at home.” I think we'd all agree this is too far! Last week I raved about Tippman Arms and how well they are handling the new rule from the ATF on pistol stabilizing braces.
Now Gun Owners of America and Tippmann have announced a partnership to help preserve our 2nd Amendment rights. Check out the sweet-looking M4-22 Elite Tippmann is selling to raise money for the fight. This is an excellent opportunity to get a lightweight, accurate and reliable rifle and support a good cause at the same time. While you are there, go ahead and join the Gun Owners of America! It is important that we don't take gun rights for granted. I'm a member of the GOA, NRA and VCDL. If all U.S. gun owners would donate the amount of money they spend on one box of ammo per year to each gun rights organization, we would never have to worry about our rights being taken away. Last month I wrote about the new ruling from the ATF on pistol braces. This ruling has the potential to turn many law abiding citizens into criminals if it is allowed to stand. I don't own any pistols with braces but, if I did, I would not register the gun as a short-barreled rifle (which would amount to accepting with the ATF's stance). I would rather make them legal pistols or legal rifles.
I really love how Tippmann Arms is helping their owners comply. They clearly explain how to make each type of their guns comply with the rule and are discounting the parts needed. Notice that installation of parts AND shipping both ways is FREE! I've got a Tippmann Arms Elite rifle and it has really impressed me. It is a high quality rifle, accurate, functions flawlessly and accepts many standard AR parts. Seeing how the company has handled this situation will definitely ensure I buy more guns from them in the future. My favorite part of the announcement from Tippmann: "Here at Tippmann Arms we do not agree with this rule. We do feel it's important you know how not to stay out of trouble with the government. Let the courts settle this issue." |
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