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...The Texas laws require the state’s comptroller to identify companies that should be banned and demands firms verify that they do not boycott firearms, ammunition and energy companies....
...unrest in many cities throughout the United States”, and calls in the wake of Floyd’s death to “defund” law enforcement....
...’s small, squabbling states and assorted mercenaries....
...Supreme Court of the United States Clarence Thomas, 70, appointed by George H W Bush John Roberts, 63, appointed by George W Bush Samuel Alito Jr., 68, appointed by George W Bush Stephen Breyer, 79,...
...Over the course of several days, he carried more than 10 suitcase loads, containing 23 firearms and thousands of rounds of ammunition, from his car to his room....
...If export restrictions are eased it would undoubtedly be good news for the US gunmakers but, as Sturm Ruger pointed out three years ago, the world market for handguns “essentially . . . is the United States...
...The range of firearms used is under scrutiny but the shooter was found to have used a “bump stock” — an add-on that makes a semi-automatic rifle fire almost as rapidly as a fully automatic weapon....
...He was found with 23 guns — including rifles with scopes — along with at least 19 other firearms, explosives and thousands of rounds of ammunition at his home, according to authorities....
...ammunition magazines....
...It is hard to overstate San Bernardino’s impact on America’s state of mind....
...While Moms Demand Action is taking a leaf out of the NRA playbook by creating a grassroots lobbying network, the NRA is firing back with its own ammunition....
...Among the assorted “cranks” and “crackpots”, he says, was a handful of serious thinkers who were already looking ahead to a trans-humanist future in which technology would carry mankind beyond its biological...
...The gun lobby is arguing that he should be shunned because in the days after the tragedy he signed letters calling for limits on ammunition purchases, a ban on the sale of “popular” semi-automatic firearms...
...The Senate voted 54-to-46 on a bipartisan proposal calling for people who want to buy firearms online and at gun shows to first pass background checks, short of the 60 needed to pass the bill....
...“This is an indication of America’s schizophrenia on gun issues,” said Robert Spitzer, an expert on the politics of gun control at the State University of New York Cortland....
...Democrats’ calls for bans on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines have already been struck down by Republicans....
...firearms in the wake of Newtown....
...A Washington Post-ABC News poll published on Tuesday morning showed overwhelming support for universal background checks, with nine out of 10 respondents saying people buying firearms at gun shows should...
...Mr Liu said the fund had sold its holdings in five companies: Smith & Wesson and Sturm, Ruger – the US’s biggest publicly traded firearms manufacturers – as well as ammunition maker Olin Corporation, aerospace...
...Despite the political sensitivities of gun control, the Obama administration is pressing ahead with efforts to limit access to military-style weapons and ammunition....
...Sales and profits have been driven in recent years by the increasing popularity of tactical rifles and high-capacity ammunition magazines – the items targeted by a bill introduced in Congress last week....
...But in a sign of how divisive the issue is even among Democrats, Harry Reid, the majority leader in the Senate who hails from the frontier state of Nevada, has declined to say whether he supports the bill...
...Cerberus said it would try to sell the Freedom Group, a collection of leading firearms and ammunition companies that includes Bushmaster, maker of the military-style rifle that Adam Lanza used last week...
...Investigators found a cache of explosives, rocket-propelled grenade launchers, ammunition and firearms in the apartment, newspapers reported....
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