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I'm Kendall Montgomery and this is Ultimate Concealed Carry News. Each week we assemble
the top stories from network news, online news outlets and videos relevant to you, bringing
you your weekly gun news all in one place.
This week marks the one year anniversary of the Newtown Tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary.
Gun rights advocates remain the majority, despite the media's claims. New reports prove
the country's support for stricter gun control is waning. New Jersey is now going after Children's
BB guns, and a small town in California is being sued by the NRA.
Why is the silent majority silent? It puts its money where it's mouth is.
While news outlets, celebrities and an endless parade of anti-gun campaigns continue to bombard
us daily, the fact remains that the majority of Americans are against further gun laws.
According to the Sunlight Foundation, a nonprofit organization which reviews government lobbying,
spending and policies at the state and federal level, direct contributions in favor of gun
rights far outweigh those in support of gun control.
Gun rights candidates and causes raised $29.4 million in direct contributions to candidates,
parties, and PACs at the federal and state level. Gun control causes raised a mere $1.9
million.
Lobbying spending for gun rights accelerated faster from its already elevated level than
that for gun control following the Sandy Hook school shootings, according to Sunlight.
Roughly 1,500 state gun bills have been introduced in the year since the Newtown tragedy and,
of those, 109 are now law, according to The New York Times.
Seventy of the enacted laws loosened gun restrictions, while just 39 tightened them.
Though the majority of the laws loosened gun restrictions, there are still those states
who made their state's laws even stricter. The Brady Campaign released a report this
week with the top 10 states with the strictest gun control laws.
Not only could you "shoot your eye out, kid," you might also go to jail for owning that
BB gun. New Jersey makes little or no distinction between Daisy's classic Red Ryder BB gun immortalized
in the film "A Christmas Story," and real guns. They must be registered and are subject
to the same laws as any firearms. New Jersey's strict Graves Act gun law covers possession
of a BB gun right alongside serious gun control measures such as outlawing sawed-off shotguns,
filing serial numbers, or using firearms to commit crimes. New Jersey attorney William
Proetta said, "In all honesty, kids who are charged are looking at mandatory jail time."
Violating the act can bring a minimum three-year prison term and steep fines. And the law is
enforced. Until changes can be made to this preposterous law, for this Christmas, "How
about a nice football, kid."
California was once again ranked number one for the toughest gun laws in the nation...which
comes as no surprise to anyone. But there were some victories this year for gun rights
in California especially with regards to semi-automatic rifles.
But Mayor Spitaleri of the small Silicon Valley town of Sunnyvale, was not happy about the
prohibitions that failed during the most recent session in Sacramento and got Measure C passed
to enact their own
gun ordinances.
Oddly, there are only two places in Sunnyvale you can even buy a gun: U.S. Firearms and
Big 5 sporting goods. And US Firearms owner Eric Fisher is speaking out.
Since the passing of Measure C, a gun store owner and a national gun industry trade group
have sued to block enforcement of parts of Sunnyvale's new gun control ordinance, claiming
that it clashes with state and federal laws and tramples on constitutional rights. The
NRA plans to file its own lawsuit early next week.
But why is California so gun control crazy? We'll leave you with the words of one of our
favorite NRA commentators, Mr. Colion Noir.
I'm Kendall Montgomery, thank you for watching and see you next week.