We were told that 2021 would be the year when everything starts to get back to normal. But that hasn’t exactly been the case, has it? It has been just over a month, and there is still chaos everywhere. We have seen a wild riot at the U.S. Capitol, civil unrest has been erupting in major cities from coast to coast, millions of people have filed for unemployment benefits, a president was impeached, and a crazy ride on Wall Street made “GameStop” a national phenomenon. That would normally be enough for an entire year, but we are still in the first week of February.
FBI Stats Indicate Americans Buying Guns at ‘Blistering Pace’: Expert
Newly released FBI background check data from January shows Americans are buying guns at a “blistering pace,” a firearms expert said.
“That’s undoubtedly connected to President Joe Biden’s plans to attack the firearm industry by undoing and rewriting regulations and executive actions to target the firearm industry,” Mark Olivia, director of public affairs at the National Shooting Sports Foundation, said in a statement.
Olivia pointed to the freezing of the publication of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s “Fair Access” banking rule, and promises to seek to repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act to tighten restrictions on gun licenses and a ban on AR-15-style rifles by the Biden administration.
Roy Exum: Gun Sales Up 53 Percent! Sunday, January 31, 2021 - by Roy Exum
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The story is told about a State Trooper who saw a Lexus moving a little quickly on the Interstate and, noticing it was being driven by an older white-haired woman, decided to give her a warm-natured warning. After pulling her over, he walked to the driver’s side window and noticed she was pleasant and unusually spry before she said, “Officer, I must inform you I have a handgun ‘carry’ permit … “
“Yes, ma’am, I appreciate your kindness in informing me. Where is the firearm?” She immediately opened her car’s console and brought out a Glock .40 cal. “Sir, mind you it is loaded and there is a bullet in the chamber.” Expertly, she handed it to the officer handle-first and he temporarily put it on the top of her car. “And, sir, I have another one …” she said, reaching under the driver’s seat to grasp a 9 mm. Beretta. “It too is loaded, with a round in the chamber,