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The Shooter's Committee on Political Education (SCOPE) of New York says that the recent raids on gun shows by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and the subsequent legislation proposed by U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand are not entirely legitimate.

Gun control activists are fighting to end Del Mar gun shows by claiming such shows are not «healthy» for the area's community.

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This photo provided by Rep. John Yarmuth, D - Ky., shows Democrat members of Congress, including Rep. John Lewis, D - Ga., center, and Rep. Joe Courtney, D - Conn., left, participate in sit - down protest seeking a a vote on gun control measures, Wednesday, June 22, 2016, on the floor of the House on Capitol Hill in Washington.

According to data collected by the Machine Gun Price Guide, which uses information from dealers, auctions and gun shows, the cost of a Tommy gun (the Thompson M1) went from about $ 9,000 in 2004 to almost $ 27,000 last July — a 200 percent increase.

Obamaalso showed a «get - tough» strategy in his determination to pursue gun control after last month's massacre of schoolchildren by a gunman in Newtown, Connecticut.

But what questions have been researched by private institutions like the Harvard Injury Control Research Center show a clear connection between gun ownership, gun availability, homicides, and violent death.

A roundup of gun control and violence studies by writer German Lopez at Vox shows Americans represent less than 5 % of the world population but possess nearly 50 % of the world's civilian - owned guns, police are about three times more likely to be killed in states with high gun ownership, countries with more guns see more gun deaths, and states with tighter gun control laws see fewer gun - related deaths, among other sobering statistics.

As depicted in scores of comic books, movies and TV shows, the Waynes are then brutally gunned down by a mugger.

In other tweets, Pwn All The Things also pointed to a smoking gun to show a series of hacks targeting U.S. political figures was carried out by the same group, dispelling the suggestion that the DNC hacks could have been carried out by a 14 - year - old or any other single individual.

This sentiment has been fueled by a decades - long public campaign by the NRA to convince the US public and politicians that, in fact, the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms, and that more guns will actually make people safer (by letting them protect themselves), despite research that shows higher levels of gun ownership actually lead to more gun violence.

Actors Robert De Niro and Julianne Moore are showing their support for student gun control activists by penning «excuse» letters for those who walked out of class on Friday support of gun control and to protest gun violence.

From a newspaper article quoted on http://guncontrol.org.nz/; «Yet, figures collected by the New Zealand Mountain Safety Council show relatively few gun - related deaths: 48 in 2003 and 55 in 2002.

Statistics show gun owners are the victims of more gun deaths — accidents, unsecured guns being accessed by chlldren, domestic violence situations and you are NOT safer with one in your home.

With one of the most sophisticated and well - heeled lobbies in the country ($ 8 to $ 9 million annual budget), the NRA fiercely stymies all efforts by legislators to pass gun laws, even though the results of local attempts have shown beyond reasonable doubt that such laws can be effective.

Carefully itemizing mercantile bills of sale, inventories of militia and volunteer detachments, the evidence that there was a lack of gun - smiths, records of importation of guns from Europe, the incidence of duels (three in the entire South in the 1760s, none fatal), children's books and toys, comments by eyewitnesses about the abysmal shooting ability of settlers (lacking both the weapons and the gunpowder to practice), court records, and a wide variety of other historiographical resources, the author assembles an overwhelming mass of data to show that military prowess was not, in fact, characteristic of early Americans.

Yet the Branch Davidians never hurt anyone until their property was invaded by force by people who never identified themselves until they showed up holding guns.

We need conversations about loopholes in the laws that allow the sale of weapons at gun shows and by private dealers without proper background checks.

And so the list goes, with the actual numbers changing somewhat from year to year, yet the fact that more people are killed with blunt objects each year remains constant.For example, in 2011, there was 323 murders committed with a rifle but 496 murders committed with hammers and clubs.While the FBI makes is clear that some of the «murder by rifle» numbers could be adjusted up slightly, when you take into account murders with non-categorized types of guns, it does not change the fact that their annual reports consistently show more lives are taken each year with these blunt objects than are taken with Feinstein's dreaded rifle.Another interesting fact: According to the FBI, nearly twice as many people are killed by hands and fists each year than are killed by murderers who use rifles.

Our side has shown this year that we can match any of the big guns, and even overcame our recent hoodoo with Chelsea by beating them 3 - 0 just before they went onto win 11 in a row.

If you ever had doubts about the youth of America, solidarity shown by teens advocating for gun control during #MarchforOurLives and #NationalSchoolWalkout events across our nation served as a good reminder that this is our future.

Residents will again have a chance to enjoy games, entertainment shows and a 21 - gun salute by VFW Post 7454 during this Sunday's 4th of July celebration.

But the Democratic - controlled Senate voted against legislation pushed by the president that would have expanded background checks for firearm purchases to gun shows and online sales.

Congressional Republicans anxious to show voters they can get something done are hailing their reversal of more than a dozen Obama - era regulations on guns, the internet and the environment, which they accomplished by employing an obscure legislative rule.

Indeed, «data on firearms ownership by constabulary area in England,» like data from the United States, show «a negative correlation,» that is, «where firearms are most dense violent crime rates are lowest, and where guns are least dense violent crime rates are highest.»

The film clearly shows sporting guns being used by the adults wearing country clothing.

It shows that, during the study period, 862 guns were recovered by police in Albany County, making for a rate of 47 for each 100,000 people.

March 3, 2015 (readMedia)-- New statistics released by the NYPD showing an increase in homicides and shootings are more proof that gun control and the so - called SAFE Act has not made New York City any safer.

So I think we are making a terrible mistake by having that gun show in Westchester County,» says Latimer.

Second Amendment rallies gather steam across America; approximately 300 NRA members and other gun rights believers show up at Rockland County Legislative Building BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Hundreds of firearms owners and second amendment supporters gathered outside the Rockland County Legislative Chambers in New City on Saturday, joining tens of thousands more around the country in -LSB-...]

They can do the right thing today by making sure that every gun sale at their shows is subject to a background check.

The government's claim that gun crime is a localised problem has been contradicted by new research showing one in eight men know someone who has acquired an illegal firearm.

Speaking on Atinka TV's Morning Show, «Ghana Nie» hosted by Bismark Brown Wednesday, Chairman Ade Coker described the Ningo - Prampram MP as mad and lacking respect for some «big guns» who laboured for the party that he just joined and got himself elevated to Parliament.

To be consistent in the efforts of Public Safety and the memories of the victims killed by gunfire, all gun shows should be banned from the County Center.

«I do not believe that County government should be promoting, encouraging, aiding and abetting the proliferation of guns in our community by using taxpayers» buildings for guns shows,» said Legislator Lyndon Williams (D - Mount Vernon).

To be consistent in the efforts of Public Safety and the memories of the victims killed by gunfire, all gun shows should be banned from the County Center,» BLEA wrote in their statement.

In 1999, gun shows were banned by former County Executive Andrew Spano in the wake of the mass shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado.

Democratic Members of the Board of Legislators were joined at a press conference Monday afternoon by Congresswoman Nita Lowey, Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner, Paul Yanovsky from the Newtown Action Alliance, as well as numerous advocates to call on the successful implementation of the ban of gun shows on County property.

The poll also shows strong support by New Yorkers for gun control proposals by the governor and the Assembly's Democratic majority as well as measures to better protect schools from shooting sponsored by the Senate's Republican majority.

In a 12 - 5 vote on Feb. 5, the Westchester County Board of Legislators, BOL, passed a law banning gun shows on county - owned property, codifying an executive order signed earlier this year by County Executive George Latimer, a Democrat.

On gun limits and school safety, the poll showed voters by a 90 percent to 9 percent margin support measures to extend the waiting period for the purchase of firearms up to 10 days, from the current period of up to three days, to allow for more extensive background checks.

It would also close loopholes that allow people to skirt checks by purchasing weapons at gun shows and through private sales, Cuomo said.

The ban, which was unsuccessfully floated in 2010 by Legislator Ken Jenkins, a Yonkers Democrat, who plans to run for county executive this year, came in response to a gun show held at the County Center last month, and would have reinstated an embargo from former County Executive Andrew Spano that lapsed when Astorino took office in 2010.

Legislators passed a law banning gun shows on county - owned property this year, after a ban was vetoed by Astorino last year.

That failure was compounded by confusion about what was being shown to police on school security cameras the day of the shooting and the lack of meaningful response to reports to the FBI and local police that 19 - year - old suspect Nikolas Cruz might become violent, had guns and possibly would attack a school.

WHITE PLAINS — Westchester County Executive George Latimer delivers on a campaign promise during his first full day in office, issuing an executive order to prevent gun shows on property owned by the county.

The bill, part of a Democratic initiative last discussed at a committee meeting in June 2016, looks to effectively reinstate a ban on gun shows originally imposed by former County Executive Andrew Spano, a Democrat, in 1999 which lapsed in 2010, the year Astorino first took office.

Republicans have also introduced their own legislation regulating gun shows which would adopt a set of rules outlined by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman through proposed local laws.

Legislators tried banning gun shows through legislation but it was vetoed by County Executive Rob Astorino.

According to Boykin, among his priorities will be passing a law that bans guns shows on county facilities — a move that would codify a recently signed executive order from newly elected Democratic County Executive George Latimer — as well as reviving the Immigration Protection Act that was passed by the Legislature last year but was ultimately blocked by an Astorino veto.

The tight passage of a bill banning gun shows at county - owned facilities by Westchester lawmakers this week may be all for naught as final approval is likely to be vetoed by the county executive.