The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act: An Overview of Limiting Tort Liability of Gun Manufacturers

Here's a new report, well, from Dec. 20, published by Congressional Research Service and made available for us by the Federation of American Scientists. [Read]

I've written about these reports before (many times, actually, including posting documents I've obtained outside of normal channels), recommending that more concerned citizens need to become aware of the existence and value of them, and then demand they be shared by Congress. As is, we're dependent on leaks and activists, instead of having a straightforward path to a work product we pay for.

The Lord of War

You've probably seen the commercials for the upcoming Nicholas Cage movie about an international arms dealer.

I'll probably see it--on the one hand, Cage is cool and the guns are cool, on the other, it will probably have no shortage of "evils that guns do" messages and may come up short on otherwise helpless people defending themselves from genocidal regimes.

Lion's Gate Films has set up a forum on their website. I literally don't have time to participate in forums, particularly one where much debate will be likely--but call it to the attention of the pro-2A community in case anyone has the time and inclination to make sure the truth doesn't get buried in the hype--for instance, one thread links to The Federation of American Scientists Arms Sales Monitoring Project, which is big on international agreements for global gun control. It might not hurt to have people on "our side" pointing out that tyanny can't be resisted if the people have nothing to resist with, that 100 million victims were murdered by their own governments in the last century, and stuff like that...plus a forum on a popular movie site ought to give some great exposure to activists who like to write.

I'd do it, but honest to God, my plate is beyond full.

CRS NICS Report

A report issued Oct. 17 by the Congressional Research Service providing lawmakers with a detailed analysis titled "Gun Control: National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Operations and Related Legislation," has been posted. [More]

Of special note: Three gun-grab bills and some info on "false positive" denials.

I've written about CRS and FAS before, both here and on Ammoland (ATF funding and bump stocks). That most gun owners typically yawn and move on is something I've had to learn to sadly expect.

NOTE: This post has been revised to reflect that CRS reports are now available on the CRS website. Previously, they were pretty much reserved for members of Congress and I would get copies from the Federation of American Scientists.

Gun Control Proposals in the 113th Congress: Universal Background Checks, Gun Trafficking, and Military Style Firearms

The Federation of American Scientists has obtained and posted another of the reports we pay through the nose for and that Congress won't share with us.

This one was sent to them at the beginning of the month.

Click here to read it.

Repeal Existing Intolerable Acts

Senate votes to repeal Obama’s ban on gun sales for certain Social Security recipients [More]

Now it's on to President Trump for signature.

I'd talked about it here.

Here's a Congressional Research Service report published on Monday that was just forwarded to me  -- I posted it on Scribd but should have checked with the Federation of American Scientists first, because sure enough, here it is.

Anyway, now you have two places you can download it from, and aside from a handful of policy wonks, most gun owners won't even hear about this.

Two from Congressional Research Service

I've talked about CRS before, and how the reports they prepare on our dime aren't shared with us, but that fortunately, groups like the Federation of American Scientists get copies of the reports and post them on their website.

Carl S. sends us links to two new ones:

• Federal Assault Weapons Ban: Legal Issues, February 14, 2013 
• Exemptions for Firearms in Bankruptcy, February 15, 2013

I have not had time to go through either.  I'm not sure when I'll get time.