#GunControlLies – Odd Stuffing

Hell NO! I Will Not Compromise on Second Amendment Rights!

In an obvious attempt by the zealots at Gun Control, Inc. to characterize their gun bans as working towards solutions to gun violence, they have formed yet another fake coalition group with “gun owners” to show how reasonable they are. All of this to convince firearm owners how sensible it is to voluntarily give up more of their rights.

The article from The Epoch Times and the link to the resulting policy page are listed below.

Let’s keep in mind this is only the latest of MANY efforts by gun control groups to include firearm owners in their plans to restrict Second Amendment rights. By including people who are willing to sign off on more infringements, more restrictions and more ways to permanently separate law-abiding citizens from their firearms, it is supposed to add credibility to their unconstitutional efforts. At best, it’s propaganda.

This supposedly unbiased project is called Bridge the Divide on Firearm Policy. It was led by a Tuffs University professor who has published highly prejudiced “research” for the gun control lobby for years. The Second Amendment side was led by someone who has already gained a reputation for selling out to the gun control lobby.

In short, the “compromise” they came up with was eight proposals.
Background checks
Explanation: Universal background checks and state level NCIS equivalent agencies.

Child firearm access prevention and safe storage
Explanation: Mandatory “safe storage” at home, distribution requirements for firearm dealers.

Community violence intervention
Explanation: Funding for state level ineffective “violence intervention” and social programs.

Dealer regulation and gun trafficking
Explanation: State level licensing, regulations and inspections of firearm dealers on top of ATF regulations.

Extreme risk protection orders, also known as red flag laws
Explanation: No due process confiscation of firearms based on an ever-growing list of people who can file.

Firearm injury prevention education
Explanation: State developed anti-gun biased firearm risk education.

Firearm suicide prevention
Explanation: Voluntary surrendering of firearms by those who deem themselves at risk.

Prohibiting factors for firearm purchase and possession
Explanation: New state level misdemeanor laws to permanently remove firearm rights.

Would I support any of these? Absolutely not! Although they all contain a sham “Protection of Gun Rights” section, they are nothing more than a way to add more regulations, more fees, more red tape, more restrictions and more ways of eliminating your Second Amendment protected rights.

Did you notice anything missing from these proposals? It’s the compromise from the gun control side. What would an actual compromise look like? It would be giving something from both sides. Something the gun control zealots demand the Second Amendment side to do, but never, EVER does themselves.

Other than the obvious constitutional infringements being proposed, my biggest rejection of this and all the other so-called ‘collaboration’ groups are based on the flawed premise of guns being the problem and as a result, they must be further restricted. They also fail to acknowledge this is merely the current compromise list, not what they are going to demand next time when all their new gun laws inexplicably fail to do anything to reduce crime and violence.

Remember, gun control does absolutely nothing to increase public safety and the answer to fix that shortcoming is always to implement more gun control.

I want to be very clear about this. There is no such thing as a gun violence problem. What we have is a criminal problem. Criminals use violence to obtain their goals and use whatever tools they can to do it. Laws primarily targeting law abiding citizens will never have any impact on crime.

Why do we have a crime problem? We have prosecutors who refuse to charge those who have committed crimes. We have judges who refuse to convict and impose appropriate sentences. We have legislatures who pass laws minimizing the consequences of crime, eliminating what qualifies as crime, and preventing law-abiding citizens from protecting themselves. We have governors who pardon or commute the sentences of those who have committed the most heinous crimes imaginable.

The result is more crime, more violence and a helpless population more dependent and more willing to accept further restrictions on their liberty in exchange for the false promise of “safety” from government agencies.

How do you deter crime? The same way it has been done for centuries. You ensure the penalties for crime are swift, certain and severe. The three essential elements eliminated in the name of a more progressive, and useless, ideology.

How do we get that again? We certainly don’t get it by voluntarily negotiating away our rights. We get this by being strong, independent, capable of defending ourselves… and making better choices at the ballot box.

Bob

Epoch Times article: https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/opposing-sides-of-gun-debate-pen-compromise-public-safety-policies-5995715
Bridging the Divide: https://bridgethedividenow.org

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Breaking Gun Control News FAILS AGAIN!

The anti-gun fanatics of Gun Control, Inc. have released yet another biased “Got ya!” metric to support their unwarranted claims of lawful firearm retailers being rogue gun runners and must be regulated at the state level as well as at the federal level. In reality, they only display their own ignorance of the firearm industry and the cluelessness of the people who feed on their lies.

Moms Demand & Everytown, part of the vast privately funded Gun Control, Inc. network said, “Did you know that 96% of recovered crime guns were traced back to a purchase from a licensed gun dealer?” Umm.. No duh?

First let’s understand why they are pushing out this garbage. After failing to get the unconstitutional gun control restrictions they wanted at the federal level, the anti-gun zealots have been targeting individual states. Bills titled something to the effect of “Firearm Dealer Responsible Business Practices Act” (as it appears here in Maine) seek to impose significant new regulatory and so-called “safety” regulations on Federal Firearm Licensees (FFLs). These include new state level mandates for everything from site security, video recording, required signage, store procedures, employee training and background checks, additional record keeping and state level inspections.

Keep in mind the firearm industry is already one of the most highly regulated in the country and subject to random inspections by the ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives). The proposed new laws not only duplicate federal regulations but add additional state level administrative and reporting requirements and non-compliance fines. They essentially establish a state level ATF clone with its own licensing, fees and penalties.

If you want to see where this came from and why they want this in other states, look west to California’s Department of Justice (DOJ), Bureau of Firearms (BOF). The DOJ BOF is a second layer of state licensing and control over all FFLs. They prescribe all manner of business operations such as licensing, security, record keeping, employee training, purchaser testing/training and mandatory signage ALL adding significant costs and fees to doing business as a firearm retailer.

As if the fees, fees and more fees aren’t bad enough, they also set additional legal traps for retailers if they make even the smallest of administrative omissions with the byzantine and constantly updated rules and regulations.

The result is exactly what you would expect it to be. Small firearm retailers are unable to absorb the significantly increased costs of state level regulatory compliance and forced to go out of business. This all leads to increased costs and less choices for consumers who have fewer and fewer options on being able to exercise one of the very core elements of Second Amendment protections, being able to purchase a firearm.

The worst part is none of these so-called “safety” regulations have anything to do with preventing or solving crime or anything remotely resembling safety. They only punish those who are already following the law.

Why the DUH? The Gun Control Act (GCA) of 1968 enacted numerous changes on how firearms were manufactured and sold in the country. In short, manufacturers, distributers and retailers were all required to be licensed as a FFL and keep records of firearms. It also required all firearms to be serialized, something many but not all did at the time.

Since 1968, when a firearm comes to market in this country, in goes from the manufacturer to distributor to the retailer, where it is purchased by the end consumer. Firearms from outside the United States come in through importers (also FFLs). All are commonly jumbled into the term “gun dealers”.

Understand what this means. Starting with the GCA, from the time of manufacture until it is first sold, every firearm in this country is now fanatically and legally documented.

So when do good guns turn to crime guns? Firearms are stolen in burglaries and in transit anywhere along the line from manufacture to retail. They are also stolen from the person who legally purchased them. As durable, long-term items, they are commonly traded and shared in criminal use. Some are purchased by a person who eventually commits a crime, or has it stolen by a family member. EACH ONE can be traced from the manufacturer, distributor and retailer to the first purchase or to where it was stolen. IF you live in a state with Universal Background Checks, each sale and transfer is recorded and thus, ‘registered’ and traceable.

What isn’t traced back to the FFL? Firearms illegally smuggled in from one of the 194 other countries in the world and self-manufactured firearms. There are still a large number of pre-1968 firearms out there without serial numbers and they are perfectly legal to own and sell, but they may or may not have been recorded in a FFL’s books. Even firearms illegally obtained through a straw purchase are still traced back to that first, original buyer who bought it from a FFL.

What this boils down to is Gun Control Inc’s bombshell reporting about 96% of crime guns being traced back to a licensed gun dealer is about as insightful and useful as saying cow’s milk comes from a cow. Where the HELL else would it come from?

Oh, here’s a fun side note for you. The next time Gun Control, Inc goes off on the incredibly high percentage of self-made/3D printed guns being used in crimes, you can ask what part of the 4% of total number of non-FFL traceable firearms this makes up. You can’t claim traceable and non-traceable firearms are both the majority of crime firearms recovered.

If only this was the last foolishly misleading metric they’ll come up with. If only.

Bob

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More Gun Control Lies with Statistics

Every so often you run across something from the anti-gun “research” folks that just defies all logic. While they usually try to stitch together something from completely disassociated metrics, the implied association of so-called “ghost guns” to an increase in suicide rates is purely laughable fiction. In the gun control world, association does not imply causation has no meaning.

As reported by the gun control mouthpiece The Trace, for every 20 “ghost guns” recovered, the state firearm suicide rate increased by 6%. To be fair, since I first read their story, they updated it to include “The study found that for every 20 ghost guns recovered per 100,000 people, the firearm suicide rate increased by about 6 percent across the state.” Sadly, this doesn’t add any more legitimacy to their story.

One of the most glaring omissions was if the “ghost guns” were the actual firearms being used in the suicides. In the directed result research world of gun control, that’s a gargantuan jump in logic. Are they? No, but this so-called “research” heavily implies it even though it doesn’t reflect any reality on the ground.

According to their numbers, between 2017 & 2021 around 18,500 “ghost guns” were recovered in California. California population in 2021 was roughly 38 million. That would have been an astronomical increase in the statewide suicide rate during that time. You can understand why they updated the story with a new qualifying metric. Keep in mind this study was done only on data from California, the most heavily gun controlled state in the country.

Digging a little deeper into this nonsense, you find this tidbit. “For every 20 ghost guns recovered per 100,000 people, there was an associated 6.4% increase in firearm suicide rates in the following year.” Recovered “ghost guns” in year one and there is an increase in the suicide rate in year two… NOW it makes perfect sense (sarcasm implied).

Among the factors for their case of why “ghost guns” are bad is: “[They] can be acquired without background checks or waiting periods, bypassing the very safeguards designed to create a pause between intent and action”.

But what does this mean in reality? Well, if you are going to buy a “ghost gun”, you’ll have to buy the components from several different companies online since a complete parts and tooling kits are no longer allowed. Once all the various components are shipped, received, and assuming you have the necessary tools and experience to complete a build, you’ve got anywhere from a few hours to a week to build your firearm. Best case you are looking at weeks to completion, longer than even the gun control gold standard California 10 day waiting period. That’s not exactly a spontaneous act – “intent and action” – the waiting periods are meant to protect you from.

Of course, The Trace completely blew past the finding “ghost guns were not significantly associated with temporal changes in overall firearm death rates or firearm homicide rates.” Go figure.

The truth about what is happening is The Trace is trying to frame home manufactured firearms as a new “public health crisis” similar to the way they have tried to frame violence acts while using a firearm as a public health crisis so they can justify unconstitutional emergency executive orders to restrict lawful firearm ownership and use.

Suicide is a complex medical, psychological and societal issue. Countries around the globe struggle with high suicide rates despite having almost zero civilian firearm ownership. As with violent criminal acts, firearms are merely a tool used, and not the cause.

If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, I urge you to call or text the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, or go online for chat at https://988lifeline.org.

Bob

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Not Following the Rules

If you’ve noticed a decrease in the number of pro-Second Amendment/pro-firearm posts lately, it’s not by accident. Meta is once again clamping down on so-called “rules violations” to squelch anything to do with the Second Amendment or firearms.

Like many pro-2A/firearms pages, the Odd Stuffing page, along with my business page, received notice right after the first of the year saying “… didn’t follow the rules, so it isn’t being suggested to other people right now.” The Meta Business Suite link for Odd Stuffing doesn’t show what post ‘broke the rules’, only a dead link following the “Your Page Odd Stuffing is no longer being recommended to others. Fix your Page now.”

At least my business page linked to two posts, one from December 2025 about the new Gen 6 Glocks and one from November 2018 showing the firearms to be used in a Women on Target training class. Pretty damn radical stuff. Since these “violations” linked to specific posts, I was allowed the generous privilege to appeal this action, which of course I did. Let’s just say I’m not holding my breath for a reply or repeal of the supposed violation.

Did any of these posts violate the convoluted and ever evolving and restricting “rules” for firearms on Facebook? Of course not. But from the conversations I’ve seen regarding this from others in the industry, simply speaking positively about firearms is enough to evoke the wrath of a Facebook violation.

Is not being recommended a huge hit? Considering I’ve been shadow banned for YEARS and can’t even reach those who have subscribed to my page, this isn’t a big deal. Of course, I COULD pay to boost my post and reach more people, that’s okay by them because it generates more income. And if you pay generously for ads, you can post all the things you can’t post for free.

Facebook’s obnoxiousness and suppression of anything that doesn’t fit their narrow definition of “approved” thinking and speech is why many 2A and firearms pages have left all the Meta platforms. And that’s a damn shame. While restrictive and discriminatory, it still has a larger reach than the rest of social media platforms combined. Continually restricting, suppressing, suspending, demonetizing, deplatforming and silencing those who say or do things the self-proclaimed gods at Facebook don’t agree with further turns the platform into the echo chamber they want it to be. Think like we do and you are welcome. Think something else and you have no place here.

If you argue Facebook is a private company and they can allow/disallow anything they want on their platform, you are correct. And unless you are paying them for ads, you are using their product for free. Of course, YOU are the actual product, and they make their money from all information they sell about YOU, but that’s neither here nor there.

Facebook likes to say they are once again all about “free expression”, unless it’s something they don’t agree with or it’s something some local/county/state/federal government entity/NGO/special interest group doesn’t agree with and they tell Facebook to take it down on their behalf. Kinda like what happened in the last administration. But I’m sure that would NEVER happen again.

Why is this happening now? It could be little z has been reading his tea leaves and sees the midterms and general elections moving to the left and he wants to make sure he is in good graces with the next administration. After all, he needs to ensure his seat at the big table just like he did with the current administration. Right or left doesn’t matter, just tweak the algorithm to suit the current mood.

Where does this leave those of us in the 2A & firearms industry? Like many others, I post in numerous places including on my own website, oddstuffing.com to not be completely silenced. Meta may own the majority of the social media world, but not the entire internet. At least not yet.

Does it suck we don’t have the same freedom to post positive things about the Second Amendment or lawful firearm usage as those who promote violence against anyone not as extreme left as them or encouraging others to break the law in support of their own ideology? Yes, but that’s not what Facebook is about. The “new era” little z proclaimed at the beginning of this administration will undoubtably give way to an even ‘newer era’ of government approved thinking and terminology when the winds shift in the opposite direction.

What this means is you may have to dig a little harder for your 2A/firearm content. The anti-gun lobby wants you to think they are winning over the hearts and minds of the country, and this kind of content is no longer needed or wanted. They are wrong. It survives and thrives because of you. Keep digging for the truth and for information you want.

Bob

p.s. Apparently publicly questioning and discussing the policies/practices and discrimination of Meta companies is also a no-no. So maybe you’ll see something from Odd Stuffing next week or maybe you’ll have to seek it out.

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Mandatory Firearm Serialization Comes to Maine

Maine’s LD 1126 goes into effect in January 2027. This means personally made firearms (PMFs) must now be serialized. Combine this with the ATF’s Final Rule – 2021R-05F, and it is a significant change in the legal landscape for those who choose to make their own firearms.

DISCLAIMER: This is MY and ONLY MY interpretation of the laws, motivations and impacts. I strongly urge you to do your own research AND consult a qualified firearm attorney.

ATF’s Final Rule – 2021R-05F: The SUPER SIMPLIFIED version of this is unfinished receivers are now considered actual firearms. It also dictates the content/format of any serial number applied by a FFL. It MUST be the FFL’s shortened number (8 digits) – plus a unique to-the-FFL number. The number must be recorded in the FFL’s A&D (Acquisition & Disposition) book.

Prior to this new rule, serialization could be completed with the name of the person who ‘manufactured’ it, along with the city/state of manufacture, model, caliber and a unique to them serial number. The ATF didn’t like this and called them “fictitious serial numbers” since they weren’t officially registered.

Maine’s LD 1126: Again, the SUPER SIMPLIFIED version says you may not possess an unfinished frame or receiver unless it has been imprinted with a serial number applied by a FFL. It also requires additional records be kept by the FFL on the firearms serialized.

Neither the ATF’s Final Rule – 2021R-05F or Maine’s LD1126 require a 4473 and NICS background check to return a newly engraved ‘firearm’ back to the person who brought it in.

Does having a serial number engraved on your PMF put it on a registry? No, but actually yes.

The ATF’s Final Rule – 2021R-05F now treats frames and receivers the same as commercially made firearms which can be traced from the manufacturer to the distributor to the retailer to the first owner. If Universal Background Checks are in place in your state, it continues on to the current owner.

This means a personally made firearm is now traceable to the original owner since the first part of the serial number is the FFL who engraved it, and that FFL has the owner’s name & address recorded in their A&D book.

By statue, the ATF is not allowed to create an electronic database of owners and their firearms. However, the ATF has already admitted to having done exactly this but claim to have put safeguards in place to prevent it from being used contrary to the statue’s ‘intent’, such as being able to look up a person and see all the firearms they own. You can believe that one if you’d like.

Now combine this with a change in FFL retention rules. FFL’s used to be able to dispose of all 4473 records after 20 years. Now, they must retain them in perpetuity and turn them into the ATF when they go out of business. The ATF has also been copying 4473 and A&D records outside of any specific investigations during their normal inspections of FFL’s.

States like California already have their own firearm registry.

So… yes, serializing your firearm ‘registers’ it to you.

Should you serialize your firearm/receiver/frame?

One of the reasons many choose to manufacture their own is to have a firearm the government doesn’t know about. This goes back to the unfortunate truth; registration leads to confiscation. It always has and always will. There is no other reason for firearm registration to exist.

But then there is the reality of life. Not everyone is willing to risk state or federal criminal charges for a self-manufactured firearm. Everyone must look at their own life, job, family, finances, community and myriad other factors to decide if they want risk a potential arrest, prosecution, fines, incarceration or potentially the loss of their Second Amendment rights.

I offer no value judgements here. Everyone must do what they feel is right for themselves. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

Personally, I believe both the ATF’s Final Rule – 2021R-05F and Maine’s LD 1126 are unconstitutional overreaches and should be repealed. If our representatives and courts were doing their jobs and supporting the Constitution and all the sections of the Bill of Rights, this would never have been a problem. But this is what we have to deal with right now.

ATF’s Final Rule – 2021R-05F – https://www.atf.gov/rules-and-regulations/definition-frame-or-receiver

Maine’s LD 1126 – https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0745&item=7&snum=132

Bob

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Measuring the Success of Gun Control

Two bits of information came out recently which illustrate the utter failure of gun control. Gun Control, Inc’s annual survey of the states’ gun control laws placed California in the top spot again with an “A” rating. We now also have the FBI’s report showing California had the most “active shooter incidents” for the five-year period from 2020 to 2024.

Like most people I would trust many things (a drink from Bill Cosby, an email from a Nigerian prince, gas station nachos) more than I trust the FBI to accurately report just about anything, but this isn’t the first time they’ve reported California with the most active shooter incidents, previously putting them in nationwide lead from 2020-2023. Note: A “FBI Trusted Statistics” article coming soon.

But let’s start off with the anti-gun Gifford’s 2025 Gun Safety Grades Across the Country. Their annual scorecard ranks states based on their assessment of “gun safety”. #1 ranked California with an A score, is their shining example of what a gun safety means. Giffords says… “Policies are assigned point values based on how effective they are at reducing gun violence…”.

Here is a PARTIAL list of what California has implemented. Universal background checks, strict limitations on the make/model/type of firearms available for purchase, a 10-day waiting period for purchases, minimum age restrictions, bans on so-called “assault weapons”, “large capacity magazines” and “ghost guns”, mandatory registration and state firearm sales record retention, safe storage laws, firearm dealer regulation and licensing at the state, county and local level, gun industry liability and responsibility laws, severe restrictions on public carry of concealed firearms by licensed individuals along with increased permit requirements, restrictions and licensing on conceal carry instructors, ammunition background checks, extreme risk protection orders (red flag laws), domestic violence gun laws, firearm relinquishment requirements, a ban on K-12 teachers being armed for classroom defense, funding for state sponsored community violence intervention and gun violence research.

You might think they’ve got every possible gun control law already in effect. Think again! In 2026 California bans so-called “machinegun-convertible pistols”. An online parts ban law targets everything from firearm components and accessories to tools, 3D printers, and even digital files and code. FFL’s face new annual mandatory training requirements for employes who handle firearms. Mandatory reporting of lost or stolen firearms expands to include “precursor” parts. A new three-firearms-per-month law comes into effect, even though courts have already ruled this is unconstitutional. Queued up for 2027, firearm barrels will be treated as a complete firearm requiring a background check from a dealer for sales and transfers.

Where are the new and improved laws that will stop a criminal/thug/terrorist from using an illegal firearm in a crime? Nowhere. Because all the laws are focused on the law-abiding firearm owner, the ones who care to follow the law. Given the gun control’s focus on restricting and eliminating the Second Amendment protected rights of law-abiding citizens, the conflicting numbers are no surprise.

But let’s be honest here. Do-nothing-for-public-safety gun control laws don’t fail by themselves. They are aided by a political and legal environment that refuses to hold criminals accountable for their actions. Politicians create laws to release those convicted of crimes from incarceration and minimize any potential penalties for newly committed crimes.

Soft-on-crime prosecutors using their ‘discretion’ refuse to prosecute wide ranges of crimes. Those who are arrested are immediately released and the very few who are convicted are given slap-on-the-wrist sentences. This leads to ever increasing lawlessness and violence in the communities as the criminals realize there is very little preventing them from escalating their crime and violence.

Any why shouldn’t criminals commit crime and violence? Their intended victims have been conveniently disarmed by the state so they know they can act with impunity. So, the FBI’s numbers showing California leading the country in active shooter incidents make perfect sense.

What do the numbers and rankings from Gun Control, Inc. mean? To be honest, absolutely nothing. Their in-house “research” is carefully manipulated and manufactured to make it appear the gun control laws they are pushing are going to keep you safe. Independent research, which is NOT paid for by the anti-gun lobby groups and Gun Control, Inc., show the opposite. The most violent, dangerous and deadly areas of the country are those with the tightest gun control laws.

By the way: In thirteen states the Giffords gun control group gave an “F” grade to have had no mass public shootings since 2010 — Alabama, Alaska, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming.

Remember, gun control does absolutely nothing to increase public safety and the answer to fix that shortcoming is always to implement more gun control.

And California is a living, breathing – – – bleeding, suffering, dying example of this.

Bob

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Just Because They Say It…

Free speech is a wonderful thing, a natural, God-given right of all Americans protected by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. But with free speech, you inevitably get people who ignore reality and make up their own fantasy world. This is what we face when anti-gun, anti-Second Amendment politicians start talking about guns and “gun violence” in the United States. Just because they say it, doesn’t mean it’s true.

In a recent speech in Brazil, our 44^thPresident made the following comment:

“Some of you may be aware our gun laws in the United States don’t make much sense. Anybody can buy any weapon any time —without much if any regulation, they can buy it over the internet, they can buy machine guns.”

Our former President of course knows better, but as an ardent foe of the Second Amendment protected right for individuals to keep and bear arms, he gets to make up his own imagined world where only he, his government and other elitists can have firearms.

Anyone who has actually purchased a firearm knows he is full of the worst kind of BS. The vast majority of firearms are purchased from FFL (Federal Firearm Licensee) dealers who must run a background check before delivering a firearm. And while it is true you can purchase a firearm over the Internet, the part he’s leaving out is unless you are a FFL, it has to be sent TO a FFL to do a background check, just like any other firearm purchase. If you are a felon, domestic abuser, convicted drug user, adjudicated as a “mental defective”, illegal alien, dishonorably discharged from the military or have renounced your U.S. citizenship, you cannot be sold a firearm.

Can you buy a machine gun? Yes, but thanks to the National Firearms Act of 1934 and the Hughes Amendment in 1986 there are a finite number of legally transferable fully automatic firearms available in our country. Those examples run in the 10’s of thousands of dollars and require an ATF tax stamp and extensive background checks and notifications, a process that takes many, many months.

Yet if you take our former President’s statement at face value, it sounds like anyone in the country can log onto Amazon, order a fully automatic firearm and have it delivered to their home in two days, presumably for free if it’s Prime.

It’s not like our former President hasn’t made up his own reality before. He’s infamously said “… this type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries.” Of course, you have to keep in mind when they compare worldwide “gun violence” rates; they pick and choose the countries to include so as to make the US look far worse in comparison. They preface their comparison list by referring to it as the list of “advanced” countries. As an example, our southern neighbor is not on this list. However, if you look at worldwide violent death rates, Mexico ranks 15th and the United States ranks 85th out of 172 nations. Remember, if you are setting up your own gun control reality, adjectives matter.

California’s current governor / wannabe dictator recently added his half cent to the debate following a horrific incident and decided to perpetuate the former President’s myth by saying “Recognize and reconcile that we live in the only country in the world where anything like this happens.”

Very sadly, neither of these men is telling the truth. Violence, mass violence, so-called “gun violence” and worse atrocities occur at a daily rate around the world. Simply putting on blinders and making up an argument that our nation is the most deadly place in the world as a pretext for eliminating your Second Amendment rights is quite simply a lie.

It is rather interesting our former President chose to make his latest comment in Brazil, a country with one of the highest murder rates in the world. It could be because Brazil’s new President is making good on campaign promises to ease his nations draconian gun control laws on firearm and ammunition purchases. During the latest decree signing, he said, “it is an individual right of the one who may want to have a firearm or seek the possession of a firearm… obviously respecting and fulfilling some requirements”.

More lies and more useless gun control laws that only limit the rights of law-abiding citizens are not the answer. But when you have no interest in solving the real problems that cause crime and violence, it’s the perfect scapegoat to get what you really want – total civilian disarmament and control.

Remember, gun control does absolutely nothing to increase public safety and the answer to fix that shortcoming is always to implement more gun control.

Bob

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