13 incredible facts about Texas (USO, WTI, OIL)
They say everything's bigger in Texas, and we're here to show you it's true.If the Lone Star State were its own country, it would have the 10th-highest gross domestic product in the world.Some of that...
View ArticleStudents are launching what could be the largest anti-gun protest in Texas...
Students at the University of Texas launched a massive protest Wednesday against state campus carry laws using sex toys, Dallas News reported.Dubbed #CocksNotGlocks, the anti-gun demonstration could be...
View ArticleThis fire alarm can also detect gunshots, and it's already being installed on...
Guns are three times more likely to kill someone than fire, but at schools and offices throughout the US, it's a fire alarm that's mandatory, not a gunshot detector.That's a risk for people that Jake...
View ArticleA restaurant owner wants to give away free pizza in exchange for illegal guns
The issue of gun violence has become an epidemic in America in recent years. Since taking office in 2008, President Barack Obama has given at least 14 speeches following 14 mass shootings. Six of those...
View ArticleThe number of gun deaths in Chicago in 2016 has already topped last year's total
The number of gun deaths in Chicago this year has already surpassed the total for 2015, and it's only September.As of Wednesday, 425 people had been shot and killed in Chicago this year. In 2015, 424...
View ArticleHere's how cops actually trace a gun
There's no telling how many guns we have in America—and when one gets used in a crime, no way for the cops to connect it to its owner. The only place the police can turn for help is a Kafkaesque agency...
View ArticleChicago is hiring hundreds of new police officers after a deadly Labor Day...
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is planning on hiring hundreds of new police officers after the city suffered from one of its deadliest months in the past 20 years, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.The long...
View ArticleDrugs, guns, and $400,000 vanished from a Massachusetts police department —...
An audit of the Braintree Police Department in Braintree, Massachusetts, released Wednesday found that drugs, at least 60 guns, and more than $400,000 cash went missing from the department's evidence...
View ArticleATF agent: The NRA 'wants us right where we're at'
A new report from Mother Jones has found that, despite the gun lobby's fears, even if the government decided to take away the country's guns, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) doesn't...
View ArticleA gun store is warning customers that 'prices will skyrocket after Crooked...
A gun store in Las Vegas thinks that gun prices will skyrocket if Hillary Clinton wins the presidential election.Westside Armory ran a "Pre-Hillary Sale" newspaper ad warning that "prices will...
View ArticleRussia just introduced a new missile nicknamed 'Satan 2' — here's a look at...
In October, Russian state-run media unveiled a new intercontinental ballistic missile: the RS-28 Sarmat, or the "Satan 2" as NATO calls it.The missile will be joining Russia's arsenal of menacing...
View Article4-year-old girl shoots self, mother with handgun
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis police say a 4-year-old girl shot herself and her mother with a handgun she apparently found inside the family's home.The girl's father told officers Sunday morning...
View ArticleThe NRA's rating system gives state legislators 'bragging rights'
John Becker already had an A rating from the National Rifle Association, but the 55-year-old Ohio state representative believed his work defending gun rights was deserving of an even higher grade.On...
View ArticleBill Maher thought up Apple's next product to help liberals get through...
Half the nation needed comic relief after seeing their candidate fail to win the 2016 presidential election. And liberal comic and political commentator Bill Maher delivered on his Friday night HBO...
View ArticleOne of the biggest gunmakers in the US may change its name in an effort to...
With one of the best-known brand names in the industry, Smith & Wesson Holding wants to shoot it all to pieces. Like a road sign obliterated by a shotgun blast, the gunsmith wants to change its...
View ArticleBlack Friday was a record-breaking day for gun background checks in America...
Black Friday was a record-breaking day for gun background checks in America.The FBI processed 185,713 background checks for buyers through its National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS.)...
View ArticleLevi's CEO: Please don't bring guns into our stores
Levi's CEO Chip Bergh is asking customers to not bring guns into his stores. Bergh, who is a former army officer, posted an open letter to customers on LinkedIn on Wednesday, asking that they not bring...
View ArticleOhio lawmakers approved a concealed-carry bill for college campuses
CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Lawmakers in Ohio approved a bill on Friday that opens the way for licensed gun owners to carry concealed weapons on college campuses, less than two weeks after a man injured 11...
View ArticleWatch the Marines' F-35 fire an 80-round burst from its gun pod for the first...
On July 6, at the Naval Air Station at Patuxent River, Maryland, US Marines carried out the first successful test of the F-35B's GAU-22 gun pod. Five days later, the gun pod fired it's first 80-round...
View ArticleEx-Army recruiter faces prison time after selling guns to Mexican drug cartel
A former Army recruiter in Texas took a plea deal on Wednesday and admitted to funneling dozens of guns purchased in the US to a drug cartel in Mexico, the Associated Press reports.Sgt. Julian Prezas...
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