February 27, 2021

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Gun News

Biden threatening to go after Ghost Guns

The White House is considering taking executive action to ban the transfer of "Ghost Guns" or those items know as DIY and 80% guns or 80% lowers. A Ghost Gun Executive Order could potentially shutter the DIY firearms industry with the stroke of a pen.

80% lowers are items that have not yet reached a stage of manufacture to be considered a firearm. The term "80%" is industry slang and not something endorsed/used by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms. Currently 80% lower receivers are legal to own since they do not meet the definition of a firearm under the Gun Control Act of 1968.

Among the executive actions under consideration by the administration is one that would require buyers of so-called ghost guns to undergo background checks. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), who spoke to the White House in the last week, said he recommended the administration take executive actions to close the so-called Charleston loophole that allows a gun to be transferred from licensed gun dealers before a completed background check.

The White House has held several meetings on gun violence with prominent groups pushing for gun restrictions, community-based groups asking for billions of dollars in program funding and survivors of gun violence.

A White House official said that Biden is considering "every tool at our disposal, including executive actions" and is looking at investing in community violence programs, requiring background checks, banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines and repealing gun manufacturers' immunity from liability.

The discussions come as gun sales have skyrocketed amid a year of pandemic quarantines, a summer of racial unrest and Biden's victory in the presidential election, after promising an aggressive push to reduce gun violence.


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Did You Know?

What is a carbine?

A carbine is a long-barreled firearm with a shorter barrel than a standard rifle. The carbine, in various versions corresponding to the different full-sized military arms, was chiefly a cavalry weapon until the 18th century. Then some unmounted officers, artillerymen, and other specialists began to carry carbines.

The smaller size and lighter weight of carbines make them easier to handle. They are typically issued to high-mobility troops such as special-operations soldiers and paratroopers, as well as to mounted, artillery, logistics, or other non-infantry personnel whose roles do not require full-sized rifles. By the 1980s the trend toward general use of light assault rifles was making the carbine obsolete as a military weapon.

The name comes from its first users - cavalry troopers called "carabiniers", from the French carabine, or a soldier armed with a musket.


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