An incident in Virginia. A 61-year old black pastor discovers five people dumping a refrigerator on his land, confronts them, and they start threatening him. He throws down on them, and winds up arrested for brandishing a weapon. Fortunately, charges were dropped, the five arrested, and two police supervisors given unpaid leave. The sheriff says, "Actually, as I told Mr. McCray, if I were faced with similar circumstances, I would have probably done the same thing."
House-passed "assault weapon" "ban"
Text here. Among other things, it would cover any semiautonomous rifle with a "pistol grip" or a "threaded barrel." Note this would cover even those where the pistol grip is a portion of the shoulder stock. The M-1 Grand and Carbine would be covered, since their stocks have pistol grips. (The Garand's clip is likely a "detachable feeding device.") So would the Remington Model 8, first sold in 1906 (which also has a detachable buttstock, another banned feature). Among handguns, any that have a magazine outside the pistol grip (There goes the broom handle Mauser). Among shotguns, any that have a magazine (fixed or not) that can accept more than 5 rounds (with the new 1 3/4" shells, that means all of them) and has "a pistol grip or a bird's head grip."
Guns "banned" by name: all "AK types" and "AR types," including some .22 rimfire.
Also covered is any parts designed to "accelerate the rate of fire" of a semiauto.
I can't bear to read any farther. That a majority of the House would pass this is beyond belief...
Right to arms -- in Taiwan
This video from Radio Canada, which generally has and anti-gun (and esp. anti-American gun) position. It originates with WION (World Is One News), about which I know little. The theme is that the Taiwanese, like the Ukrainians, are out to train themselves in shooting, and for the same reason.
Gotta wonder that the anti-gunners haven't simply packed up and gone home. Americans' gun purchases are sky-high. The biggest problem shooters face is that, even with factories running 24/7, manufacturers can't produce enough ammo. The AR-15 has become the most popular rifle. The Supreme Court (three cheers for Justice Thomas!) has trounced them. The BLM riots have shown everyone that only fools rely on the government for protection. International aggressions have led to the people of other nations seeing the same.
It's not just that the anti-gunners are losing. It's that their cause is becoming irrelevant, obsolete.