Are the Second Amendment "rights" of Americans really being "threatened" - or is this complaint just another gimmick to get the right-wing, reactionary base "fired up" for 2012?

But, I am a frequent contributor to the Times? Really, a letter every few months is frequent? I guess that claim is based on perspective?

Firearms homicides involving rifles account for less than 1% of gun homicides annually. The usual gun of choice is a pistol, usually bought on the black market from a fellow criminal. Not from the Goodman's gun show, not off the internet. To hear Manchin, little Tommy can go on-line and have guns sent straight to his house!

And, for the record, my rifle is exactly as it was built by the manufacturer. Sure, people "deck out" their rifles, of any style. I've seen many a person that own a bolt action rifle, that cost a few hundred dollars, mount optics on them worth twice or more the cost of the rifle. Good scopes aren't cheap!

I'll address your little letter when I arrive home, and have a way to have the letter pulled up in a separate window. But, bottom line for right now, a half truth is merely a lie of omission. So, spare me the chest

Yes Freddie, I saw your little tome, gee, I guess you sure told me, huh? There may be poll numbers like you claim, but, we both know most Americans get their news in "sound bite" answers. Having an informed view should require more than a 15 second 'blast" of info.

How many of the polled people even know that we already have laws that require background checks for gun shows and internet sales? Even CNN's buy of guns would have been from individuals, not dealers.

These same polls showed that background checks, or gun control at all, were well down the list of concerns these folks felt needed to be addressed.

I didn't catch the CNBC show, or the more recent PBS show. An internet based poll from the PBS program had much different results on people's opinions on background checks. I don't think the typical gun owner is a real big PBS "news" viewer.

Statistics say that, at the present time, most Americans do NOT own guns, but (as Greek & Stick like to brag) gun-sales ARE indeed up ... This means that most of the 70 million guns owned in America are owned by a few folks. Some of these are "law-abiding" gun-owners who use weapons for hunting or self-protection. Some are not. Some are criminals. Some are "conspiracy" nuts or anti-goverment whack-jobs who might be more dangerous then the hoods ... Keep Guantanamo open.. We might need it after all! Have a good night y'all!

@Greek - Some of your so-called "patriots" act more like Benedict Arnolds! How's the "insurrection" goin'? You and Yeager need to read more history and less crap from Wayne LaPaiere and Ted Nugent!

FYI - Because of its many attachments and "enhancements" for female gun-geeks, the AR-15 is called the "Barbie" of the firearms world ... Hey Twiggy, is your "Barbie" doll "dressed to kill"?

@Sticky - How'd you like my letter in today's paper? Procede to whine, whine, whine!

The CNBC documentary features an interview with James Yeager, uber-gun-rights-nutjob who said "If they try to take away this weapon, I might have to start killing people." ... Yeager's so-called "right" to play with his toys - or his perceived "right" to "kill" anyone who doesn't agree with his conspiratorial views on government - do NOT trump the right of my grandkids and others to live in a society that is safe and from the threats of gun-nuts like Yeager (and some others I might mention) who have no respect for the rights of others ... Yeah, yeah, Sticky! Rant on! But DON'T call me a "liar" again!!!

The school that prohibited the kid from wearing an NRA T-shirt was out-of-line, but so are the gun-geeks who are trying to use this isolated incident as fodder to promote their whack-job agenda ... I wonder if the Stick watched the CNBC special, "America's Gun, The Rise of the AR-15" the other night. It was highly informative and showed how extremist gun nuts (HEY STICKY, I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU!) view this weapon as a high-priced (but ego-enhancing)"toy"! There was a lot of Stickhauler-type quibbling from the gun-fetish crowd about what is or is not a "combat" or "assault" type weapon ... For example, the gun-geeks say that weapons without bayonet attachments or "flash" suppression devices (used on the battlefield to protect concealed snipers) are "not combat weapons". The documentary showed how easy it is to convert semi-automatic weapons to fully-automatic ones ...

You really are ignorant, huh? These companies would not be moving overseas, they're producing products that the government often prohibits import into the US.

Beretta moved into Maryland to produce the M-9 pistol, the original ones accepted by the military were imports from their plants in Italy. Taraus built a plant in Florida so they could offer firearms they had built in Brazil, and banned for import by the government, could be sold here.

Our government prohibits gun makers from importing certain gun into the US quite often, to protect our own companies from cheaper competition. Springfield Armory has parts made overseas, and assembles them in Illinois. Glock has parts made in Austria, and assembled in Georgia. Most custom 1911 makers use "Caspian" frames, made overseas, as well as internal parts imported into our country.

Not with inane bullcrap either !

Not with sticks and stones !

We will still see ! Engine blocks crack !

Munster, Your hero's are the best weapons sales people the US has ever seen...In their attempt to divide the patriots, they are welding them together as solid as an engine block !!!

No I'm saying if we want to stop this insane out-sourcing we need to make it so that these companies have to pay a price in business lost ! Look they are free to do what they want but if you penalize them for these poor choices maybe they will start to be AMERICANS first !

So, if Colt, or Remington, decided to pull out of New York, you'd not want those jobs in Ohio? I believe their employees are your union brothers and sisters.

Colorado is losing a major employer, Magpul, because since 30 round magazines are banned in the state, they aren't sure they can legally remain in business. BUT, the Colorado lawmakers exempted, in later action on their bill, the MANUFACTURE of such magazines, just selling them is now illegal.

Isn't that a bit of a double standard? It's fine with their lawmakers for their state to have a company making something they don't want sold in their state, and ship these "banned in Colorado" items worldwide.

I bet they have laws against making Meth out there too. Are they going to allow the folks who make it there to continue their drug making, as long as they sell the stuff out-of-state?

So ?

Sturm Ruger posted 53 percent increase in profits !! Record breaking !!

Go on ,don't let the door hit you in the keister ! But don't ever come back or try to sell your crap here !

Gun manufacturers start leaving states that passed new gun control laws

(foxnews.mobi)

I never said I was smart , just smarter than you and tiredbrain !