The Armed Citizen Project, like its name connotes, proposed over the weekend that they hope to arm citizens by giving them shotguns, to protect from criminals. Their aim is reportedly to give out shotguns to people in fifteen cities throughout America, including in Chicago.
The U.S. Senate defeated a compromise plan in a vote 54-46 to expand background checks on firearms sale as well as a proposal to ban some semi-automatic weapons modeled after military assault weapons.
Ever since actor Jim Carrey released the satirical music video skit "Cold Dead Hand," in which he attacked opponents of gun control, the wave of venom between him and conservatives has continued unabated. The bulk of this firestorm has been between Carrey and pundits of "The Five," a show on the Fox News Channel, and the nasty back-and-forth has been specifically with its host, Greg Gutfeld.
A cache of weapons, including guns, about 1030 rounds of ammunition, a bayonet and several swords was found in the home of Adam Lanza, the gunman who carried out the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
