Richardcyoung.com

  • Home
  • Debbie Young
  • Jimmy Buffett
  • Key West
  • Your Survival Guy
  • How We Are Different
  • Paris
  • About Us
    • Foundation Principles
    • Contributors
  • Investing
    • You’ve Read The Last Issue of Intelligence Report, Now What?
  • The Swiss Way
  • My Rifles
  • Dividends and Compounding
  • Your Security
  • Dick Young
  • Dick’s R&B Top 100
  • Liberty & Freedom Map
  • Bank Credit & Money
  • Your Survival Guy’s Super States
  • NNT & Cholesterol
  • Your Health
  • Ron Paul
  • US Treasury Yield Curve: My Favorite Investor Tool
  • Anti-Gun Control
  • Anti-Digital Currency
  • Joel Salatin & Alfie Oakes
  • World Gold Mine Production
  • Fidelity & Wellington Since 1971
  • Hillsdale College
  • Babson College
  • Contact Us

America’s Silent Army with 423M Guns

June 14, 2024 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

By sirtravelalot @ Shutterstock.com

UPDATE 6.14.24: Joe Biden made an anti-gun speech recently without even acknowledging that his son had just been convicted of three federal gun felonies. Fox News reports:

The optics of President Biden’s speech on gun control just hours after his son’s firearm conviction was not lost on social media users Tuesday.

Biden spoke in Washington D.C. before the Everytown for Gun Safety’s annual training conference where he touted his executive actions to curtail gun violence and reiterated his support for an assault weapons ban.

Just hours earlier, however, his son, Hunter Biden, was found guilty on all charges in the criminal case focused on his purchase of a firearm in 2018.

The unusual timing of Biden’s gun speech, which did not reference Hunter’s conviction, was mocked by X users shortly after the verdict.

“Joe Biden giving a gun safety speech on the same day that his son was convicted of gun charges is the most Biden thing ever,” RedState columnist Buzz Patterson remarked.

Joe Biden giving a gun safety speech on the same day that his son was convicted of gun charges is the most Biden thing ever.

— Buzz Patterson (@BuzzPatterson) June 11, 2024

“Of all the days for Joe Biden to be speaking at ‘Gun Sense University,’” conservative commentator Kate Hyde wrote, along with headlines about Hunter’s verdict and his father’s speech.

UPDATE 6.6.22: Senate Democrats, led by Chris Murphy (CT), are working up a new round of gun control legislation aimed at law-abiding Americans. On the Republican side, retiring Senator Pat Toomey is working with Murphy to push the legislation forward. Toomey has worked with Democrats on anti-gun legislation in the past. The Daily Mail reports:

Like Murphy Toomey expressed some support for expanded background checks and red flag laws, but cast the latter as more of a choice for individual states – something other Republicans signaling openness to gun reform have also stated. However, they left the door open to talks on how the federal government could incentivize the change.

As for background checks, he recalled his work with West Virginia Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin on an expansion of the system which ultimately did not pass.

‘I certainly hope we’re going to have an expansion of background checks. Senator Manchin and I have been working on this for a long time. We’ve tried to establish that at least for commercial sales of firearms, there ought to be a background check,’ Toomey said.

He added that striking the right balance was more of a ‘moving target’ this time.

‘We’re still in discussions, and we are still trying to figure out exactly what mechanism is going to enable us to get the votes that we would need. So I can’t be precise about that,’ Toomey said.

In the meantime, Americans are watching the events in Canada with trepidation, and remembering Joe Biden’s words about putting Beto O’Rourke in charge of his gun control efforts.

Is Your Family Prepared for the Next Disaster? Click Here to Survive and Thrive

UPDATE 7.22.20: Read more about Lauren Boebert, a candidate fighting for the rights of America’s silent army and the threat of BLM, a Marxist organization planning to destroy the police and threatening to “burn the place down.” 

Well, maybe not silent as more and more Americans are speaking out to defend their Second Amendment rights. As the recent ATF report reveals, this group is locked and loaded.

Paul Bedard details the report at The Washington Examiner, writing:

New federal data shows that there are 422.9 million firearms in circulation, or about 1.2 guns for every person in the country.

What’s more, despite years of criticism of modern “assault-style” rifles such as the AR-15 and AK-47, there are a record 17.7 million in private hands, proving that it is the most popular gun around.

And last year alone, the arms industry produced 8.1 billion rounds of ammunition.

The figures are from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and were crunched by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the gun industry trade group.

“These figures show the industry that America has a strong desire to continue to purchase firearms for lawful purposes,” said Joe Bartozzi, president of the NSSF, in a statement releasing the group’s new report.

“The modern sporting rifle continues to be the most popular centerfire rifle sold in America today and is clearly a commonly owned firearm with more than 17 million in legal private ownership today. The continued popularity of handguns demonstrates a strong interest by Americans to protect themselves and their homes and to participate in the recreational shooting sports,” he said.

In response to nonstop attacks on their Second Amendment rights, Americans have decided to get their guns and their training now. In doing so, they have turned themselves into a silent army.

Originally posted on Your Survival Guy.

Also Read: Top 10 Reasons to Own an AR-15 (richardcyoung.com)

If you’re willing to fight for Main Street America, click here to sign up for the Richardcyoung.com free weekly email.

Related Posts

  • What if America Treated Guns Like Cars?
  • Standing Army or Militia For America?
  • VIDEO: Dan Bongino at Guns Across America Rally in Annapolis
  • Author
  • Recent Posts
E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy
E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy
E.J. Smith is Founder of YourSurvivalGuy.com, Managing Director at Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd., a Managing Editor of Richardcyoung.com, and Editor-in-Chief of Youngresearch.com. His focus at all times is on preparing clients and readers for “Times Like These.” E.J. graduated from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with a B.S. in finance and investments. In 1995, E.J. began his investment career at Fidelity Investments in Boston before joining Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. in 1998.

E.J. has trained at Sig Sauer Academy in Epping, NH, NH, where he completed course-work in Practical and Defensive Handgun, Conceal Carry Pistol, Shotguns, Precision Scope Rifle and Kidnapping Prevention.

E.J. plays a Yamaha Recording Custom drum set with Zilldjian cymbals. His first drum set was a 5-piece Slingerland with Zildjians. He grew-up worshiping Neil Peart (RIP) of the band Rush, and loves the song Tom Sawyer—the name of his family’s boat, a Grady-White Canyon 306. He grew up in Mattapoisett, MA, an idyllic small town on the water near Cape Cod. He spends time in Newport, RI and Bartlett, NH—both as far away from Wall Street as one could mentally get. The Newport office is on a quiet, tree lined street not far from the harbor and the log cabin in Bartlett, NH, the “Live Free or Die” state, sits on the edge of the White Mountain National Forest. He enjoys spending time in Key West (RIP JB) and Paris.

Please get in touch with E.J. at ejsmith@yoursurvivalguy.com

Click here to sign up for my free monthly Survive & Thrive letter.
E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy
Latest posts by E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy (see all)
  • Congratulations, You’re Retired: Now What? Part 6 - May 21, 2025
  • Congratulations, You Graduated into Retirement. Now What? #5 - May 20, 2025
  • Retirement #4: How Do You Feel? How Will You Feel? - May 19, 2025

Dick Young’s Must Reads

  • Making America Great Again Is What America Wants
  • Democracy: The Most Dangerous and Insidious Effect of Majority Rule.
  • Set Sail with Stocks
  • Your Odds with Statins: 500 to 1?
  • The Claremont Institute: Protecting the American Way of Life
  • When Is the Best Time for You to Do This?
  • “If Only I’d Followed Dick Young’s Advice Sooner”
  • Feds Raid America’s Number One Patriot: Naples Florida’s Alfie Oakes
  • “We’re Not Going Back”
  • Concentrate on Dividend Record and Compounding

Our Most Popular Posts

  • A Calculated Decision to Keep Silent
  • An American Tragedy
  • Congratulations, You Graduated into Retirement. Now What? #5
  • Retirement #4: How Do You Feel? How Will You Feel?
  • Middle East Investment Bonanza as Trump Tours Region
  • Who Knew about Biden's Health?
  • Donald Trump’s First 100 days
  • A Contemptable Little Twerp
  • Is Trump Divorcing Bibi?
  • PREPARE FOR THE WORST: Poland's Military Overhaul

Compensation was paid to utilize rankings. Click here to read full disclosure.

RSS Youngresearch.com

  • Congratulations, You’re Retired: Now What? Part 6
  • Congratulations, You Graduated into Retirement. Now What? #5
  • World’s Leading EV Motor Factory to Supply Ferrari and Lamborghini
  • Hackers Target Coinbase: DOJ Opens Investigation into Data Breach
  • Stargate Project Breaks Ground in Texas
  • Retirement #4: How Do You Feel? How Will You Feel?
  • Nippon’s Push for U.S. Steel Approval Faces Uncertainty
  • U.S. Moves to Secure Puerto Rico’s Fragile Energy System
  • U.S. Hydropower Generation Increases
  • Congratulations, You’re Retired #3: “When You Were Young”

RSS Yoursurvivalguy.com

  • Congratulations, You’re Retired: Now What? Part 6
  • Investing Habits of the Fairly Wealthy: #10 Powerball
  • Is America Poised for Next Gen Nuclear Power?
  • Congratulations, You Graduated into Retirement. Now What? #5
  • Big Blue Blob Cities Drive Residents (and Money) Away
  • Don’t Forget the Laffer Curve
  • Retirement #4: How Do You Feel? How Will You Feel?
  • Don’t Over SALT the Big Beautiful Bill
  • Two Americas: The Assassination Attempt on Trump
  • Congratulations, You’re Retired #3: “When You Were Young”

US Treasury Yield Curve: My Favorite Investor Tool

My Key West Garden Office

Your Retirement Life: Traveling the Efficient Frontier

Live a Long Life

Your Survival Guy’s Mt. Rushmore of Investing Legends

“Then One Day the Grandfather was Gone”

Copyright © 2025 | Terms & Conditions | About Us | Dick Young | Archives