Second Amendment Rights for Virginia Residents Hinge on Governor’s Veto Pen
A prominent gun rights organization asked its members to petition Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) to wield his veto pen once again and stop state lawmakers from running roughshod over the Second Amendment. Gun Owners of America (GOA) noted that anti-gun forces in the [...]
Armed Good Samaritan Intervenes in Stabbing of Tennessee Woman
The Biblical story of a foreigner who stepped up to help someone when he could just as easily have kept walking still resonates 2,000 years later. It is always heartwarming to learn of someone who put themselves in harm’s way to protect another. It [...]
Appeals Court Reaffirms Pennsylvania’s Ban on Young Adults Carrying Concealed Firearms is Unconstitutional
The tide is turning on the contentious issue of young adults' Second Amendment rights, and a significant win in a key Pennsylvania case marked another victory for constitutional freedoms. There is further reason to celebrate with the reintroduction of a bill in Congress to [...]
NC Woman Will Not Face Charges in Shooting Death of Knife-Wielding Suspect
When faced with a potentially deadly attack from a violent criminal, there is hardly enough time to consider possible legal ramifications to defending oneself. That comes later. For one North Carolina woman who courageously stood up to an attacker and used lethal force, the [...]
Michigan Bill to Teach Firearm Safety to Students Enjoys Bipartisan Support
A measure to provide firearm safety training for Michigan students is gathering momentum, and its bipartisan support may ensure its success. State Sen. Jon Bumstead (R) of North Muskegon introduced a bill recently to establish optional gun safety education for public school students from [...]
California Lawmakers Seek to Enshrine ‘Duty to Retreat’
As if California gun owners do not already deal with an insane amount of oppressive laws and regulations from the state, now comes another ridiculous proposal seeking to strip away self-defense rights. State Rep. Rick Chavez Zbur (D) recently introduced Assembly Bill 1333. The [...]
Congressional Effort Underway to Protect Veterans from Losing Their Second Amendment Rights
A long-overdue push to safeguard veterans’ gun rights is underway in Congress. The Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act has been reintroduced in both the Senate and House, and hopes are high that the political shift in Washington will allow it to pass and become [...]
Colorado Bill Would Mandate Storing Ammunition Behind the Counter at Gun Stores
Fanatical Second Amendment opponents know they cannot outright ban firearms, but that doesn’t stop their mad rush to make the right to keep and bear arms as challenging to exercise as possible. These misguided lawmakers want to stigmatize gun owners as society’s outliers, people [...]
Oklahoma Mother Shoots Recently Released Prisoner After He Allegedly Kicked in Apartment Door
A man in Oklahoma found out the hard way Tuesday night that it is not a good idea to threaten a mother with four children in her home. She will do anything to protect her precious young ones, and in this case, the mother [...]
Federal Appeals Court Ignores Bruen, Rules Against Nonviolent Felons Possessing Firearms
Despite no history or tradition of nonviolent felons being stripped of Second Amendment rights, federal courts continue to be slow to catch up to this reality. The U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in February tossed aside a challenge to the federal ban on [...]
Staunch Gun Rights Advocate Dan Bongino Named FBI Deputy Director
The times are definitely a-changin’ in Washington, D.C., and there are yet more positive signs for Second Amendment advocates alarmed by attacks on gun rights in recent years. This week, former Secret Service agent and diehard gun rights supporter Dan Bongino was named the [...]
Report: Kash Patel to be Named Acting Head of ATF
Multiple news media reports assert that Kash Patel, the new FBI Director, will also be named the “acting director” of the embattled Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). Second Amendment advocates have long supported an overhaul—if not the complete abolition—of the ATF. [...]
Official Warns Mardi Gras Attendees About Louisiana Gun Laws
As the Mardi Gras season heats up in Louisiana, officials issued a warning to celebrants to avoid possession of firearms—with no carve-out for those who remain sober. Next week’s raucous celebration in New Orleans and elsewhere will attract millions of festivalgoers, and there inevitably [...]
Birthday Partygoers Wield Firearms to Defend Against Alleged Shooter
A child’s birthday celebration should be a time for celebrants to honor the person marking the milestone. And it certainly should not be the venue for violence and gunfire. That scenario, however, is precisely what exploded in a Houston neighborhood late on Saturday night. [...]
New Hampshire House Rejects Two Extreme Anti-Gun Proposals
The steady drumbeat of anti-gun legislation is countered daily by the herculean efforts of Second Amendment-supporting organizations working to protect the rights of the people. Another excellent example of this stalwart push came last week as several New Hampshire lawmakers attempted further infringements on [...]
Georgia Senate Advances Sales Tax Holiday for Gun Purchases in the State
On the heels of Florida’s proposed “Second Amendment Summer” that would temporarily suspend sales taxes on firearms, ammunition, and accessories, Georgia is contemplating the same bold move. Lawmakers in the state Senate passed a measure last week to waive the Georgia sales tax on [...]
Suspected Would-Be Mass Shooter Neutralized by Armed Citizen in Virginia
Heroes generally do not know they are about to achieve that status before it comes upon them. Therefore, being a person who saves lives usually requires preparedness and a healthy dose of courage. An unidentified Good Samaritan is credited with stopping an alleged would-be [...]
‘Public Nuisance’ Lawsuit Against Three Maryland Gun Shops Tossed Out of Court
Anti-gunners are scraping the bottom of the barrel in their headlong rush to eradicate the right to keep and bear arms. Just how far they will go was put on display in a public nuisance lawsuit filed against three Maryland gun shops. A Maryland [...]
Utah Lawmakers Advance Bill to Teach True Gun Safety to School Children
It is difficult to understand the reasoning of anti-gunners who are so dead set against the Second Amendment that they oppose teaching gun safety, but this phenomenon emerged in Utah. On Friday, the state House overwhelmingly passed a measure to instruct young people on [...]
Kentucky Juvenile Grabs Handgun and Shoots Two Alleged Home Invaders
Just imagine being a young person at home at 4:30 a.m. and you hear the unmistakable sound of a break-in. What do you do? In the case of a Clay County, Kentucky, teenager, their choice was made quickly and decisively, and it may well [...]
Colorado ‘Assault Weapon’ Ban Advances—With a Major Change
Colorado’s steady drumbeat of anti-Second Amendment legislation continued this week, though the latest was significantly altered after hours of heated debate. The Colorado Senate approved SB 25-3 late Friday night. This bill would ban the sale or purchase of a wide array of popular [...]
Armed Texas Woman Defends Herself Against Alleged Road Rager
Road rage incidents are inherently foolish, though most people have been involved in at least one at some point. There are usually a lot of horn honking and hand gestures, but sometimes, they can quickly get out of hand. A male driver in Harris [...]
Gun Rights Groups File Suit Against Massachusetts for Young Adult Weapons Ban
Second Amendment advocates have long held that young adults are part of “the people” as designated in the Bill of Rights. However, the freedom to keep and bear arms is systematically and arbitrarily denied to a large portion of the U.S. population. The National [...]
Illinois Mother Uses Firearm to Protect Five-Month-Old Baby from Three Intruders
A mother is the wrong person to confront with a threat involving her children. This is true up and down nature’s food chain, and the warning certainly applies to one young woman in Decatur, Illinois. Local media reported that the mother and her two [...]
South Dakota Considers Becoming Latest State to Allow Campus Carry
It should be clear that responsible adult college students have the fundamental right to protect themselves. Recent moves have been made to preserve this freedom, and South Dakota voted last week to potentially enshrine this liberty in law. The state currently bans the possession [...]