17
Sep
Virginia AG Announces New Unit to Target Firearms Manufacturers, Dealers
Virginia’s leadership already suppresses Second Amendment activities as a matter of policy. On Tuesday, officials announced a specialized team within Attorney General Jay Jones’ office to take the oppression of gun rights to a new…
16
Sep
Illinois CCL Holder Shoots Alleged Robber While Pumping Gas
Everyday activities such as using an ATM or pumping gas may expose a person to danger, but if that individual is armed, the situation can instantly flip. That’s apparently the scenario that unfolded in the…
16
Sep
GOA Sues Oregon City and County Over Disarming Nonresidents
National reciprocity is an idea whose time has come. It is unconscionable that the Second Amendment right to protect oneself and loved ones evaporates merely by crossing a state line. Oregon became the latest battleground…
15
Sep
San Jose Officials Warned Over Outrageous Carry Permit Fees
Second Amendment rights often come with a state-mandated price tag, which should upset freedom-loving Americans. When that financial hurdle makes their free exercise nearly impossible for rank-and-file citizens, it is a call to action. Last…
14
Sep
DOJ Begins Restoring 2A Rights to Qualified Offenders
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has officially begun its rollout of long-overdue reform to restore gun rights to some who lost them due to criminal convictions, many times from decades ago. There are scores of…
14
Sep
Maryland Rabbi Wins Victory Over ‘Gun-Free Zones’
A federal judge on Thursday granted an injunction against Montgomery County’s enforcement of “buffer zones” around places of worship, but there’s a catch. Rabbi J. Menashe Shapiro and worshipers at the Silver Spring Jewish Center…
13
Sep
Trucker Asks SCOTUS to End Minnesota’s Refusal to Recognize Permits
Drivers in all walks of life face threats on the job, but over-the-road truckers spend weeks at a time away from home supporting themselves and their loved ones. And as anyone who reads the news…
13
Sep
Anti-2A Outfit Cosplaying as Hunting Instructors
Everytown for Gun Safety apparently thinks so highly of itself that it believes it is qualified to train hunters on how to use their weapons. For people who have actually hunted, safety instruction is critically…
12
Sep
FPC: District Court Rules Delaware ‘Ghost Gun’ Ban Unconstitutional
The fight against government attempts to regulate hobby weapons out of existence produced a milestone victory on Thursday. The Firearms Policy Coalition’s (FPC’s) years-long battle in Rigby v. Jennings resulted in a rousing win for…
11
Sep
Armed Michigan Hero Sentenced to Two Years’ Probation
A 19-year-old Michigan man without a firearms license stepped up at a Dearborn shopping center in July and fatally shot a suspect who had already killed one person and was still firing. He now knows…
10
Sep
SAF Asks if Offensive Views Should Negate Gun Rights in NJ
It is said that no matter what issue you are passionate about, there are people on your side who you wish were not. Gun rights are no exception, and the big tent that is the…
10
Sep
Missouri AG Sues ATF Over Lingering NFA Registration Requirements
After last month’s ruling by a district judge that the old NFA registration requirements for suppressors were unconstitutional, shooting enthusiasts still await guidance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to move…
09
Sep
NSSF Challenge to NJ’s ‘Reasonable Controls’ Law to Proceed
The Third Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals on Tuesday determined that a powerful challenge to New Jersey’s gun control regime may continue. The state must now defend its gun industry liability law against…
09
Sep
DOJ Files SCOTUS Brief in Pending Semi-Automatic Rifle Case
A deluge of legal opinions is flying into the U.S. Supreme Court ahead of its consideration of state and local bans on AR-15s and similar weapons. All sides are weighing in, some with more credibility…
08
Sep
Survey: Soft-on-Crime Policies to Blame for Deadly Violence
Despite widely reported double-digit decreases in homicides and other violent crimes, the needed relief is hardly spread evenly. Strong pockets of resistance to progress remain, including two notable examples just last weekend. Downtown Seattle saw…
08
Sep
Oral Arguments Over AR-15 Bans Set for December
With a landmark challenge to state and local bans on AR-15s and other sporting rifles on the U.S. Supreme Court docket, anticipation is high for a resolution on this volatile Second Amendment issue. Now there’s…
07
Sep
SCOTUS Brief Argues AR-15’s Usefulness Justifies Protection
Anti-gun radicals love to smear the uber popular AR-15 and similar models as “assault rifles” or “weapons of war.” Until now, gun rights enthusiasts have fought back against the designations as wholly inaccurate. But a…
07
Sep
Florida’s Firearm Sales Tax Holiday Underway
As the roster of states stacking obstacles between gun owners and their Second Amendment rights expands (e.g., Virginia and Colorado), Florida leaves no doubt about where it stands on civil liberties. The Sunshine State’s Hunting,…
06
Sep
SAF Files Brief Supporting Suit Against Maryland’s ‘Sensitive Places’
If the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms is egregiously limited by huge swaths of so-called “sensitive places,” are law-abiding citizens deprived of one of their fundamental freedoms? The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF)…
06
Sep
DOJ Expands Action Against Virgin Islands to Include AR-15 Ban
U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) authorities apparently take their cues from California and a few other Second Amendment outliers. This drew attention from the rejuvenated Department of Justice (DOJ), which recently amended its ongoing action against…
06
Sep
Trump Pardons Four Convicted of NFA-Related ‘Crimes’
As the oppressive and archaic National Firearms Act (NFA) is in its death rattle stage, more good news came from the White House last week concerning four gun owners charged and convicted during the ATF’s…