NC Man Jailed w/o Bond for Firing at Suspect, Hitting Police Station
There are defensive gun uses every day that demonstrate all the ways the Second Amendment protects law-abiding citizens from those who would do them harm. Then there are the occasional cautionary tales. These involve a…
Anti-Gun Michigan Proposal May Have Unintended Consequences
Imagine you’re a Michigan gun owner who keeps a firearm in the home to protect against possible break-ins but never felt the need to carry a weapon when out and about. Now, imagine that a…
Armed Washington Homeowner Holds Break-In Suspect for Cops
Anti-gun radicals fail to grasp that it is not always, or even usually, necessary to fire a shot to have a defensive gun use that protects life or property. A Washington state homeowner demonstrated this…
Court: NYC Must Justify One-Gun Carry Limit, 90-Day Handgun Purchase Wait
On Tuesday, three plaintiffs challenging New York City’s gun control regime won a partial victory before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. This means their challenges to the Big Apple’s limits on how many handguns…
Trainor Replaces Dhillon as Head of DOJ’s Second Amendment Section
When a valiant and powerful defender of Second Amendment rights steps down, someone who shares their commitment to the U.S. Constitution must pick up the flag. Last week, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon announced she…
Arkansas Voters Overwhelmingly Approve Gun Rights Ballot Measure
While headlines truthfully trumpeted that the recent nationwide midterm elections were damaging to gun rights, there were still beacons of hope from a day that cannot be viewed as anything other than a setback. Arkansas…
Victorious Texas Anti-Gunners File Flurry of Gun Control Bills
Texas has long been a bellwether for gun rights in the U.S. When momentum against the freedom to keep and bear arms increases, just look to the Lone Star State and know that the adults…
NSSF: Media Painting Inaccurate Picture of Midterm ‘Mandate’
Every national election is autopsied and studied for signs that the electorate issued a “mandate” to Washington that cannot be ignored. What, if anything, did the people demonstrate was their priority on November’s first Tuesday?…
Houston Man Shoots Suspect Allegedly Robbing Friend
Imagine being out walking around a convenience store just before midnight and happening upon a friend being robbed by three others–one of whom is armed with a Glock handgun. Without your own ready firearm and…
Klobuchar Promises ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban for Minnesota
Promising success for a bill her predecessor tried with all his might to ram through, Minnesota Gov. Elect Amy Klobuchar (DFL) assured her supporters in her first press conference since her victory last week that…
DOJ Hits Gun Rights Restoration Application Limit on First Day
The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) opening of its Federal Firearm Rights Restoration application process to the American public on Wednesday was a smashing success. After decades without a roadmap to regain Second Amendment protections for…
Expert: Gun-Buying Surge on Our Horizon
No amount of spin changes the handwriting on the wall from last week’s midterm results. Despite some notable wins, gun rights took a beating that will absolutely have ramifications in both the short and long…
Media Pitches False Narrative After Armed Self-Defense Incident
Leave it to news outlets with anti-Second Amendment axes to grind to spin an obvious self-defense incident as some spat over a parking spot. It was not. The setup was a homecoming event at Leon…
Armed Security Officer and Marine Vet Stops Citibank Massacre
An armed, courageous security guard and Marine veteran is being credited today with saving perhaps scores of lives at a massive Citibank corporate facility in Tampa on Wednesday. The deadly encounter began when a married…
Study: AR-15 Ownership Spikes Even as Murders Plunge
With the U.S. Supreme Court set to hear oral arguments in what promises to be a landmark case next month, lots of facts and figures are being bandied about by both sides of the “assault…
Valiant 2A Defender Dhillon Steps Down From DOJ
With the dust from the midterm election battlefields settling, another seismic shock to Second Amendment rights hit the sporting community. Assistant Attorney General of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division Harmeet Dhillon announced…
Report: Gun Rights Opponents Outspent 2A Supporters Nearly 20-1 in Midterms
There is virtually no way to spin Tuesday’s midterm election results that is not unfavorable for the right to keep and bear arms, and The Trace was quick to note the massive influx of dollars…
11 Governors Urge SCOTUS to Support Modern Sporting Rifle Bans
Less than a month from the U.S. Supreme Court hearing oral arguments in consolidated cases concerning so-called “assault rifle” bans, 11 state governors expressed their solidarity with the gun-grabbers. Last Wednesday, New York Gov. Kathy…
NRA: Midterms Handed Power to ‘Anti-Gun Forces’
There were bright spots here and there, but there’s no mistaking the outcome of the November midterm elections. The National Rifle Association (NRA) surveyed the aftermath and declared the results “were not what gun owners…
80-Year-Old Homeowner Fatally Shoots Alleged Intruder
Midmorning on a Tuesday in Harris County, Texas, is not considered prime time for bad guys targeting other people’s property. Still, it apparently was for an unfortunate Lone Star State suspect last week who learned…
Meltdown: NYPD Shares Video of Destroying Firearms
On Monday, New York City Police Department (NYPD) officials posted a 90-second video on its webpage that was unusual, to put it mildly. Someone thought it was a good idea to share images of a…