26
Aug
Texas Congressional Race Showcases Divide on 2A Rights
A seemingly nondescript Texas congressional race is drawing attention from anti-Second Amendment forces as it pits polar extremes on the issue against each other. Thirty-year-old Brandon Herrera (R) is the target of gun grabbers’ ire…
25
Aug
Appeals Court Rejects Gun Grabbers’ Lawsuit Against ATF
Anti-Second Amendment outfit Giffords and its California partners are licking their wounds today after the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals shot down their suit against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) over…
25
Aug
Judge Rejects Challenge to Massachusetts’ Young Adult Handgun Ban
Massachusetts’ controversial ban on adults under 21 possessing pistols and semi-automatic weapons will stand, thanks to a Friday ruling by U.S. District Court Judge George O’Toole. The National Rifle Association, Second Amendment Foundation, Gun Owners…
25
Aug
VPC Smears Concealed Carry Holders with Grossly Misleading Data
The original source is shrouded in history, but someone of note once said there are “lies, damned lies, and statistics.” In other words, the intellectually dishonest will use piles of raw numbers to justify virtually…
25
Aug
CDC Reverses Course, Reposts Defensive Gun Use Data
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta apparently bowed to pressure from anti-Second Amendment radicals in 2022 when the agency deleted revealing statistics chronicling defensive gun uses in the U.S. A study…
24
Aug
Australia Announces Buyback for ‘Excess’ Firearms
Does any levelheaded person believe that violent radicals will surrender their weapons for a check? Apparently, some in Australia do, as the government’s latest response to last December’s Bondi Beach terror attack is to lure…
22
Aug
Brady Blasts DOJ Reforms Restoring Second Amendment Rights
Brady United is one of a handful of anti-Second Amendment outfits that attack gun rights and lament even the slightest reform to roll back previous constitutional overreaches. They became accustomed to success in recent years,…
21
Aug
Ohio 2A Community Awaits State House Vote on Suppressors
There has doubtlessly been improvement recently in removing restrictions on the availability of hearing-protecting suppressors. The DOJ and ATF sent strong signals that federal registration requirements are a thing of the past, but much work…
21
Aug
Report: Startup Creates Technology to Prevent 3D Printing Gun Parts
Opponents of 3D-printed firearm parts, beyond the legality of such restrictions, face the real challenge of blocking this capability on privately owned printers without also stopping ordinary, non-weapon applications. New York lawmakers enacted a first-of-its-kind…
19
Aug
SAF Cites Confusion After NFA Registration Ruled Unconstitutional
To be sure, there is much excitement in the sporting community following the permanent injunction against NFA registration and the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) initial decision not to appeal the judge’s ruling. But the decision’s…
19
Aug
OLC: Post Office Carry Ban Cannot Be Enforced
Between federal law and U.S. Postal Service rules, law-abiding gun owners have, for decades, effectively been prohibited from possessing weapons when conducting affairs on their property. If the final nail has not been driven into…
18
Aug
DOJ Creates Pathway for Restoring Second Amendment Rights
No one wants weapons kept out of the wrong hands more than the shooting community. However, for far too long a person who lost these rights had virtually no recourse EVER to regain their Second…
18
Aug
Federal Court Strikes Down ‘Frame and Receiver’ Rule
On Tuesday, Chief U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor of the Northern District of Texas dealt yet another blow to Biden-era gun control overreaches. The so-called “ghost gun” rule, commonly referred to as the frame and…
17
Aug
Clyde: Silencer Win ‘Greatest Restoration’ of 2A Rights in a Century
U.S. Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) is qualified to judge the enormity of a recent Second Amendment legal victory perhaps better than any of his congressional colleagues. After all, he built Clyde Armory in the Peach…
17
Aug
Federal Judge Drives Final Nail in ‘Engaged in the Business’ Rule
Like zombies on the big screen and in a popular TV show, controversial and seemingly defunct federal regulations governing the right to keep and bear arms have magically reemerged and caused unexpected trouble. That is…
16
Aug
White House Hopeful Slams ATF Reform Proposals
Entrenched bureaucrats and the political hacks who enable them howl in protest when meaningful reforms have a real shot at succeeding. They know that their work is substandard–and that’s putting it mildly–but these “public servants”…
16
Aug
Powerful 2A Coalition Challenges NY Glock Ban
On Friday, a broad alliance of influential Second Amendment defenders pooled their power against New York’s notorious gun control regime. The National Rifle Association (NRA), Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC), the Firing…
16
Aug
SC Clerk Shot and Killed Alleged Vape Shop Robber
Good citizens who work sometimes thankless jobs have the same dreams and goals as everyone else. They may toil in liquor stores, fast food outlets, or deliver food at all hours of the night, but…
15
Aug
23 State AGs Rail Against ATF Reform
Some automatically recoil in horror at what most reasonable people consider progress, and enhancing the free exercise of Second Amendment rights is hardly different. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is busy…
14
Aug
First Lawfully Unrecorded Suppressor Transferred in Nearly a Century
History was made just after the stroke of midnight Thursday morning when a silencer was legally transferred without National Firearms Act (NFA) registration. Gun Owners of America (GOA), Silencer Shop, congressional candidate Brandon “The AK…
13
Aug
GOA Urges White House Calls to Oppose DOJ Appeal
Gun Owners of America (GOA) took a much-deserved victory lap after the recent and significant court ruling that struck down the statutory National Firearms Act (NFA) registration of certain Second Amendment-related items. But the group…