Indiana Mulls Law Prohibiting Financial Firms from Tracking Gun Purchases
Several states struck back last year at major financial institutions and their push to track gun sales. Now Indiana lawmakers are working to join the expanding backlash and protect Second Amendment rights. At issue was the anti-gun effort to establish a new merchant category [...]
DOJ’s Uvalde Report Cites ‘Unimaginable Failure’ in Law Enforcement Response
There are many terrible lessons to be learned from the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) findings on the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The horrific tragedy claimed the lives of 19 children and two teachers and injured another 17. The DOJ released its [...]
Pennsylvania Ban on Young Adults Carrying Firearms During Emergencies Unconstitutional
The Second Amendment was clearly intended to protect the rights of law-abiding adult Americans to keep and bear arms. But certain states recently want to redefine “adult” and prohibit a significant segment of the population from enjoying this freedom. Pennsylvania learned the hard way [...]
Texas Woman Fatally Shoots Estranged Husband as He Allegedly Kicked in Back Door
A Texas woman in a common-law marriage reportedly shot and killed her 39-year-old estranged husband Tuesday. She alleged he kicked in her back door to gain entry into her residence. The terrifying incident was reported in the town of Humble, located roughly 20 miles [...]
Facebook Marketplace Deal Turns Deadly When Concealed Carry Holder Attacked
Many online purchases still must be consummated face-to-face, and this all too often leads to criminals attempting to prey on those engaged in honest commerce. A man in Peoria, Illinois, intended to meet a group of people on Monday about purchasing a vehicle. Only, [...]
Multiple States Witness Crime Rates Fall After Constitutional Carry
To hear anti-Second Amendment extremists talk, constitutional carry would turn the clock back 150 years and resurrect the Wild West. Not requiring law-abiding citizens to crawl to the government for permission to exercise their rights would bring chaos and bloodshed. Only, something funny happened [...]
Illinois Gun Control: A Tale of Non-Enforcement and Non-Compliance
What if a state passed a law that virtually no one complied with and almost no one enforced? Is it still considered a law? That’s the question faced by Illinois’ gun-grabbing lawmakers in the wake of overwhelming disinterest in falling in line with their [...]
Yet Another California Sheriff Blasts State’s Anti-Gun Zealotry
Yet another California lawman came out forcefully against the state’s rampant targeting of the gun rights of law-abiding citizens. Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco first expressed his satisfaction with the most recent court action concerning California’s sweeping law against gun possession in a host [...]
TSA Intercepted Record Number of Firearms in 2023
This is a tale for responsible gun owners. These upstanding citizens know very well to avoid taking loaded or unloaded firearms to airport checkpoints guarding secure areas. It is nearly unfathomable that this is an ongoing issue, but the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) set [...]
Armed Oklahoma Woman Fatally Shoots Alleged Intruder
As more Americans arm themselves against violent criminals, breaking into another person’s dwelling is increasingly taking one’s life in their hands. This was apparently the case early Friday morning in a disturbing incident in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Neighboring apartment dwellers reported being shocked at hearing [...]
Federal Judge: Ban on Guns in Post Offices Unconstitutional
The sweeping ban on possessing firearms in a U.S. post office is unconstitutional, according to a federal judge in Florida. U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle based her decision on 2022’s Supreme Court Bruen case that greatly restored gun rights. The ruling established the [...]
Washington State Wants to Tax ‘Privilege’ of Owning Ammunition
Some Washington state lawmakers are in dire need of a refresher course on the U.S. Constitution and what constitutes a “privilege” as opposed to a “right.” Driving a vehicle, for example, is a privilege that may easily be revoked if an individual operates a [...]
New Mexico Gov. Targets Second Amendment Rights Yet Again
Once bitten, twice shy apparently does not apply to New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D). After being roundly criticized and then forced to retreat from last year’s attempted carry ban, she is at it again. On Friday, Grisham presented a sweeping anti-gun package [...]
Child Kills Attacker Who Had Already Allegedly Murdered a Woman
Investigators in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, are probing two deaths, including one that apparently resulted when a heroic child took up arms and defended adults from an alleged attacker. The shocking incident in Lower Mahanoy Township unfolded in the early evening hours on Sunday. As [...]
Controversial Oregon Gun Control Law Permanently Blocked
Among states where gun rights are hanging on by a thread, Oregon is near the top. But good news came in recent days when a judge further put the brakes on a new law that would cause direct harm to law-abiding gun owners. Oregon’s [...]
Grassroots Virginia Effort Derails County Gun Ban
When a local government in Virginia recently considered a ban on firearms and ammunition in a sweeping array of locations, local residents rose up and fought the change. In a feel-good story of grassroots activism, they were ultimately successful. The Henrico County Board of [...]
Another Sheriff Rejects California’s ‘Gun-Free’ Zones
Civil disobedience can be a beautiful thing, especially when it comes to sacred constitutional rights and an egregious government overreach. This is the case in California where another sheriff publicly proclaimed his intention to ignore the state’s sweeping new “gun-free” zones. Tulare County Sheriff [...]
Newsom Proved Hostility Toward Supreme Court and Second Amendment
Why should law-abiding Americans across the land care about the antics of California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D)? After all, he has political authority in exactly one state, leaving the other 49 firmly out of his control. The plain truth is he has established himself [...]
Illinois’ Sorry State of Affairs with Banning ‘Assault Weapons’
Other than using turn signals, there may be no other law in the land more disrespected and ignored than the Illinois ban on so-called “assault weapons.” Law-abiding citizens engaged in a massive act of sweeping civil disobedience by almost entirely ignoring the state mandate. [...]
Female Convenience Store Owner Stops Three Suspected Armed Burglars
A courageous female store owner in Chicago confronted three armed male burglary suspects early Thursday morning and exchanged fire with the criminals before they fled. Police in the Windy City report that Vanessa Harris, the owner of V’s Convenience Store, responded to a burglary [...]
California ‘Sensitive Places’ Law on Hold Again
In the twisting saga of California’s on-again, off-again new law designating nearly all public property in the state as “sensitive places,” the latest turn has the anti-Second Amendment statute on hold. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals late Saturday night issued a new order [...]
Wayne LaPierre Announces Resignation as NRA Chief
In a surprise Friday announcement, longtime National Rifle Association (NRA) chief Wayne LaPierre announced his resignation effective at the end of January. In a press release to Fox News Digital, LaPierre touted his almost half-century of service to the gun rights organization. “With pride [...]
California Sheriff, DA Vow to Disregard Concealed Carry Law
As more anti-gun jurisdictions disregard the Constitution and attempt to disarm law-abiding Americans, it should not be a surprise when those charged with upholding the law resist. Such is the case in California, where draconian new restrictions blanket the state with areas where concealed [...]
Indiana Homeowner Takes Down Alleged Robber with the Attacker’s Own Gun
An Indiana homeowner on Tuesday faced the frightening situation of being attacked when he pulled into his yard from the grocery store. The results were tragic, but not for the intended victim. That’s because he had the courage to fight back hard enough to [...]
Ohio Taco Bell Employee Fires Back at Alleged Armed Robber
An alleged robber in Akron, Ohio, apparently mistook a fast food restaurant as a place to hold up for fast cash. On Monday night, however, the would-be thief found out he was sadly mistaken. According to local media, witnesses reported to police that an [...]