The strong traditions of personal firearms are interwoven with American culture, and part of that legacy is hobbyists constructing guns in their homes. Craftsmen have proudly assembled their own weapons since before the Revolution. This continues into current times, but now there’s a push [...]

Jan. 1 is a traditional start date for new laws, and the most recent turning of the calendar also heralded unwelcome new restrictions for lawful gun owners. For example, Washington state gun purchasers now must endure a 10-day waiting period to complete their transaction. [...]

New Yorkers don’t already have enough issues on the plates, so now the state is out looking for more. Last week, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed a bill into law targeting hunting contests and tournaments. Specifically, S.409/A.2917 prohibits any individual from organizing, [...]

A 76-year-old Florida man encountered a frightening situation last week that no one should ever face. The Redington Beach resident, John Treadwell, was forced to shoot an alleged intruder after he attacked his 74-year-old wife.  The elderly couple were suddenly awakened at around 3 [...]

At the 11th hour a federal appeals court on Saturday halted a temporary injunction on a California law that would prohibit legal gun owners from carrying their firearms in most public places. That meant the law took effect on New Year’s Day. The three-judge [...]

The message must spread eventually that it is a terrible idea to invade a person’s home. Tens of millions of Americans are legally armed and ready to defend their lives and property, and these incidents often have tragic results. Such was the case early [...]

A state attorney general is a powerful person who is charged with knowing the Constitution and the law inside and out. They provide legal opinions on cases involving the state that must be adhered to by multiple agencies and departments. They also represent the [...]

That sound you hear is the rapidly approaching deadline for Illinois gun owners to comply with the new state law to register their so-called “assault weapons.” In fact, by the time these words are read, the curtain may have already come down on the [...]

The prestigious but reclusive Austrian inventor who produced the wildly popular Glock pistol, Gaston Glock, died Wednesday at 94. No details were released by firearms company Glock, Inc. The Glock handguns began as a local product, and they were adopted as the Austrian Army’s [...]

Gun control groups are notorious for being less than accurate in dealing with facts surrounding the Second Amendment. They share information gleaned from their peers with little or no concern over its validity and then spout it repeatedly as an established fact. One group [...]

With the Jan. 1 deadline for registering, altering or destroying so-called “assault weapons” looming in Illinois, a federal just on Friday rejected delaying part of the new state law. U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn declined a petition from multiple Second Amendment advocates to delay [...]

A man in south Seattle is lucky that he was armed as home invaders tried not once but twice to enter his residence. It was just after 5:30 a.m. last Wednesday when police officers responded to the scene of a reported home invasion attempt. [...]

Not all notable cases of armed self-defense occur at 3:00 a.m. when a burglar breaks a window and alerts a homeowner that something is amiss. Sometimes the situation is brought on by an aggressive stranger who obviously assumes that their intended victim is not [...]

Less than three years ago, there were only 16 states in the U.S. that allowed permitless carry, or constitutional carry. This is despite the Second Amendment’s crystal-clear establishment of the right to keep and bear arms for law-abiding citizens. But so much changed in [...]

U.S. District Court Judge Cormac Carney came down clearly on the side of the Second Amendment Wednesday, and his ruling is being celebrated by a prominent California law enforcement authority. Carney issued a preliminary injunction against California’s controversial SB2, a new law set to [...]

There is much to be said about instances of a good guy with a gun that some do not want you to hear. While they enjoy rattling off instances where violent criminals misuse weapons, their silence is deafening when it comes to examples of [...]

A New Mexico gun control group may have violated a state statute that they helped to enact. The law of unintended consequences is alive and well. New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence (NMPGV) conducted a gun buyback program last weekend that apparently violated requirements [...]

California’s prohibition of concealed carry in most public places was set to take effect Jan. 1. That is derailed for now as a federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the state from enacting the law. U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney, a George W. Bush [...]

It is well known that the U.S. Jewish community is under intense pressure following the Oct. 7 terrorist massacre of over 1,200 Israeli citizens. The ensuing war with Hamas continues unabated, and out of that came a flood of threats on social media and [...]

There are some areas where it is advisable not to attempt to invade a home, and one of them may well be Casper, Wyoming. Details are just now being made public of a violent encounter that occurred last month. Police were called to a [...]

An echo from the past threatens to reveal personal data for hundreds of thousands of Indiana gun owners. The lawsuit is Gary v. Glock, and it was filed all the way back in 1999. It came as part of a wave of litigation by [...]

California officials are nothing if not brazen in their attempts to eradicate the Second Amendment. The state Department of Justice recently announced an “emergency regulation” severely limiting the number of firearm instructors available for the training mandated for concealed carry permit applicants. No longer [...]

Anti-gun locales tout their measures to keep certain “sensitive places” off-limits for citizens to keep and bear arms. By their logic, these areas will be utopian paradises free of violent crime and safe for all. The reality is a far different story. St. Louis [...]

New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham (D) is sharpening her knives for another run at Second Amendment rights in the new year. Her first attempt to suppress the right to keep and bear arms crashed and burned as even her own party revolted against her [...]

Birmingham, Alabama, has the unfortunate distinction of being one of many American cities where violent crime continues to explode. After a particularly brutal weekend the homicide total for the county in 2023 is now up to 183. Media reports do not paint a complete [...]