Drop In Brazil’s Homicide Rates After Expansion of Gun Rights Puzzles ‘Experts’
To hear gun control zealots tell it, more guns equal more violence. On the flip side, they insist that more gun control results in a safer society. Within the U.S., this is proven to be a fallacy with even a cursory glance at major [...]
Appeals Court Allows New Jersey to Sue Gun Industry
Anti-Second Amendment states want nothing more than to force the firearms industry out of business. This is just another scheme to circumvent the Constitution by claiming that governments are not banning weapons but merely holding manufacturers “accountable.” Unfortunately for gun rights, a setback was [...]
Registered Sex Offender Shot and Killed Attempting to Enter Woman’s Home
Options are decidedly limited when a person is alone at home and a violent criminal attempts to break in. Fight or flight. And many times, due to the perpetrator working to avoid detection, the flight option is out of the window by the time [...]
Armed Convenience Store Customer Stops Alleged Robber
Convenience and liquor stores are two establishments that appear to be magnets for random violence. Being employed by one or even just a customer puts a person at a significantly higher risk level than in other facets of everyday life. But for most, frequenting [...]
DOJ Files Brief to Supreme Court Arguing for ‘Red Flag’ Laws
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a rather lengthy brief with the U.S. Supreme Court concerning the constitutional ramifications of domestic violence restraining orders. The case is the United States of America v. Zaki Rahimi. It pertains to these orders and how they [...]
California Legislators Back Constitutional Convention to Ban ‘Assault Weapons’
Anti-Second Amendment California lawmakers want to convene a constitutional convention to spread the state’s ban on so-called “assault weapons” beyond its borders. Assembly members Reggie Jones-Sawyer (D) and Sen. Aisha Wahab (D) proposed a joint resolution Monday to bring the assembly together. The action [...]
CNN: Washington Set to Enact Sweeping Gun Control
With 2024’s presidential election closing in, expect to see gun control as a major campaign theme between the two major parties. According to CNN, several aides to President Joe Biden (D) revealed that the Second Amendment will be front and center on the campaign [...]
Ohio Appeals Court Upholds State’s Preemption Law
Another blow has been dealt to city and county governments that want to legislate the Second Amendment out of existence. This time it was Ohio’s 10th District Court of Appeals stepping up and overturning a lower court decision. Rarely does even one day go [...]
NSSF Files Suit Against Illinois Gun Law Targeting Free Speech
The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) stepped up on Monday and struck back against a draconian new Illinois law that targets commercial speech by a constitutionally protected industry. Over the weekend, Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) signed the Firearm Industry Responsibility Act into law. It [...]
Female Homeowner Shoots Intruder Who Crawled Through Window
There are not many good options for a homeowner when a stranger crawls through a window of their residence and attacks a house guest. That was the frightening situation faced by a woman in Hammond, Louisiana last week, and thankfully she was armed and [...]
Public Rallies Around Texas Gun Dealer Targeted by ATF
America loves a good underdog story, and one is currently brewing in Texas with the owner of Sporting Arms Company. Tom Harris, 61, is a disabled father of five who has been selling firearms out of his Lewisville home for three decades. He is [...]
Hawaii Judge Issues Temporary Restraining Order on Gun Carry Ban
The post-Bruen world got a little clearer in Hawaii last week when Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) concerning concealed and open carry of firearms. Until last year’s Supreme Court Bruen decision, Hawaii virtually banned carrying firearms. The 2022 ruling, [...]
Gun Rights Organization Sues ATF Over Forced Reset Trigger Ban
It started when the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) was allowed to get away with its new rules on bump stocks. Yes, multiple court rulings have gone against the agency since the ban was instituted, but the action began a trend [...]
Appeals Court Strikes Down Ban on Drug Users Possessing Firearms
A federal appeals court struck down the law declaring that illegal drug users are automatically prohibited from possessing firearms. The ruling continues a recent trend of courts determining that simply using these substances, much like alcohol, does not nullify an individual’s Second Amendment rights. [...]
Illinois Supreme Court Upholds Semiautomatic Weapons Ban
The Illinois Supreme Court on Friday struck a blow against Second Amendment freedoms when it upheld the state’s ban on so-called “assault weapons” and high capacity magazines. Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) signed the Protect Our Communities Act into effect on Jan. 10, and a [...]
Ninth Circuit: Knives are Arms Protected by Second Amendment
Hawaii’s total ban on butterfly knives is unconstitutional as it violates the Second Amendment, according to a Monday ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The three-judge panel reversed a lower court ruling. It found that Hawaii’s ban on selling [...]
Amid Oakland’s Violent Crime Surge, Officials Recommend Air Horns
To hear officials in Oakland, California, tell it, there is no better protection for civilians facing the threat of violent crime than the trusty air horn. Police are actively urging residents to arm themselves with noisemakers to alert those nearby when criminal activity occurs. [...]
Indiana Woman Shot and Killed Man Holding Gun to Husband’s Head
What could be more frightening than seeing a loved one being held at gunpoint by a violent criminal with a weapon pointed toward their head? That’s exactly the situation a couple in Salem, Indiana, faced Monday afternoon when a stranger drove into their front [...]
Lawful California Gun Owner Stops Alleged Home Intruder
No one goes into an evening expecting an armed intruder to attempt to force their way in. Undoubtedly last Friday was a normal day for a Bakersfield, California family, right up until it wasn’t. Ring doorbell camera footage showed the frightening moments when the [...]
Divided Supreme Court Allows ATF to Enforce ‘Ghost Gun’ Rule
A split Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the regulation against the sale of so-called “ghost guns” and parts may stand while legal challenges are carried out. The regulation came down from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) last year at the [...]
Federal Judge Blocks Colorado Gun Ban on Young Adults
It is a victory for Second Amendment rights in a state that could sorely use one. On Monday, a federal judge ruled that prohibiting law-abiding young adults under 21 from purchasing firearms is likely unconstitutional. Chief U.S. District Judge Philip Brimmer handed the win [...]
Gun Control Group Pouring Funds into Tennessee ‘Red Flag’ Push
Everytown for Gun Safety, the anti-Second Amendment group largely funded by Mike Bloomberg, launched a six-figure media blitz in Tennessee to pressure state lawmakers to pass a “red flag law.” Gov. Bill Lee (R) called a special legislative session set for Aug. 21 with [...]
Illinois To Ban Firearm Marketing Aimed To Appeal To Children
People unfamiliar with the sporting tradition of firearms in American families may be seduced by a campaign in anti-gun Illinois. Political leaders are now targeting firearm advertising that they say is aimed at children and young people, and the state certainly has a crime [...]
Fargo Sues North Dakota Over ‘Kitchen Table’ Firearm Sales
Private firearms sales are a fact of life and have been conducted since there were firearms to sell. Hobbyists and collectors regularly buy and sell weapons and enhance their collections over time. Others enjoy conducting transactions with all types of firearms, both modern and [...]
Rep. Don Beyer Propose Bill Adds 1,000% Excise Tax on AR-15s
Rust never sleeps, and apparently neither do lawmakers who dedicate their professional lives to stripping gun rights away from law-abiding citizens. With the pesky Second Amendment standing in the way of outright banning all firearms, they are forced to get creative. Over two [...]