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 [...]

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 [...]

North Carolina’s Castle Doctrine is clear — a person has the right to defend themselves in their home, vehicle or workplace. These are considered to be your “castle,” and a violent criminal who threatens you at either one of these is taking their lives [...]

Connecticut’s sweeping gun control law will remain in effect after a federal judge on Thursday declined to temporarily block the statute. The National Association for Gun Rights (NAGR) brought suit against the law, which was enacted after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. U.S. [...]

The National Rifle Association, the nation’s largest and oldest gun rights organization, announced on Wednesday that it seeks a preliminary injunction to shield its members from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) onerous pistol brace rule. This followed by a day [...]

Describing a concept as “common sense” would not be a thing if good sense were everywhere. But the federal government has never been accused of regularly exercising common sense, so that’s where some states are stepping in. Marijuana, particularly for legitimate medical purposes, is [...]

A 75-year-old California woman became her own first responder when she faced two armed intruders who broke into her residence. The violent home invasion occurred last week in the Chabot Park neighborhood of Oakland, according to the local police department. The intended victim [...]

Gun rights advocates have a victory to celebrate as August arrives. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the plaintiffs in Mock v. Garland are likely to be victorious on the merits of their lawsuit. The plaintiffs are the Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) [...]

Commercial gun sales are not protected by the Second Amendment and the Bruen test, according to a federal judge’s ruling on Monday. The court allowed the conviction of a Pennsylvania Amish man for selling firearms without a license to stand. Reuben King of Leacock [...]

New standards for concealed carry holders in New Jersey have been released, and the state is begging for yet another lawsuit from Second Amendment advocates. Officials labeled the standards as “interim,” and they are essentially the same required of retired police officers who wish [...]

The story is all too familiar. An ex-husband or boyfriend gets angry that their former partner has moved on and goes on a rampage. Too many times it ends in tragedy, but in an incident that unfolded last Saturday afternoon, an armed defender flipped [...]

There is stiff competition to determine which state goes furthest in violating the Second Amendment. California had a long head start, and Massachusetts is quickly closing the gap, but Illinois makes a strong case for being the state most opposed to constitutional gun rights. [...]

The National Rifle Association (NRA) hailed a key win for the Second Amendment and Alaska citizens last week. Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R) signed the first significant gun rights legislation into law in the state in the past decade. House Bill 61 is the first [...]

The San Francisco security guard who shot an alleged shoplifter in a controversial confrontation earlier this year in a Walgreens location is being fined over violations of state regulations.  The guard, Michael Earl-Wayne Anthony, was found to be carrying a concealed firearm without a [...]

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito agreed to freeze a lower court order issued last week prohibiting the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) from regulating so-called “ghost guns.” The justice has jurisdiction over the Fifth Circuit court, which made the ruling on [...]

Like an unruly child, New York continues to throw a temper tantrum over the Supreme Court striking down a clearly unconstitutional law. The case, as every Second Amendment advocate knows, is last year’s New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen. The arguments [...]

The government’s war on guns now has morphed into a war on hunting and archery programs aimed to benefit American youth. Fox News reported that the administration is withholding federal funding meant for schools through the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965. [...]

There are many places in the U.S. where it is not advisable to attempt to steal a person’s vehicle, but perhaps none should be avoided quite as much as Texas.  The Lone Star State has a rich tradition of honoring Second Amendment rights and [...]

The shredding of the Second Amendment by Massachusetts lawmakers is on hold — at least temporarily. After both chambers could not agree on specifics, the sweeping gun control package was tabled until the fall. House Speaker Ronald J. Mariano issued a statement Monday night [...]

The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled on Friday that the University of Michigan’s prohibition of guns on all school property passed constitutional muster. The specific policy is Article X. Appellate Judges Mary Cavanagh and Deborah Servitto ruled that “the university is a school, and [...]

It must be the fact that so many criminals get away with their misdeeds that spurs them on. But if they don’t succeed, the result could be prison time or even far worse. That was the case of a Rockingham County, North Carolina, man [...]

There was the U.S. before last year’s landmark Bruen decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, and then there’s now. The high court ruled, among other things, that people have a Second Amendment right to bear arms as it explicitly says. That clear decision, however, [...]

Brazil stepped up as a cautionary tale for U.S. gun owners over how oppressive governments may yank away individual rights on a whim. The country’s notoriously restrictive gun laws were loosened in recent years, and the results were telling. Massive numbers of Brazilians [...]

An elderly Florida homeowner last week proved yet again the importance of having a firearm readily available at a moment’s notice.  The unidentified Neptune Beach citizen found himself face-to-face with an alleged burglar, but fortunately for him, he was armed and ready. His wife [...]

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) already wants to export his state’s crushing gun rights restrictions across the U.S. in the form of the 28th Amendment. Now he is spouting false statistics to bolster his irrational stance. On Sunday, the governor claimed that the country [...]