Op-Ed

God and Guns Frequenly Go Together – A Wesleyan University Course Will Examine Why

By Joseph P. Slaughter, Wesleyan University Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Title of course: “God and Guns: the History of Faith and Firearms in America”…


You’ll Never Guess Who Has Realized That Gun Manufacturers are a Net Positive For Their Communities

By Joe Bartozzi A recent column in The Atlantic on the decline and despair of New Haven, Conn., caught my attention. It’s an area that many of those associated with the firearm industry are at least…


In Its Bump Stock Ruling, the Fifth Circuit Declares Separation of Powers is Still a Thing

An appeals court ruling that struck down the Trump-era rule banning bump stocks could have a much wider-reaching impact than just the plastic accessory. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit overwhelmingly ruled…



Opinion Polls Be Damned: Second Amendment Rights Are Not Subject to Popularity Contests

From the CCRKBA . . . The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms blasted recent public opinion polls showing support for bans on so-called “semiautomatic weapons,” noting that constitutionally-protected rights are…


New Year, Old Story: Anti-Gun Blue States Renew Attacks on Firearm Makers, Gun-Owning Americans

  In anti-gun states, 2023 means new laws are taking effect, including more restrictions on Americans exercising their Second Amendment rights and baseless attacks on the firearm industry that supports that most critical constitutional right…


‘Too Many Guns’: Professional Anti-Gun Apostate Ryan Busse Should Give Up His Firearms First

By Mark Oliva Gun control shill Ryan Busse is at it again. Rules for thee, but none for me. Busse’s latest lamentation is that America has too many guns and they should be regulated like cars. He…


How the Southern Poverty Law Center Morphed Into a Gun Control Advocacy Operation

By Lee Williams For more than 50 years the Southern Poverty Law Center, Inc. battled segregationists, challenged Jim Crow laws and bankrupted the Ku Klux Klan and other violent extremist groups. But ever since 2019,…



Bloodless Streets: Maine’s Crime Rate Fell After Constitutional Carry Became Law

When Maine began allowing eligible residents to carry concealed firearms without a government license in 2015, gun control advocates warned that Wild West-style gun violence would erupt across the state. Instead, the opposite has happened….