Law and the Courts

Fake News: Media Reports of America’s ‘Permissive’ Self-Defense Laws Don’t Reflect Reality

…Vox offered the perspective that “America’s self-defense laws are incredibly permissive, making it difficult to convict someone in a violent situation who claims to fear for their life.” A New York Magazine article similarly asserted that there is…


Brownells ‘Mag Dump’ Raises Funds to Fight Washington State Magazine Ban in Court

From Brownells . . . In response to the standard-capacity magazine ban passed in Washington state, Brownells will donate $2.00 to the Washington-based Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) for every aluminum Brownells AR-15 magazine sold. SAF…


THE NATION: There’s No Second Amendment on the South Side of Chicago

I have been close to gun violence my entire life. Growing up on the South Side of Chicago, I’ve seen my classmates carry firearms to keep themselves and their families safe from harm. And I…


NSSF Welcomes Rep. Bergman’s FIND Act Introduction In Congress

Although it happened sporadically prior, under the Obama administration an entire top-down policy directive called Operation Choke Point was designed to deny banking, payment processing, insurance, and other services to the firearm industry. Texas passed…


The New Playbook: Attack the Second Amendment By Going After the First

By Larry Keane There’s a renewed effort by gun control to deny Second Amendment rights to gun owners. They’re going after the First Amendment. Gun control groups squealed with excitement over the decision by insurers…





SIG SAUER Sues Attorney Jeffrey Bagnell for Allegedly False and Defamatory Statements About the Safety of the P320 Pistol

Last August I wrote about lawsuits filed against SIG SAUER alleging that their ultra-popular P320 striker-fired pistol is prone to “un-commanded discharges.” In plain English, the plaintiffs — many of whom are law enforcement officers…


Former Cop Found Not Guilty in No-Knock Raid Shooting That Killed Breonna Taylor

By Dylan Lovan, AP A former Kentucky police officer was found not guilty Thursday on charges he endangered neighbors the night he fired into Breonna Taylor’s apartment during a botched drug raid that resulted in Taylor’s death….