The Gun Rights Movement Is Far Bigger Than Any One Organization
The NRA is far from the only pro-gun group at the table in state legislatures now. In Utah, one of the first states to remove permit requirements this year, it was just one of at…
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Law Prof: Drug Laws Have Become Society’s Primary Mechanism of Gun Control
Some defense attorneys have challenged the controversial gun law [prohibiting gun ownership by illegal drug users], calling it unconstitutionally vague. Others have argued that it violates the Second Amendment. But federal appellate courts have so…
LA Times Columnist: Real Estate Listings Should Show Neighborhood Gun Ownership Rates
“No one should say ‘this is a great place to raise kids’ about neighborhoods where even one person has an assault rifle.” — Los Angeles Times opinion columnist, Virginia Heffernan …and introduce a meaningful tax…
The Senate Filibuster Is Keeping The Democrats From Realizing Their Gun Control Dreams
Murphy and Cornyn had engaged in long-shot discussions over narrower proposals to strengthen background check systems for gun buyers. Two House-passed bills to greatly expand background checks have all but stalled out in the Senate….
Author Attacks Individual Gun Rights By Claiming the Second Amendment Is Rooted In Racism
Civil-rights leaders of the 19th and early 20th centuries also lamented that the right to self-defense was denied them. Fredrick Douglass reacted to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 by editorializing that the best remedy would…
Corporate Media Stand Up for Gun Control in Attacks on Judge Benitez’s ‘Assault Weapon’ Ban Ruling
Although [Judge Roger] Benitez’s detailed analysis of Second Amendment jurisprudence should serve as the more important takeaway from Friday’s decision [declaring California’s assault weapons ban unconstitutional], as coverage of the decision has already shown, when guns…
Gun Industry Pulls Out All the Stops in Opposing David Chipman as ATF Director
Gun groups will need to sway at least one Democrat in the 50-50 Senate to defeat Chipman’s nomination. NSSF is trying to dissuade Democratic senators from supporting Chipman by making the case that his confirmation…
It’s Almost As If Criminals Don’t Follow the Law: Quote of the Day
“It is not my belief that enacting more gun restrictions would prevent individuals who already choose to break the law and obtain firearms illegally from possessing a gun,” Hall said. — From The Journal News:…
Police Are “Amazed” That People Protected Themselves
Bird says police are thankful for the community support and “amazed” at the willingness of the four customers to protect others in the bank. — From the Vancouver Sun in an article about four bank…
Everytown Buys Ads to Push for Universal Background Checks
“These ads are a reminder that background checks aren’t a partisan issue, and that the vast majority of Americans support common sense steps to keep guns away from dangerous people,” John Feinblatt, president of Everytown…