Florida Homeowner Stops Alleged Teenage Home Intruder
The message must spread eventually that it is a terrible idea to invade a person’s home. Tens of millions of Americans are legally armed and ready to defend their lives and property, and these incidents often have tragic results. Such was the case early [...]
Half of US State Attorneys General File Brief Opposing California’s Magazine Ban
A state attorney general is a powerful person who is charged with knowing the Constitution and the law inside and out. They provide legal opinions on cases involving the state that must be adhered to by multiple agencies and departments. They also represent the [...]
Mass Civil Disobedience Over Illinois ‘Assault Weapon’ Registration Mandate
That sound you hear is the rapidly approaching deadline for Illinois gun owners to comply with the new state law to register their so-called “assault weapons.” In fact, by the time these words are read, the curtain may have already come down on the [...]
World Renowned Inventor of Glock Pistols Dead at 94
The prestigious but reclusive Austrian inventor who produced the wildly popular Glock pistol, Gaston Glock, died Wednesday at 94. No details were released by firearms company Glock, Inc. The Glock handguns began as a local product, and they were adopted as the Austrian Army’s [...]
No Results Yet, But Investigation Continues Into New Mexico Gun Control Group
Gun control groups are notorious for being less than accurate in dealing with facts surrounding the Second Amendment. They share information gleaned from their peers with little or no concern over its validity and then spout it repeatedly as an established fact. One group [...]
Federal Judge Allows Illinois ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban to Proceed
With the Jan. 1 deadline for registering, altering or destroying so-called “assault weapons” looming in Illinois, a federal just on Friday rejected delaying part of the new state law. U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn declined a petition from multiple Second Amendment advocates to delay [...]
South Seattle Homeowner Fires Rounds to Scare Away Four Alleged Home Invaders
A man in south Seattle is lucky that he was armed as home invaders tried not once but twice to enter his residence. It was just after 5:30 a.m. last Wednesday when police officers responded to the scene of a reported home invasion attempt. [...]
Armed Citizen Defends Himself From Violence in Smoke Shop Altercation
Not all notable cases of armed self-defense occur at 3:00 a.m. when a burglar breaks a window and alerts a homeowner that something is amiss. Sometimes the situation is brought on by an aggressive stranger who obviously assumes that their intended victim is not [...]
2023 Was a Banner Year for Constitutional Carry
Less than three years ago, there were only 16 states in the U.S. that allowed permitless carry, or constitutional carry. This is despite the Second Amendment’s crystal-clear establishment of the right to keep and bear arms for law-abiding citizens. But so much changed in [...]
Sheriff Praises Judge’s Rejection of California Gun Control Law
U.S. District Court Judge Cormac Carney came down clearly on the side of the Second Amendment Wednesday, and his ruling is being celebrated by a prominent California law enforcement authority. Carney issued a preliminary injunction against California’s controversial SB2, a new law set to [...]
Concealed Carry Permit Holder Thwarts Alleged Armed Robbery in Chicago
There is much to be said about instances of a good guy with a gun that some do not want you to hear. While they enjoy rattling off instances where violent criminals misuse weapons, their silence is deafening when it comes to examples of [...]
New Mexico Anti-Gun Group in Legal Trouble Over Gun Buyback
A New Mexico gun control group may have violated a state statute that they helped to enact. The law of unintended consequences is alive and well. New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence (NMPGV) conducted a gun buyback program last weekend that apparently violated requirements [...]
California Law Banning Concealed Carry in Most Public Places Temporarily Blocked
California’s prohibition of concealed carry in most public places was set to take effect Jan. 1. That is derailed for now as a federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the state from enacting the law. U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney, a George W. Bush [...]
Armed Rabbi Teaches Jewish Community to Defend Itself
It is well known that the U.S. Jewish community is under intense pressure following the Oct. 7 terrorist massacre of over 1,200 Israeli citizens. The ensuing war with Hamas continues unabated, and out of that came a flood of threats on social media and [...]
Pregnant Mother Wields Firearm to Halt Home Invasion
There are some areas where it is advisable not to attempt to invade a home, and one of them may well be Casper, Wyoming. Details are just now being made public of a violent encounter that occurred last month. Police were called to a [...]
Decades-Old Lawsuit Threatens Indiana Gun Owners
An echo from the past threatens to reveal personal data for hundreds of thousands of Indiana gun owners. The lawsuit is Gary v. Glock, and it was filed all the way back in 1999. It came as part of a wave of litigation by [...]
California Radicals Attempt to Limit Firearm Instructors
California officials are nothing if not brazen in their attempts to eradicate the Second Amendment. The state Department of Justice recently announced an “emergency regulation” severely limiting the number of firearm instructors available for the training mandated for concealed carry permit applicants. No longer [...]
Alleged St. Louis Hate Crime Proves Fallacy of ‘Gun-Free’ Zones
Anti-gun locales tout their measures to keep certain “sensitive places” off-limits for citizens to keep and bear arms. By their logic, these areas will be utopian paradises free of violent crime and safe for all. The reality is a far different story. St. Louis [...]
Gov. Grisham Readies for Round Two of New Mexico Gun Control
New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham (D) is sharpening her knives for another run at Second Amendment rights in the new year. Her first attempt to suppress the right to keep and bear arms crashed and burned as even her own party revolted against her [...]
Waffle House Customer Shoots Man Who Allegedly Threatened Diners
Birmingham, Alabama, has the unfortunate distinction of being one of many American cities where violent crime continues to explode. After a particularly brutal weekend the homicide total for the county in 2023 is now up to 183. Media reports do not paint a complete [...]
Women Declare Their Second Amendment Rights to Congress
From domestic abuse survivors to intended victims of violent crime, women are speaking out in a loud voice about the need for armed self-defense. And last week, their voices rang through the halls of Congress. The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government [...]
Supreme Court Rejects Injunction Request Against Illinois Semi-Automatic Weapons Ban
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the emergency injunction request from the National Association for Gun Rights (NAGR) concerning the so-called “assault weapons” ban by Naperville, Illinois. The request was sent to Justice Amy Coney Barrett earlier this month after the Seventh Circuit [...]
Wanted Teen Carjacking Suspect Shot by Atlanta Driver
The audacity of carjacking is shocking to the average law-abiding citizen. There is something inherently frightening about having a gun pointed at you while a violent criminal demands you exit your vehicle and hand it over. So, is it any wonder that armed Americans [...]
Smith & Wesson Celebrates Second Consecutive Strong Quarter
Despite the best efforts of anti-gun radicals, the weapons industry is alive and well. Another positive indicator came this week from the nation’s largest gun manufacturer, Smith & Wesson. The legendary company reported it posted a sales increase for the second consecutive quarter, continuing [...]
California Store Owner Protects Business from Smash-and-Grab Robbers
Shopkeepers are under siege in many parts of the country but perhaps nowhere more than coastal California. Longstanding retailers are fleeing in droves as gangs of criminals target their stores for massive thefts of merchandise. But some stayed, and some armed themselves. One such [...]