The Trace Disproves Their Own Anti-Gun Talking Points
The Trace is an anti-Second Amendment propaganda machine that sprouted from Everytown for Gun Safety. Billionaire former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a rabid gun rights opponent, founded and bankrolled that group. With those…
Father Protecting Family Kills Carjacking Suspect
Not every defensive gun use is in the U.S., and there are many instances around the globe where good people are pushed to use a firearm to protect life and property. A recent report from…
SCOTUS Declines to Hear Challenge to Maine’s 3-Day Waiting Period
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned aside a challenge to Maine’s mandatory three-day waiting period to transfer a legal firearm. Even after passing the FBI background check, an individual cannot immediately take possession of…
Chicago Man Not Charged in Fatal Shooting with Suspect’s Own Gun
If confronted by armed and violent criminals, the best defense, according to many who study these situations, is to have a legal firearm that you are trained on and ready to use. Then there’s the…
Appeals Court Puts Columbus’ Anti-Gun Laws on Ice During Lawsuit
Columbus, Ohio’s plan to further curb the right to keep and bear arms will not take effect anytime soon, if ever, after an appeals court upheld the preliminary injunction against its pending laws. City officials…
Appeals Court Rules Against Lifetime Gun Ban for Nonviolent DUI Offender
In a significant step forward for gun rights, the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last Wednesday in Williams v. Blanche that stripping Second Amendment protections from a nonviolent offender for life is unconstitutional. The…
2A Trio Challenges New Mexico’s 7-Day ‘Cooling Off’ Period
Three influential gun rights organizations, the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the National Rifle Association (NRA), and the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), joined forces on Monday to oppose New Mexico’s latest infringement on the right…
NRA Launches ‘Multi-Million-Dollar’ Campaign Ad in Texas
With the November midterms now just weeks away, forces on both sides of the gun control issue are digging deep into their pockets to get voters to their side. On Wednesday, the National Rifle Association…
Homeowner Charged Despite Colorado’s ‘Make My Day’ Law
If a homeowner is under attack by another person and they attempt to gain entry to the home, is this enough to use potentially lethal force to subdue the suspect? That’s the predicament faced by…
No Charges for Armed Georgia Hero in Dollar General Attack
As anyone paying attention to the news in recent days can attest, the presence of a good guy with a gun can be the difference between life and death. That does not, however, mean that…
Second Amendment Supporters Respond to Critics After Oregon Tragedy
The crime scene at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday was still being processed when anti-Second Amendment forces started railing against firearms. This despite the campus being a “gun-free” zone and, more…
Administration Releases Report on ‘Debanking’ of 2A Businesses
On Wednesday, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) released a powerful new report detailing the financial industry’s efforts to “debank” Second Amendment-related businesses and individuals. Titled “Guaranteeing Fair Banking for All Americans,”…
DOJ Doubles Down on Support for ‘Engaged in the Business’ Rule
The Department of Justice (DOJ) last week surprised Second Amendment supporters when the agency resumed fighting for the Biden-era “engaged in the business” rule aimed at ensnaring gun buyers and sellers in bureaucratic red tape.…
Good Guy with a Gun Stops Fatal Elementary School Shooting
Thursday’s horrific mass shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, was not stopped by the mass of law enforcement officers descending on the site as panic spread. Instead, a heroic bystander, a parent…
DOJ Launches Investigation into NJ Town’s Permitting Delays
Short of outright bans and confiscation, anti-gun government officials are well-versed in devious ways to impede the right to keep and bear arms. One of the most common schemes is to slow-walk the permitting process…
Anti-2A California County Sues Filament Maker for 3D Printers
San Diego County recently announced a package of lawsuits “aimed at protecting children, families, and public safety.” A commendable trifecta to be sure, at least at first glance, but the devil is in the details.…
SCOTUS Rejects Challenge to Minnesota’s Reciprocity Refusal
The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the firearm industry trade group, got straight to the point in its report on the U.S. Supreme Court’s disappointing decision last week to brush aside a challenge to states’…
Desperate Arizona Gun Shop Owner Uses Truck to Block Potential Burglars
Tucson gun shops are the target of an apparent crime wave, and one proprietor took a simple but novel approach to protecting his inventory from the bad guys. In recent days, Elite Guns and Ammo…
DG Shopper Shoots Suspect Allegedly Beating Two Females
Georgia has about three times as many Baptist churches as Dollar General stores, but the budget outlets are rapidly closing the gap, as any resident can attest. In a Valdosta location Thursday afternoon, an armed…
ATF Provides Guidance on Defunct NFA Restrictions–and a Caution
On Friday, amid confusion over the fallout of an injunction against remaining National Firearms Act (NFA) requirements, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) released much anticipated guidance. The agency declared that it…
Research Shows 21M New US Gun Owners 2019-2024
The flood of anti-gun rhetoric that blasts from the mainstream media and platforms such as TikTok might make a reasonable gun owner believe that they are an outlier. Some kind of historical holdover, an anachronism…