22
Aug
Seattle Mayor Uses Tragedy to Blast Preemption Laws
It’s as easy as predicting the sunrise. No sooner than a tragic incident perpetrated by a violent criminal occurs, a political leader steps forward and call for stripping Second Amendment rights from law-abiding citizens. It…
21
Aug
Tennessee’s Controversial Special Session on Public Safety Underway
Tennessee lawmakers convened this week in Nashville in a special legislative session called by Gov. Bill Lee (R) over public safety issues. The driving force behind the gathering is the Covenant School shooting on March…
20
Aug
Good Guy With Gun Stops Attacker of Elderly Victim
Random attacks on the elderly appear to be a more common occurrence recently. It is difficult to imagine anything more evil and cowardly than assaulting an elderly person or a child, and it is gratifying…
20
Aug
Beer-Toting Michigan Good Samaritan Stops Robber in His Tracks
Just when you think you’ve seen everything, along comes a beer-toting good guy who stepped up and stopped an armed robbery at a Michigan convenience store. The shocking incident was caught on surveillance footage late…
20
Aug
Federal Firearms Licensees Increasingly Targeted by ATF
Federal Firearms License (FFLs) holders are in the crosshairs of an obvious government crackdown targeting their livelihood. Some licenses are revoked over simple clerical errors that have zero effect on the transaction being processed. Washington…
19
Aug
Drop In Brazil’s Homicide Rates After Expansion of Gun Rights Puzzles ‘Experts’
To hear gun control zealots tell it, more guns equal more violence. On the flip side, they insist that more gun control results in a safer society. Within the U.S., this is proven to be…
19
Aug
Appeals Court Allows New Jersey to Sue Gun Industry
Anti-Second Amendment states want nothing more than to force the firearms industry out of business. This is just another scheme to circumvent the Constitution by claiming that governments are not banning weapons but merely holding…
18
Aug
Registered Sex Offender Shot and Killed Attempting to Enter Woman’s Home
Options are decidedly limited when a person is alone at home and a violent criminal attempts to break in. Fight or flight. And many times, due to the perpetrator working to avoid detection, the flight…
18
Aug
Armed Convenience Store Customer Stops Alleged Robber
Convenience and liquor stores are two establishments that appear to be magnets for random violence. Being employed by one or even just a customer puts a person at a significantly higher risk level than in…
17
Aug
DOJ Files Brief to Supreme Court Arguing for ‘Red Flag’ Laws
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a rather lengthy brief with the U.S. Supreme Court concerning the constitutional ramifications of domestic violence restraining orders. The case is the United States of America v. Zaki…
17
Aug
California Legislators Back Constitutional Convention to Ban ‘Assault Weapons’
Anti-Second Amendment California lawmakers want to convene a constitutional convention to spread the state’s ban on so-called “assault weapons” beyond its borders. Assembly members Reggie Jones-Sawyer (D) and Sen. Aisha Wahab (D) proposed a joint…
16
Aug
CNN: Washington Set to Enact Sweeping Gun Control
With 2024’s presidential election closing in, expect to see gun control as a major campaign theme between the two major parties. According to CNN, several aides to President Joe Biden (D) revealed that the Second…
16
Aug
Ohio Appeals Court Upholds State’s Preemption Law
Another blow has been dealt to city and county governments that want to legislate the Second Amendment out of existence. This time it was Ohio’s 10th District Court of Appeals stepping up and overturning a…
15
Aug
NSSF Files Suit Against Illinois Gun Law Targeting Free Speech
The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) stepped up on Monday and struck back against a draconian new Illinois law that targets commercial speech by a constitutionally protected industry. Over the weekend, Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D)…
15
Aug
Female Homeowner Shoots Intruder Who Crawled Through Window
There are not many good options for a homeowner when a stranger crawls through a window of their residence and attacks a house guest. That was the frightening situation faced by a woman in Hammond,…
15
Aug
Public Rallies Around Texas Gun Dealer Targeted by ATF
America loves a good underdog story, and one is currently brewing in Texas with the owner of Sporting Arms Company. Tom Harris, 61, is a disabled father of five who has been selling firearms out…
14
Aug
Hawaii Judge Issues Temporary Restraining Order on Gun Carry Ban
The post-Bruen world got a little clearer in Hawaii last week when Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) concerning concealed and open carry of firearms. Until last year’s Supreme Court Bruen…
13
Aug
Gun Rights Organization Sues ATF Over Forced Reset Trigger Ban
It started when the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) was allowed to get away with its new rules on bump stocks. Yes, multiple court rulings have gone against the agency since the…
13
Aug
Appeals Court Strikes Down Ban on Drug Users Possessing Firearms
A federal appeals court struck down the law declaring that illegal drug users are automatically prohibited from possessing firearms. The ruling continues a recent trend of courts determining that simply using these substances, much like…
12
Aug
Illinois Supreme Court Upholds Semiautomatic Weapons Ban
The Illinois Supreme Court on Friday struck a blow against Second Amendment freedoms when it upheld the state’s ban on so-called “assault weapons” and high capacity magazines. Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) signed the Protect Our…
12
Aug
Ninth Circuit: Knives are Arms Protected by Second Amendment
Hawaii’s total ban on butterfly knives is unconstitutional as it violates the Second Amendment, according to a Monday ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The three-judge panel reversed a lower…