Firearms Owners Against Crime
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Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Defiance Through Compliance: How the Brass Hoodwinked President Trump on Gun Free Military Zones :: 12/16/2019
In 2015, in an exclusive interview on Ammoland, Candidate (now President) Donald Trump promised he would mandate that soldiers remain armed and alert at our military bases. From AmmoLand, Candidate Trump:
Navy pilots demand more be armed on bases in letter to lawmakers and military brass :: 12/16/2019
FOX NEWS EXCLUSIVE: Dozens of U.S. Navy pilots have written a letter demanding Capitol Hill lawmakers and top military brass allow more pilots to carry arms on bases, and allow those standing watch at flight schools across the country to be armed in the wake of the deadly shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola by a Saudi officer training there.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, in Violation of the Law, Classifies 80 percent Lowers as 'Firearms' :: 12/16/2019
Today, in a press release entitled ” AG Shapiro, Gov. Wolf: 80% Receivers Are Firearms” Pennsylvania Attorney General issued an opinion letter regarding, putatively whether 80% lowers (which have no legal definition or meaning) are firearms for purposes of some, but not all, provisions of the Pennsylvania Uniform Firearms Act (“UFA”).
PA Town Faces Legal Action If They Pass Zone Guns Can't Be Sold :: 12/14/2019
Right now, Pennsylvania’s preemption law is under assault. Pittsburgh has passed their assault weapon ban, which is being challenged in the courts. Philly has started enforcing an ordinance that’s been on the books for years that allows them to go after people who fail to report guns being stolen. Those two items alone are enough to cause worry. After all, these are huge cities with huge resources for such a challenge.
8 in 10 Collier, Lee residents fighting to keep their guns under Florida's red flag law had no lawyer to defend them :: 12/13/2019
Most Southwest Florida residents ordered to court under a new Florida law that allows authorities to take their guns will be standing alone without a lawyer.
Myth busted: Campus carry never caused that increase in violence liberals predicted :: 12/13/2019
The argument in favor of arbitrarily revoking the Second Amendment rights of college students, as is done in dozens of states, has ostensibly been rooted in safety concerns.
NSA Inspector General Report Finds Intelligence Storage Process Poses Significant Risks for Civil Liberties :: 12/13/2019
A report from the National Security Agency Inspector General’s office released Thursday found that the agency’s current policies for storing intelligence derived from intercepted communications may pose a threat to civil liberties.
VA Dems Threaten To Use National Guard Against Sanctuary Counties :: 12/13/2019
We here at Bearing Arms have offered a lot of support for Virginia’s sanctuary counties. While Cam has written extensively on the subject, I’ve also covered it in various posts. We both stand firmly with sanctuary counties. The continued encroachment on our Second Amendment liberties has to end somewhere, somehow, and the sanctuary movement is a dandy way to address it.
VA National Guard Issues Statement Over Calls To Enforce Gun Control :: 12/13/2019
Democrat Congressman Donald McEachin’s comments about using the National Guard to enforce Governor Ralph Northam’s proposed gun control laws in Virginia has caused a storm of controversy in the state, to the point that the Adjutant General of the Virginia National Guard has issued a statement, after scores of phone calls and emails from concerned citizens and curious media figures. WSLS-TV in Roanoke was the first to report on the comments by Major General Timothy P. Williams.
Woman Claims Gun Laws Prevented Her From Protecting Slain Husband :: 12/13/2019
We on the pro-gun side of the Second Amendment debate often argue that guns save lives. Anti-gunners, however, argue they don’t. They love to present a lot of stories of people who have lost loved ones to guns and so-called gun violence.
A California Gun Law Is Blocking Legal Gun Owners From Buying Ammo :: 12/12/2019
California’s relatively new law requiring background checks for ammunition purchases is getting off to a rocky start, and thousands of legal gun owners have been ensnared in bureaucratic red tape and now find themselves unable or delayed in purchasing ammunition.
As Jersey City shooting unfolded, Katie Couric pushed again for gun control :: 12/12/2019
Former broadcast news anchor Katie Couric pushed for gun control on Tuesday as the shooting in Jersey City, New Jersey, was unfolding.
Bad Medicine: Docs Back Bill to Screen Patients For Gun Ownership :: 12/12/2019
A bill that would require health care professionals to screen patients about gun ownership, with “safety counseling” mandated for those who test positive, so to speak, was heard before a legislative committee in Massachusetts on Tuesday. Jim Wallace of the Gun Owners Action League was in attendance, and joins me on today’s Bearing Arms Cam & Co. to talk about the ludicrous proposal and the support it received from several doctors during the hearing. From WGBH in Boston:
Gun rights group (FOAC) threatens legal action if Manheim Township bans gun shops near schools :: 12/12/2019
A statewide gun rights group is threatening legal action if Manheim Township approves a private school’s request to establish school zones where guns may not be sold.
If Civilians Can Be Trusted With Guns, Military Personnel Should Be Too :: 12/12/2019
With the shootings over the last week at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida and at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in Hawaii, people are again asking why military personnel are banned from having guns on military bases in the U.S.
Bloomberg Fumbles Facts, Laws in Gun-Control Policy Rollout :: 12/11/2019
Michael Bloomberg, who has spent years bankrolling the gun-control movement, fumbled facts and made muddled claims on how gun laws work while laying out his campaign's gun-control plan on Thursday.
FBI Had Warned of Loophole Allowing Foreign Nationals to Buy Guns :: 12/11/2019
The FBI warned months ago of a loophole that allows foreign nationals to legally purchase firearms while in the U.S.
Professor: Philly's Investing In The Wrong Strategies To Stem Violence :: 12/11/2019
While anti-gun politicians in Philadelphia are promising to reduce the city’s growing violent crime rate through more gun control laws, one criminal justice professor in the city says local leaders need to invest in strategies that address the real issues driving the drug and gang-related violence.
The Latest On What We Know About Jersey City Shooting :: 12/11/2019
By now, most of you are aware about the shooting in Jersey City, NJ yesterday. If not, Cam did a report on the early information. That was an initial report, of course, and things can change as more information becomes available.
CPRC: Another shooting in a gun-free zone: Two murdered, at least 11 hospitalized, in shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida :: 12/10/2019
Another shooting at a military base where military personnel are banned from carrying a gun. See info here:
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