Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
It's not just Chicago. Murder clearance rate is a 'national disaster' :: 09/29/2018
An earthquake-spawned tsunami swept away buildings and killed at least several hundred people on the central Indonesian island of Sulawesi, dumping victims across a devastated landscape that rescuers were struggling to reach Saturday.(Sept. 29)AP
Are Light Sentences Part Of The Problem With 'Gun Crime'? :: 09/28/2018
We all know the media tends to lean leftward. It’s clear as day, especially when it comes to guns. The editorial pages–not the op-eds where pro-gun individuals may occasionally write–tell us this on a regular basis when they use phrases like “sensible gun reform.” The idea is to set the stage by implying anyone who disagrees is, by definition, insensible.
Bloomberg to spend $100 million in effort to flip the House :: 09/28/2018
Mike Bloomberg is digging deeper into his vast fortune and will spend $100 million to try to flip the House to Democratic control in the midterm elections, according to a report Thursday.
Pennsylvania House approves bill upping regs on mandatory gun surrenders :: 09/28/2018
Lawmakers this week passed a measure decried by gun rights advocates that requires those subject to a protective order to turn in their guns within 24 hours.
Why Worry About Gun Laws Elsewhere? Because They Don't Stay There :: 09/28/2018
Gun laws are a pain in the rear, but we’re fortunate that we aren’t faced with an onslaught of new federal regulations coming at us all fast and furious (Yes, I went there). The fact that Congress is friendly toward the Second Amendment doesn’t make life any easier for many throughout this great land of ours.
Gun control groups with deep pockets up drive to flip U.S. House (VIDEOS) :: 09/27/2018
Several large gun control organizations are digging deep to win enough Republican-held House districts to put Democrats in charge of the body.
It's official, crime rates decreased last year :: 09/27/2018
Some good news came out of the Federal Bureau of Investigation this week: crime decreased in 2017.
LA Times Admits Australian-Style Gun Control Would Do Nothing :: 09/27/2018
Ever since Las Vegas, we’ve had anti-gunners prattling on about how we need gun control because of rare instances like mass shootings. When they’re not throwing up Europe up as the perfect example of Utopia, they’re telling us to adopt Australian-style gun control.
Brady background check has failed to live up to its promises :: 09/26/2018
Gun buyers who get denied by the FBI are largely not the 'bad guys': Opposing view
Gun Control Group Targets 15 House Races :: 09/26/2018
It seemed the gun grabbers had gotten a little smarter. They realized that they were never going to get gun control at the national level, so they started hitting the states hard. There, they could find populations more interested in stripping citizens of their God-given rights and find a foothold.
House votes for tougher gun rules [ed. - LAWS] in domestic violence cases :: 09/26/2018
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A proposal to force people in Pennsylvania convicted of misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence or subject to protective orders to surrender their guns within 24 hours moved closer to becoming law Wednesday after approval by the state House.
Medical Malpractice Death 500 Times Gun Accident Fatalities :: 09/26/2018
Accidents with firearms are a problem. No one debates that. Even one is far too many, and the fact that a number of these accidents prove fatal only increases the importance of finding ways to stop these accidents.
Why Gun Owners Keep Shooting Ourselves In The Foot On Gun Rights :: 09/26/2018
I’ve spent a lot of words about how gun control doesn’t gain as much headway as anti-gunners think it will, and I stand by them all. However, gun control does gain traction in certain places and at certain times. In Florida, for example, you now have to be 21 to buy a hunting rifle. In my home state of Georgia, we don’t.
Bloomberg Gun-Control Group Launches Mass Shooting Ad Campaign to Flip GOP House Seats :: 09/25/2018
Everytown for Gun Safety, the gun-control advocacy group founded by Michael Bloomberg, is launching a $5 million digital ad campaign featuring ominous allusions to recent mass shootings in an effort to flip 15 Republican-held suburban House districts.
Danger Extreme Risk Protection Order- Critical Votes in Pennsylvania Monday :: 09/24/2018
USA – -(AmmoLand.com)- The Pennsylvania House has announced plans to take two anti-rights bills off the table and bring them to a vote on the House floor this Monday and Tuesday.
Gun Control Twist: Saving One Life "Does Not Justify" Right-to-Carry :: 09/22/2018
Gun control advocates often use some version of the phrase “if it saves one life” in order to justify their ineffective proposals. This week, the anti-gun editorial page of the Chicago Sun-Times offered a different take. Fearful that the Right-to-Carry was getting too much good publicity in the wake of an Illinois concealed carry permit holder’s heroic actions, the Sun-Times editorial board felt it necessary to lecture its readers, “One brave rescue of a Cicero cop doesn’t justify concealed guns.”
Employee kills three at Rite Aid warehouse in Maryland :: 09/21/2018
A temporary employee opened fire at the Rite Aid warehouse where she worked in Maryland on Thursday morning, killing three and injuring three others.
March For Our Lives Co-Founder Leaves Group, Admits Mistakes :: 09/21/2018
There are a handful of names I routinely think of when it comes to the March For Our Lives crowd. David Hogg and Emma Gonzalez appear to be the two biggest, but the name Cameron Kasky has been mentioned on the pages of Bearing Arms by yours truly more than once.
Pennsylvania: West Middlesex Borough weighs changing rules about weapon use :: 09/21/2018
WEST MIDDLESEX – The borough has an ordinance that prohibits using firearms within its borders, although the penalty — fines between $2 and $10 — is hardly a deterrent.
Two Maryland officers injured in shooting had served warrant to wrong apartment, police say :: 09/21/2018
Two officers from a Maryland police department were shot after their unit entered the wrong apartment while serving a search warrant, officials said Thursday.
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