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Financial Constraints On Gun Makers Make Second Amendment Meaningless :: 06/28/2018
With mass shootings on the increase, the firearms industry is being scrutinized on all sides. Lawmakers are forced to deal with a heavy hand with regulations.
PA House recesses without taking up highly-anticipated gun bill :: 06/28/2018
HARRISBURG — The state House recessed for the summer on Monday without holding a final vote on legislation to close a loophole that advocates for victims of domestic violence say makes it too easy for abusers to get access to guns.
Poll: 31 Percent feel second Civil War likely within next five years :: 06/28/2018
A national survey conducted last week by Rasmussen found that almost one in three polled felt that there was a pretty good chance of a looming civil war.
Why 'No One Needs' Is A Bad Anti-Gun Argument :: 06/28/2018
Right now, the anti-gun zealots are preoccupied with so-called “assault rifles.” They’re doing everything they can to gin up support for a ban, hoping that a weak-spined majority in Congress will “bow to the will of the people” if they can just get enough support and hold onto it for a long enough period of time.
2 Parkland baseball coaches who failed to confront Nikolas Cruz first to lose jobs over massacre :: 06/27/2018
Two Marjory Stoneman Douglas baseball coaches, who were also security monitors and widely criticized for not confronting Nikolas Cruz when he entered the high school and killed 17 people, have reportedly become the first school district employees to lose their jobs over the massacre.
The Second Amendment 'Has Become Optional' :: 06/27/2018
Ten years ago this week, the Supreme Court for the first time explicitly recognized that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to armed self-defense. Since then the Court has revisited the subject only twice, while it has heard about 45 cases involving the Fourth Amendment and about 60 involving the First.
Civilians Around the World Become Better Armed :: 06/26/2018
Will widespread private arms rebalance power between individuals and the state? It looks like we’re going to find out.
GUN BILLS: Pa. House exits, leaving for fall decisions on several key bills :: 06/26/2018
The state House of Representatives acted more like it was the last day of school on Monday seemingly more focused on getting on with their summer than tackling some weighty government reform and criminal justice issues that were ripe for a vote.
Public comments on bump stock ban due Wednesday :: 06/26/2018
Federal regulators will close the public comment period on a pending bump stock ban this week.
Ten Years after Heller decision, gun rights continue trend toward more freedom, not more gun control :: 06/26/2018
The cornerstone gun-rights decision, Heller v. D.C., the case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights is indeed an individual right, has reached its 10th anniversary.
A Solid NO to Extreme Risk Protection Order's ERPO = NO :: 06/25/2018
Buckeye, AZ –-(Ammoland.com)- The NRA, President Trump, Republican members of Congress, and commentators like Ben Shapiro are all advocating in favor of so-called Extreme Risk Protection Orders, or ERPO’s. Unfortunately, it’s a bad move that will hurt gun owners and Second Amendment rights.
The poignant questions to ask gun control supporters :: 06/25/2018
A couple weeks back Guns.com highlighted the story of Gabby Franco, how she gave up her dreams of Olympic shooting in Venezuela to come to America in pursuit of a new dream.
DRGO: The AMA's Lying Ayes :: 06/24/2018
Yesterday, the American Medical Association’s House of Delegates passed anti-liberty resolutions surpassing what we anticipated just two weeks ago as we covered its planning. You can read about it on AMA Wire and MedPage Today, outlets that uncritically regard the AMA as the fount of all medical correctness. Even the Associated Press wrote that the “physicians group bowed to unprecedented demands from doctor-members to take a stronger stand on gun violence”.
Pennsylvania gun owners win one more concession in domestic violence bill :: 06/24/2018
Pennsylvania's powerful gun owners' rights lobby scored one more win Friday in a bill meant to separate domestic abusers from their weapons.
Round 2: UN Continues Their Push To Disarm Americans :: 06/24/2018
Last month, the United Nations' International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) held a week-long conference geared towards making gun control an international priority. Now, the UN's Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, is wanting to regulate and control small arms.
Anti-Gun Activist Michael Bloomberg Plans to Dump 80 Million On 2018 Elections :: 06/23/2018
Well, guess who is ready to dole out some cash to Democrats: former New York Mayor and anti-gun activist Michael Bloomberg. The billionaire plans to pour $80 million to help Democrats flip the House, though he hasn’t released his targeted races yet. He is reportedly playing it safe; avoiding the more conservative rural areas of the country, where his pro-gun control agenda is anathema to voters (via NYT):
CPRC: Illinois: More evidence that concealed handgun permits holders are extremely law-abiding :: 06/23/2018
The Chicago Tribune ran an article on Friday under the headline: “Almost nothing is known about dozens of concealed carry shootings in Illinois. Why?” The article lists 38 cases where a person with a concealed handgun permit discharged a gun. The cases go back to 2014, and Illinois first started issuing concealed handgun permits in February that year. There have been no criminal convictions for any of these permit holders, and just five face criminal charges that are related to their permits.
The Second Amendment had nothing to do with slavery :: 06/23/2018
For 20 years now, a well-meaning law professor has been peddling the fiction that the Second Amendment – guaranteeing the right of Americans to keep and bear arms – was adopted to protect slavery. He first proposed this in a 1998 law review article and trotted it out again in a recent New York Times op-ed.
Time for a History Lesson About Gun Control :: 06/23/2018
Advocates of “commonsense gun safety” measures have been promoting two major objectives. One is universal background checks, about which the National Institute of Justice wrote “effectiveness depends on . . . requiring gun registration.” Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) just introduced a bill in Congress that would do just that – create a national registry of all firearm owners.
Another Day, Another Prohibited Person Stockpiling Guns :: 06/22/2018
Gun control advocates swear that gun control works. Of course, if they acknowledged gun control didn’t work, they probably wouldn’t be advocating for restrictions on people’s gun rights in the first place.
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