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Shocking admission about domestic abusers and guns :: 02/23/2023
I don’t have a lot of use for domestic abusers, be they of any sex. The idea of hurting the person you purport to love is something that bothers me deeply.
California Goes Full ‘Woke’ on Gun Industry Banking Discrimination :: 02/22/2023
Never underestimate the ability of California lawmakers to embrace the wildest ideas when it comes to eliminating gun rights. Other states are pushing back on “woke” banking discrimination. Not California. There’s an effort there to require it.
Discover Card To Start Tracking Gun Purchases :: 02/22/2023
Discover Financial Services will start tracking gun purchases at retailers nationwide this coming April.
Federal bill for ammo control would ban online sales :: 02/22/2023
Without ammo, guns are pretty useless. They’re inefficient and improvised clubs, and that’s giving them more credit than they might deserve in that capacity.
State Attorneys General to Biden on "Assault Weapon" Ban: Nope, Nada, Not Having It :: 02/22/2023
Following his State of the Union (SOTU) speech earlier this month, in which President Joe Biden yelled, “Band [sic] ‘assault weapons’ now!”, the president predictably included the same demand last week in remarks at the National Association of Counties legislative conference. “I’m gonna say something that’s always controversial but there is no rationale for assault weapons and magazines that hold 50, 70 bullets. Got it done once. Gonna do it again.”
California Can’t Let Go | Ban On Semiautomatic Rifles Is Unconstitutional :: 02/21/2023
The Second Amendment Foundation and its partners in the case of Miller v. Bonta, challenging California’s ban on so-called “assault weapons,” have filed a responding brief in the case, countering defense arguments and strategies already rejected by federal courts and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Campus Carry clears West Virginia House with overwhelming support :: 02/21/2023
If “gun-free zones” worked as advertised, we wouldn’t be talking this week about the Michigan State students who were the victim of a deranged killer. The truth is that the vast majority of the locations off-limits to licensed concealed carry are “sensitive” in name only, relying on nothing more than a posted sign to actually stop a violent criminal or someone with murder on their mind from stepping foot inside while armed.
Canada's anti-gun push a look into our own future :: 02/21/2023
By now, you’ve heard about the continued push for gun control in Canada. As things currently stand, pro-gun forces have managed a win, but only for now. Anti-gun advocates up that way are going to try again as soon as they’re able.
Meet the new face of gun owners in the US: Asian Americans :: 02/21/2023
Kris He walked into Arcadia Firearm & Safety in Arcadia, California, three days after his gun license became official.
Anti-Gun Group Launches Legal Training On How To Sue Gun Companies :: 02/20/2023
Continuing Legal Education (CLE) is the mandatory training lawyers must take after they pass the bar. The classes that attorneys take can vary. The gun control group, Brady United Against Gun Violence, has now launched a CLE course that teaches lawyers how to sue firearms manufacturers. (www.trialguides.com/products/copy-of-introduction-to-suing-gun-manufacturers-on-demand-cle)
Biden demands gun reforms while brushing bipartisan calls for border security, both sides claim 'common sense' :: 02/20/2023
President Joe Biden has demanded Congress take action to enact "common sense" gun reforms after a shooting rampage in Mississippi Friday left six dead. The demand came as he is turning a "blind eye" to Republicans and others who are calling for "common sense" changes to secure the border, a Republican lawmaker claimed.
What AP calls 'turmoil,' we call 'about time' :: 02/20/2023
The Associated Press, or AP, is supposed to be unbiased, though we’ve all seen countless examples of them being anything but.
Minnesota 2A group warns new bill "essentially repeals the Second Amendment" :: 02/19/2023
Gun owners in Minnesota may soon have to submit to psychological and physical examinations before they’re able to lawfully purchase a firearm, at least if the sponsors of SF 1723 get their way. The Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus describes the new legislation as something that “essentially repeals” the right to keep and bear arms in the state by imposing new regulations and restrictions on almost every aspect of the right to keep and bear arms.
Newsweek fact-checks mass shooting claim :: 02/19/2023
Anytime we experience a mass shooting, we start to hear a lot of people slinging statistics around on the internet. This phenomenon is worse on social media, particularly Twitter.
NSSF Applauds Senator Daines’ FIND Act Introduction :: 02/19/2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. — NSSF, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, welcomed the introduction of S. 428, the Firearm Industry Nondiscrimination (FIND) Act, into Congress by U.S. Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.). The bill has 14 original co-sponsors. This vital legislation will end the ability of corporate entities to profit from taxpayer-funded federal contracts while discriminating against a constitutionally-protected industry at the same time.
When it comes to Destroying Gun Rights, George Soros Plays the Long Game :: 02/19/2023
Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and Open Society Foundation’s George Soros may appear to have similar goals. They have each spent massive amounts of their personal fortunes in pursuit of their political objectives through networks of shadowy cutouts, foundations and nonprofits. Both champion big government and abhor personal freedoms – especially gun rights – but it is their methods that separate their madness.
'Bipartisan' Gun Controller Fitzpatrick Shows Why Being 'Republica' is Not Enough :: 02/17/2023
“U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar and U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell and Brian Fitzpatrick Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Strengthen Provisions Closing the ‘Boyfriend Loophole’,” the Sierra Sun Times reports. “Would Prevent Convicted Stalkers from Purchasing Firearms.”
Everytown blows in on gun death data :: 02/17/2023
No one is going to be able to keep up with all the gun control groups out there. It seems like a new one springs up anytime someone has a bought of flatulence, after all, but there are a few that are the bigger players.
Oregon Judge Egan Calls 2nd Amendment Protection Laws Racist & Anti-Semitic :: 02/17/2023
Oregon – The Oregon Court of Appeals [lead by Judge James Egan, Chief Judge at Oregon Court of Appeal] has struck down the Second Amendment Sanctuary Ordinance in Columbia County, an ordinance Oregon Firearms Federation has been defending with Gun Owners of America.
Second Amendment "Collective Rights" Myth: Born Nov 1905 – Killed June 2008 :: 02/17/2023
U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)-— The myth of the Second Amendment as a “collective right” and not an individual right, was born in an obscure Kansas Supreme Court case. It was in 1905, as progressive ideology was becoming ascendant in the United States.
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