Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Mayor Lori Lightfoot's Chicago Will End 2022 with at Least 723 Homicides :: 12/30/2022
Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago will end 2022 with the tragic figure of at least 723 murders for the year.
New Years reminder not to shoot up into the air :: 12/30/2022
No one enjoys repeating themselves, but every year I write a similar piece here at Bearing Arms. I do it in hopes that it will finally start to sink in.
OPINION: Terms to Delete from Your Vocabulary in 2023 :: 12/30/2022
Heading into a brand new year, it’s time for Second Amendment activists to take a lesson from the Associated Press, which earlier this year announced an almost earth-shaking change in its Stylebook, advising journalists to avoid using “highly politicized terms” in their reporting.
PBS openly pushes gun control agenda :: 12/30/2022
American taxpayers help fund PBS. We don’t pay for all of it, but a non-trivial sum of tax dollars go to the network. Any attempt to cut that funding is met with consternation. “How dare you cut funding to [insert innocuous PBS show here]!”
23 Dem. AGs File Brief Supporting Ban on Guns Without Serial Numbers :: 12/29/2022
A coalition of 23 Attorneys General representing 21 states, the District of Columbia and the Northern Mariana Islands filed an supporting a federal ban on the possession of firearms from which serial numbers have been removed.
Most Important Story of 2022: Supreme Court's Bruen Decision :: 12/29/2022
When the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its 6-3 opinion in back on June 23, it set in motion a flurry of legislative activity followed by several federal lawsuits initiated by gun rights organizations challenging new laws, and opening the way to what promises to be a legal donnybrook in 2023.
No, "bullet control" isn't an answer to mass shootings :: 12/29/2022
Years ago, Chris Rock did a funny bit about how bullet control would reduce gun-related fatalities. What he said was, basically, if you made ammo cost $10,000 per round, the gangbangers would end drive-bys and make sure they don’t hit anyone but the guy they meant to hit.
NRA Outspent Gun-Control Groups in 2022 Midterms :: 12/29/2022
The country’s most prominent gun-rights organization was once again the top dog in outside election spending among gun groups.
Outthink Our Opponents: Challenging Gun Fallacies :: 12/29/2022
There is broad consensus in the gun-rights community that the media consistently portrays guns in a biased, inaccurate and often deliberately deceptive way. That is true in news, entertainment and social media. This slant is so broad and so deeply woven into the personalities of the key players that they may not even realize they are perpetrating the bias. That makes it tough to have an honest and reasonable discussion on this issue.
ATF Open Letter to FFLs to Clarify Application of "Frame or Receiver" Final Rule :: 12/28/2022
WASHINGTON – -(AmmoLand.com)-The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives issued an open letter today to all federal firearms licensees regarding the application of Final Rule 2021-05F, Definition of “Frame or Receiver” and Identification of Firearms, on partially complete Polymer80, Lone Wolf, and similar semiautomatic pistol frames.
'Avatar' Director James Cameron Featured Nearly 100 Guns in Just 5 Movies from 1984-2009 :: 12/28/2022
Avatar director James Cameron has produced movies using dozens of guns, many of which were machine guns and submachine guns, before denouncing firearms and bragging about cutting scenes with them in his underperformingsequel Avatar: The Way of Water.
Mississippi takes Active Approach to Guard Against Mass Murder in Schools :: 12/28/2022
U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)-– On October 1, 1997, school principal Joel Myrick (a U.S. Army Reserve Major) stopped a shooting at the Pearl Mississippi High School by holding the killer at gunpoint until police arrived. A student had assisted by blocking the killer’s car with their car. The killer attempted to drive around the other vehicle but became stuck. At that point, Joel Myrick pointed his .45 caliber semi-automatic pistol at the killer, and the killer surrendered.
New York's Gun Law: A History Of and Present Status Of The Antonyuk Case :: 12/28/2022
New York – -(AmmoLand.com)- The New York Government, under Governor Kathy Hochul and the Democrat Party-led Legislature in Albany, have declared outright war on the precepts of Individuality upon which the U.S. Constitution rests.
Gun designer's single-shot 'Butt Master' gag gun lands on Canada's ban list: 'How could they be so inept?' :: 12/27/2022
Mark Serbu's primitive single-shot rifle -- the only one in existence -- is targeted in Trudeau's bid to ban guns
Hunter Biden Ally Should Worry About 'Gun Crimes' of His Own :: 12/27/2022
U.S.A. – -(Ammoland.com)- “Some Hunter Biden allies making plans to go after his accusers,” The Washington Post reports. “Hunter Biden’s friend and lawyer Kevin Morris … described defamation lawsuits the team could pursue against the presidential son’s critics, including Fox News, Eric Trump, and Rudy Giuliani.”
NJ gun group's challenge to new law a broadsword to hack up the measures :: 12/27/2022
On December 22, 2022, surrounded by commie mommies and other suck-up gun grabbers, Governor Phil Murphy signed what’s been colloquially known as the “carry killer” bill. Cam reported on that news last week, and I offered up information about the path forward for pending carry applications. Cam also reported there have already been two challenges filed to see the unconstitutional law is reversed. One of the two challenges is a real kitchen sink approach to attacking not only the new law, but will also affect longstanding other portions of the statute. Minutes after the Murph signed A4769, the Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs (ANJRPC) filed Siegel et.al. v. Platkin et.al.
Supposed explainer on guns needs to explain itself :: 12/27/2022
Explainers are an interesting phenomenon. It’s an article that seeks to demystify a certain topic so that lay people can grasp some of the nuances of that topic. The problem is that all too often, the people writing these explainers don’t really understand the subject all that well themselves.
Canada's proposed gun laws may keep Americans away :: 12/26/2022
While hunting is on the decline in the United States, it’s still far from a dead pastime. Tons of people enjoy hitting the woods and bagging something for the freezer. Some people even travel overseas for the experience of hunting somewhere besides their local hunting grounds.
New Jersey Legislature Passes Sweeping New Gun-Carry Restrictions, Insurance Mandate :: 12/26/2022
The Garden State will become the latest jurisdiction to test the boundaries of the Supreme Court’s latest gun-carry decision.
Republican Senators Demand Answers From CDC Over Defensive Gun Use Stats :: 12/26/2022
Five senators have asked the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to respond to questions surrounding the agency’s decision to scrub gun defensive use stats from its website at the behest of gun-control advocates.
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