Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Gun Ownership: A New Medical Illness? :: 05/19/2016
When Dr. Rosemary Fernandez Stein sees patients at her pediatric practice in Burlington, North Carolina, she asks parents the usual run of questions. There’s one she would prefer not to have to ask, though: “Do you have a gun in your home?”
Immigration Hawks: Facebook Engaging in Deliberate Suppression of Our Content :: 05/19/2016
In the past week, there has been much discussion about the allegation that Facebook is censoring its “trending” news stories based on political ideology. However, advocates for curbing immigration into the United States say that this is just the tip of the iceberg.
Mass destruction :: 05/19/2016
Arguments with gun control advocates often require weeding through profligate fallacies and false or misleading claims of facts. One example of this is the attempt to classify firearms as weapons of mass destruction. This is akin to the slovenly usage of “assault rifle” and is an effort to substitute emotionalism for careful thinking on the subject of guns in America.
Bavarians rush for non-lethal weapons licenses :: 05/18/2016
In the first three months of 2016 the number of people who applied for so-called small weapons licences in Bavaria was already double the number for the whole of 2015.
Canada: Police Association ads warn of growing 'gun problem' in Toronto :: 05/18/2016
On the heels of the tragic shooting death of a pregnant woman in Etobicoke, the Toronto Police Association (TPA) has taken out full page ads in several prominent newspapers calling on public support in the face of a “significant increase in violent crime.”
FOAC Commentary: Gun-control forces offer a misleading narrative :: 05/18/2016
IF YOU READ the recent opinion piece titled, "Close loopholes that allow long guns to get in wrong hands," you were treated to another episode of the false and misleading narrative so often spouted by the gun-control group CeaseFirePA and executive director Shira Goodman. It's long past time to look behind the curtain of the "Wizard of Oz" mentality behind background checks and expose the false promise of background checks.
Good guys with guns: Former Interpol chief Ron Noble on the Westgate Mall mass shooting :: 05/18/2016
One of the differences between moderate advocates of gun control and prohibitionists is in their attitudes toward self-defense. The former are willing to recognize that defensive arms in the right hands can be socially beneficial. The latter deny that firearms do in fact save lives.
Mexican nationals tied to Fast and Furious extradited for charges of ICE agent's murder :: 05/18/2016
Two Mexican nationals accused of playing a part in the murder of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Special Agent Jaime Zapata and the attempted murder of ICE Special Agent Victor Avila on a highway in Mexico in February 2011, have been extradited to the United States to be tried for the crimes in which they are accused, federal officials announced Monday.
Seven Worst Anti-Gun Hypocrites :: 05/18/2016
Proponents of more gun control for American citizens are frequently people who live their lives surrounded by good guys with guns. Moreover, gun control proponents are also people who use tragedies as an opportunity to push more gun laws even when said laws would have done nothing to prevent the tragedy that occurred.
What POPPYCOCK says federal judge rejecting Washington D.C. gun permit scheme :: 05/18/2016
A U.S. District Court judge on Tuesday found Washington D.C.’s “good reason” requirement for a gun permit to be likely unconstitutional.
Where Donald Trump stands on guns :: 05/18/2016
Trump likes to talk up his concealed carry permit. His campaign site trumpets that "protecting our Second Amendment rights will make America great again." He opposes any form of gun control and any expansion of the national background check system.
9th Circuit opinion on rights of gun stores applies standard, rigorous Second Amendment doctrines :: 05/17/2016
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit decision Monday in Teixeira v. County of Alameda vindicates the Second Amendment rights of gun stores and provides a good model of the Second Amendment doctrines that have been developed by the federal Circuit Courts of Appeals. Eugene Volokh’s post has summarized the decision, so I will delve into the doctrinal details.
British police reluctant to carry guns because of prosecution fears :: 05/17/2016
Police chiefs are struggling to recruit enough officers willing to carry a gun to tackle a Paris-style terror attack, because they fear they will be treated as criminal suspects if they use their weapon in the line of duty, the country’s top firearms officer has warned.
Pa. gun background check supporters rally; will bill ever pass? :: 05/17/2016
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Hundreds of Pennsylvanians supporting tougher background checks on gun buyers rallied at the state Capitol Rotunda on Monday, demanding lawmakers vote on a pair of bills which, advocates say, would strengthen gun laws.
Should Your Doctor Ask If You Own Guns? :: 05/17/2016
One expert argues that doctors can be more proactive about discussing gun safety with their patients. Doctors routinely ask if you smoke, and counsel you to wear your seat belt when you’re in a car. Technically, either behavior isn’t any of their business, but they do fall under the umbrella of preventive care.
U.S. Judge Richard Leon strikes down D.C. concealed-carry gun law as probably unconstitutional :: 05/17/2016
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a key provision of the District’s new gun law is probably unconstitutional, ordering D.C. police to stop requiring individuals to show “good reason” to obtain a permit to carry a firearm on the streets of the nation’s capital.
9th Circuit Court Rules That Right To Buy, Sell Guns Protected By 2A :: 05/16/2016
BELLEVUE, Wash., May 16, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A three-judge panel for the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a 2-1 ruling that "the right to purchase and sell firearms is part and parcel of the historically recognized right to keep and bear arms" protected by the Second Amendment in a case brought by the Second Amendment Foundation.
America is Becoming Less Violent As We Become Better Armed :: 05/16/2016
Month after month after month we note that NICS background checks—a proxy for gun sales in the United States—keeps setting new records. Every single month, we have hundreds of thousands of more firearms in circulation, tens of thousands of more first-time gun buyers, more repeat buyers, and thousands of new concealed carry permits issued across the nation.
Chuck Schumer unveils universal background checks bill after outside pressure :: 05/16/2016
Sen. Chuck Schumer has introduced a universal background checks bill after a major gun control group blasted the New York Democrat Monday for not following through on a promise he made last November.
CPRC: 18 State Capitols Officially Allow (and at least 21 allow in practice) Some Form of Legal Firearm Carry :: 05/16/2016
CPRC has found that there are 18 State Capitols in the U.S. which officially allow some form of legal firearm carry for either visitors, legislators, employees, or all of the above. Some require the individual have a handgun carry permit before being allowed to enter the Capitol with a firearm.
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