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Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Why Utah Is The Only State Trying To Track And Limit SWAT-Style Tactics :: 09/01/2015
The phrase "police militarization" conjures up an image of cops wrapped in Kevlar, barging into homes with semi-automatic weapons. But familiar as that image is, we don't know how common it is. There are simply no good statistics on police tactical operations in America. The federal government doesn't keep track, and neither do the states — with one exception: Utah.
Admission: Background checks couldn't prevent WDBJ tragedy :: 08/31/2015
In what some might consider a stunning bit of candor, spokespersons for two gun control groups reportedly acknowledged to the Roanoke Times yesterday that background checks would not have prevented Wednesday’s carefully planned on-air slayings of two broadcast journalists in Virginia.
An Open Rant Aimed at Those Who Would Repeal the Second Amendment :: 08/31/2015
Talk is cheap, but persuading Americans to surrender their rights will be expensive, difficult, and time-consuming.
Anti-Gun Honolulu Destroys $575,000 of Guns Rather Than Trade Them In :: 08/31/2015
The anti-gun politics of Honolulu’s city government are proving incredibly expensive for the city’s taxpayers:
Anti-Gun Rights Fascists Fail Again :: 08/31/2015
In the wake of yet another killing spree by an Obama voter, there were the predictable calls to “do something” about guns. It was no shock that the liberals’ preferred solution to the problem of Democrat mainstream media personalities murdering people because of their racial and sexual grievances was to disarm everyone who isn’t a Democrat mainstream media personality who murders people because of his racial and sexual grievances.
Background checks: Wasteful 'Big Brother' at work :: 08/31/2015
The National Instant Check System, or NICS, the computerized system used to perform background checks on retail gun buyers, has been operational since 1998, as part of the 1993 Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act.
Bernie Sanders says if elected he will push for stricter controls on guns :: 08/31/2015
(CNN) -- Bernie Sanders says he favors gun control measures just as strongly as his Democratic presidential rivals, touting his rural-state roots as key to his chances of enacting "real, constructive" legislation.
Gun-rights defender outsmarts bureaucrats :: 08/31/2015
This is the first in a two-part series about estate-planning attorney Dennis Brislawn’s creation of “gun trusts” to protect Second Amendment rights.
It's time for the media to stop making mass shooters famous :: 08/31/2015
I won’t give the troubled man who shot two Virginia journalists on live TV last week the attention he so richly craved by using his name in this column. I won’t name the troubled man who just got 12 life sentences for shooting people at a theater in Colorado, including a Crystal Lake native.
NPR Contributor Attempts to Cover Up Australian Mass Shootings :: 08/31/2015
You can fool some people all of the time, and most people some of the time, but a University of California-Berkeley psychology professor seems to think that she can fool NPR readers all of the time.
The 2nd Amendment: Individual, not Collective Rights :: 08/31/2015
Many detractors of the right to keep and bear arms have tried repeatedly over the years to make the claim that the Second Amendment refers only to a right held by a state-run militia, not individuals. This interpretation holds that the federal government can regulate, restrict, and even outright prohibit certain types of guns and ammunition.
Thinking Seriously About the Virginia Murders :: 08/31/2015
On the morning of August 26, Vester Lee Flanagan, a former employee of WBDJ, shot and murdered WBDJ TV’s Alison Parker and Adam Ward on live television. He shot a third person, Vicki Gardner, who Parker was interviewing. Fortunately, the latter will survive.
Thomas Lucente: U.S. doesn't have gun problem :: 08/31/2015
Another sensational murder, another clarion call from the leftist gun-grabbers. Extremists are so predictable.
Why Gun Laws Targeting 'Crazy People' Would Have Little Benefit :: 08/31/2015
By John M. Grohol, Psy.D. -- Two days ago, according to FBI crime statistics, approximately 38 murders took place in the U.S. Most of these murders were completed with a gun between two or more people who knew one another.
White House concedes new gun laws wouldn't have stopped Va. gunman :: 08/30/2015
The White House conceded Friday that new gun regulations probably wouldn’t have prevented the gunman who murdered two television journalists in southwestern Virginia this week.
Firearms on the Cutting Edge for Fed up Voters :: 08/29/2015
Titusville, FL –“The Second Amendment individual right to keep and bear arms is on the cutting edge of concern for millions of fed up voters,” gun rights expert John M. Snyder said here today.
Gun control measures debated in wake of Roanoke journalist killings :: 08/29/2015
ROANOKE, Va. -- More effective gun control is expected to be a tough issue to tackle, even as family members and political leaders decry this week's on-air killing of two journalists.
Mental Health and the 2nd Amendment :: 08/29/2015
Despite the undeniable mental issues affecting black, gay Democrat Vester Flanagan, who was not sporting a Confederate flag before he shot and killed his two former KDBJ coworkers, reporter Alison Parker and photojournalist Adam Ward, the fact is that he passed a background check and legally possessed the Glock handgun he used.
Sheriff Clarke to Obama: Forgo your Secret Service protection, then we'll talk, tough guy! :: 08/29/2015
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke minced no words in blasting President Barack Obama’s highly politicized response to Wednesday’s horrifying on-air murders of two TV journalists in Virginia.
Walmart Discontinues Selling America's Most Popular Rifle :: 08/29/2015
Americans acquiring the most popular rifle in the country will now be doing so only from traditional firearm dealerships and full-service sporting goods stores, which— as it happens —typically have the most extensive selections of firearms and accessories from which to choose, and employees who support the Second Amendment and who can answer firearm questions with expertise.
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