Month: May 2015

Today, on the eve of Memorial Day, The Knoxville News-Sentinel ran a story entitled, White House steps up warnings about terrorism on U.S. soil In this story, Brian Bennett of the L.A. Times, reports, Behind the scenes, U.S. authorities have raised defenses at U.S. military bases, put local police forces on alert and increased surveillance

Earthquakes in Nepal, the bombing in Boston, and shots fired in Texas– Bill Whittle addresses the need for preparedness. Do it! Be Prepared! by Bill Whittle http://www.pjtv.com/series/afterburner-with-bill-whittle-56/be-prepared-defense-against-terrorists-hoodlums–natural-disasters-10982/

When I get asked about how to change the perspective of an anti-gunner, particularly on the left, I always tell people to extend an invitation to the shooting range. Why? If the invitation is accepted, the person you take will more than likely have a fantastic time and will want to go again. This can

Politicians make political profit by passing ineffective laws.  I study firearms laws, so that is where I noticed it first.  When it comes to violence in our society, a politician doesn’t need to actually improve things with their legislation.  In fact, the next gun law they pass can actually make things worse rather than better.

SOTG 176 – Court Rules Firearm Possession is Not Probable Cause for Detention Hold on to your hats, two separate courts ruled in favor of gun owners and firearms possession. The first case has to do with open carry and whether or not the lawful possession of a firearm is probable cause for detention. Case

(NOTE FROM JCS: Something better than nothing. But not effective against an armed terrorist. Firearms training is the best.) Jews in Belgium have begun enrolling in a local Krav Maga class to learn self-defense, in response to the attack on a Jewish museum in Brussels last year that left four people dead, Israeli news site NRG

Have gun control advocates ever been right? Though the concept of the powerful few disarming the populace as a means to maintain control is nothing new, modern-day anti-gun activists can trace their roots back to the mid-1970s. With a record of rhetoric and advocacy spanning four decades, they should have a few things right by

A little over three months after Brian Wrenn, two other law-abiding gun owners, and the Second Amendment Foundation asked a federal court to stop Washington, D.C. from enforcing one of its new handgun carry license laws, Senior United States District Court Judge Frederick J. Scullin, Jr., issued a significant legal decision granting their motion for apreliminary injunction. In

California state senator Lois Wolk’s (D-Davis) push to outlaw concealed carry on college campuses received a boost when Wolk made an exemption for retired police officers, thereby gaining the support of the California Police Chiefs Association and the Peace Officers Research Association of California. Wolk’s central aim is to keep concealed carry permit holders from carrying

      Note – I have created dedicated pages to several appeals including US v. Chovan, Peruta v. San Diego, McKay v. Hutchens, Baker v. Kealoha, Drake v. Jerejian, Palmer v. D.C., and others which are accessible from the tabs at the top of the page.  From now on, updates to those cases will be posted