Year: 2015

On June 19, a Puerto Rican commonwealth court abolished the territory’s registry and licensing requirements for firearms, thereby making the Second Amendment the only requisite necessary to carry firearms openly or concealed. The suit was brought by the Ladies of the Second Amendment (LSA), which “is affiliated with the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) through the International

This is an un-teachable moment.  A young man stabbed three people with a knife, hit people with his car, and shot three people next to the University of California Santa Barbara campus Friday evening.  This should show us what makes us safe and what doesn’t.  It could show us, but we don’t want to learn. In his

Following the horrific events that took place in Charleston, SC earlier this week, there has been significant talk about how to prevent further mass shootings at churches. Some of the debate has been centered around increased gun control while some has focused on better security and concealed carry inside of churches. Here is an interesting

Last year’s bloodiest Chicago weekend saw 82 shot and 14 killed in one weekend. Those are the kinds of numbers that give the city its Chiraq nickname and the victims tend to be black. That’s something they have in common with the victims of the latest mass shootings. But they don’t get the same kind

President Obama floated the idea of greater gun control during a White House statement Thursday in the wake of the mass shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal church in Charleston. Police say Dylann Storm Roof, 21, entered the historical black church Wednesday night and opened fire, killing nine people. “Now’s the time for mourning and for

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaMuP2qLy04 Case Name: San Francisco CR1 3:30 PM Tuesday 6/16 Case Number: N/A Case Panel: N/A Hearing Location: San Francisco CA Hearing Date: 06/16/2015 http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/media/view_video.php?pk_vid=0000007833

What if the Nazis could not disarm the Jews of Europe, a Scholar writes. Halbrook_macro_final_3_29 http://www.stephenhalbrook.com/law_review_articles/Halbrook_macro_final_3_29.pdf

There was a time when it wasn’t considered so remarkable for a president to keep guns around.  But it surprised novelist Brad Meltzer, when he was researching a book recently, to discover that Ronald Reagan carried often during his stint in the White House. Meltzer was impressed enough to write a piece on this discovery

A Rasmussen poll released on June 12 shows that only one out of five Americans want to live in a place where they can’t be armed. According to Rasmussen, “68 percent” of Americans “prefer living in a neighborhood where they have the option of owning a gun.” Only “22 percent” desire to live “in a

In California, a state with some of the strictest gun laws in the country, Sacramento County has become an oasis for gun owners wanting to carry their weapons in public. Thousands of residents have been issued concealed carry permits by the sheriff, Scott Jones, since he took office four years ago. During his campaign, Jones