Year: 2015

For Elizabeth Harknett shooting a gun isn’t just practice, it’s preparation. If someone were to break into her home, she’d be ready. “If they don’t leave and they just stay there for some reason then having that gun in my hand would make me feel much safer if they tried to come at me,” said

The state Senate on Thursday gave the green light to a proposal to designate one weekend a year when Texas shoppers would not have to pay sales tax on guns. Senate Bill 228 by Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, would create a sales tax holiday for firearms, ammunition and hunting supplies during the last weekend in August. Texas already

Two Jewish residents of Paris were assaulted on the street by a gang of about 40 people on Friday, Israeli French JSS News reported, citing antisemitism watchdog the Bureau National de Vigilance Contre l’Antisemitisme (BNVCA). The attack against the two Jewish victims, both in their 20s, occurred at about 2:30 p.m. on Boulevard Voltaire in Paris’

The owner of a pizza shop in Baltimore had a life changing experience when rioters tried to set him and his car on fire this past week. Essam el Ghannam has owned and operated Papa Palace for eight years.  When the riots began to grow more violent, he tried to vacate his shop, as he

I mentioned that gun owners are now considered mainstream in most of America. Yes, we are finally ordinary. Measured across the nation, about one in eight adults have a concealed carry permit. More than a third of us admit we have guns at home. Gun ownership changes how criminals act. My neighbor who carries is

Governor Greg Abbott today filed an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit brought by a coalition of California citizens and the California Rifle and Pistol Association Foundation against the County of San Diego to vindicate their Second Amendment rights. This lawsuit is currently in front of the United States Court of Appeals for the

“Yes, of course my senators voted for her, and what kills me is members in lost states wasting their limited time contacting committed, immovable Democrats in safe seats – like DiFi, Boxer and Schumer – when we could’ve been contacting swing Republicans and Republican leadership,” an activist friend observed in response to a national gun

Give your favorite mom – or, Mom, give your family, the gift of starting your firearms self-defense training at Jews Can Shoot Mother’s Day Special Introductory Handgun Class. In this special Mother’s Day course for beginning shooters, our friendly, experienced NRA certified instructors will teach you the fundamentals of safe, responsible, effective use of a

After the Sandy Hook tragedy, reporters often called me to ask for information on firearms. They wanted to know whether strong gun laws reduced homicide rates (I said they did); and, conversely, whether permissive gun laws lowered crime rates overall (I said they did not). I discovered that in their news articles journalists would write

Ann Arbor Catholic Priest Edward Fride  recently sent a letter to his parishioners, warning them that the right solution to rising crime is not only to believe in God but also to carry a concealed handgun. Moreover, Fride told parishioners they could “attend classes at Christ the King parish to earn a Concealed Pistol License (CPL).”