Year: 2016

Self defense, mass shootings, gun free zones, and concealed carry stories.

The latest round of gun-control bills speeding through the California legislature should offer a reality check to those of us who own firearms: Democratic leaders will never be satisfied closing the latest round of “loopholes.” Every year they push new rounds of “reasonable and common sense” gun laws, few of which seem reasonable given they

Private ownership of firearms is an important aspect of separation of powers. It keeps the true power in the hands of citizens rather than in the abusive hands of government agents. Where there is any sort of private gun ownership, it checks government power because the government knows that the citizens may resist should there

As you may know, elitist California politicians like Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom, Senate President Kevin de León, and Assembly Member Kevin McCarty are all sponsoring measures that require some form of ammunition tracking and registration. And once passed in California, they will be leading the charge to spread this latest infringement to neighboring states until

Yesterday, at UCLA, a Ph.D. student shot his professor dead. Not too long afterwards, he turned the gun on himself. As soon as the story hit the news, the usual suspects began cranking themselves up. Americans, they said, need to “do something.” It was time, they argued, for “more laws.” And the NRA? It was,

Police are searching for a gunman on the UCLA campus who allegedly shot two victims Wednesday morning. BruinAlert: Shooting at Engineering 4. Go to secure location and deny entry (lockdown) now! — UCLA Bruin Alert (@UCLABruinAlert) June 1, 2016 Fox News’ Jonathan Hunt confirmed that there are “two victims,” but there is no confirmation of

During a May 31 press conference on the Second Amendment, California Assemblywoman Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) recoiled from Democrats’ latest gun control efforts, saying a “loaded Glock” beats having “911 on the phone.” Grove made her comments as a part of the Second Amendment Freedom Rally held on the steps of the California state capitol in Sacramento.

On May 31, the New York Times ran an opinion column which suggested that now is the time to register every gun and fingerprint and photograph every gun owner. The author of the column — Alan Berlow — cited the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA) as precedent for such sweeping controls and suggested the

California Government Code section 9026.5 provides — on pain of criminal prosecution — that No television signal generated by the Assembly shall be used for any political or commercial purpose, including, but not limited to, any campaign for elective public office or any campaign supporting or opposing a ballot proposition submitted to the electors. As

There is no full-auto Friday or Ladies night at the “Lahav” gun store in TA, a store that bears little resemblance to its US counterparts. A gun lover’s dream or a stringently controlled police state that would make a National Rifle Association supporter’s blood boil? In recent days, following the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, that