Year: 2016

A national sheriffs’ group is calling on law enforcement officers to refuse to enforce gun controls that infringe on the Second Amendment. The group, called the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA), began taking steps to drop enforcement of such controls “at the association’s 2014 convention.” Since that time, they have stepped up their

John Stossel, long time TV journalist and outspoken libertarian, has done well-researched reports on gun rights in the past, like this story about lies and false statistics used in anti-gun ads. Recently, Stossel, who lives in New York City, decided he wanted to get a permit to carry a firearm in light of recent public

Gun violence and safety is a hot topic in the country currently, and there are very polar opinions on the topic as well. Despite all the recent controversy, some people still need to train for the future line of work, whether it be training to be a police officer or joining the armed forces. JROTC

Since the Supreme Court’s 2008 District of Columbia v. Heller, the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals have decided nearly 150 Second Amendment cases. From these cases, a fairly consistent set of doctrines has been developed. My new article The Federal Circuits’ Second Amendment Doctrines synthesizes and analyzes this emerging law. (The article is co-authored with Joseph G.S.

My dear friends, Jews in Israel and the Diaspora. I am sorry to tell you that the terror attacks from which we suffer today and from which we suffered yesterday, a week ago, a month, a year and a decade and century ago, are all part of the same war, the same struggle, the same

Komrads! We must denounce this heinous Act of Zionist Terrorism. The poor oppressed Palestinian killed by the overly aggressive Zionist was just trying to negotiate the vending of some Halal wine. Then the Zionist unsheathed the knife (from his own neck) and stabbed the helpless oppressed Palestinian to death. Read More by Red Salmon

Following the rise in terror attacks across Israel, the legal defense organization Honenu is calling on Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan (Likud) to fix the bureaucratic procrastination in his Ministry and in the police over gun licenses. Honenu has been dealing with the issue for years and is finding more and more cases in which

Do firearms owners deserve the legal right to own guns?  I ask because a republic does not run itself.  We elect lawmakers who set public policy.  We might blame the police and judges, but it is not their job to care about or enforce human rights.  They certainly don’t protect the right of self-defense.  Police

Sounds ominous but it’s not – think of it as an extraordinary possibility. Did you know that in the last election, our statewide voter turnout was just a tad over 42%? Did you know that if roughly half of California gun owners had actually voted, we would have made more than just a dent in

On Tuesday, the LAPD acknowledged that murders in the city have soared 27.5% compared to the same period in 2016. According to the Los Angeles Times, LAPD Asst. Chief Earl Paysinger told police commissioners that the city has suffered from a 12.7% increase in violent crime, with double-digit increases in aggravated assaults and robberies added to