Month: May 2017

So far this year, thirteen state legislatures have enacted laws to strengthen the right to keep and bear arms, and none have passed new gun control laws. In every year this century, pro-gun laws have outnumbered anti-gun laws, but this year’s score is particularly lopsided. A short-term reason is the Clinton-Obama strategy of marketing the

When it comes to voting, Democrats see free ID cards as too burdensome on the poor. But there’s no hesitation to impose fees, expensive training requirements, ID requirements, and onerous background checks on prospective gun owners. Recently, the Texas legislature passed a bill reducing the fee for a five-year concealed handgun permit to $40. The

This letter from President Harry S. Truman was presented to NRA Secretary-Treasurer in 1945 upon the conclusion of World War II. In it, Truman credits the NRA for doing much to encourage the improvement of small arms marksmanship in both the armed services and civilian population. Read the full letter, which was originally published in the

While a California law allows officers to buy and sell so-called ‘off-roster’ guns, a seizure of dozens of firearms from a Pasadena police lieutenant’s home earlier this year is shining a light on problems with the implementation of the law, which was recently expanded to include sworn peace officers who aren’t cops. Of the 57

Europe has quickly realized that they’re in for more than they bargained for when it came to welcoming in the hoard of refugees now flooding the continent. While many of us were initially worried only about the possibility of terrorists slipping through the cracks, that was just one potential problem. Europe is now seeing a

From today’s Fisher v. Kealoha opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit (and Judge Alex Kozinski’s separate opinion, though he also joined the panel opinion) — like many judicial opinions, it leaves much unresolved, but it flags an important question for the future: What sorts of procedures must the government offer

Rhonda Ezell was really sick. Suffering from kidney failure, lung disease and other ailments, she didn’t like to venture very far from her South Side home. But to obtain a new Chicago firearms permit to keep a gun in her home in 2010, she had to go through hours of training — and Chicago didn’t have any

President tells NRA no longer will government ‘undermine your rights and your freedoms as Americans’ President Donald Trump promised his “friends at the NRA” that he would “never, ever let you down” when he addressed them during the National Rifle Association’s Leadership Forum in Georgia Friday afternoon. The president expressed his gratitude to the NRA

Last week, the New Jersey stun gun ban was officially declared unconstitutional, by consent order between the New Jersey Second Amendment Society (represented by Alan Beck) and the New Jersey Attorney General’s office. The AG’s office had concluded “that an outright ban on the possession of electronic arms within the state … would likely not

Thanks to your overwhelming response, Big Lake High School has rightfully overturned their decision to prohibit a photo of the high school’s trap team in the yearbook. Thank you for your quick action to make sure that these excellent stewards of gun safety and sports shooting are properly recognized in their school’s history. by Minnesotta