It all started with a hat. “You sure remind me of Sam Hall,” said the old-timer in the lobby of the Post Office in The Plains, Virginia. “Did you know him? He was sheriff around here for 22 years. A good man. He wore hats like that.” I answered that I did not know Hall,
Read MoreWhy California gun owners may be breaking the law on July 1
Sweeping new gun laws passed last year by California voters and legislators require those with magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition to get rid of them by July 1. The question is: How many of California’s 6 million-plus gun owners are actually going to comply, even though violators face potential jail time if
Read MoreSCOTUS Keeps Door Open on ‘Travel Ban,’ Slams it in Faces of Gun Owners
USA – -(Ammoland.com)- The Supreme Court kept the Trump administration’s claim of authority to limit travel from six “Muslim majority countries” alive for the time being and dashed hope for gun owners seeking redress for their right to bear arms, SCOTUSBlog reported Monday. “The Supreme Court is letting a limited version of the Trump administration ban on travel
Read MoreRadio Host: Scalise Shooter Radicalized by Constitution
Brian Kurland: “Tucker missed a golden opportunity when confronting the smug Leftist guest who attempted to prove the “fallacy” that the 2nd Amendment was created to ensure the people could always bear arms if their government became tyrannical. The guest based his entire argument on the supposition that the shooter of the GOP congressmen believed
Read MoreGorsuch appointment looks like a win for gun-rights supporters
Then-Judge Neil Gorsuch hadn’t written anything squarely dealing with the Second Amendment when he was nominated to the Supreme Court; and while it seemed likely that he’d take a relatively broad view of gun rights (just based on his being a conservative, in an era when conservative jurists tend to lean in that direction), that
Read MoreNY DA Vance Cites ISIS as Reason to Disarm Countrymen while Unvetted Foreign Nationals Given ‘Sanctuary’
“New York County District Attorney Cy Vance in an interview aired Sunday blasted a GOP plan that would allow qualified owners to carry concealed handguns in other states that allow individuals to carry concealed firearms,” The Hill reported Sunday. “The district attorney warned lawmakers that they were ‘playing into the hand’ of the Islamic State in
Read MoreSupreme Court Denies Cert in Peruta vs. San Diego County
The Supreme Court had been kicking the case of Peruta vs. San Diego County down the road for weeks now. The case centers on the right to bear arms outside the home (see our posts hereand here). Speculation was that the delay was due to Justices waiting to see whether or not Anthony Kennedy would retire at the end
Read MoreRep. Brooks Introduces Bill to Arm Lawmakers
Rep. Brooks describes how an armed citizen could have neutralized the shooter.
Read MoreLast year, at the beginning of a series of tragic shootings and senseless violence against police officers around the country, a police officer in Minnesota shot a legally armed man. That man was Philando Castile and I think that there are some things we can learn from the Castile shooting. If the aftermath of last
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