It seems that Durbin was more interested in using Chicago residents as political pawns than in understanding why Chicago’s criminals feel free to shoot whomever they want without fearing consequences. It’s no secret that Chicago, like many major U.S. cities, has suffered from an unprecedented spike in homicides and non-fatal shootings over the last two years. Despite seeing
Read MoreThe goal of the anti-gun rights group: to impose on the firearm industry a ‘death by a thousand cuts,’… Some of the biggest names in firearms are challenging a controversial New York law that stands to bankrupt the industry with frivolous lawsuits. The National Shooting Sports Foundation, allied with 14 firearm manufacturers, distributors, and retailers
Read MoreA very slippery slope. U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- Anti-gun California Gov. Gavin Newsom has launched a new effort to “empower private citizens to enforce a ban on the manufacture and sale of assault weapons in the state,” according to NPR. The far-left governor, “outraged” by the Supreme Court’s decision last week on the abortion case in Texas “allowing the state
Read More“According to [Lott’s] research, which has been published in the Journal of Law and Economics and elsewhere, such laws make it more difficult for people to defend themselves and their families successfully. As a result, criminals became more emboldened to invade people’s homes. There have been 300 more total murders and 4,000 more rapes occurring
Read MoreMoron Joy Behar, advocates for “tweaking” the Second Amendment. The reason I’m sharing this garbage here is that it is exactly what the anti-gun rights groups aim to do legislatively. In the latest instance of Hollywood elites lecturing the rest of us, “The View” co-host Joy Behar just advocated for “tweaking” the Second Amendments because
Read MoreA US Army Veteran Shot And Killed An Alleged Club-Wielding Maniac Who Threatened His Mother. Now He’s Up On Murder Charges
Another what appears to be a clear self-defense use of a legally possessed firearm. The defendant, an Army veteran, is being represented by a lawyer who is a Democrat and is pro gun control. Finds himself in a bit of a quandary. A “goddam straight-up war hero” is facing first degree murder charges in Maryland
Read MoreWashington Democratic Lawmakers to Again Propose Ban on High-Capacity Magazines, Other Gun Restrictions
Do these morons trying to pass legislation believe that criminals will obey the law? No, they do not. Like all legislation aimed at gun control, thr intent is to restrict and ultimately disarm law-abiding citizens. OLYMPIA — Prohibitions on weapons at ballot-counting places, local government offices and public meetings. Restrictions on high-capacity magazines. A ban
Read More‘One of the most corrosive aspects of the Left’s cynical campaign to destroy the filibuster has been to normalize the idea that proper governance always relies on simple majorities. But no free nation on earth, and certainly not the United States, does this. We know Murphy is aware of this fact, since he and Democrats
Read More“In real life, though, their proposals mean that innocent citizens are left defenseless, trying to reconcile the bleak facts that the police cannot dependably be relied upon for help, and that violent criminals will continue to defy gun laws with impunity.” A standard talking point of gun prohibitionists is that in these modern times, ordinary
Read MoreThis comment is exactly correct. “Proof that ALL licensing schemes are unconstitutional? If a license is required (even in a may-issue state), is there a legal path for someone who is homeless and penniless to obtain and carry a firearm for self-defense? If not, there is no right, just granted privilege, at the whim of
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