‘Property owners have a duty of care to maintain a safe environment so that people who come onto the property don’t suffer an injury. This responsibility is known as “premises liability.” It holds property owners and residents liable for accidents and injuries that occur on their property.’ I would so love to see this pass
Read MoreJustices Debate, Appear Split on Bump Stock’s Legality After First Day of Oral Arguments
Semi-automatic firearms shoot once per trigger action. Machineguns shoot continuously while the trigger is pulled. Bump stocks are a combination of stock and grip. They have no mechanism for holding the trigger down, and they do not alter the way the gun shoots. News reports on the Supreme Court’s first day of oral arguments in
Read MoreRegistration leads to confiscation. That is the very purpose of registration. Of anything. A bill filed in the Missouri House would prohibit financial institutions operating in the state from using a credit card merchant code that would enable the tracking of firearm and ammunition purchases. Rep. Willard Haley introduced House Bill 2778 (HB2778) on Feb.
Read MoreThis article by Daniel Greenfield is from November 9, 2018, shortly after the mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. The rabbi of this synagogue had blogged a month before the shooting about the virtues of gun control. I have some of that blog but the post itself has disappeared. One of
Read MoreFirst: AR does NOT stand for “Assault Rifle” Misinformation. It’s everywhere. It is even more pervasive – and dangerous – when people who don’t understand what they are talking about try to teach other people what it is they don’t know themselves. Case in point: the assault rifle. Everytime there is a tragic murder involving
Read MoreName-and-shame. President Joe Biden campaigned on repealing the so-called “Tiahrt rider,” enacted in 2003, that protects from public disclosure law enforcement sensitive trace data contained within the ATF’s National Tracing Center’s (NTC) Firearm Tracing System (FTS). This is the database of firearms that have been recovered and traced by law enforcement in connection with a
Read MoreBiden: Top Gun Salesman of the Year The nation’s gun-buying binge remained robust last month amid the Biden administration’s latest plans to cut sales and intimidate customers. The FBI said it conducted 2,336,390 checks through its National Instant Criminal Background Check System. The National Shooting Sports Foundation, the industry trade group, said that included an estimated 1,343,478 specifically for
Read MoreATF director and firearms expert show some of the weapons being found on the streets (Face the Nation)
Recently, ATF Director Steve Dettelbach made an appearance on Face the Nation, presenting a table full of guns in an attempt to scare the American public about different kinds of firearms. This week, on the Minuteman Moment, Benjamin breaks down the segment and explains how government “experts” are probably not really experts.
Read More“If the ATF can ban bump stocks, any [extra constitutional] agency can ban anything.” May a federal agency rewrite a federal statute? May that rewrite turn otherwise innocent Americans into criminals overnight? Not if Michael Cargill can help it! Under our Constitution, the answers to those questions should be an obvious no. Congress—and Congress, alone—has
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