Day: March 10, 2025

On March 4, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court started working on Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos, where Mexico has demanded $10 billion from American gunmakers like Smith & Wesson and Interstate Arms. The claim? These companies fuel cartel violence by enabling illegal firearms trafficking. Mexico highlights its grim reality—third globally in gun deaths despite having only

Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case in which the Mexican government is attempting to hold members of the U.S. gun industry financially liable for drug cartel violence south of the border. The case, Smith & Wesson Brands v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos, had originally been dismissed by the district court under the Protection of

Update: As discussed above, Mexico claims that Colt engraved pistols with the name of the freedom-fighter “Zapata” in order to appeal to the cartels. The irony here, as I just learned, is that Colt did not produce the Zapata 1911s. While Colt did manufacture the pistols, they were sold to a distributor who sold them

“It’s time to call in those promises made to American gun owners, of which there have been many. For too many years, the Republican Party has paid lip service to the Second Amendment while gun rights have been eroded, not just on the state level but at the hands of federal agencies and activist judges.

“While there’s no guarantee Bondi’s report and – just as important -her action plan will be completed, it will be interesting to see her recommendations, especially in regards to the many lawsuits the Biden Administration had created with its unconstitutional rules and actions.” – Bill Cawthon (Click on image to enlarge) 2A Society of Texas

“Imagine explaining the 4473 to Tench Coxe or Samuel Adams, and what their reaction would be if you told them that before the national government would allow them to own a gun, they’d have to – among other things and under penalty of perjury – disclose who they were, where they lived, what they were

Beware any time a Democrat has a good idea with respect to anything having to do with our guns. It’s not every day that I get to write about a Democrat doing something positive and useful, but in the interest of fairness, I’ll give credit where it is due. Tulsa State Senator and minority whip

“Here’s a blank pad, and here’s a pen, alright? Is this a grocery list?” Justice Samuel Alito asked Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar. “I put out on a counter some eggs, some chopped-up ham, some chopped-up pepper, and onions. Is that a western omelet?” “Would your answer change if you ordered it from HelloFresh and you

A new measure before the U.S. Congress is designed to enhance safeguards for protected firearm trace data, which the weaponized Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) misused under the Biden Administration. The 2003 Tiahrt Amendment prohibits the release of firearm trace data to anyone other than law enforcement or prosecutors investigating a crime.

For those of us who understand, the Second Amendment isn’t a slogan—it’s a necessity. We’ve embraced our right to bear arms not out of posturing, but from a clear-eyed view of the world. This isn’t about reinforcing our own convictions. It’s about those who don’t yet see it: the people around us—neighbors, colleagues, acquaintances—who haven’t