JEFFERSON CITY. Mo. (Feb. 11, 2019) – Bills introduced in the Missouri House would set the foundation create a “gun rights sanctuary state” by banning state and local enforcement of most federal gun control. Passage into law would represent a major step toward ending federal acts that infringe on the right to keep and bear arms within
Read MoreNew York City restricts the ability of gun owners to transport their weapons outside the city, and this fall, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide if those rules violate the Second Amendment. The case has the potential to topple an assortment of local and state gun laws across the United States. The impact on California,
Read More“There are lies, damned lies, and then, there are statistics.” How many times per year does a gun go off in an American school? We should know. But we don’t. This spring the U.S. Education Department reported that in the 2015-2016 school year, “nearly 240 schools … reported at least 1 incident involving a school-related
Read MoreThese “Red Flag Laws” or “Extreme risk Protection Orders” or “Risk Protection Orders” are, in fact, gun confiscation by any other name favored by both Democrats and Republicans, are the most dangerous unconstitutional attacks on our Second Amendment and Fifth Amendment rights. Courts are issuing an unprecedented number of orders to seize firearms from people
Read MoreMartin County Sheriff John Kirk said his office can no longer afford to provide law enforcement services, leaving that responsibility solely with Kentucky State Police. INEZ — Martin County Sheriff John Kirk took the stage without invitation at a fiscal court meeting Monday and railed about the budgetary strains afflicting his office. Kirk paced back and
Read More#GunOwnersResist While it has been virtually ignored by the American establishment media, there has evidently been massive resistance to an effort to register long guns in the Canadian province of Quebec, which hardly fits with the gun control narrative on either side of the border. According to the Montreal Gazette, “Just days after the Jan. 29
Read MoreGood to see people pushing back. ‘Zanotti said if this becomes a law, he’s not looking to make felons out of what he calls “good southern Illinois people” who use these weapons to protect themselves, hunt or competitively shoot. ‘”I’m not interested in adding a whole stack to my case load when it comes to
Read More“…29 of New Mexico’s sheriffs oppose these measures. This is a state that only has 33 counties. In other words, just four counties aren’t represented in this group.” New Mexico is considering what I’ve come to think of as being among the “standard slate” of gun laws. Primarily, a red flag law and a safe
Read MoreThe latest map of state laws related to concealed carry, 1986 to 2019, is out — and it’s striking. Read More by Eugene Volokh
Read More“The uniqueness of Mr. Scalise’s testimony being denied this voice is tragic for all who attend and all who have been a part of that, especially from his perspective as a lawmaker who will be voting on and working with this issue, and just because he probably disagrees with the majority is no reason to
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