Doris Wise Montrose

We found that concealed carry permit holders stopped 51.5 percent of active shootings, compared to 44.6 percent stopped by police. You’d never know it from watching television, but civilians stop more active shooters than police and do so with fewer mistakes, according to new research from the Crime Prevention Research Center, where I serve as president. In non-gun-free zones, where civilians

As Washington Gun Law President and legal expert William Kirk points out, Leider is “well on record as a public author of being a staunch, staunch supporter of the Second Amendment.” Robert Leider, Associate Professor at Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University, has taken over as the ATF’s Assistant Director and Chief Counsel. This comes less than a month

If suppressors are NOT firearms, they have no place on the NFA. Only three days after disgraced Biden holdover and acting U.S. Attorney Michael Simpson argued in front of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals that suppressors are not arms protected by the Second Amendment and that the defense’s request for an en banc hearing in United States

The Ninth Circus Court of Schlemiels ruled as expected upholding the blanket ban on ammunition magazines capable of holding more than ten rounds is constitutional. But the one shining light, Judge VanDyke, posted video dissenting from the 9th Circuit decision while disassembling guns with an AK mounted in his chamber. Video linked in article. An

The Golden State’s blanket ban on ammunition magazines capable of holding more than ten rounds is constitutional, a federal appeals court ruled on Thursday. A divided en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld California’s ban on so-called large-capacity magazines. The court split 7-4, with the majority holding that the types of

Of course, we all know the Second Amendment already guarantees this but since states have been allowed to do all manner of infringing, this should pass.Of course, we all know the Second Amendment already guarantees this but since states have been allowed to do all manner of infringing, this should pass. The House Judiciary Committee,

washingtontimes.com The importance of concealed carry reciprocity By John R. Lott Jr.|Mar. 10th, 2025 OPINION: Imagine a single woman driving across state lines at night, hoping she won’t become a crime victim if her car breaks down. Or a truck driver as he travels across the country with valuable merchandise. They can quickly run into trouble

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