Jews Can Shoot

On day two of the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) pushed a backdoor angle on gun control and pressed Gorsuch to show openness toward it. Feinstein cited a phrase from Antonin Scalia’s majority opinion in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008), that “weapons that are most useful in

WARNING: Contains graphic content of actual violence “Hope is not a survival strategy.” – Scott Kirshner Scott Kirshner discusses his important and all-too-timely book, Surviving Violent Encounters: Win, Survive, Prevail. Topics covered: Define “Dedicated Threat” Discuss Situational Awareness Review Color Codes Review the OODA Loop Process Discuss the impact of stress Self-defense requirements Discuss human

The anti-Trump demonstrations we now see in the streets are not just examples of the immaturity of many modern secular liberals, who seem to think that everyone else is somehow obligated to agree with them. They’re also a symptom of the distorted influence politics now exercises over our culture. But in addition to being a

USA  – (Ammoland.com) “New York Attorney General files response in Taser case, and no, it’s not a joke,” attorney Stephen Stamboulieh notes in response to the state’s position in the matter of Avitabile v. Cuomo. “I guess before I argue these motions on March 24, 2017, I have to figure out if the Supreme Court’s Heller

BY SHLOMO BRODY – DECEMBER 3, 2010 The right to self-defense is well established within Jewish law as manifested by the law of ‘rodef’ (the pursuer). The right to self-defense made headlines here in 2007 after Shai Dromi, a Negev farmer, fatally wounded a burglar. In his case, he shot the intruders after attempting to

California State Assemblywoman Catherine Baker (R-Dublin) is pushing legislation to require that warning labels accompany all firearms sold in the state. Baker’s bill, AB 1525, would also raise the passing grade “for the issuance of a firearm safety certificate” from 75% to 85%. The text of Baker’s bill says that firearms packaging and “any descriptive

When candidate Donald Trump stood atop the stage at last year’s National Rifle Association convention in Louisville, Kentucky, the gun world felt a proverbial “thrill up its leg.” For the previous eight years, gun rights advocates, gun owners, and the firearms industry had been fighting an all-out war with the Obama administration and its allies

France’s strict gun controls–including universal background checks, licensing requirements, and all-out bans on whole categories of guns–proved impotent as a 17-year-old suspect opened fired on a high school in Grasse. The suspect is under arrest. The Local reports that “the headteacher” at the Alexis de Tocqueville high school was targeted in the attack. The suspect

“In Richmond, Attorney General Jeff Sessions says he will expand Project Exile nationwide,” the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports.  “Project Exile is a widely copied program credited with cutting Richmond’s violent crime 20 years ago by shipping firearm violators to far-off federal prisons. When [FBI Director] Comey was appointed director of the FBI, Exile was frequently cited