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Today, the Wyoming House gave final approval to Emergency Powers Legislation, Senate File 155, by an overwhelming 57 to 3 vote.  The measure now heads to the desk of Governor Mark Gordon for his signature.  Please contact Governor Gordon and ask him to sign Senate File 155 into law. Senate File …

As soon as an independent Czech state was formed from the ashes of the Austro-Hungarian Empire following the First World War, it quickly became known as a nation with worldwide influence in firearm design. During the Cold War, despite being behind the Iron Curtain, the Czechs resisted the hegemony of …

Flashback to 1986, Dade County, FL. What came out of the now infamous Miami Shootout was the development of a new standard for ballistic performance. Called The FBI Test Protocol, this new rating system required upgraded penetration and wound cavity standards, including a standard that all defensive rounds must penetrate ballistic …

Gun owners are accustomed to legalized discrimination. In some states, merchants still hang signs refusing to do business with us. We’re used and abused by big Hollywood. We’re outcasts in academia. Much of the mainstream media refuses to treat us fairly. Some government officials desperately want to take away our …

Sparks fly as a seized gun is destroyed with a torch by Nicaragua’s national police. This occurred at the inauguration ceremony for a new building constructed for the police’s weapon’s department in Managua in 2007. When Miguel Andres, who is now 30 years old, was a democracy-advocating university student living …

Today, the Tennessee House gave final approval to NRA-supported Constitutional Carry Legislation, Senate Bill 765 /House Bill 786.  This important measure now heads to the desk of Governor Bill Lee for his signature.  Following a large misinformation campaign from faux-gun rights organizations and gun control proponents to derail this outcome, Tennesseans will …

While advocating for new gun controls in 2013, then-Vice President Joe Biden told NRA-ILA Director of Federal Affairs Jim Baker, “regarding the lack of prosecutions on lying on Form 4473s, we simply don’t have the time or manpower to prosecute everybody who lies on a form, that checks a wrong …

Congressional hearings are supposedly held to investigate public policy issues so well-meaning legislators can apply facts and reason to forming evidence-based and constitutional solutions. This is the reason that courts judging the validity of legislative enactments typically give broad deference to the judgments of lawmakers on matters of both constitutionality …

Even before the two high profile mass shootings which took place in Georgia and Colorado this month, the Biden administration had a long list of efforts ready to roll out to infringe on your Second Amendment rights. However, these two tragedies provided an opening for the anti-gun crowd to exploit …

Gun control was already a Biden Administration priority before the recent shootings in Georgia, Colorado, and Virginia. In fact, the House of Representatives passed two gun-control bills weeks before the shootings. One of the House-passed bills expands background checks to include private sales, including those made at gun shows. Under …