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Alabama: Lifetime Carry Permit Legislation Assigned Committees
This week, legislation to create a new lifetime carry permit for state residents has been referred to committees in their respective chambers. Although no hearings have been scheduled, your voice of support early in the process will make sure we get these critical bills passed this session. Please contact members of …
Georgia: Carry Permit Reciprocity Bill in Committee
House Bill 787 has been assigned to the House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee for consideration. It is a critical bill to expand the ability of law-abiding citizens to defend themselves and their families both within Georgia and in other states. Please contact committee members and ask them to …
Hawaii: More Anti-Gun Bills Introduced Before Deadline
The end of last week marked the bill introduction deadline for the 2020 legislative session. Dozens more firearm bills were introduced, many with grave consequences when it comes to exercising your Constitutionally protected Second Amendment Rights. Some of the more egregious bills introduced include: House Bill 2736 and Senate Bill 2635 restrict ammunition purchases and possession to …
How Media Misinformation About Mass Murderers is Harming Us
Having failed for decades to induce the voting public to back its draconian and unconstitutional agenda, the American gun-control movement has hit upon a pernicious alternative to persuasion and political argument: Fear. To accomplish their goals of more gun bans and restrictions, gun-control groups are now focused on trying to …
The Couple Who Trains Together…
“We continue to see increases in couples and families attending courses together or at the same time,” said Ken Campbell, CEO of the famed Gunsite Academy in Arizona. “We have had requests for the return of the Team Tactics for Two course, so it is back on the 2020 schedule.” …
Surprising Gun Facts from the SHOT Show
In 2018 it was widely reported that Americans own 46% of the worlds civilian-owned firearms. This statistic came from the Small Arms Survey, a Geneva, Switzerland, based organization that calls itself “a global centre of excellence” that “generates evidence-based, impartial, and policy-relevant knowledge and analysis on small arms….” It says …
Utah County Mayor Institutes Rule Requiring Background Checks on Private Sales at Gun Shows
The mayor of Salt Lake County, Utah, has instituted a new rule requiring background checks for all firearms transfers conducted at gun shows held at county-owned facilities. The move has set off a debate about the legalities of the new rule, given Utah’s pre-emption statutes. Mayor Jenny Wilson (D), announcing …
Bloomberg Sets Presidential Sights Upon Second Amendment
This past November, as Americans were preparing to celebrate Thanksgiving, Michael Bloomberg, like the royalty of old, rode a $34-million media carriage into the 2020 Democratic Presidential race. Surrounded by armed lackies and fueled by bad ideas, Bloomberg proclaimed a singular purpose: to oppress your freedoms in ways that he …
Virginia: Senate Passes “Red Flag”, Committee Refuses to Punish Criminals
On January 22nd, the Virginia Senate voted to pass Senate Bill 240 to suspend Second Amendment rights and confiscate firearms without sufficient due process. It will now move to the House of Delegates for further consideration. That evening, the Senate Judiciary Committee rejected a number of bills to impose harsher …
State of Ignorance: California Pushes False Information to School Kids on the Second Amendment
As an incorporated provision of the United States Bill of Rights, the Second Amendment is the supreme law of the land, applying to all U.S. jurisdictions and to the actions of federal, state, and local officials. The U.S. Supreme Court provides the final and authoritative interpretation of that provision, as …