Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – I began lobbying for the National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) in late 1999. I was inspired to get directly into the fight for freedom after the tragic events of Columbine led to widespread calls to disarm citizens like me who had …

Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – While Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ win over former front-runner Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire on Tuesday piqued the interest of many, it makes not a whit of difference to America’s law-abiding gun owners. Sure, it was surprising that the 74-year-old socialist beat Clinton …

Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – So The New York Times broke the story this way: “Breaking News: Facebook is banning gun sales on its network, which had become a way for private dealers to elude background checks.” This choice of words is so pregnant with anti-gun political calculation that …

Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – The recent ruling by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals striking down Maryland’s so-called “assault weapons” ban is a game-changer for our Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. And the ruling’s reverberations should drive gun owners throughout the country to the ballot …

Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – As we have reported several times in the past (including here and here), the Veterans Administration (VA) has been reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) the identities of its beneficiaries who have been assigned a “fiduciary” to manage their benefits. …

Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – We know from Shannon Watts of the Bloomberg-backed gun control group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America that when it comes to a good guy with a gun stopping a bad guy, “This has never happened. Data shows it doesn’t happen.” Well, …

Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – Everytown for Gun Safety wants to sell you something. My father once advised me to “be skeptical of anything told to me by someone who had something to sell.” He was a car dealer whose business was mainly repeat customers—people who trusted him. On …

Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – You’ve probably heard the news that when Mexican authorities raided the hideout of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera, the head of the murderous Sinaloa drug cartel, on Jan. 8, they recovered a .50-caliber Barrett rifle that was trafficked through the ATF’s disastrous “Fast and Furious” …

In this News Minute from the NRA Institute for Legislative Action, Jennifer Zahrn reports that the NRA released its second video in a series that highlights the truths and hypocrisies of the national gun control debate. The latest one is about “Australian style” gun confiscation and what Hillary Clinton and …

Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – Colleges usually take great pride in proclaiming their “diversity” and “inclusiveness,” but simply wearing a tool of his trade was cause enough for one uniformed police officer to be excluded from a class he was taking at Darton State College in Albany, Georgia. While …