On February 20th, the Senate Committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Government Oversight and Courts will hear Senate Bill 822 to improve the ability of law-abiding citizens to defend themselves and their loved ones in churches. Please contact committee members and ask them to SUPPORT SB 822. Senate Bill 822 affirms …

The ban on household firearms, HB 961, was carried over until next year by a vote of 10-5 in committee — with the requirement that the Virginia Crime Commission examine the bill. Your voice is making a difference, but we can’t stop now! Questions were raised in Committee today about …

Well, the Trump administration’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE or ATF for short) altered the definition of machine guns and declared an illegal ex post facto ban on bump stocks, I guess they have been all the more encouraged to advance a gun confiscation agenda.  For those …

Article first appeared on Ammoland.com USA – -(AmmoLand.com)- If law-abiding gun owners needed another reason to be dubious of why their firearms ownership should be made public, the San Francisco Chronicle recently provided it. Fortunately, Sutter County Sherriff Brandon Barnes was strong on the side of gun-owners and did right. …

As is the case every four years, Iowa and New Hampshire voters use their first in the nation caucuses and primary to show would be presidential aspirants who might, and who won’t, be on the ballot in November. After the debacle that occurred in Iowa, with the results still not …

Article first appeared on Ammoland.com U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)- The Virginia bill to ban “assault weapons”, HB 961, is highly controversial. It is one of the items credited with bringing over 22,000 Second Amendment supporters to the Virginia Capitol to lobby their legislators. 91 of 95 counties in Virginia have passed Second …

On February 17th, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hear House Bill 961, the crown jewel of the Northam-Bloomberg gun ban agenda. HB 961 previously passed the House of Delegates on February 11th. Please contact committee members and ask them to OPPOSE HB 961. House Bill 961, as amended, is a comprehensive ban …

Article first appeared on Ammoland.com USA – -(AmmoLand.com)- Crime continued to decline in the first half of 2019, according to new preliminary data published by the FBI. Violent crimes dropped by 3.1 percent compared to January-June 2018 and property crime fell by 5.6 percent. Looking at violent crimes, the decline was seen …

Article first appeared on Ammoland.com U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)- The West Virginia Senate passed Senate Bill 96, a reform of the state weapons preemption law, on 11 February 2020. It passed with a vote of 30 in favor, 2 opposed. It appears all 50 states have some form of weapons preemption law.  …

Article first appeared on Ammoland.com U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)- The Chicago Tribune is reporting that a federal lawsuit has been filed against Armslist.com by the widow of slain Chicago Police Cmdr. Paul Bauer, with support of the Brady gun-control organization. Bauer was killed in February 2018 allegedly by a convicted felon identified …