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Nevada Concealed Firearm Permit Holders Lose NICS Exemption for Private Transfers
Nevada Concealed Firearm Permit holders are set to get a lump of coal in their stocking this Christmas. Nevadans with a permit have long-enjoyed NICS-exempt status, which exempts these law-abiding individuals from having to undergo a National Instant Criminal Background Check System check every time they purchase a firearm from …
Texas Gun Control Advocates Deride Actual Firearms Safety Efforts
Gun control advocates are not concerned with gun safety. This reality was brought home once again by the anti-gun reaction to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) and the firearm industry’s work to ensure Texans have free access to gun locks. Following a high-profile shooting in Santa Fe, Texas in May …
Pennsylvania: Attorney General Issues Opinion on Partially-Finished Receivers in Extreme Deviation from Federal Law
Today, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro issued a tortured opinion defining partially-manufactured receivers as firearms. This opinion flies in stark contrast to the current, and widely held, understanding that receivers that are unfinished and require additional work to operate as a functional frame or receiver are not considered firearms and …
Madison and the Bill of Rights
Newly-elected Congressman James Madison arrived at New York in March of 1789 with a double burden. In addition to his official responsibilities, he carried a commitment to honor an unusual agreement struck the preceding year with fellow Virginians Patrick Henry and George Mason. As the largest, most populous state in …
Golden State Warriors Head Coach Lambasted the NRA (Again)
San Francisco’s Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr continued his long-standing tirade against the NRA at a home game Dec. 9 when he told a local reporter that “our government officials have to decide that the safety of our citizens is more important than the money they receive from …
U.S. Judiciary Is Turning Toward Support of Second Amendment
Second Amendment supporters have been frustrated as various jurisdictions keep devising more ways to infringe on our right to keep and bear arms. But the ordinances that municipalities and states have pushed through have weak foundations, and it could well be that when legal challenges reach the federal courts the …
Operation Fast & Furious: The Forgotten History of ATF’s Notorious Gunwalking Scandal
The ATF isn’t all bad. In fact, they had a policy of letting illegal gun purchases go between 2006 and 2011. It ended up getting U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry killed on December 14, 2010, and let Mexican criminals get enough guns that they were found at over 150 crime scenes where Mexican …
Virginia Gov. Northam Seeks Gun Registration as Down Payment on Gun Confiscation
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) must think that Old Dominion gun owners are stupid. After months of Northam and his Michael Bloomberg-backed General Assembly allies advocating for the enactment of gun confiscation legislation, the governor has told the Virginia Mercury that he will support a gun ban bill that would …
Michael Bloomberg’s Gun-Control Master Plan
When Michael Bloomberg, former mayor of New York City and the founder of multiple gun-control groups, announced he was running for president, he also said his news service would not investigate him or his rivals now vying for the Democratic Party’s nomination. He said Bloomberg News, which has over 2,000 …
Virginia Lawmakers Threaten 2nd Amendment Sanctuaries with National Guard
Virginia is the new battleground of the Second Amendment. After the most recent election, the state’s House and Senate are both Democrat majorities and they haven’t wasted a moment in attempting to gut the gun laws in what has historically been a permissive state. What are these new gun laws? The so-called “assault …