Illinois State Police will begin using a new voice-over-internet-protocol system (an automated phone system) next year to improve long waits for Firearm Owner’s Identification (FOID) card and concealed carry license (CCL) applications. The Illinois State Police said in a Nov. 12 Facebook post it receives 25,000 FOID card applications per …

As the liberals repeat their mantra that gun control is the answer to violence, Americans need to ask, “How has that been working elsewhere?” Take the United Kingdom as an example. England, after all, is often held up as a shining example of good governance when it comes to gun …

Michael Bloomberg’s bought-and-paid-for new Virginia majorities have wasted no time introducing an extremist bill that would make the Commonwealth one of the most hostile states for law-abiding gun owners. House Bill 2, introduced by Delegate Kenneth R. Plum (D-36), would criminalize almost all private transfers of firearms. Not merely restricted to doing so for sales, Virginians …

Self-defense is a main reason people want to own firearms—because a gun gives a person the means to better protect himself/herself and others. Self-defense, is defined in a law dictionary, as the use of reasonable force to protect oneself or members of the family from bodily harm from the attack …

South Carolina Republican Representative Stewart Jones (Laurens) filed House Bill 4704 near the end of November, and according to The Tenth Amendment Center, the bill would take a big step towards creating a “gun rights sanctuary state” by banning state and local enforcement of any future federal gun control. “Passage …

At this point in the election cycle it’s always worth treating what a presidential candidate is saying seriously. This is especially true when what they’re telling us has been carefully crafted into a written plan. Enter Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-Mass.) “Protecting Our Communities from Gun Violence” plan. As this was …

The city of Knoxville, Tenn., may no longer sign contracts for gun shows on city property after two future shows are held. The Knoxville City Council voted 8-1 during its Sept. 24 meeting on a resolution requesting that gun shows no longer be allowed on city property. Authority to implement …

A rare American flintlock rifle made in 1775—and stolen from a museum in 1971—has been recovered with the help of an antiques collector. It is now available for public viewing in a Philadelphia museum. The five-foot-long “Pennsylvania rifle” belongs to the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution (PSSR). The …

Ammo Crafters, a veteran-owned business, was asked to leave the Chester Fair in Chester, Conn., on Aug. 24 after one of their T-shirts with an illustration of an AR-15 rifle was deemed inappropriate by the fair’s organizers. Marcos Diaz, COO of Ammo Crafters, told America’s 1st Freedom that after a …

In early October, economist John Lott of the Crime Prevention Research Center released “Concealed Carry Permit Holders Across the United States: 2019,” his annual report on the number of concealed-carry permit holders in the United States. We’ll let Lott’s summary deliver the key finding: “In 2019, the number of concealed …