High Court Punts Second Amendment Challenge, But Eyes More Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court last week took another pass on deciding a case that could have helped to clarify proper Second Amendment analysis and bring defiant lower courts into line. An unsigned opinion issued on April 27 remanded the NRA-backed case of New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, Inc. …
Despite Confiscation, New Zealand Sees Most Gun Crime in a Decade
On April 5, 2019, three days after New Zealand’s Arms Amendment Act 2019 advanced from its first reading in parliament, NRA-ILA noted that “[g]iven the abundant research on Australia’s similar gun confiscation efforts, New Zealand officials can expect that their gun control measures will do little more than trample the …
Lawsuits Begin Over Trudeau’s “Assault Weapon” Ban
As we informed our readers earlier, Justin Trudeau, the Canadian Prime Minister, took advantage of the suspension of Parliament to declare a ban on what he described as “military grade assault weapons.” The implementing regulations (“Orders in Council”) apply to over 1,500 models and “variants” of guns that have been …
The Baker Rifle at Waterloo
On June 18, 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte literally met his Waterloo. The Emperor of France was defeated for the final time, ending decades of war, on a hill outside of Brussels defended by an Allied force commanded by Gen. Arthur Wellesley, better known as Lord Wellington. In Wellington’s army, there were …
Dr. Edwin Vieira On The President’s Authority & Duty To Suppress Insurrections
There is a lot of misinformation about the authority the president has when it comes to suppressing insurrections despite the fact that Congress was given legislative authority to direct his use of the military and the militia. Constitutional scholar and attorney Dr. Edwin Vieira joins me in this episode to …
The President’s Authority & Duty To Suppress Insurrections
When it comes to the militia and the president’s authority in controlling them, I confess that I needed a bit of clarity and Dr. Edwin Vieira has provided quite a bit of clarity on the matter. he has graciously allowed us to repost his latest on the president’s authority and …
Police Shootings & the Theory of Evolution
On Saturday, June thirteenth, in Atlanta Georgia, there was another yet instance of an African American man being shot by a white police officer. This resulted in rioters blocking interstates and burning down the Wendy’s where the incident occurred. The mayor demanded the resignation of the police chief and the officer …
Roof Koreans: How Civilians Defended Koreatown from Racist Violence During the 1992 LA Riots
The riots of the spring of 2020 are far from without precedent in the United States. Indeed, they seem to happen once a generation at least. The 1992 Los Angeles Riots are such an example of these “generational riots.” And while most people know about the riots, less known – though quite well known at the …
3 Reasons Why Prepared People Need Guns
One of the many adages of the prepper world is, “If you can’t defend it, you don’t own it.” If you’re new to the preparedness lifestyle, this saying basically means that all of your supplies, your stockpiles, your carefully selected buckets of food, and the time and money you spent on preparation will be …
Is There Ever A Time For Violence? Yes!
On Thursday’s Sons of Liberty afternoon show, time was short near the end and I made mention of the last resort being violence. In this episode, I’d like to give the biblical and constitutional answer for such a statement as many believe that all violence is wrong and evil. Setting …
