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Why Does the IRS Need So Many Armed Agents
The satirist P.J. O’Rourke once quipped: “Remember that all tax revenue is the result of holding a gun to somebody’s head. Not paying taxes is against the law. If you don’t pay your taxes, you’ll be fined. If you don’t pay the fine, you’ll be jailed. If you try to …
The White House Just Said What Right Before the Midterm Election?
President Joe Biden (D) has long made his anti-gun goals clear on his path to the White House. Now, just before the midterm election on Nov. 8, the White House is saying that the president will “do everything in his power” to bring his gun-control agenda to fruition. In a statement released …
Inside this Law-and-Order Election
If you spend most of your time in conversation with reasonable, level-headed folks, it might be difficult to imagine a scenario in which majorities of voters in this midterm election wouldn’t cast their ballots for law and order. But then, despite the vivid reality each crime inflicts on real people, …
NRA Files Friend of the Court Brief in NY PLCAA Case.
On Friday, NRA-ILA filed an amicus brief in a case challenging a New York law that seeks to circumvent the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (“PLCAA”). PLCAA codified the fundamental legal maxim that the law only holds responsible parties liable for their actions. It limits the types of …
Battleground Races for the Second Amendment
In my monthly column in this issue, I let you know about getting more involved with our election and campaign activities. I want to make sure you have every opportunity to help ensure success come Election Day on Nov. 8. Now, let’s talk about some of the key races. Starting …
Why Illinois Will Likely See Even More Violent Crime
As we near a midterm election on November 8, a lot of anti-Second Amendment politicians have been blaming guns in general, or our Second Amendment rights in particular, for recent rises in violent-crime rates. They do this even though many of these same politicians have passed no-cash-bail policies, which let …
Shipping Companies Prohibit the Lawful Shipping of Firearms
Wondering what federal law says regarding individuals who do not have a Federal Firearms License (FFL) that need to ship firearms? Well, if you go to the website for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), select the Resources pull-down menu, and click on the Firearms option under Q&A, you will find …
Biden Continues Railing Against the Second Amendment
On August 30, President Biden emerged from about three weeks of vacation to start what appears to be a full transition from leading the country (if you could call it that) to a dedicated campaign mode. The sparsely attended appearance in Wilkes-Barre, PA was touted as a promotion for Biden’s …
Is President Joe Biden’s Son Above The Law?
In a recent issue of America’s 1st Freedom, I observed a paradox at the heart of the American gun-control movement: That while anti-Second Amendment activists wish to make it as difficult as possible for Americans to keep and bear arms, those same activists seem increasingly to believe that the enforcement of …
Brace Yourself: Biden Administration Reinterprets “Firearm,” Prepares Crackdown
When we say “brace yourself,” we’re not kidding. The pistol brace rule is coming as well. But first, a different sort of crackdown was unleashed on the nation this week, as an ATF rule published on April 26 finally took effect on Wednesday. The regulation is entitled “Definition of `Frame or Receiver’ …