As the actor John Ratzenberger tells it, when he auditioned for the hit 1980s sitcom Cheers—a show that centered on a group of Boston pub goers—he was being considered for the role of “Norm,” the bar’s sage. Ratzenberger was wise enough to know that part didn’t fit him (it would be …

David Hemenway, a Professor of Health Policy at Harvard University’s Injury Control Research Center, has been a proud proponent of anti-gun “research” for many years. Rather than relying on criminologists and experts in law enforcement to diminish violent crime where firearms are used, Hemenway long-ago jumped on the anti-gun bandwagon of trying to …

A proposal to fight crime by Oakland, Calif., police is raising a lot of noise and a satirical response from Babylon Bee – Fake News You Can Trust. Oakland’s Police Department is telling residents that getting their hands on an air horn is their best defense against out-of-control crime. They’re adding that …

Tracking crime statistics – and more importantly, whether or not crime is rising or falling in the United States – is getting harder to do. That’s because nearly a third of America’s cities are no longer reporting crime statistics to the FBI. This is more than just a problem for …

James Bond author Ian Fleming wrote, “Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.” It could be time for New Zealand gun owners to start getting suspicious. On July 26, the New Zealand Herald reported that the country’s new Firearms Safety Authority had compromised the personal information of more …

Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action, announced in January that she would retire from her antigun group sometime this year. Don’t expect a quiet exit as she’s now talking about restricting free speech. Watts, whose gun control group is controlled by billionaire and former failed gun control presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg, took …

It takes a certain amount of brazenness to put the responsibility of defending the nation on a young American and then, in the next breath, demand they forfeit those freedoms they are literally willing to die to protect. U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) is never one to disappoint, though. His …

Last September, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) approved a Merchant Category Code (MCC) for firearm retailers. Since the ISO’s decision, NRA-ILA has worked to alert financial industry stakeholders to gun owners’ concerns and urged state lawmakers and attorneys general to address this matter. To date, several states and their attorneys general have taken important steps …

It was David P. Bushnell’s 1948 honeymoon in Japan that started it all. Two crates stuffed with binoculars accompanied him during his return trip to California, where he launched the company that still bears his name. Initially selling them by mail order, it wasn’t long before his brand found its …

“Red Flag” Gun Confiscation Orders (GCOs), also known as Extreme Risk Protection Orders, are an objectively ineffective proposal in the wake of mass public shootings. A study on the effectiveness of “Red Flag” GCOs, conducted in 2018 using data from 13 states for a combined total of 36 years, found …