FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 21, 2022 Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, Gun Owners of America (GOA) and Gun Owners Foundation (GOF) re-filed a federal lawsuit in the Northern District of New York over the poorly named Concealed Carry Improvement Act, which took effect September 1st.  Several additional plaintiffs who are willing to break the law or …

A study of gun statistics across the country found that concealed carry permit holders break the law far less than police officers.

Long before the United States Supreme Court ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n, Inc. v. Bruen (2022), a federal appellate court relied on the right to bear arms for self-defense to invalidate an Illinois law that generally prohibited the carrying of guns in public. As justification, the court observed that “in …

A federal judge in Illinois has overturned a portion of that state’s concealed-carry law, citing, in part, the landmark decision New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen (2022). In the case, Schoenthal v. Raoul, Judge Iain Johnston of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ruled that …

Gun-control groups campaign against right-to-carry laws by claiming that guns carried in public pose a substantial threat to public safety, and that concealed carry permitting laws lead to more violent crime, not less. Giffords, for instance, alleges that “the dangers of permissive public carry laws” include an increase in gun …

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry (R) assumed office on January 8 of this year and wasted no time working to protect the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Louisianans. In February, Gov. Landry opened a special legislative session to address crime in the Pelican State. As part of this effort, Gov. Landry …

As of early 2024, twenty-nine states in the United States allow individuals to carry firearms without a permit. Sixteen of these states have adopted permitless carry laws since 2019. This trend has sparked interest in how allowing concealed carry impacts crime rates. Overall, permitless carry does not appear to increase …

Lawyer J. Scott Kappas’ Traveler’s Guide To The Firearm Laws Of The Fifty States has notable updates for 2024, including more than 100 changes from the 2023 edition. The latest 68-pg. version provides updates on conditional reciprocity states, new page formatting for easier reading and reference, an interactive CCW-reciprocity map customizable by …

Legislation signed into law during March recaptured significant portions of the Second Amendment for law-abiding citizens in several states. Reversing infringements on the right to keep and bear arms is a growing trend in much of the nation, although left-leaning politicians and a liberal minority continue wagging the gun-control dog …

This month is a big one for the Second Amendment and law-abiding citizens who don’t want to surrender their right to legal self-defense when they leave home. Governors in Louisiana and South Carolina signed Constitutional Carry measures last week. The law became effective immediately in the Palmetto State, while residents …