FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 23, 2022 Washington, D.C. – Today, Gun Owners of America (GOA) and Gun Owners Foundation (GOF) join their members and Second Amendment advocates across the nation in celebration of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the restrictive and unconstitutional “may-issue” laws that were on the books in …

Social science methods are not perfect, but that has never stopped anti-gun researchers from making outlandish claims. Most recently, a team of researchers led by Doctor Apurva Bhatt from the University of Missouri Kansas City sought to evaluate the effect of changes in Missouri firearms laws on suicides among teenagers and …

Social science research is not as clear-cut as the hard sciences; research findings require interpretation and explanation. The findings have to be plausible. When the explanations are not grounded and experienced reality conflicts with the findings, the validity of the research should be questioned. Case in point: the latest research …

Social media can be a valuable tool;  but, it can also spread vast amounts of misinformation.  One such piece of misinformation that has spread like wildfire through Instagram and Facebook is wearing a mask in public during the coronavirus plandemic means you cannot carry your concealed firearm even with a …

If only the ACP had the same sort of respect for the 2nd Amendment. The authors claim that the individual right to keep and bear arms was established by the Supreme Court.

Article first appeared at Cheaper Than Dirt. Jeh Johnson recently claimed ‘gun ownership is part of Homeland Security.’ It is statements such as this that led to the recent gun control measures that have been recently voted down in the Senate and attempted to be brought before the House of Representatives. …

The recent terrorist attack on military servicemen in Tennessee is the latest tragedy inflicted on our service members stationed in the United States. And unless Congress acts, it won’t be the last. While open and concealed carry laws have sent crime among the civilian population plunging, violent killings on military …

Report Highlights: Gun laws vary by state. Some states have such strict laws that it seems almost impossible to exercise the right to keep and bear arms within their borders. Hawaii has the strictest gun control in the U.S. due to its extreme purchasing and carry restrictions. California, Massachusetts, New …

Here at defenseofournation.com, I have been quite critical of the Supreme Court’s reluctance to grant certiorari to any of the assault weapon ban cases plaguing the nation. On Tuesday, June 30th, they finally agreed to hear two of these cases. Viramontes v. Cook County, out of Illinois, and Grant v. …

Report Highlights: Although rates of firearm ownership vary widely from state to state, American civilians own more firearms than civilians in any other country. Montana has the highest rate of reported household gun ownership at 66.3 per 100 residents. Wyoming (66.2 per 100), Alaska (64.5 per 100), Idaho (60.1 per …