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From Near-Extinction To Modern Rebirth
Some may not remember that the Second Amendment was once facing the prospect of extinction. Instead, the right to keep and bear arms is in the midst of a modern renaissance, thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen. How we …
This Needed to Be Said
Often the most-interesting parts of congressional hearings are the performative one-liners congressman deliver in attempts to get onto cable news programs. But, now and then, something so honest and off-script happens that we should stop and pay attention. Such an honest moment occurred in a House Oversight committee hearing last …
Idaho: HB 190 Discouraging Discrimination Against Firearm Industry Advances to Senate Floor
Yesterday, the Senate State Affairs Committee passed House Bill 190, one of two bills from the House to ensure that Idaho taxpayer dollars do not go to businesses that boycott the firearm industry, among other industries. It now goes to the Senate floor for further consideration. Please contact your state senator …
KY: THE BLUEGRASS STATE IS CLOSE TO BECOMING A 2A SANCTUARY
Dear friend, The Bluegrass State is on the verge of becoming a Sanctuary for your right to keep and bear arms. HB 153 has passed through the legislature, and it is now on the governor’s desk. In short, this bill would prohibit any Kentucky law enforcement from enforcing any federal …
BIDEN BUDGET WOULD GROW ATF 50% LARGER THAN OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
On March 9th, 2023, President Biden put forward his budget proposal for fiscal year 2024, which includes over $1,900,000,000 for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF).[i] That’s a 13.6% increase over the 2023 budget.[ii] ATF’s budget to enforce unconstitutional gun laws was “only” $1,258,600,000 in FY 2017,[iii] when President Trump …
Congressmen Demand Answers From the ATF
In light of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) recent ventures into making laws instead of just enforcing them, two U.S. Congressmen are calling on ATF Director Steve Dettelbach to answer some questions in front of a committee in the U.S. House of Representatives. Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Thomas Massie …
Idaho: Committee Passes Bills Discouraging Discrimination Against Firearm Industry
House Bill 189 prohibits public contracts with individuals or companies that are boycotting certain industries, including those that engage in or support the manufacture, distribution, sale, or use of firearms. House Bill 190 requires that banks and credit unions that are designated depositories for public money do not boycott industries important to the State …
David Hogg Believes He Knows More About 2A Than the Supreme Court
We don’t really talk that much about David Hogg anymore, as he no longer seems to be the darling of the anti-gun movement he once was; although one might argue he was never much more than a suitable tool for those determined to undermine the Second Amendment. Maybe the anti-self-defense …
Trudeau’s Liberals in “Humiliating Climbdown” on Bill C-21
In the face of a furious backlash against changes proposed to Bill C-21, Canada’s Liberal government has dropped two expansive amendments to the bill. Gun rights groups, opposition politicians and ordinary Canadians opposed the bill because it would not only criminalize mainstream hunting and sport shooting firearms lawfully owned by millions …
Biden’s Meandering, Sometimes Incoherent, SOTU Inevitably Includes Attack on 2A
Joe Biden gave another State of the Union (SOTU) speech last week, and, as most anticipated, it included an attack on our right to keep and bear arms. Biden has hammered away at this theme throughout his term in the White House, and there was nothing in his latest broadside …