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Virginia Session Begins with a Slew of Anti-Gun Bills
Today, January 10th, the Virginia Legislature begins the 2024 session. Anti-gun legislators gained control in the Virginia General Assembly last election cycle and are beginning their assault on the Second Amendment. Below are just are some lowlights of anti-gun legislation already introduced this session: Bans commonly owned firearms and places …
Canada’s Guns – A Step Closer to Confiscation and Destruction
Like the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau’s 2020 “assault weapon” ban and confiscation program (“buyback”) will mark its fourth anniversary this spring. His Liberal government has previously shared little information about the anticipated costs, timing and mechanics of how this is expected to be enforced. As recently as last …
VA: MORE ANTI-GUN LEGISLATION INCOMING
A New Year is here, but anti-gun Democrats are still in their old, tyrannical ways. They have continued to announce their anti-gun agenda for the upcoming legislative session, which begins next week. Recently, gun owners noticed the introduction of HB 2/SB 2, which bans so-called “assault weapons” and “high capacity” …
Gun Skills: Fitting a Handgun
If you’re reading this, perhaps it’s because you’ve been saved from the recommendation of “just get a (insert common pistol here)” or “just pick whatever feels good.” One of the biggest mistakes a new handgun owner can make is to buy a gun based on blind advice. The only thing …
I Have This Old Gun: Mauser “Cigarette” Rifle
As collectors know, fine firearms can be a solid investment, but, at times, firearms themselves become a commodity. In post-World War II Germany, the country’s currency had devalued rapidly, and a barter economy replaced traditional money. Cigarettes, scarce on the civilian market but readily available in the PXs (Post Exchanges) …
District Court Calls California Gun-Control Attempt “Repugnant”
A federal judge recently deemed California’s new carry law, set to take effect on January 1, “repugnant to the Second Amendment.” On Dec. 20, U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney granted a preliminary injunction blocking portions of the state’s new carry law, which would have banned Californians—even those with a hard-to-obtain concealed-carry permit—from …
Gun Review: Henry Homesteader
When everything you need to survive must fit between a pair of saddlebags and your belt, simplicity is key. Settlers of the Old West knew this, and, as such, carbines that fired the same rounds as their pistols were highly desirable as one way to lighten the load. Additionally, procuring …
Biden’s Office of Gun Control
It would be nice if I were able to report that the people who run our sprawling federal government are taking seriously their oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, but, unfortunately, I can write no such thing. Once upon a time, American presidents established offices …
GUN CONTROL ADVOCATES WONDER WHY NEW YORKERS TURN TO THE SECOND AMENDMENT
More than half of New Yorkers now believe their state is in decline and won’t get better soon. Go figure, crime is listed as the Number 2 reason for the reported despair – behind only the cripplingly high cost of living. Recent events have led to a surge in crime leaving countless New …
The Politics of Futility and the False Promise of the “Assault Weapons” Ban
Last week saw another episode in the dismal political theatre that surrounds gun control in America, as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) made a phony attempt to resurrect a failed, 30-year-old “assault weapons” ban in the Senate by unanimous consent. Needless to say, no idea could be less universally …