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There were fireworks at a Congressional hearing covering a critical topic not just to the firearm industry and Second Amendment supporters, but to all Americans. It wasn’t entirely unexpected. The U.S. House Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance’s hearing titled, “ATF’s Assault on the Second Amendment: When is Enough Enough?” posed …
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The so-called “mainstream” media holds a distinctly anti-gun bias when it comes to reporting about violent crime and defensive uses of guns. It’s been that way for decades, and only seems to be getting worse. Phrases like “gun crime” have edged out the more-accurate “violent crime” while “mass shootings” have replaced …
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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 …
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Washington Patriots: now is the time to put your voice to work for your Right to Bear Arms! HB 1240, a bill that attacks the very existence of each law-abiding citizen in Washington and bans over 65+ commonly owned rifles, has passed the House and moved to the Senate. The Senate …
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Second Amendment supporters and law-abiding gun owners can breathe a sigh of relief. For now, at least. The four major credit card companies – American Express, VISA, Mastercard and Discover – all announced they were “pausing” efforts to implement a newly-created Merchant Category Code (MCC) to track gun store purchases. NSSF worked …
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The effects of the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan under President Joe Biden (D) are still being felt to this day. The withdrawal, which took place in August of 2021, left the Taliban with over $80 billion of American military equipment, including 600,000 small arms (many of which are fully …
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President Biden just announced that he would be mandating backdoor UBCs or “as close to universal background checks as possible without additional legislation.”[i] His claimed “authority” comes from Section 12002 of the Cornyn-Murphy Compromise.[ii] According to the White House: Specifically, the President is directing the Attorney General to move the U.S. as …
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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 …
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Many of the best jokes have a grain of truth about them, and so it is with the old line that, when you stop to think about it, gun control is rather easy to achieve. First, you make it illegal for anyone who is crazy to own a gun. Second, …
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Constitutional Carry is moving in Nebraska, where two Democrats have broken with the party line to support the bill. As to the “why” these two Democrats are supporting permitless carry, the Associated Press provides the answer: While the bill would not usurp the federal requirement for a background check to buy …
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