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The State of Surveillance: California Cops and Social Media Monitoring
Last year, the Brennan Center for Justice requested under California’s freedom of information law, that the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) provide records relating to the Department’s “social media monitoring” activities. The request was based on the lack of public “information about the capabilities and limitations of the LAPD’s social …
FN-49: The Last Old-School Battle Rifle
Made in the traditional manner using machined steel forgings and a wood stock, the Fabrique Nationale (FN) Model 1949 self-loading rifle was one of the last elegant, old-world military rifles. Arguably the best self-loading rifle design of its era, production was delayed first by World War II and, later, by …
CHIPMAN DEFEAT ISN’T THE END
The White House’s announcement last week that President Joe Biden was withdrawing the nomination of David Chipman for Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) was a victory for the firearm industry and gun owners in general. However, it’s not the end of the Biden gun …
NRA Reacts to the Withdrawal of the David Chipman Nomination
FAIRFAX, Va. — The National Rifle Association today celebrates a major victory for our members and law-abiding gun owners as news reports indicate the nomination of David Chipman to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives will be withdrawn. “This critical win is thanks to NRA members who flooded …
The ATF Won’t Be Run By Chipman
“The White House will withdraw the nomination of David Chipman to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives,” CNN is reporting. And so, with anonymous leaks to favored news outlets, the Biden administration is pulling back the nomination of Chipman, an anti-Second Amendment activist who worked as a senior adviser for …
PRESIDENT BIDEN SHOULD WITHDRAW CHIPMAN NOMINATION
President Joe Biden faces a decision point when the U.S. Senate returns to Washington, D.C. next week. He would be well advised to withdraw his nomination of David Chipman for Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Chipman has proven to be an unworthy nominee to …
California: Your Privacy is at Stake!
Today, the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee is hearing Assembly Bill 173 after the conclusion of the Senate floor session, in an effort to ramrod this invasive bill through with only days left in the 2021 legislative session. AB 173 was an empty trailer that was amended over the weekend to resurrect the goals …
GOA ATTACKED FOR HOLDING A COMPROMISING POLITICIAN ACCOUNTABLE
On Thursday of last week, a Florida gun group launched an attack on our state director Luis Valdes and, by extension, on Gun Owners of America. One pro-gun writer described it as an “attack piece” against GOA. Buy All-American! Bring health and vitality back to your body with these non-transdermal patches Get …
WITH VETO, N.C. GOVERNOR KEEPS DISCRIMINATORY REQUIREMENT
North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper had an opportunity to end his state’s discriminatory Jim Crow-era law. Legislation to repeal the state’s requirement for citizens to obtain a pistol purchase permit from their local sheriff was passed by state lawmakers and sent to his desk for signature, in what would …
BIDEN ARMS TALIBAN & BANS AMMO FOR AMERICANS
The Biden Administration’s failure to competently draw down American forces in Afghanistan has allowed the Taliban to acquire nearly 600,000 American weapons. But instead of triaging the catastrophe, and bringing Americans – military and civilian – home, the Biden State Department is trying to score political points. Biden is once …