Florida Alert: Another Chairman Denies a Hearing -- to Pro-Self-Defense Bill
The self-serving conduct of a House committee chairman is threatening to undermine our self-defense rights. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles McBurney (R-Jacksonville) seems to be taking...
View ArticleAfter 10 Years, What Justice Thomas Said Is Huge For Gun Rights
There is an old adage about the man of few words. When he speaks, he has something profound to say. Nevertheless, after Justice Thomas spoke the media has been focusing on the mere fact that he asked a...
View ArticleAlabama: Critical Pro-Gun Bill Introduced
Yesterday, March 1, state Senator Jabo Waggoner (R-16) introduced Senate Bill 304 in the Alabama Legislature. This critical bill seeks to solve the significant disparity in concealed weapon permit fees...
View ArticleCommittee rejects bill to allow guns in Maine subsidized housing
A legislative committee voted Wednesday to reject a bill that aims to ensure Mainers living in subsidized housing can keep guns in their residences.Continue reading...
View ArticleArizona: Senate plans to debate bill to let guns in public buildings
The Senate plans to debate a bill in what has become an annual effort to allow concealed-carry permits holders to carry firearms into some public buildings.Continue reading...
View ArticleGeorgia Governor: Opposition to Campus Carry Same ‘Hype’ We Heard Against...
On February 26, Governor Nathan Deal (R) said the arguments being propounded against campus carry in Georgia are part of the same “hype” concealed carry opponents put forth in 2014. Governor Deal was...
View ArticleWest Virginia Governor Vetoes Permitless Carry Bill
Fairfax, Va.— The National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) is disappointed in West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin’s veto of HB 4145, a permitless concealed carry bill...
View ArticleGun background checks: February is third-biggest month ever
February was the third-biggest month on record for gun background checks, according to data released Wednesday by the FBI.Background checks, which the FBI conducts every time someone tries to buy a gun...
View ArticleCalifornia: Three Anti-Gun Bills Pass Assembly Public Safety Committee
On Tuesday, March 1, the Assembly Committee on Public Safety passed three anti-gun bills and postponed a vote on the fourth. These egregious anti-gun bills are of serious concern to gun owners,...
View ArticleChris W. Cox: Freedom's Safest Place
The Hollywood celebrities, political elites and billionaires who attack the Second Amendment want to take our God-given freedom away. Yet at the core of the Second Amendment is the eternal truth that...
View ArticleSenior Right-to-Carry permit holder shoots two attackers, WPVI, Philadelphia,...
A 65-year-old resident and his wife were walking home from their business in Philadelphia, Pa. when a pair of men attacked them. The resident, a Right-to-Carry permit holder, responded to the attack by...
View ArticleScotland Sets July Deadline for Airgun Licensing
In a sad turn, the home of the Scottish Enlightenment continues to adopt benighted gun controls. On June 25, 2015, the Scottish Parliament passed the Air Weapons and Licensing Act, with Royal assent...
View ArticleSecond Amendment as Second-Class Right? A Dismal Warning
A case involving the scope of firearm prohibitions prompted Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to break his more than decade-long silent streak on the bench. Justice Thomas last asked a question in...
View ArticlePinocchio's Greatest Hits
Hillary Clinton Always Does What's Right? CNN reported last Friday that former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, now a gun control advocate campaigning for Hillary Clinton for president, told the news...
View ArticleA new gun debate returns to Connecticut state Capitol
Three years after passing a wide-ranging overhaul of Connecticut's gun laws, state lawmakers were asked Thursday to compel individuals to produce their permit to carry a firearm at the request of...
View ArticleCan Va. state lawmakers stop a gun store from opening in Arlington?
The legislators —Dels. Patrick Hope, Alfonso Lopez, Richard Sullivan and Mark Levine and Sens. Barbara Favola, Janet Howell and Adam Ebbin, all Democrats — sent their letter Wednesday from Richmond,...
View ArticlePrimary Update
After Super Tuesday, with 11 states completing their caucuses or primaries, the presidential race is starting to become a little bit clearer. Hillary Clinton won seven states and Bernie Sanders won 4....
View ArticleTennessee: Changes to gun permit length, cost gain approval
A bill that would reduce gun permit fees — another main piece of Gov. Bill Haslam's legislative agenda — received approval from a panel of lawmakers on Wednesday.Continue reading...
View ArticleWest Virginia Legislature Overrides Veto on HB 4145
The National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) applauds the West Virginia state legislature for overriding Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin’s veto of HB 4145, making constitutional...
View ArticleWest Virginia: Legislature Overrides Tomblin’s Veto of Permitless Carry...
Today, March 5, the West Virginia State Senate voted 23-11 to override Governor Earl Ray Tomblin’s veto of HB 4145, the permitless carry bill. The Senate’s action, the final step to ensuring the...
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