DC’s Gun Restrictions Takes One Between The Eyes

by Ross Kaminsky. Concealed weapons legal in DC until further notice. The ruling of Washington, DC district court judge Fredrick Scullin in the most important current challenge to that city's unconstitutional restrictions on Second Amendment rights takes judicial action against intentionally law-breaking jurisdictions to a most welcome new  ... MORE

Paul Hsieh: Gun Violence Is Not A 'Public Health' Issue

Which of these things is not like the other?        1 Measles, 2 influenza, 3 tuberculosis, 4 murder. If you picked #4, “murder,” you’re right. The first three are medical diseases. In contrast “murder” is not a medical problem, although it is a tragic cause of death. But in recent years, anti-gun organizations (and some physicians) are seeking   ... MORE

Can We Fight Police Brutality With “Massive Open Carry”?

by Trevor Lyman.       Those of us that are aware of the problem of police brutality are desperately looking for a way to stop it via peaceful means. I believe that if the majority of the public were to open carry (which I would call “massive open carry”), police brutality would diminish greatly for two main reasons:  hb1.) More often than not the    ... MORE

James Trenton: The Roadmap For Gun Control

Be aware.       A lot of people involved in the fight for gun rights get caught up in the details of daily battles and lose focus of the big picture of where gun control is headed. We focus on specific quotes, an image, or a video clip. We track the newest anti-gun bills and write comments online. All these are important and we certainly     ... MORE

Nullification of Oppressive Federal Laws Is Catching On

by John F. McManus.     Earlier in 2014, the Kansas state legislature enacted a law stating that some federal gun control regulations would not be obeyed in Kansas. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder immediately notified Governor Sam Brownback that this new state law was unconstitutional. He cited Article VI of the U.S. Constitution,     ... MORE

Katie Kieffer: Let Students Carry On Campus

Why force students into being sitting ducks?     Pepper spray, police and cardboard signs failed to prevent the June 5 Seattle Pacific University shooting. Let’s stop mass violence on college campuses by defending college students’ right to carry firearms on campus. Tragically, this is the third column this year that I must write defending    ... MORE

Georgia's Expanded Concealed Carry Good For Liberty

"An armed society is a polite society." - R.A. Heinlein.     Georgia Governor Nathan Deal recently signed into law a bill which expanded the rights of licensed gun owners to carry their firearms into certain public places. The name of the bill was the Safe Carry Protection Act, though critics have charged that it should be better known as the    ... MORE

Why Conservatives Shouldn't Boycott Chipotle

by David Harsanyi.     For those of you who haven't heard, Chipotle Mexican Grill, which for years allowed local laws to dictate policy for the restaurant chain regarding open or concealed weapons, has decided to "ask" customers not to bring firearms into its restaurants after some zealous gun owners paraded around with "military-style assault  ... MORE

Why Gun Owners Oppose Universal Background Checks

Building the gun owner database.     Gun control groups (including the Obama White House) have been pushing hard for new laws and restrictions on firearms. One of their biggest dreams is to have what is known as a “universal background check” (UBC). The gun control groups see this as a panacea to stop violence. They believe that if they   ... MORE

Attracting Millennials To The Second Amendment

by Katie Kieffer.        The Second Amendment is hipster. Millennials simply don’t realize how hipster. Happily, there are simple steps that the National Rifle Association can take to open the eyes of young people. According to a 2014 Pew Research study, Millennials are no more liberal on guns than their parents or grandparents. So, the NRA has an    ... MORE

A. Barton Hinkle: The Case For Knife Rights

Big government overreach claims new class of victims.      A certain fellow—we’ll call him Fred—broke the law a while ago. He didn’t mean to. He didn’t even know he was doing it. Nevertheless, had he been caught he could have gone to jail—for a year. Fred lives in Virginia. Last fall he went on a camping trip. Not knowing what the terrain   ... MORE

Polls Show Most Americans See Through Gun Control Spin

by Steve Sanetti.     Gun control advocates are often quoted in media accounts as saying that the vast majority of Americans are in favor of stricter gun control laws before they spin off onto the particular “commonsense” new law they are espousing that day from that organization. Leaving aside the often dubious sources they cite,   ... MORE

Selwyn Duke: The Plan For Police Nullification

First persecutors or first protectors?     “I [sic] give my left n** to bang down your door and come for your gun,” said the cop. This statement, made by Branford, Ct., police officer Joseph Peterson in a Facebook conversation earlier this month, created quite a news-cycle firestorm. Internet commenters from Sacramento to Saratoga   ... MORE

Kentucky State House Considering Gun Grab Nullification

by Joe Wolverton, II.       Making Madison and Jefferson proud. The Kentucky state House of Representatives is considering a bill that would nullify any federal attempt to take guns from citizens of the Bluegrass State. By voting for this measure, Kentucky state legislators could stand up and perform their constitutional obligation to check federal    ... MORE

Supreme Court Hides From Montana Gun Rights Issue

by Bob Unruh.        The High Court just says no to Tenth Amendment. Contending it is “fruitless” to expect that the federal government would rein in its own “lust” for tyranny, the instigator of a years-long conflict with Washington over the Interstate Commerce Clause says the battle is over. At least for now. Gary Marbut, president of the Montana     ... MORE

Gun Control: A War Not A Conversation

by William A. Levinson.     President Obama said previously that the nation needed to have a "conversation" about gun control, and he reiterated this agenda in his State of the Union speech. New York's Governor, Andrew Cuomo, has subsequently boasted that his SAFE Act has criminalized law-abiding gun owners for "offenses" such as having  ... MORE

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Missouri Senate Passes Gun Law Nullification Bill

Tossing stones against the empire.    An effort to nullify federal gun control laws and jail any federal agents trying to enforce them cleared the Missouri Senate yesterday, but a court challenge and another potential veto by Gov. Jay Nixon could ultimately block the legislation even if the House approves it again. Although state efforts to   ... MORE

David Kopel: Concealed Carry Is Winning

See the growth chart of right to carry.      The chart below shows how Shall Issue laws for the licensed carrying of firearms for self-defense have become the American norm. As of 1986, slightly less than 10% of the U.S. population lived in states where there were objective and fair procedures for the issuance of concealed handgun carry        ... MORE

Mark Meckler: Connecticut Gun Owners Deliver A Message

Registration? Hell no!       Did you know that quietly--very quietly thanks to a biased media--tens of thousands of American citizens delivered a message about the limits of government? Did you know that citizens of one state engaged in a mass act of civil disobedience that has left statist officials from both parties scratching their heads as an ... MORE