You can’t use legislation to keep bad guys from getting guns. But that’s exactly what House Democrats are trying to do. Back from Summer vacation, they’ve passed a bill to expand background checks for firearms purchases. Democrat leaders in the House and Senate wrote to President Trump to insist on his “personal intervention.” This is […]
Here’s Some Good News out of California
The sheriff of Tulare County has had enough of active shooters taking people’s lives with no resistance. He’s encouraging the citizens of his county to exercise their right to bear arms, and carry concealed with a permit in order to protect themselves and those around them. America’s First Freedom reports: Sheriff Mike Boudreaux of Tulare County, […]
Everyone has the Inherent Right to Self Defense
At National Review, Rich Lowry explains that the Founders’ intent about the right to bear arms was quite clear. It was an extension of the right to self-defense, which was inherent in their being men. Lowry writes (abridged): The Bill of Rights numbers “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms” among those […]
These Scared Democrats Made the Mistake of Threatening the Supreme Court over the Second Amendment
A group of five Democratic senators, including Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) and current Democratic presidential primary candidate Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), are terrified that a case against draconian gun control rules like the one enforced until recently in New York City will be revealed as the unconstitutional burdens […]
America’s New Firearms Owners are Not Who You Think
Despite the stereotypical image of a gun owner being a rural, older man, the trend new target shooters has gotten younger, more female, and more rural. The NRA’s First Freedom magazine reports that data from the National Shooting Sports Foundation shows that not only has the number of target shooters risen by 51% since 2009, […]
Was Hillary Clinton Right? It Takes a Village
At first glance, Hillary Clinton was on the right track. In the wake of the recent mass shootings and anguished cries of do something, “It Takes A Village” makes sense, until you realize that Clinton’s village depends on federal bureaucrats. “But the principle is worth rescuing,” urges William McGurn in the WSJ. There will never […]
FBI Stats Show More Guns Equal Less Crime
Originally posted October 20, 2015. Despite rabid calls for gun control at the recent Democratic presidential debate, FBI stats show what author John Lott explained in his 1998 book, More Guns, Less Crime. In the chart below you’ll find the number of background checks performed by the FBI for gun sales, and the number of […]
Obama Wrong: The U.S. Does Not Lead the World in Mass Violence
Following the horrific shootings in El Paso and Dayton, former President Barack Obama issued a statement in which he condemned “language coming out of the mouths of any of our leaders that feeds a climate of fear and hatred or normalizes racist sentiments.” “This is a bit rich coming from someone who sat with his […]
Guns: Keep the Feds out of the Issue: Part I
You can’t beat crazy. And it’s hard to fight stupid. We all, however, can keep the federal government out of the mix when it comes to debating the issues of guns. Before you even begin to stake out your debate position against federal government interference, controls and gross mismanagement, read the original Articles of Confederation […]
Red Flag Laws Don’t Stop Crazy People
We are treating a legitimate, but very small, problem as if it is an existential threat to the country. It just isn’t. After the shootings in El Paso and Dayton, congressional Republicans are making noise about gun control laws. The liberal media is screaming about expanding background checks. Never mind, as Kimberley Strassel reports in […]
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