Public housing authorities all over the country try to get away with illegally restricting residents’ Second Amendment rights. Click here to see some of the instances we’ve covered over the years. The fact that residents have to leave one of their civil rights at the door is a scandal in and of itself. Fortunately, there […]
Press release: BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation has won a permanent injunction against the Warren County, Ill. Housing Authority’s ban on the possession of firearms by residents or guests. The case was filed more than a year ago in U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois, Rock Island Division. Ronald G. Winbigler, […]
A lot of people think the NRA does most of the heavy lifting when it comes to defending gun rights. While the NRA does great work, plenty of smaller state and local gun rights orgs score big victories, too. Take Florida Carry‘s noble efforts to effectively restore the gun rights of Bradenton, Florida’s public housing […]
Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun agitators at The Trace don’t “do” irony. But they sure practice it. In their article The NRA’s Longstanding Campaign to Allow Guns in Public Housing Is Set for Its Latest Win, agitpropagandist Mike Spies seems blissfully unaware that he’s berating the NRA for doing exactly what his boss does. Like this . . .
“In a decision that may become a model for the nation, a federal judge here ruled that gun restrictions imposed by the Wilmington Housing Authority on its residents are constitutional,” usatoday.com reports. “The housing authority’s policy of prohibiting residents from openly carrying firearms in ‘common areas’ of public housing buildings is reasonable and does […]
[HTML1] Press release: BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation has filed a federal lawsuit against the Warren County, Illinois Housing Authority, seeking an injunction against the WCHA’s ban on personally-owned firearms by residents of government-subsidized housing. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Ronald G. Winbigler, a resident of Costello Terrace in Monmouth. Mr. Winbigler […]
By Henry F. Fradella, Arizona State University and Michael D. White, Arizona State University In mid-November, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg apologized publicly for his backing of a practice intended to reduce violent crime that had for years been criticized as racially biased. “I realize back then I was wrong, and I’m sorry,” […]
The New Jersey Second Amendment Society writes: New Jersey According to a recent investigation by NBC4NY, North Bergen Housing Authority Security Director Geoffrey Santini (above), a political crony of North Bergen mayor and state Senator Nicholas Sacco (D-32), rarely shows up for his full-time job. Santini also has a CCW permit, courtesy of North Bergen […]
Drop in Gang Violence Drove New York City Shootings Below 1,000 in 2016 the New York Times headline proclaims. For those who are looking for a “solution” to Chiraq’s huge spike in firearms-related injuries and homicides, well, there you go. OK, sure, the NYT’s headline sits atop of picture of a gun (as above) rather […]
A little backstory to yesterday’s Quote of the Day . . . A year ago, the Bridgeville Rifle and Pistol Club filed suit against the state against the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. The suit was designed to enforce Article 1, Section 20 of Delaware’s Constitution. From ballotpedia.com: A […]
On Friday, Dara Lind (Vox job description: “Jetpack Comandante“) wrote on Donald Trump’s recent interview with MSNBC’s Morning Joe in which he said this about the attack on Umpqua Community College last Thursday: “…oftentimes this happens…you know, we sort of saw that about him, it really looked like he could be a problem but it’s […]
On the last day of their just-concluded session, the Missouri legislature passed SB646, which reforms the state’s gun laws. The bill was passed with a veto-proof majority in the house, 111- 28 and a potentially veto-proof majority in the Senate, 21-7. Potentially, as four senators did not vote. Two more votes are needed to […]
