Override of Missouri Gun Reform, Constitutional Carry, Seems Likely
In May the Missouri legislature passed an omnibus gun legislation reform bill, SB 656, on the last day of the session. While widely heralded as a permitless or "constitutional carry" bill, there were several other notable...
Blogger Jailed for Defending 1A Rights and Life with 2A
A year ago, Mike Strickland was beaten and ended in the hospital for several months. His cameras were stolen, then returned with the drives wiped clean. He has video of the attack, but the...
Are You European and Want a Gun? Be Swiss!
The Swiss have always had a lot of guns and significant freedom. As Machiavelli noted in "The Prince" in 1517:
“Moreover, a Republic trusting to her own forces, is with greater difficulty than one which...
Devon Martes’ Mother: Cops Did What They Had To Do
https://youtu.be/dMKX50dxJQk
Devon Martes was shot and killed by a Jefferson Parish Sheriff deputy last week. You cannot help but feel sympathy for his mother, a woman who has lost two of her five sons in...
Jefferson Parish Louisiana Sheriff’s Office Deputy-Involved Shooting: Video Reveals Fatal Errors
https://youtu.be/dMKX50dxJQk
In a high crime area near New Orleans, a Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Deputy was involved in a shooting just before midnight on July 26, 2016. In the video of the shooting, it appears to...
Man Shot in Cleveland for Supporting Trump
Paul Jones Jr. had not yet begun to fight when he was unceremoniously shot in the leg simply for voicing his pro-Trump-for-President opinion. We've had no shortage of discussion here at TTAG here about...
AP’s Misleading Headline: “Man who shot sleeping intruder . . . “
The above headline must be one of the most misleading that I've seen. It comes from the Associated Press, aided and abbetted by the AP leading sentence. From the washingtontimes.com:
BEND, Ore. (AP) - The man...
Doublespeak: Columnist Claims Protecting the Second Amendment Diminishes the First
Writing for the Tampa Bay Times, columnist John Romana claims that a law to protect the Second Amendment diminishes the First Amendment. The statute in question, passed by the Florida legislature in 2011, makes it illegal...
OK Police Chief OK’s Personal Rifles for Officers
After the Dallas police massacre, the Oklahoma City police union asked that officers be allowed to carry their personal rifles with them at work. From newsok.com:
Citing the deaths of five officers in Dallas last...
Republican Party Platform on Guns
Click here to read the Republican Party Platform, enacted late Monday afternoon. Here's the Party's position on gun rights.
The Second Amendment:
Our Right to Keep and Bear Arms
We uphold the right of individuals to keep...
Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) Calls for Suspension of the Rule of Law and Constitutional...
"Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown has joined the call for Gov. John Kasich to suspend Ohio's open carry law during the Republican National Convention this week," cleveland.com reports.
"I would hope that the governor would listen to...
Censorship in Columbia SC, Political Pressure Takes Down Gun Billboard
FN Manufacturing rented advertising space in the Columbia, SC Airport. The Richland-Lexington Airport District approved the billboard. It didn't see anything inappropriate about the ad. Twenty percent of the travelers through the airport are...