By Larry Keane Over the weekend, the governor of California managed to use the tragic incident in Virginia Beach to score cheap political points. Here are the facts, as reported: The shooter legally purchased both handguns he used in this criminal attack. Newsom’s take: “We just don’t need background checks on guns, we need background checks […]
By Larry Keane U.S. Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) might be gunning to outdo President Barack Obama’s “best gun salesman” title. That’s right. He’s at it again, reminding every law-abiding gun owner and potential voter what’s truly at stake in the next election. Rep. Swalwell reiterated his threat of mass gun confiscation this week. He aired this threat […]
Residents of the Land of Lincoln will not have to submit fingerprints and pay upwards of $150 in order to own, shoot or even touch firearms after all. House Democrats voted to pass the measure last week. However, sensing the outrage of gun owners, the Illinois Senate’s Democrat leadership killed the bill and closed out […]
Earlier this week, as President Trump was readying to leave for the UK for the 75th Anniversary of D-Day, the President stated he didn’t like suppressors. While in London, the President sat down with Piers Morgan about the subject of suppressors and guns in America came up. The POTUS discusses gun violence with @piersmorgan. He says […]
Virginia Governor Ralph “Coonman” Northam isn’t letting a crisis go to waste. Following Friday’s shooting at a Virginia Beach municipal facility in which 12 people were murdered by a city engineer, the Democrat is seizing the moment and calling the state’s legislators back for a special session to consider a package of wide-ranging gun control […]
Gee, It’s almost as if politicians will say just about anything to get elected. The latest case in point: Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. The New York Senator is currently one of about 68 Democrats who’ve announced their candidacy for the 2020 presidential race. She appeared on a Fox News town hall event over the weekend. As Fox […]
By NRA-ILA This week the campaign website for presidential hopeful Joe Biden published what it called an “Education … Plan for Educators, Students, and Our Future.” Among its agenda items was to “[d]efeat the National Rifle Association” by “championing legislation to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines – bans [Biden] authored in 1994.” In other words, Biden […]
The Illinois House Wednesday passed a bill to require the submission of fingerprints, along with higher fees in order to own, shoot or even handle a firearm or ammunition. Kathleen Willis’ Amendments to SB-1966 would also end private firearm transfers and even require immediate family members gifted a firearm to report themselves to the Illinois […]
The Texas legislature dropped a little bomb in Governor Greg Abbott’s lap before it adjourned for two years. They attached funding for a safe gun storage public awareness campaign to a $250 billion state budget bill. It’s $1 million for the Department of Public Safety to create a program that would advocate for “safe storage,” […]
By NRA-ILA By now gun owners have become accustomed to a certain measure of ignorance from anti-gun politicians and their lapdogs in the mainstream press on matters of firearms policy. It’s the flamboyant stridency of that ignorance that remains shocking. Last week, the presidential campaign of Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) announced that if elected president the candidate […]
By NRA-ILA Today, Governor Larry Hogan vetoed House Bill 1343 /Senate Bill 1000, legislation to repeal the Handgun Permit Review Board. House Bill 1343 /Senate Bill 1000 sought to remove citizen oversight regarding the appeals process for Maryland wear and carry permits. Current law allows individuals who are denied a wear and carry permit to […]
By NRA-ILA On May 21st, the Illinois state House Judiciary Committee voted 12-7 to pass House Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 1966. While it has not yet been scheduled for further action, the House may take it up at any time. HA 1 to SB 1966 would impose various gun control schemes in Illinois, such […]
