By Roger J. Katz “It’s like déjà vu all over again.” – Yogi Berra If you asked your fellow Americans to point to one defining moment in our nation’s recent history, many would likely mention the 2001 terrorist attacks. Some Americans might point to Barack Obama being elected as U.S. President. Some might mention the […]
Duane Liptak is executive vice president of Magpul Industries and a member of the NRA board of directors. He’s published an open letter to the gun community at Ammoland making the case for unity and continued support of the National Rifle Association by those of us who value our gun rights. As some have said […]
By Roger J. Katz Although President Trump could and should have left the matter of bump fire stocks to Congress, Trump’s unilateral action, banning civilian ownership and possession of bump stocks is unlawful. That isn’t an open question. The answer to that question, under constitutional law, is clear and categorical. Trump cannot lawfully do so. But, he took that action anyway. The […]
Our own Luis Valdes fears that a Democrat-led initiative to end private gun sales in America will pass in 2019. I’m not sure what kind of liquid he has in his gun control Magic 8-ball, but in my view, federal gun control efforts will remain a lame, three-legged dog that just won’t hunt during this […]
You would think that California’s doyenne of civilian disarmament, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, would be as happy as a pig in slop about President Trump unconstitutionally and arbitrarily re-classifying bump stocks at machine guns. But in a lengthy op-ed piece she wrote for the Washington Post, Feinstein stated the following; (L)et’s not celebrate too quickly. Presidents […]
As we reported earlier, GOA promised they were going to file a lawsuit against President Trump’s unconstitutional bump stock ban when it was announced. Now they’ve made good on that. The GOA has officially filed their lawsuit in US District Court for the Western District of Michigan. GOA filed in coordination with the Virginia Citizens Defense […]
When President Trump ordered the ATF to reverse its ruling on bump fire stocks and magically designate them as machine guns (yes, that would be funny if it weren’t so arbitrary, ludicrous and dangerous), he had to know that the Department of Justice would be sued as a result. The Firearms Policy Coalition along with […]
The National Rifle Association has issued an official statement on the Trump bump stock ban. Now that the ATF has complied with President Trump’s virtual order to reclassify bump fire stocks as machine guns, the NRA claims that it was either “let ATF review its prior determinations” or risk even more restrictive action…from a GOP-controlled congress…that […]
As we reported, Adam Kraut and the Firearms Policy Coalition have filed suit challenging the Trump bump stock ban. But they’re not alone. I have been in contact with Erich Pratt and Gun Owners of America over these past months and they will be joining the fight against President Trump’s violation of the Second Amendment. GOA stated […]
In light of the bump stock ban becoming official, here is a friendly reminder from a founding father: No freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms. – Thomas Jefferson, first draft of the Virginia Constitution I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery. – Our nation’s third president, Thomas Jefferson, 1787 In Jefferson’s original […]
Well that didn’t take long. H/T to Adam Kraut for the heads up . . . Washington, D.C., Dec. 18, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, attorneys for an owner of a “bump-stock” device and three constitutional rights advocacy organizations filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump Administration’s new confiscatory ban on firearm parts, additionally challenging […]
Our friends at the ATF are in charge of regulating firearms. Which means they have to have a significant amount of expertise in how they work and the laws that apply to them. From people we know who deal with the ATF’s technical branch, they do a pretty good job of calling balls and strikes […]
