U.S Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) is in the fight for her political life. She’s trying one last Hail Mary to win over gun control-minded primary voters in her bout against Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.). Rep. Maloney has used the firearm industry as a political football in her primary campaign. Now, she’s introducing legislation to punish … Read more
Smith & Wesson’s President and CEO Mark Smith published a public statement that turned the tables on Congressional gun controllers for their political theater blame game. It’s a sentiment shared by NSSF and one which the firearm industry trade association supports in its entirety. “Some have had the audacity to suggest that after they have vilified, undermined … Read more
Last month, New York Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney summoned firearms manufacturers to testify before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform committee that she chairs. Ruger CEO Chris Killoy and Daniel Defense’s Marty Daniel appeared and parried, as best they could, the ignorance, misinformation and lies about the guns they make, the companies they run, … Read more
Republicans on the committee defended the manufacturers, agreeing that “criminals” are responsible mass shootings rather than guns or weapons manufacturers. Some lawmakers, like South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace, called the hearings “political theater.” Rep. Jody Hice, a Georgia Republican, and Tennessee Republican James Comer, the committee’s ranking member, said the hearing was a part of … Read more
[ED: We’ve been getting some panicked emails from readers, some of whom are hair-on-fire worried about a couple of bills in the House of Representatives. To no one’s surprise, the Cornyn-Murphy Bipartisan Safer Communities Act that was signed into law by President Biden recently did nothing to satisfy Congressional Democrats in their unending efforts to … Read more
The U.S. House of Representatives is controlled by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). She’s constantly being pushed further and further to the Left by progressive and anti-gun members of her caucus who are not interested in finding common ground on firearm safety proposals. If the rush to place the blame on law-abiding gun owners for the … Read more
This Week in Gun Rights is TTAG’s weekly roundup of legal, legislative and other news affecting guns, the gun business and gun owners’ rights. Federal Bill Would Mandate Guns Be Made “Smart” Ah, the ever-present threat to increase the IQ of our tools. Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney has proposed a bill that would require all new … Read more
By NRA-ILA On Wednesday, the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing it called, “Holding Megabanks Accountable: A Review of Global Systemically Important Banks 10 years after the Financial Crisis.” If you are wondering what that could possibly have to do with the Second Amendment, let us remind you that Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is the … Read more
Eleven Minutes Because a cop is too heavy to carry . . . (D)espite the fact I believe mass shootings are symptomatic of a larger societal problem that has little to do with guns themselves, it was a hard point to argue in the wake of tragedy without sounding trite and callous. Then the tragedy … Read more
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