In response to recent attacks from Democrat lawmakers and governors retaliating against the 2024 election results by threatening the Second Amendment rights of their constituents, new legislation has been filed in the great state of Texas that, if passed, will prohibit the recognition, service and enforcement of “red flag” orders. This epic pro-Second Amendment legislation … Read more
The boys from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives and really big fires have grown increasingly busy in recent weeks. If they’re not running down legitimate gun owners while fishing for straw purchasers, then they’re trying to intimidate people into surrendering forced reset triggers. Now they’re hitting the pavement hectoring people about (formerly legal) … Read more
By Tom Vaughn MD ‘Red Flag Gun Laws’, or ‘Gun Violence Restraining Orders’ are becoming increasingly popular among opponents of the right to keep and bear arms. Politicians from both major parties seem anxious to use these laws strip Americans of their right to armed self-defense guaranteed by the Second Amendment, as well as their … Read more
A lot of people thought Barack Obama earned the title of America’s best gun salesman. No more. Democrats, foaming at the mouth with chronic TDS, demanding more gun control and promising confiscations, along with a pandemic and, at the end of the month, nationwide rioting and looting, have caused gun sales to spike in May … Read more
I hope you’ve heard about Governor Cuomo’s plan to deal with the New York City COVID-19 crisis: grab ventilators and personal protective equipment (PPE) from up-state hospitals and ship them to NYC. If Cuomo can get away with taking equipment — which he’s said “the entire state of New York” needs — to benefit New … Read more
Following Joe Biden’s finger-pointing tirade in which he called a Detroit construction worker a horse’s ass when he dared to ask the candidate about his gun control agenda, the Biden campaign needed of some damage control. That’s when the tireless journalists at CNN got to work to assure Americans that Ol’ Joe really doesn’t want … Read more
While some gun owners prefer to complacently ignore legislation until it passes, that’s a luxury we really can’t afford. Last year, Virginia Senate Bill 16 was pre-filed in anticipation of the Democrats impending takeover of the state legislature. This bill expands the class of “assault weapons” and bans them outright. No grandfathering. Facing a remarkable … Read more
The final numbers for the New Zealand “buyback” confiscation are now available. We’ll begin by taking them at face value. As of December 21, 2019 (the day after the “buyback” ended), they claim: Collected: 51,342 newly banned firearms. Modified to comply: 2,717 Total: 54,059 That’s 22.5% compliance based on the previous estimate of 240,000 affected … Read more
A few months ago, in face-to-face conversations, I made a little prediction. Sadly, if I ever put it in writing somewhere, I can’t find it now. (ETA: Ah ha! I did document that prediction.) As I watched and reported on the New Zealand firearm “buyback,” I noted the low rates of compliance, based on NZ … Read more
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