Illinois State Rifle Association Requests DOJ Review of State Gun Laws

When President Trump issued his Executive order, Protecting Second Amendment Rights, directing U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi “to assess any ongoing infringements of the Second Amendment rights of our citizens, and present a proposed plan of action to the President,” I have to admit I was skeptical, especially with regards to scope. To the extent … Read more

President Trump Orders D.C. To Speed Up Carry Permit Processing

President Trump hit the ground running in his second term, issuing a wide range of Executive Orders, approximately 170 at the time I write this, addressing everything from Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports to Protecting Second Amendment Rights. But the latter of those two is not the only Executive order to address Americans’ right … Read more

AG Pam Bondi Misses Second Amendment Executive Order Deadline

The deadline for Attorney General Pam Bondi’s autopsy on the Second Amendment has come and gone. The order, Protecting Second Amendment Rights, issued on February 7, provided a thirty-day period for the Attorney General to “examine all orders, regulations, guidance, plans, international agreements, and other actions of executive departments and agencies to assess any ongoing … Read more

Kamala Harris Calls Safety a Civil Right While Pushing Gun Restrictions, Highlighting a Contradiction in Approach

Vice President Kamala Harris sparked debate Thursday when she declared that “the right to be safe is a civil right” during an East Room event where President Joe Biden signed a new executive order aimed at limiting the development of gun technologies. Harris’s statement raises questions about the administration’s stance, particularly in light of efforts … Read more

Biden-Harris Set to Announce New Executive Order on Gun Violence

Many Americans wondered if Joe Biden was still doing anything as president or if he was simply enjoying lame duck status, when suddenly this popped up on Fox News. President Biden is preparing to sign a new executive order aimed at reducing gun violence, the media outlet reports. The order is expected to focus on … Read more

Amid a Historic Shortage, Joe Biden Hypocritically Blocks the Importation of All Russian Ammunition

You know that Wolf, TulAmmo, and Bernaul ammunition you have stashed in the back of your closet? Soon it will become a collectable of sorts, kind of like the old Norinco ChiCom ammo from twenty years ago. Thanks to the great statesman occupying the White House, further importation will stop, probably some time in the … Read more

Could a President Biden Tax Guns and Ammo by Executive Order?

Listen to “Spike in guns and ammo sales amid pandemic || 1370 WSPD Toledo || 8/10/20” on Spreaker. [This exchange begins at the 8:36 mark of the audio file at the link above.] Q: Emily, one of the concerns I’ve got over President Trump’s executive orders issued over the weekend affecting the payroll tax, if … Read more

Illinois Governor Pritzker Orders Masks as of May 1, But Mask + Gun = Felony Under Illinois Law

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker issued an executive order last week requiring residents to wear masks in public effective May 1st. However, the order puts gun owners in jeopardy with Illinois firearms laws. From the May 1, 2020 executive order . . . “Wearing a face covering in public places or when working. Any individual who … Read more

Michigan Local Gun Shops Are Still Open…For Now

Michigan’s governor has done a wonderful job of roiling people across the nation with her petty, tyrannical responses to the Chinese virus pandemic. And as much as she doesn’t like guns, though, she has not moved to close gun shops. Yet. This, despite not naming firearms retailers as “essential” in her executive order shuttering non-essential … Read more