The anti-gun industry has been trying to find a way around the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms act for years now. The PLCAA became law back in 2005 with bipartisan support for very good reason. The concept behind the law was simple and straightforward; a gun maker shouldn’t be held liable for criminal misuse … Read more
This is TTAG’s weekly roundup of legal and legislative news affecting guns, the gun business and gun owners’ rights. For a deeper dive into the topics discussed here, check out this week in gun rights at FPC. Don’t Poke the Bear. Or Shoot it With a Paintball Gun. Really. Despite being from a place called Rifle, … Read more
We’ve seen this movie before. When called out on this (in the unlikely event that she is), Ms. Watts will no doubt defend herself by saying she was just regurgitating the willful misinformation being spouted in the linked article by New York Senator Chuck Schumer trying to whip up fear of “ghost guns.” But that’s … Read more
The panic has officially set in regarding New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. City of New York. A number of observers on the anti-gun side have written articles warning of the effects of a ruling that not only strikes down the city’s prohibition on transporting a handgun anywhere other than a shooting range … Read more
“It’s just a massive assault on the Second Amendment.” That’s the evergreen reaction of New York Rifle & Pistol Association executive director Tom King at the news that the New York Legislature has rubber stamped a five-bill bundle of new gun control laws for the Empire State. Among the measures that Governor Soprano will be … Read more
The dandies at The New Yorker can’t seem to fathom that restricting Second Amendment rights to the point of preventing the city’s gun owners from transporting their firearms outside city limits is a radical impingement of an enumerated civil right. But the truth is beginning to dawn on them. New York City is a strange … Read more
“I’m going to prison because I felt vulnerable and I wanted to be able to protect myself. The government has repeatedly shown its inability to protect its citizens from criminals and yet NYC doesn’t want you defending yourself.” – Clark Camp in ‘I’m Not a Criminal, But I’m Going to Prison for Owning a Legal Handgun … Read more
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