In the state of Vermont, March 14 is considered Crossover Day, and despite being the home of Bernie Sanders, this doesn’t mean what you’re thinking, but I can’t blame you for going there. Instead, the name refers to a crossover deadline in the Vermont legislature when bills that fail to advance out of their chamber … Read more
A new measure before the U.S. Congress is designed to enhance safeguards for protected firearm trace data, which the weaponized Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) misused under the Biden Administration. The 2003 Tiahrt Amendment prohibits the release of firearm trace data to anyone other than law enforcement or prosecutors investigating a crime. … Read more
Several pro-freedom organizations, including the National Rifle Association, have filed amicus briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court urging justices to take up the case of the hastily passed law lawmakers quickly passed to skirt provisions of the critical 2022 ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen. In response to the Bruen … Read more
A U.S. senator from Oklahoma is targeting banks and other financial institutions that discriminate against those in the firearms industry and other groups not considered politically correct enough. Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin, along with Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, and 39 other Senate Republicans, introduced the Fair Access to Banking Act to ensure that banks … Read more
Missouri’s “Second Amendment Preservation Act” has returned to the state’s general assembly after previously being ruled unconstitutional, a statement so full of irony that it is difficult to type. How could a law intended solely to preserve what is arguably the second most important inalienable right recognized by the Constitution be deemed unconstitutional? Missouri Senate … Read more
New York’s latest anti-gun scheme is, like many, a solution in search of a problem. The measure A.1191, which aims to eventually ban all guns not classified as “smart guns”—a currently unavailable and unproven technology—was recently approved by a 14-to-6 vote in the legislature’s Assembly Codes Committee. The measure requires the state’s Division of Criminal … Read more
A measure recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Michigan, aims to end corporate entities’ ability to profit from taxpayer-funded federal contracts while discriminating against the firearms industry. HR 45, known as the Firearm Industry Nondiscrimination (FIND) Act, ensures that corporations cannot gain from contracts and subcontracts funded by taxpayers … Read more
Doctor Timothy W. Wheeler and six fellow ear surgeons recently submitted a proposal to their national specialist society, the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS). The seven ear doctors wanted their academy to support their new policy endorsing firearm suppressors for hearing protection. The docs had tried it before but failed. Some of their … Read more
Second Amendment advocates, and any liberty-loving American who remembers a better time before the Biden Administration, have been rejoicing since the call of the 2024 election in favor of President Donald Trump. As he is known to do, the President-Elect is wasting no time getting the ball rolling, making cabinet appointments and promising to undo … Read more
The Truth About Guns provides news, reviews, and insights to help you stay informed on the latest trends in gun culture, legislation, and industry developments.