Settled Science: The 2020 Spike in Violent Crime Isn’t a Red State Problem, It’s a Blue City Problem

From the NRA-ILA . . . Billionaire Michael Bloomberg’s gun control group, Everytown for Gun Safety, ranks the 50 states on how well they have comported their laws to the organization’s civilian disarmament agenda. In doing so, the group describes New Hampshire, with its few gun control laws, as a “national failure.” That descriptor might … Read more

Washington State Double Murder Shows the Problem is a Failure to Prosecute and Incarcerate, Not a Lack of Gun Laws

By Gene Johnson, AP Kirkland Warren was out on bail pending a long-delayed murder trial in Arkansas. But when he was arrested in southwestern Washington state early this month on charges that he assaulted his ex-girlfriend and fired a gunshot into her apartment, he quickly posted bond and was released again. Just a few days … Read more

LA’s Woke, Soft-On-Crime DA Is America’s Worst Salesman for More Gun Control Laws

By Mark Oliva Let the gun control zealots defend this. Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón had to be shamed into doing his job to protect his community from a would-be school murderer. DA Gascón refused to bring charges against a teen who allegedly posted threats against a school on social media and was allegedly caught carrying … Read more

DC Police Chief Floats an Idea for Reducing Violent Crime That’s So Radical It Just Might Work

As crime continues to skyrocket in the nation’s Capitol, Metropolitan Police Department Police Chief Robert Contee has come up with a truly radical idea for addressing the problem: stop releasing criminals back onto the streets and keep them behind bars. “What we got to do, if we really want to see homicides go down, is keep … Read more

McCloskeys: St. Louis Prosecuting Attorney Kim Gardner is ‘Just As Dumb As a Sack of Hammers’

Mark and Patricia McCloskey nearly lost their careers and gained felony convictions after standing up to a trespassing mob of Black Lives Matter “protesters” threatening to kill them and burn their house down. That happened thanks to the Soros-funded St. Louis Prosecuting Attorney Kimberly Gardner prosecuting the couple for daring to use their guns to … Read more

Citizens Increasingly Turn to the 2nd Amendment as a Result of Chicago’s ‘Defund to Police’ Movement

Some folks don’t realize that in a civilized society, the police exist to protect the criminal class as much as to keep them in check. Because when government can’t or won’t stop criminal behavior, gun owners will step up and enforce the rule of law in order to protect themselves. Unlike the police, the civilians … Read more

A ‘Progressive’ Prosecutor’s Lenient Plea Deal Paved the Way for the Michigan State Shooter

From the CCRKBA . . . The man responsible for murdering three Michigan State University students and wounding five others should have been behind bars, but instead was free because of a reduced charge on a plea deal, a fact that should outrage not just gun owners, but everyone in the country, the Citizens Committee … Read more

Houston DA Will Present Case of Taqueria Customer’s Defensive Shooting to a Grand Jury

The defensive gun use that was caught on security video when a Houston taqueria customer shot an armed robber last week has caused more than a little discussion about how justifiable all of the shots the restaurant customer directed at the crook were and what the armed defender’s fate might be. The thief, 30-year-old Eric … Read more

Rethinking Criminal Justice, ‘Progressive’ Prosecutors and Defunded Police Have Resulted in More Minority Gun Owners

Gun control debates conjure images of white, conservative men who collect arms for sport. Today, a new population makes up a disproportionate percentage of first-time gun owners: people of color, especially women. Like Hudson, they don’t use their guns for recreation. They own them for protection. In a study conducted between January 2019 and May 2021, … Read more