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Illinois lawmakers have passed legislation requiring police to take possession of guns from accused domestic abusers who are subject to protection orders. The Prairie State statute seeks to protect domestic violence victims but may run afoul of the due process guaranteed by the Constitution. Rising Domestic Violence In support of the new gun seizure bill, … Read more
And Some Lessons In FAFO Nowadays, with over half of the US States (29, in fact) having Constitutional Carry with just shy of 500 MILLION firearms in their private possession, you’d think that even someone with a less-than-stellar belief that stealing is wrong would start to understand that the odds aren’t in their favor. That … Read more
Whenever Republicans hold the majority in the lower chamber of the legislature, they ensure the House Rules allow for concealed carry of a firearm. Democrats repeal the rule and prohibit firearms everywhere they can, when in charge. And they try to get them banned when they are not in charge. We’ve had armed Reps on … Read more
Disregarding the fact that there is no constitutional premise on which he should have lost his rights in the first place, the Third Circuit, deciding a case vacated and remanded to them by the US Supreme Court, ruled in a 13-2 decision that “Bryan Range, a Pennsylvania man convicted of food stamp fraud nearly three … Read more
Dear Fellow Gun Rights Advocates, I’m reaching out to you with an urgent plea regarding a new legislative threat to our God-given, constitutional right to bear arms. A bill, LSR 2025-0701, similar to the recent House Bill 1711-FN, has been filed, and it’s poised to strip away our freedoms under the guise of public safety. … Read more
Armed rebels in Syria have driven their former dictator out of the country. Armed rebels. The people of Syria, not the Syrian army. So, in case anyone is still confused: Ruth Ward et Rick Ladd removenda est.
In the comments of a recent post on attempts to ban guns at polling places, a reader asked what seems like a pretty simple question: How can one ban something that is constitutional? Here’s the short answer to that: You ban it, let people bitch while they get used to it, and then move on … Read more
The U.S. Supreme Court is sending a chilling message to gun owners when it comes to encounters with police: comply or die. In refusing to hear an appeal in Argueta v. Jaradi, the Supreme Court is allowing a lower court ruling to stand, which threatens to erode Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable use of force by … Read more
“Self-defense is a primary law of nature, which no subsequent law of society can abolish.” That’s how the great Mercy Otis Warren put it. But this wasn’t just a philosophical view for the Founders and Old Revolutionaries. They knew an armed society was essential to preserving liberty – because they lived it firsthand. In fact, it was one … Read more
For the sake of argument, let’s agree that people inclined to ignore the law will. Let us also consider that if you want to shoot someone or a bunch of them, the best possible locations are ones where you know you’ll have a significant force advantage. It, therefore, follows that any act of government that … Read more
The 18 lives lost in Lewiston, Maine, can’t be returned, but the political arguments never die. And while we mourn any needless loss of life, the world that took it is not an accident. Some people did something to borrow from the illustrious Ilhan Omar. Deliberate legal, social, and cultural choices made over years and … Read more
A crumbling economy and porous border, or the scary project 2025 and loss of “reproductive rights”; those are the messages both parties are inundating Americans with as election day rapidly approaches. But if Republicans hope to reach the estimated 10 million gun owners not registered to vote, hunting and pro-gun organizations alike know traditional messaging … Read more
Cape Cod Gun Works owner and chairman of the Civil Rights Coalition, Toby Leary, joins me to discuss H4885, a legislative assault weapon directed at law-abiding gun owners in Massachusetts. We discuss Gov. Maura Healey’s despicable move, some new (sometimes laugh-out-loud funny) restrictions and changes from the law, and what Bay State Citizens are doing … Read more
This is absolutely hilarious – I had to play this several times because it was simple, straightforward, and completely ridiculed the Democrat’s message. “Shall we do something??”
There are a number of misconceptions about Jews and, among other issues, their views on guns and politics. As a life member of both the National Rifle Association and Gun Owners of America, the author is also proud to be a current and early charter member of Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership (“JPFO”), … Read more
First, from Anna Mussman ANNA MUSSMAN: How Our New Definition Of Freedom Causes Cruelty: In the past, freedom meant to ability to obey one’s beliefs. Now, freedom is the ability to require others to obey one’s own beliefs about oneself. Kamala lives and breathes the sort of thinking, systemic democrat thinking, that anything they like … Read more
The otherwise intolerant and intolerable State of Massachusetts amended its firearms laws over the summer. It might have been the heat (more likely the lawsuits) that inspired them, but they managed to cough up H4885, “An Act modernizing firearm laws.” Aside from being an overly long mess, it allows nonresidents to travel through the state armed … Read more
The 2025 legislative session hasn’t even started yet, but anti-gunners are already acting up! Representative David Meuse has submitted a legislative service request to require background checks for private firearm sales and waiting periods for all firearm purchases in New Hampshire. An LSR is a filing made by a legislator for a proposed bill that is … Read more
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJ) is hearing oral arguments today on the appeal of Commonwealth vs. O’Donnell, a case dismissed by a lower court. As reported previously, These challenges to the state’s firearms licensing scheme stem in part from the prosecution of two motorists, Dean Donnell and Philip Marquis, who were both charged with … Read more
The Land of Lincoln is not exactly kind when it comes to the Second Amendment. Bans, restrictions, takings, you name it. Illinois believes the government has more rights than you do, and when they can’t take the guns, they write laws that make it as difficult as possible to carry them for self-defense. In their … Read more