Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
One More Time: It's Not 'Gun Violence' It's Gang Violence :: 01/29/2022
Every time you hear a politician or a media personality mention “gun violence,” you should mentally translate that phrase to “gang violence.” Not only that, but ask yourself if that politician or media outlet has an agenda by mislabeling gang violence as something entirely different.
VIDEO: Suspect in Shooting of Milwaukee Officer Was Out on Bail :: 01/29/2022
The suspect who exchanged gunfire with a Milwaukee, Wisconsin, policeman Thursday on St. Paul Avenue had previously been in trouble.
Why gun control wouldn't have stopped Texas standoff :: 01/29/2022
While the push hasn’t been as significant as it might have been, there has been a push for more gun control following the standoff in a Texas synagogue earlier this month. That’s hardly surprising.
After violent 2020, murder rate increases nationwide again in 2021 :: 01/28/2022
Murders rose across twenty-two major American cities 5% from 2020 to 2021; from 2019 to 2021, murders increased by 44%, according to a report from Fox News.
Democrat-Run Washington DC Sees 37 Carjackings in First 20 Days of 2022 :: 01/28/2022
Democrat-run Washington, DC, witnessed 37 carjackings during the first 20 days of 2022.
Judge says Rittenhouse rifle will be destroyed by crime lab :: 01/28/2022
Kyle Rittenhouse won’t be getting his rifle back, but his wish to see the firearm destroyed will be granted by Judge Bruce Schroeder, who on Friday approved Kenosha County Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger’s motion to have the state crime lab dispose of the rifle.
Philadelphia Crime Analysis Clearly Illustrates the Disfunction of the City’s Criminal Justice System :: 01/28/2022
Vast in scope, the report touches on topics including arrests, bail, sentencing, and the need for trauma services, victim assistance, and neighborhood investments. An executive summary included 35 recommendations, almost none of which came with concrete price tags or plans for implementation. [City Councilmember Curtis Jones Jr.] acknowledged in the report’s opening pages that the document was not designed to be a solution but rather to offer “a view of the same issue through a variety of different lenses.”
Alarmism about gun magazine betrays "experts" ignorance :: 01/27/2022
The kind of magazine a criminal uses often has little impact on his criminal actions. That’s because most bad guys don’t need a million rounds. They can hold you up with an empty weapon and can kill people with just a few rounds.
Gun Bills Introduced By State Lawmakers in 2022 :: 01/27/2022
States kicked off 2022 by introducing a slew of gun-related legislation. Fortunately, most bills are in favor of gun owners. Lawmakers in five states are pushing for constitutional carry. Below are some bills and proposed agendas that may impact you if you live in one of the mentioned states.
Kyle Rittenhouse Demands Return of Rifle & Property Taken by Police :: 01/27/2022
U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)-— On January 19, 2022, documents were filed with the Kenosha County Circuit Court asking Judge Bruce Schroeder to award ownership of the rifle Kyle Rittenhouse used to defend himself on August 25, 2020, during the riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He is also asking for the return of Kyle’s iPhone, ammunition, and clothes.
Pennsylvania lawmakers seek to put teeth in preemption law :: 01/27/2022
Pennsylvanians are in a weird spot. They’re a fairly pro-gun state, despite having both Pittsburgh and Philadelphia inside their borders, with a pro-gun legislature. However, they have an anti-gun governor who is vehemently against things like preemption.
ATF raids Amish farmer, seizes guns :: 01/26/2022
So far no arrests have been made and authorities are keeping mum about a raid on a property in the heart of Pennsylvania’s Amish country around Lancaster, but the local paper has some intriguing suggestions about what’s going on, and it sure looks like the BATFE is getting ready to accuse an Amish farmer of being an unlicensed gun retailer.
California city becomes first to demand gun owners pay liability insurance and an annual fee :: 01/26/2022
San Jose, California, became the first city in the United States to imposerestrictions on gun owners demanding they purchase liability insurance and pay an annual fee.
Jewish gun owner shares why he has a Nazi gun :: 01/26/2022
The Nazis were vile. We can argue about whether anyone was viler–and I say the communists were at least as bad–but there’s really no debate to be had about whether or not they were bad.
Jim Kenney's Philadelphia Saw 38 Murders in First 3 Weeks of 2022 :: 01/26/2022
There were 38 murders in Mayor Jim Kenney’s (D) Philadelphia during the first three weeks of 2022. The 38 murders came on the heels of 2021, a year in which the city witnessed 562 murders, breaking its annual homicide record.
NSSF: More than 5-million first-time gun buyers in 2021 :: 01/26/2022
The nationwide run on guns and ammunition that was sparked by the first COVID shutdown orders in March of 2020 and fueled by the riots, looting, and chaos in dozens of American cities after the death of George Floyd in May of that year has never fully subsided in the months since. Ammunition is still tough to find, and while the availability of firearms has improved a bit over the past year, it’s still awfully tough for a lot of gun shops to get everything they’d like to offer to customers.
Analysis: First-Hand Insights on the Golden Rules of Gun Safety :: 01/25/2022
Protection is arguably one of the main reasons why so many American citizens are buying guns now more than ever, increasing the need for personal and home defense. The spike in first-time gun buyers raises the need to maintain and help ensure safety for these individuals and those around them.
Campus Carry bill heads to Arizona Senate floor :: 01/25/2022
Arizona has some of the best gun laws in the country, but there’s one glaring exception to the pro-2A statutes already in place. No permit or license is required to keep or bear arms in the state, there are no “red flag” laws or gun bans on the books, and no one hoping to exercise their Second Amendment rights are subjected to onerous waiting periods or subjective licensing laws to own a firearm.
Maryland Dems Define 'Unfinished' Frames as Firearms, Push to Ban Them :: 01/25/2022
Maryland Democrats are pushing to alter the definition of “firearm” so as to include an “unfinished frame,” and then to ban that frame from ownership.
SHOT Show: Six Pro-Gun Governors on Gun Rights and the Firearms Business in Their States :: 01/25/2022
A standing room-only crowd of SHOT Show 2022 attendees and media packed in to hear from six Second Amendment-supporting governors talk about firearm businesses. Audience members got to hear from the governors discuss the firearm industry in their respective states and what they’re doing to protect the traditions and future of the Constitutional right to keep and bear arms.
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