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10 Ways Target Shooters Can Enjoy National Shooting Sports Month in August :: 08/04/2023
Whether you’re new to target shooting, a first-time gun owner or experienced, see what National Shooting Sports Month has to offer at your shooting range or firearm retailer. Give shooting a try!
Biden Will Withhold Federal Funding From Schools With Hunting, Archery Programs :: 08/04/2023
The Biden administration apparently thinks that young archers are a real threat to safety. And, of course, getting rid of hunter safety classes for high school students must be an obvious way to improve safety. The Biden administration’s interpretation of the 2022 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA) will allow them to deny federal funding for schools with hunting or archery classes. The change will end schools having those classes.
It's a Feature. not a Bug - Permit Numbers Decline Despite Bruen :: 08/04/2023
The United States Supreme Court ruling striking down New York State’s concealed carry permit rules as unconstitutional was big news in June of 2022, but indications are that officials in the Big Apple are still trying to decide how to best pretend it never happened.
Police Charge Suspect, Praise School Security Plan Over Thwarted Attack on Hebrew Academy in Memphis :: 08/04/2023
An assailant has been charged, and a coordinated safety plan has been credited with saving students’ lives at a Jewish school in Memphis, Tennessee.
Brady Campaign Uses 'Bogus' D.C. Active Shooter Call to Push Gun Control :: 08/03/2023
The Washington, DC, police chief described Wednesday’s active shooter call as “bogus,” but the Brady Campaign–and campaign president Kris Brown–are using it to push gun control anyway.
Democrats Urge Speaker McCarthy to Allow Gun Control Vote :: 08/03/2023
Democrats in the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force are pressing Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R) to allow gun control legislation to come to the floor for a vote.
GOA Warns Executive Action for Universal Background Checks Coming :: 08/03/2023
Gun Owners of America (GOA) sounded the alarm Tuesday with a warning the Biden Administration is planning executive action to put universal background checks in place.
Second Amendment: 48 Consecutive Months of One Million Plus Gun Sales :: 08/03/2023
National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) numbers released by the FBI at the end of July show the U.S. has enjoyed four years of one million-plus gun sales a month.
Democrat Sen. Blumenthal Urges Executive Action to Expand Gun Control :: 08/02/2023
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) is urging the Biden Administration to “issue” new gun controls under the auspices of the gun control package passed by Congress and signed by Biden during the summer of 2022.
Lawmakers Challenge DOJ Over Tax Dollars for Red Flag Gun Confiscation Orders :: 08/02/2023
Back in March, NRA-ILA alerted members that under the 2022 omnibus federal gun control bill (dubbed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act or BSCA) that the U.S. taxpayer is funding state Red Flag gun confiscation orders. On July 25, a group of federal lawmakers led by Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kans.) and Rep. Alex Mooney (R-W.V.) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice demanding answers on how federal resources are being used to advance state Red Flag schemes.
Proven Lies and Weaponized Propaganda :: 08/02/2023
Antigun activists are getting so desperate that they are relying on incorrect methodology against the firearm industry to spread their own gun control agenda. Put simply: junk science will always be junk science. Regardless of whether the ‘scientist’ believes it or not.
Why Aren't Female Victims of Domestic Violence Told the Best Way to Protect Themselves? :: 08/02/2023
On Monday, July 17th, Lance Logan brutally murdered 64-year-old Carolyn Williams in her Hartford, Connecticut, home while she was on the telephone with a 9-1-1 operator. He also beat her 30-year-old son.
Gun-Hating Media Use Slanted Surveys To Control Public Opinion :: 08/01/2023
Gun control advocates often point to polls showing overwhelming support for gun control. For instance, in May, a headline for an NPR/PBS Newshour survey proclaimed: “Most Americans say curbing gun violence is more important than gun rights.”
NYPD Gun Permit Approvals Crater Despite SCOTUS Ruling :: 08/01/2023
Politicians in New York and California push extreme gun control restrictions under the guise of keeping people “safe.” Governors Gavin Newsom and Kathy Hochul should take note – their voters disagree.
Report: Upwards of Six in Ten Americans May Own Guns :: 08/01/2023
A report from the Washington Examiner claims upwards of 60 percent of Americans may be gun owners, an increase of approximately 25 percent over numbers widely reported heretofore.
Voters Rejecting Gun Control Politicians Who Shout 'Crime Isn't a Problem!' :: 08/01/2023
Politicians in New York and California push extreme gun control restrictions under the guise of keeping people “safe.” Governors Gavin Newsom and Kathy Hochul should take note – their voters disagree.
Biden withholding funding for schools with hunting programs :: 07/31/2023
President Joe Biden talks a big game about trying to make our communities safer. There’s not a single mass shooting–or any high-profile shooting, really–that doesn’t get him riled up enough to call for an assault weapon ban or some other bit of gun control, often before the facts have even started to trickle in.
Justice Alito Grants Temporary Stay for ATF’s “Ghost Gun” Rule :: 07/31/2023
On July 27, 2023, the Attorney General of the Biden Administration, Merrick B. Garland, applied for a stay to Justice Alito at the Supreme Court in the case of VanDerStok v. Garland. The request for an emergency stay had been refused by a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on July 24, 2023, as reported on AmmoLand. One of the possibilities mentioned was the Biden administration would appeal directly to the Supreme Court. The possibility of a request for an en banc decision existed but was unlikely because the Fifth Circuit has been following the Supreme Court guidance in the Bruen decision for enforcing Second Amendment rights and because an en banc panel would not have been emplaced for a period of time.
The Standard Our Founding Fathers Used to Measure Politicians :: 07/31/2023
It was the reprinting in nearly every newspaper in nearly every city in America of Cato’s Letters that provided our Founding Fathers with the intellectual fuel that fed the fires of armed resistance to tyranny.
Who's the liberty-hating mind behind Massachusetts' "Lawful Citizens Imprisonment Act"? :: 07/31/2023
If you asked me last year “Who is Michael Day?” I would not have been able to answer you. Well, today, the name Michael Day is branded in my mind, and it needs to be in the minds of Second Amendment supporters across the nation. I previously reported a bit on the so-called “listening tour” that the Massachusetts State Representative hosted over this last year. Day, also the Judiciary Joint Committee House Chair, was tasked with doing a top-down overhaul of the Bay State’s gun laws and he sure did step in it.
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