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Pennsylvania Gun Carry Permits Soared in 2020, Except in Philadelphia :: 06/04/2021
Pennsylvania experienced an explosion in gun-carry licenses in 2020—except in Philadelphia, where residents were plagued by shutdowns and roadblocks thrown up by local authorities.
Yahoo News Presses Anti-Rights Propaganda About Armed Citizens :: 06/04/2021
U.S.A.– -(AmmoLand.com)- Yahoo News published an article that reads like a press release from the gun-control organizations. They comment on a case that will come before the US Supreme Court. They claim that crime will go up if honest people are armed. Yahoo quotes opinion as fact while leaving out essential truths that give us perspective on gun ownership in the US.
Is Pennsylvania the Next State To Go Constitutional Carry? :: 06/03/2021
House Bill 659 was passed by Pennsylvania lawmakers the past week through the House Judiciary Committee. It will be reviewed on the House floor, which would allow residents to conceal carry without a license.
No Better Example Of ‘May Issue’ Ignorance Than the L. A. County Sheriff :: 06/03/2021
California – -(AmmoLand.com)- Despite skyrocketing violent crime rates, Sheriff Alex Villanueva steadfastly refuses to allow his constituents to defend themselves.
Pennsylvania Court Strikes Down Town's Ban On Gun Rages :: 06/03/2021
The case still has a way to go before it’s finally decided, but Second Amendment supporters did win a big legal victory on Thursday when Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court of Appeals ruled that Stroud Township’s ban on home gun ranges violated the Second Amendment rights of a resident who had a private range on his property, but was forbidden from using it after the ban took effect in 2011.
Americans Just Bought More Than 1.3 Million Guns :: 06/02/2021
Americans continued to flood into gun shops nationwide in May 2021.
Columbia Journalism Review Sets New Standards For Biased Reporting :: 06/02/2021
he Columbia Journalism Review convened on April 6, 2021, a summit of journalists from The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Trace, The Guardian and others to detail “what we can do about reporting on [so-called] gun violence.”
Louisiana Legislature Passes Constitutional Carry Bill :: 06/02/2021
The Louisiana legislature has sent a bill to Governor John Bel Edwards that would add the Sportsman’s Paradise to the ever-growing list of constitutional carry states. The bill would allow anyone to carry a concealed firearm who can legally own a gun and is at least 21 years old.
Private Security Isn't Enough: Why America Needs Militias :: 06/02/2021
In late May we learned that, after a five-month deployment to one of the most dangerous cities in the world, the American military would finally be going home.
Concealed Carry Delays Still Hampering Self-Defense :: 06/01/2021
While most of our coverage about the lengthy delays for concealed carry licenses has focused on Illinois, where the state police have a backlog of thousands of applications and applicants themselves are waiting six months or more before they finally receive their license to carry, the sad fact is that these kinds of delays aren’t limited to just one state. Across the country tens of thousands of gun owners are being forced to wait in a bureaucratic limbo for months on end before they can exercise their right to bear arms, and many of them are getting fed up.
Five Years In, No Evidence That "Red Flag" Laws Are Working In Washington :: 06/01/2021
Back in 2016, votes in Washington State approved a “red flag” firearms seizure law, also called an Extreme Risk Protection Order. Five years later, there’s no evidence that the law has had any beneficial effect on violent crime or suicides, but that’s not stopping local media outlets from doing their best to spin the law as a valuable tool for law enforcement.
Gutowski on NPR: Two Factors Will Determine the Future of the Gun Debate :: 06/01/2021
Stephen Gutowski, founder of The Reload, said there are two things that will determine the future of American gun politics on NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday.
Latest Break Down of New Gun Owners Shatters Liberal Narrative on Gun Ownership in America :: 06/01/2021
That’s a lot of new gun owners—and the breakdown is even cooler. It shatters the liberal myth about gun owners only being an exclusive club where only white men can participate. Again, the Left and their race-obsessed nonsense led to them having eggs on their face. It also showed yet again how liberals manufacture voter narratives where the data simply does not exist.
Manufacturers Say Ammo Shortage Will Stretch Out for Years :: 06/01/2021
America is more than a year into the latest ammunition shortage, and it appears supply will not catch up with demand anytime soon.
Sowell: Gun-control laws do not make us safer :: 06/01/2021
Sometimes someone inadvertently performs a public service by bringing an unbelievably stupid and dangerous idea to the surface, where it can be exposed for what it is. The New York Times can be credited — if that is the word — with performing this public service in a recent editorial against proposals to allow law-abiding citizens to carry concealed guns.
Key Senators Mum on Biden ATF Nominee After Contentious Hearing :: 05/31/2021
Moderate senators from either side of the aisle who will ultimately decide the fate of President Biden’s ATF nominee kept their cards close to the chest after Wednesday’s heated Judiciary Committee hearing.
Op-Ed Points Out Disconnect Between Anti-Gun Beliefs And Actions :: 05/31/2021
Anti-gun groups are having a ball these days. Not only does their preferred party control the House, the Senate, and the White House, but a surge in violent crime is making people very, very nervous. The fact that there’s also been a gun-buying surge has only made them giddier.
We Celebrate Them Because They Lived :: 05/31/2021
There’s a serenity about Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery. It is a peaceful place. It’s where I choose to celebrate Memorial Day.
What Would Microstamping Ammo Do To Stop Violent Gun Crime? …Nothing! :: 05/31/2021
New York – -(AmmoLand.com)- In the immortal words of New York Yankees legend Yogi Berra, “It’s déjà vu all over again.” Anti-Second Amendment forces are at it once more, attempting to get the jump on enforcing the “Microstamping” of all semiautomatic handguns.
Criminal-Justice Reformers Have a Murder Problem :: 05/30/2021
The loosening of bond restrictions around the country has led to a wave of violence committed by criminals who otherwise wouldn't have been released.
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