Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Survey: One in five women own a gun :: 08/01/2019
Whether it is for protection or just for fun, more women are learning to shoot and also buy their own guns.
What's Driving America's Boy Crisis :: 08/01/2019
Mass shootings like the one in California last weekend have caused many to wonder what’s going wrong with our young men. Warren Farrell has a book out on this. He calls it “the boy crisis.” Today, Farrell joins the podcast to explain what’s driving young men toward despair—and to outline a path to recovery.
Compulsory Gun Ownership Will Not Save Liberty :: 07/31/2019
With this year’s revision and destruction of famously libertarian Swiss gun laws, the world has started to look closer at the gun culture of Europe. Under threat of Schengen Area exclusion, the EU, which Switzerland is not a part of, changed their gun laws in order to fall more in line with barebones Union restrictions.
Disgruntled Employee' Kills Two, Wounds Officer Inside Walmart :: 07/31/2019
When I first started carrying a firearm, it was kind of a tradition to carry at Walmart. After all, it’s a place where you’re likely to be around a fair number of people, which meant that if no one seemed to notice you were carrying, you were kind of doing it right. Or not. I honestly don’t know where the tradition started, but it was something concealed carry permit holders all over the state of Georgia did.
Gilroy Shooting Suspect Santino William Legan Too Young to Buy Rifle :: 07/31/2019
Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting suspect Santino William Legan was too young to legally buy a rifle in California.
Joe Sestak Stinks on the Second Amendment :: 07/31/2019
Pennsylvania/United States – -(AmmoLand.com)- When you are judging a public official on Second Amendment issues, the general rule of thumb is that the longer their track record, the more certain you can be. Granted, there can be sudden defections (see Bob Casey as a case in point), but usually, the longer the track record, the better idea you have of where a politician comes down.
Another Study Confirms. . . Wait for It: Criminals Break Laws :: 07/30/2019
USA – -(AmmoLand.com)- A recent study, funded by the National Institute of Justice and conducted by anti-gun researcher Phillip Cook, takes an interesting approach to the question of how long criminals possess a firearm before they are arrested and charged with a firearm-related crime.
Candidates Use Anti-Gun Playbook To Discuss Gilroy Shootings :: 07/30/2019
As word was breaking about the mass shooting in Gilroy, California last night, presidential candidates Beto O’Rourke and Joe Biden were among those quickly jumping on Twitter to call for vague and unnamed gun control laws. Neither waited until any facts emerged, nor did they mention any of the existing gun laws on the books in California. Beto even managed to give a shout out to gun control activists while avoiding any specific policy proposals.
Google Expert Drops Jaws by Explaining How They Gave Hillary up to 10 Million Votes :: 07/30/2019
Is Google search bias a real thing? One expert says it is — and it could have given Hillary Clinton up to 10 million votes in the 2016 election.
How The Media AND Politicians May Be To Blame For Mass Shootings :: 07/30/2019
Here at Bearing Arms, we give the mainstream media a lot of scorn. I’m not likely to change that anytime soon, either. After all, they’re extremely biased against anything perceived as being on the right of the political spectrum, and that includes guns.
Someone Is Breaking Into Miami Cop Cars and Stealing Guns :: 07/30/2019
In what has become a recurring theme over the past few years, the Miami Police Department is, once again, struggling with theft and missing property. According to internal documents obtained by New Times, the department recently warned its officers about valuables left inside their cruisers, because four were burgled between July 6 and 24.
CPRC: Another mass public shooting at another gun-free zone: the Gilroy Garlic Festival attack :: 07/29/2019
Santa Clara County where the attack occurred at the Gilroy Garlic Festival provides an all too typical example. Three people were killed and 15 injured. The attacker cut through a back fence to avoid security checkpoints with metal detectors. This area was a gun-free zone.
Veterans who get help with VA benefits need 2nd Amendment protections, Congressmen say :: 07/29/2019
Some veterans who need appointed help to manage their Department of Veterans Affairs benefits could have their Second Amendment rights threatened, two Congressmen say, so they’ve filed a bill to keep that from happening.
Why Does the Media Only Talk About Guns? :: 07/29/2019
I came across an interesting op-ed a few days ago that really got me thinking.
CITY GUN LEGISLATION: City wants lawsuit filed against gun legislation dropped :: 07/28/2019
PITTSBURGH - City of Pittsburgh officials want the lawsuit filed against new gun legislation dropped and say the people who filed the suit have no case.
Florida Judge Plays Dentist, Yanks Teeth From Firearms Preemption Law :: 07/28/2019
Florida’s firearms preemption law is now weaker, thanks to a judge in Tallahassee who struck down a law recently enacted in the state that strengthens the existing firearms pre-emption law. The law, signed by then-Governor Rick Scott in 2011, put teeth in the state’s preemption law by authorizing fines or even removal from office for those local lawmakers who sought to contradict the state’s existing gun laws. The judge decided to play dentist and make the state’s preemption law toothless once more.
Our response calls for an all-hands-on-deck approach: Pa. State Police join AG Shapiro's new initiative to trace gun sales :: 07/28/2019
Surrounded by law enforcement officials from the county to federal level, Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced the addition of the Pennsylvania State Police to a growing network of allies with an aim to track guns used in crimes.
Mexico's Gun Control Works So Well 3,000 People Killed In June Alone :: 07/27/2019
We keep hearing that gun control is the secret to combatting crime. Gun control advocates keep arguing that somehow, gun control will stop criminals from obtaining firearms and create an overall decline in violent crime.
New York Judge Issues Red Flag-Style Gun Confiscation a Full Month Before the Law Takes Effect :: 07/27/2019
A former town judge in New York has been the victim of a personally and politically motivated gun confiscation scheme a full month before the state’s new red flag law is set to take effect, according to the judge’s lawyers at 2AWNY.
No, Kamala, Your Gun Policies Wouldn't Have Stopped Aurora :: 07/27/2019
Another day, another push for more gun control. Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris (D-Ca) used the seventh anniversary of “the mass shooting at the Aurora movie theater in Colorado” to lament that “Congress hasn’t done enough” on gun control.
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