Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Sheriffs In New Mexico Stand Against Proposed Gun Laws :: 02/09/2019
New Mexico is considering what I’ve come to think of as being among the “standard slate” of gun laws. Primarily, a red flag law and a safe storage law, which are two of the more popular efforts gun control proponents have been pushing throughout the nation.
Congressman Eric Swalwell's Radioactive "Common Ground" :: 02/08/2019
Those who oppose our Right to Keep and Bear Arms have been mislabeling NRA as “extremists” for decades, but the vitriol against this institution from true extremists has escalated to absurd proportions over the last year. Unfortunately, our Association has become accustomed to being blamed by gun-ban advocates for the acts of violent criminals. These baseless attacks took a very dark turn, however, after the horrific murders at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida last February.
House Plans To Vote On Universal Background Checks Next Week :: 02/08/2019
Democrats are eager. For the first time in ages, they feel like they have a chance to push through some gun control and they’re not going to wait around to do it. In fact, they have plans to vote next week.
Senators Seek To Beef Up Law Banning Fed Money For Registries :: 02/08/2019
It’s currently federal law that federal dollars can’t be used to fund gun registration problems. However, that doesn’t mean there aren’t ways around the law.
Trump Administration Breaks Campaign Pledge, Places Gun Owners under Siege :: 02/08/2019
U.S.A. – -(Ammoland.com)- “Federal court rules firearms prohibition against an individual for a misdemeanor conviction under vehicle code is unconstitutional,” Adam Kraut reported on Prince Law Offices Blog Monday. “Judge Eduardo Robreno of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled in a 25 page memorandum that it was unconstitutional, as applied to [plaintiff Daniel F.] Miller, to prevent him from exercising his Second Amendment right as a result of a 1998 misdemeanor conviction under the vehicle code – specifically, the alteration of a PennDOT window tint exemption form.”
When Gun Laws Cause An Exodus From A State :: 02/08/2019
State-level gun control can be insidious, but there’s one upside to it over federal gun control. You can leave a state for one that respects your gun rights.
House panel plans action on gun background check bill next week :: 02/07/2019
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee will take up legislation next week that would require universal background checks for gun buyers, the panel's Democratic chairman said on Thursday.
Nadler: 'We Mean Business' on Gun Control; 'It's Not About Mental Health' :: 02/07/2019
(CNSNews.com) - "We came in, and we mean business," House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, a New York Democrat, told CNN's Chris Cuomo Wednesday night.
Pledging 'a new chapter,' House Democrats hear pleas to address gun-violence crisis :: 02/07/2019
A doctor, law enforcement personnel, and a witness to one of the nation’s worst mass shootings urged Congress on Wednesday to consider stricter gun-control measures, as House members convened their first hearing in eight years to address what most agree is an epidemic of gun violence.
Rep. Steve Scalise: Democrats don't want you to hear what I have to say about guns and the Second Amendment :: 02/07/2019
Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing Wednesday on new gun control legislation Democrats plan to push on the American people. The top Republican on the committee, Doug Collins, R-Ga., asked committee Democrats if I could testify about this legislation in an appropriate setting to offer another perspective as both a survivor of a shooting attack and strong supporter of our Second Amendment rights. But the Democrats said no. While liberals may try to silence conservative voices, I will not be silenced. The American people deserve to hear all perspectives. Here is the testimony I planned to give:
Sunday hunting could soon be legal in PA :: 02/07/2019
"I never got to hunt with my dad. He did the best he could with what he was given, but that’s something that I really regret,” said Doug Lapp, a member of both the Hunters United for Sunday Hunting group and the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau.
Ten Senators Cosponsor GRIP Act to Protect Gun Owners' Privacy Rights :: 02/07/2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today reintroduced the Gun-owner Registration Information Protection Act (GRIP Act) to ensure federal funding cannot be used by states, localities, or any other organization to maintain gun registries.
Assault weapons ban push tests Dem support :: 02/06/2019
Liberal Democrats are pushing legislation to ban assault weapons, hoping to flex their muscles with the new House majority to revive the controversial prohibition on military-style firearms that expired 15 years ago.
Background Checks Bill Would Turn Many Well-intentioned Americans Into Criminals :: 02/06/2019
Let’s say a stalker threatens a female friend of yours. She asks you if she can borrow your handgun. She is trained and has no criminal record. Should you loan her your gun?
House Dems to introduce gun background checks bill on Tuesday :: 02/06/2019
House Democrats will introduce their proposal to require universal backgrounds checks for gun sales on Tuesday, the eighth anniversary of former Rep. Gabby Gifford’s shooting, according Democratic lawmakers and aides.
It Is Time for America to Awaken :: 02/06/2019
It is far past time for many in our country to take a stand on those things that are important, such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
U.S. to push D.C. gun cases into federal court as Washington struggles with a 40 percent murder spike :: 02/06/2019
More gun cases involving felons and repeat offenders from the District will be diverted to the federal courts, according to people briefed on the plan. (Susan Walsh/AP)
Do Guns Make Adolescents Commit Suicide? :: 02/05/2019
Short answer: No. But you wouldn’t know that from the breathless media coverage of a recent study from the Boston University and Harvard’s T.C. Chan’s Schools of Public Health. “Household Gun Ownership and Youth Suicide Rates at the State Level, 2005–2015” was published online by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine January 17.
In Philly, most armed robbers remain beyond the long arm of the law :: 02/05/2019
Life has not been easy for Glenn Hudson, with diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease that required surgery in 2006. Last month Hudson, 61, was hit with yet another challenge — a bullet to the left jaw.
Is Nation Really 'Coming Around' to New York-style Gun Control? :: 02/05/2019
The executive director of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence was quoted Monday morning by the Daily Gazette declaring, “I think the nation, particularly New York, is coming around to the idea that gun laws are needed.”
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