Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
House Dems introducing bill to raise minimum age to buy assault rifles :: 01/25/2019
House Democrats on Wednesday plan to introduce legislation that would raise the nationwide minimum age to buy assault-style rifles from 18 to 21.
Kopel: Background check bill turns gun loans into felonies, bans handguns for young adults, creates unlimited fees :: 01/25/2019
Earlier this month, U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) introduced HR8. According to the title, the bill is “To require a background check for every firearm sale.” The bill does that–and a great deal more.
He Forgot His Oath: Philly FOP Chief Blames Soros-Backed District Attorney for Spike In Crime :: 01/24/2019
Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police President John McNesby ripped the city's district attorney for what he called his "great disdain and dislike for law enforcement," saying it allowed crime to spike in town.
The truth about Parkland :: 01/24/2019
It’s nearly a year since the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the town of Parkland in Florida. Many people today immediately associate the Parkland shooting with the March For Our Lives rally and the start of a new gun-control movement, which was fronted by student activists from the school. As a Vox writer recently noted, Parkland ‘may have caused a longer-term shift in America’s gun politics’ towards more controls.
Gun foe Bloomberg accused of hypocrisy after calling for armed private force at Johns Hopkins U. :: 01/23/2019
Liberal billionaire Michael Bloomberg bemoaned the lack of a private armed security force at Johns Hopkins University, his alma mater, due to the murder rate in Baltimore.
Judge Napolitano: Why Should We Believe Dems Who Vow to Protect Civil Liberties? :: 01/23/2019
Fox Nation host Judge Andrew Napolitano asked Wednesday on "Liberty File" whether Democrats or Republicans have been better at protecting civil liberties.
Pittsburgh gun bills fail civil rights and safety :: 01/23/2019
Three bills introduced in December by Erika Strassburger and Corey O’Connor meant to ban assault weapons and accessories contained parts of ineffective and outdated laws.
USCCA Urges Pittsburgh City Council to Oppose Anti-Second Amendment Legislation :: 01/23/2019
West Bend, WI – The President and Founder of the U.S. Concealed Carry Association (USCCA) Tim Schmidt sent a letter to members of the Pittsburgh City Council today expressing his strong opposition to proposed anti-gun legislation under consideration in that city and urged them to instead focus their attention on supporting responsibly-armed Americans, such as law enforcement and concealed carry permit holders, who are often the first line of defense in active shooter situations.
Hollywood's Mantra: Guns for Me, Not for Thee :: 01/22/2019
From the outside looking in, Hollywood may seem like a magical, gilded fantasyland, but it’s more of a disastrous disconnect from reality … on many levels.
Katz: People Who Are Anti-Second Amendment Will Use Your Children Against You :: 01/22/2019
James and Julie are foster parents who are suing their state of residence over a law that precludes adoption by persons who carry or own loaded, functional firearms.
Mayor Bill Peduto critical of DA's letter challenging Pittsburgh's proposed gun ban :: 01/22/2019
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto on Tuesday said he was “highly offended” by a letter written by Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. that questioned city council’s authority to enact a gun ban and advised council members they could face criminal charges if the legislation passes.
Mayor Peduto Challenges DA Zappala To 'Arrest Me' Over Proposed Gun Regulations :: 01/22/2019
PITTSBURGH (Newsradio 1020 KDKA) – Controversy is escalating over proposed gun control legislation for the City of Pittsburgh.
Why Suicides Shouldn't Sway Gun Debate :: 01/22/2019
Anti-gunners claim that guns claim tens of thousands of lives every year. However, most of us know by now that their numbers are mostly made up of suicides. Two-thirds of the lives supposedly taken by guns are people who take their own lives, not the life of another.
A Drug Dealing Engineer's Gun Operation Shows Why Gun Control Fails :: 01/21/2019
Any time we claim that gun control is about disarming the law-abiding citizen, some gun control supporter will say that no, it’s nothing of the sort. He or she will say that they don’t want to take our guns or keep us from buying new ones. They just want to keep guns out of criminals’ hands, and that’s why they support whatever law they’re currently supporting.
Houston Shootout Shows Why Magazine Limits Hurt Good Guys :: 01/21/2019
By now, most of the gun world has seen or heard about a recent shootout in Houston. A group of armed men entered an individual’s home. For their trouble, three of the men were killed and two others wounded in the vicious gunfight.
Parkland survivor Hogg greeted by gun rights rally at Penn State :: 01/21/2019
STATE COLLEGE — A survivor of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre told a Penn State audience Friday night that he does not want to take guns from anyone who is not suicidal, abusive or a terrorist, but demonstrators at a nearby gun rights rally thought otherwise.
Too easy to legally buy a gun? U.S. study says few criminals buy them in stores :: 01/21/2019
As lawmakers push to toughen gun sale rules amid outrage over random mass shootings like the November massacre at a Thousand Oaks country music bar, a new federal study says few criminals who had a gun bought it from a retailer.
Where do These Gun-Lies Come From? :: 01/21/2019
Study cures ignorance, but it is the comforting lies we cling to that cause us so much trouble. Where did we learn the foolish falsehoods we hear about civilian gun ownership? What makes these lies so attractive and so dangerous? Let’s look at the popular myths of disarmament.
Problems with Pittsburgh's proposed gun control ordinance :: 01/20/2019
Pennsylvania’s 1.3 million concealed handgun permit holders may soon be considered criminals while visiting Pittsburgh. The proposed gun control ordinance bans everything from so-called assault weapons to starter pistols for track meets.
Time to Admit Defeat, Dems: Anti-Gun, Lefty News Outlet Admits Gun Control Bill Is a Flop :: 01/20/2019
For years, gun right advocates have said universal background checks are a failure. We've made it very clear that the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) has failed time and time again because states fail to report 100 percent of their criminal convictions to the FBI. Expanding a failed system isn't going to suddenly make it work better. If anything, it's just going to expand its failure.
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