Firearms Owners Against Crime
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Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Gun-Related Deaths Reach Highest Peak. . .Or Have They? :: 01/08/2019
We’ve been seeing this headline off and on all year. It is alarming and not necessarily false. Recently it’s been making the rounds again in mainstream media—CNN, Fox News, Time magazine—stating that a CDC report finds that gun deaths in the U.S. are the highest they’ve been in 40 years.
Gun Rights Advocates Protest At 'Open Carry Rally' At City-County Building :: 01/08/2019
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Chanting “we will not comply, we will not comply,” they filed down Grant Street to the City-County building to raise their voices in a chorus of “we need our guns to protect ourselves,” as Jody Corfield, of Millvale, put it.
Key to reduced school shootings: reporting :: 01/08/2019
A recent Federal Commission on School Safety report tackled issues related to school shootings. Among the findings, officials concluded age limits on gun purchases would have little deterrent effect, but that encouraging people to report disturbing student behavior could have significant benefit.
Brazil to combat crime by loosening gun control :: 01/07/2019
SAO PAULO – Like millions of victims of rampant gun crime in Brazil, Claudio Sotero Júnior is clear about what he wants: his own gun.
Oklahoma Bill Would Recognize The Rights Of The People To Carry In Capitol - Despite Recognizing It In Their Constitution :: 01/07/2019
Honestly, the fact that we have the Second Amendment should be all that is necessary for people to either open or conceal carry anywhere they please, as law-abiding citizens are not a threat.
Parents file lawsuit in Pennsylvania to oppose teachers being armed in schools :: 01/07/2019
A public school district about 90 miles from Philadelphia is reportedly the first school system in Pennsylvania to let teachers carry weapons.
Pittsburgh Attack on Preemption an Attempt to Expand 'Rights-Free Zones' :: 01/07/2019
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf, Pittsburgh Mayor William Peduto and City Council members representing the district where the Tree of Life synagogue massacre was carried out “unveiled” three bills being submitted to the Council, the city announced on Dec. 14. Per their press release, the new infringements will include:
Boulder, Colorado assault weapons ban met with mass noncompliance :: 01/06/2019
BOULDER, Colorado — Boulder’s newly enacted “assault weapons” ban is meeting with stiff resistance from its “gun-toting hippies,” staunch liberals who also happen to be devoted firearms owners.
Corporate-Driven Gun Control :: 01/05/2019
“We know of no other enumerated constitutional right whose core protection has been subjected to a freestanding ‘interest-balancing’ approach. The very enumeration of the right takes out of the hands of government — even the Third Branch of Government — the power to decide on a case-by-case basis whether the right is really worth insisting upon. A constitutional guarantee subject to future judges’ assessments of its usefulness is no constitutional guarantee at all.” —Justice Antonin Scalia, referring to the Second Amendment
Dems to push gun control on anniversary of Giffords shooting :: 01/05/2019
Days after reclaiming the House majority, Democrats are introducing gun control legislation timed for the anniversary of the shooting of former Democratic Rep. Gabby Giffords.
Politics Kills Our Kids Again, safety report from Parkland Florida :: 01/05/2019
Florida formed a study committee after 17 students and teachers were killed and an additional 17 were injured at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in early 2018. I read some of the MSDHS safety commission report. It covered the obvious points. Unfortunately, I don’t see much good coming out of it.
Researchers Credit Right to Carry Law With Reduction in Chicago Property Crimes :: 01/05/2019
In July 2013, the Illinois legislature overrode the veto of then-Governor Patrick Quinn to eliminate the state’s status as the last holdout in refusing to issue concealed-carry permits. In moving from “no-issue” to “shall issue,” law-abiding citizens of the Land of Lincoln were finally able to enjoy the Second Amendment rights affirmed in D.C. v. Heller, McDonald v. Chicago, and Moore v. Madigan. Yet, even while benefitting from armed protection at the expense of taxpayers, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel maintained that “gun control is essential,” and that the new concealed carry law would result in an increase in crime.
Trump Forgets His Pledge to Support Second Amendment; Capitulating to Antigun Crowd :: 01/05/2019
New York – -(AmmoLand.com)- When Trump called for a ban on “Bump Stocks,” he ignored his pledge to support the Second Amendment; capitulating completely to the antigun crowd.
Don't trample on the Second Amendment: Sen. John Kennedy :: 01/04/2019
It’s why I introduced legislation to ensure banks that come after law-abiding citizens’ guns aren’t rewarded with government contracts: Opposing view
Gun Rights Advocates Set To Demonstrate Outside City-County Building, Public Safety Officials Preparing :: 01/04/2019
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A new sign has been posted outside the City-County Building in Downtown Pittsburgh. It warns that taking guns inside the building is against the law.
Shocker: Focusing on Criminals Yields Public Safety Results :: 01/04/2019
Anti-gun organizations want you to believe that the next law, the next restriction on gun rights, the next burden for law-abiding gun owners will be the game-changer. Whenever gun control fails – and it always does – the answer is that the effort didn’t go far enough. Researchers grasp for an excuse when they find their preferred gun control laws have no effect on crime.
Sign at Center of Gun Rights Rally Controversy-Pro-Gun Activists Threaten Legal Action :: 01/04/2019
PITTSBURGH (Newsradio 1020 KDKA) – The city of Pittsburgh has responded to a threat of legal action over signs posted outside the City-County Building warning that weapons are not allowed inside. New signs posted by the city now tell gun owners that secure lockers are available for free inside the building for visitors with weapons.
The Supreme Court is too gun-shy on the Second Amendment :: 01/04/2019
It’s high time for the court to begin making sense of Second Amendment law. That doesn’t mean making a sweeping judgment on “assault weapons,” concealed carry, or anything else, but equipping the lower courts with the tools they need to decide cases consistently.
FICG Files Letter on Behalf of ACSL and FOAC in Response to Pittsburgh's Unlawful Signage Erected Before Second Amendment Rally :: 01/03/2019
Today, in advance of the Second Amendment Rally in Pittsburgh scheduled for Monday, January 7th, Firearms Industry Consulting Group® (FICG®), a division of Civil Rights Defense Firm, P.C., on behalf of its clients, Allegheny County Sportsmen’s League and Firearm Owners Against Crime (FOAC), filed a letter in relation to the unlawful signage that has been erected by the City Council in advance of the Rally; wherein, Chief Counsel Joshua Prince explains the erected signage violates 18 Pa.C.S. § 913(d) and 18 Pa.C.S. § 6120.
Georgetown University's Faculty Senate Proposes Gun Ban on Campus :: 01/03/2019
Georgetown University, located in Washington, D.C., is a Catholic Jesuit higher education institution with a well known record of liberal ideological bias. A recent Faculty Senate proposal exemplified the university’s liberal ideology when it proposed a ban on firearms on the college grounds.
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