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Congressional Witness Admits Bloomberg Gun Control Group Asked ATF for Pistol Brace Rule :: 03/24/2023
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) questioned Everytown for Gun Safety’s federal legal director Rob Wilcox during Thursday’s House Judiciary Committee hearing and learned that the Bloomberg-affiliated gun control group actually asked the ATF to take action on pistol stabilizer braces.
Greenwood, Indiana names gun owner who stopped mall shooting "Citizen of the Year" :: 03/24/2023
Remember Elisjsha Dicken? It’s been a few months since that name was in the headlines, and since then Dicken has kept a pretty low profile, so you might have forgotten his life-saving actions last July when the 22-year-old shot and killed an active shooter at the Greenwood Park Mall, saving countless lives in the process.
Rep. Chip Roy: ATF's Rule Highlights Danger of Bureaucrats Making Law :: 03/24/2023
Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) noted during Thursday’s House Judiciary Committee hearing that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives’ (ATF’s) issuance of the pistol brace rule highlights the danger of bureaucrats making law.
Sheila Jackson Lee: Pistol Stabilizer Braces Turn Firearms 'Into Killing Machines' :: 03/24/2023
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) praised the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives’ (ATF) regulatory gun control push during Thursday’s House Judiciary Committee hearing and claimed stabilizer braces turn firearms “into killing machines.”
Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee: ATF Has Been Keeping Us Safe Since 1886 :: 03/23/2023
During Thursday’s House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives’ (ATF’s) regulatory gun control push Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) claimed the ATF has been keeping us safe since 1886.
Denver Schools Add Armed Personnel After School Shooting :: 03/23/2023
Earlier on Wednesday, Breitbart News reported that two school staff members were shot at Denver’s East High School and reports are now surfacing that Denver Public Schools (DPS) superintendent Alex Marrero responded by announcing armed resource officers would be placed on campus.
Everytown Spends Big in Bid to Flip Wisconsin State Supreme Court :: 03/23/2023
The country’s largest gun-control group is investing big money to oppose a conservative judge in a closely-watched race for a seat on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court.
Fact Check: Actor Billy Porter Falsely Screams Guns Are Number One Killer of Children :: 03/23/2023
CLAIM: During a March 21, 2023, appearance on ABC’s The View, actor Billy Porter screamed that “the leading cause of death in children are guns.”
Despite California's Mass Shootings, Biden Wants To Emulate Its Gun Laws :: 03/22/2023
President Biden traveled to Monterey Park, California, the site of a mass public shooting that left 11 dead in January, to announce new executive actions on gun control. He touts the proposals as necessary “to reduce gun violence and make our communities safer.” But California already has all the gun control laws that Biden put forward, and yet it has a higher per capita rate of mass public shootings than the rest of the country.
Fact Check: Texas Tribune Claims AR-15 Was U.S. Infantry Rifle in Vietnam :: 03/22/2023
CLAIM: On March 20, 2023, the Texas Tribune claimed the AR-15 was the U.S. infantry rifle used by soldiers during the Vietnam War.
Texas Tribune: Officers with AR-15s Were Scared to Confront Uvalde Shooter :: 03/22/2023
A March 20, 2023, Texas Tribune report claims officers, many of whom were armed with AR-15s, were afraid to confront the lone Uvalde school attacker, who was allegedly armed with an AR-15.
Whistleblower: FBI Targeted Innocent Gun Owners Via Bank Of America Records :: 03/22/2023
An FBI whistleblower told congressional investigators that the D.C. field office pushed local offices to open criminal investigations into Americans based solely on financial transactions Bank of America tracked and voluntarily provided to the bureau, according to testimony reviewed by The Federalist.
Judge: Californians Have Constitutional Right to Use 'State-of-the-Art' Handguns for Self=Defense :: 03/21/2023
U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney granted a preliminary injunction Monday in which he noted that “Californians have a constitutional right to acquire and use state-of-the-art handguns to protect themselves.”
North Carolina Legislature Passes Pistol-Purchase Permit Repeal With Veto-Proof Majority :: 03/21/2023
For the second time in less than two years, the North Carolina legislature has sent a bill to repeal the state’s Jim Crow-era pistol-purchase-permit law to Governor Roy Cooper’s (D.) desk.
Open carry amendment introduced for Florida permitless carry bill :: 03/21/2023
There has been significant opposition to Florida’s attempt to get Constitutional Carry on the books, despite Republican supermajorities in the Florida House and Senate, as well as the support of Governor Ron DeSantis–with his repeated announcements that he would sign Constitutional Carry legislation. As expected, gun control activists oppose any changes to current Florida law, which requires Floridians who want to carry a concealed firearm, to submit to a multi-step process, including a background check, an approved training courseand to pay the Florida Department of Agriculture a fee (about $97 for first time applicants) for the privilege of licensing a Constitutional right. While Constitutional Carry supporters lament the lack of an open carry provision in the bills moving through the Florida House and Senate. Supporters of open carry oppose the current legislation so fervently they refuse to call it Constitutional Carry. Preferring to call it permitless carry instead. Even supporters in the Florida Legislature have resorted to calling the bills permitless carry, in an apparent nod to proponents of open carry.
SoCal city warned by gun group over outrageous cost for carry permits :: 03/21/2023
The city of Santa Monica is the latest California locale to respond to the Supreme Court’s decision in NYSRPA v. Bruen by jacking up the cost to apply for a concealed carry license, and now the California Rifle & Pistol Association is warning city council members that if they don’t take reverse course they could soon be facing a lawsuit.
At Least 19 Shot During Weekend in Lori Lightfoot's Chicago :: 03/20/2023
At least 19 people were shot, four of them fatally, during the weekend in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago.
Biden Proposes Nearly 2 Billion Dollars More for ATF in Fiscal 2024 :: 03/20/2023
President Biden’s budget proposal for fiscal 2024 adds nearly two billion dollars to the budget of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF).
President Biden: No 'Recreational Justification' for 100-Round Mags :: 03/20/2023
President Joe Biden renewed his push for a ban on “high capacity” magazines Sunday morning, suggesting there is no “recreational justification” for a 100-round magazine.
Rep. Clyde to Introduce Congressional Review Act Resolution to Block Pistol Brace Rule :: 03/20/2023
Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) is expected to put forward a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution this week in an attempt to block the ATF’s AR-pistol stabilizer brace rule.
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