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"Universal" Background Check Legislation Targets Law-Abiding Gun Owners for Persecution

3:23pm Tuesday, February 05, 2019

Earlier this year, two bills were introduced in Congress to impose so-called “universal” background checks. The bills, H.R. 8 and S. 42 , are being misleadingly described as simply requiring background checks on all sales of firearms, but this is just a small part of what these overbroad pieces of legislation would do. CLICK HERE to ask your Representative and Senators to oppose H.R. 8 and S. 42...

News Flash: Michael Bloomberg Not a Fan of the First Amendment, Either

7:00am Tuesday, February 05, 2019

Michael Bloomberg, former NYC mayor and billionaire patron of the Nanny State, may be gearing up for the presidential race in 2020. He gave the idea of running as an independent candidate “serious consideration” in 2016, but ultimately decided against it. A recent Washington Post story on Mr. Bloomberg’s potential 2020 bid highlighted what it called his “disturbing attitude toward the First...

DeWine-Husted off to a fast start for sportsmen

by Larry S. Moore

7:00am Monday, February 04, 2019

During the gubernatorial campaign the DeWine/Husted team had a number of meetings with representatives of sportsmen groups; including Buckeye Firearms Association, Sportsmen's Alliance, Ohio Gun Collectors Association and Ohio State Trappers. These meetings covered a broad range of the challenges facing Ohioans in the areas of firearms ownership, concealed carry and conservation including the...

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Choosing and Equipping Your First AR-15 Rifle

by Greg Ellifritz

7:00am Friday, February 01, 2019

In the last couple decades the gun industry has experienced periods of time when they couldn’t make enough weapons to keep up with customer demands. A lot of really smart folks think that a change in the balance of power in the Federal Government following an election is a trigger for panic buying. If legislators act quickly to pass more gun control regulations, lots of folks in this country will...

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Researchers Credit Right to Carry Law With Reduction in Chicago Property Crimes

7:00am Thursday, January 31, 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...

Indulgences for Hollywood as Movie Studio Buys Gun Offsets

7:00am Wednesday, January 30, 2019

In 2014, Hollywood movie mogul and fierce NRA critic Harvey Weinstein appeared to acknowledge the movie industry might be able to have a positive impact by reducing its glorification of criminal violence. Weinstein explained, I have to choose movies that aren’t violent or as violent as they used to be… I know for me personally … I can’t continue to do that. The change starts here. It has already...

NJ State Police report ZERO ‘High Capacity’ magazines surrendered under new ban

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Tuesday, January 29, 2019

On December 10, 2018, New Jersey's ban on so-called "high" capacity magazines (magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds) went into effect. By that date, gun owners were to have surrendered their property to police, rendered them inoperable, modified them so that they could not hold more than ten rounds, or sold them to authorized owners. Those who failed to do so were threatened with a fourth-...

Why Strategy & Tactics Matter in Defending the Second Amendment

by Harold Hutchison

7:00am Monday, January 28, 2019

Okay, folks, now we get to the next step after we have determined just what our present situation is. Our objective is simple: Securing our Second Amendment rights and a legacy of freedom for future generations. There is just one problem: Michael Bloomberg isn’t going to give up his dreams of disarming law-abiding gun owners without a fight. Dianne Feinstein will not stop pushing for the day she...