By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project A Sunday story published by Gannett’s USA Today seems to defy the newspaper’s blatant and longstanding anti-gun editorial stance—at least at first. “What the Supreme Court’s test for gun rules could mean for AR-15s this year,” was written by Maureen Groppe, a reporter who covers the U.S. Supreme […]
Panic Mode? Report Says NJ Lawmakers Consider Next Moves on Gun Control
By Dave Workman Almost true to form, New Jersey Democrats are reeling in the wake of last week’s Third Circuit Court en banc ruling striking down the state’s ban on so-called “assault weapons” and “large-capacity magazines,” and are already trying to figure ways to skate around the court decision. Politico is reporting that Garden State […]
‘Gun Violence Prevention’= The New Gun Control Camouflage
By Dave Workman It has been called “gun safety legislation,” “gun reform,” and “gun responsibility,” but it all boils down to the same thing: gun control. And lately, the gun prohibition lobby and its allies in government from town councils to Congress have been using a new bit of grammatical camouflage to make the same […]
3rd Circuit Blockbuster: New Jersey Rifle, Magazine Bans Unconstitutional
By Dave Workman The Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday ruled that New Jersey’s ban on so-called “assault weapons” and “large-capacity magazines” is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment. Reuters is reporting that this is the first time a federal appeals court had ruled against the Garden State’s semi-auto rifle ban. It comes less […]
Judge Roger Benitez to Keynote Gun Rights Policy Conference in Dallas
Retired U.S. District Court Judge Roger T. Benitez, who has become almost legendary in Second Amendment circles for his pro-rights court opinions, will be this year’s keynote speaker during the Gun Rights Policy Conference in Dallas, Texas on Saturday, Sept. 25. The annual conference, now in its 41st year, is co-hosted by the Second Amendment […]
TX Candidate Talarico’s Big $$ Campaign Can’t Mask Anti-Gun Problem
By Dave Workman Democrat Texas Senate hopeful James Talarico’s current wave of media popularity touting his $30 million second quarter campaign fundraising effort may look good in headlines, but it may not overshadow his anti-gun history, nor his reported choice of a legislative aide. The New York Post is reporting Talarico has “tapped the former […]
