The National Rifle Association announced Thursday that Marion Hammer, the first female NRA president and veteran Florida-based lobbyist for the organization, is stepping down after 44 years on the front lines of the Second Amendment battle. In a statement, the NRA noted, Hammer “will continue to serve as an advisor to the NRA, assisting with […]
Quinnipiac Poll Shows Support Dropping for Semi-Auto Ban
While 50 percent of Americans favor a nationwide ban on the sale of so-called “assault weapons,” according to a Quinnipiac University poll, 45 percent oppose a ban, making this the lowest level of support since the university first began asking about it back in February 2013. At that time, 67 percent supported a ban and […]
Miami Police gun buyback violates state, federal and international law
By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project The Miami Police Department plans to hold a gun buyback this Saturday at Miami City Hall, which it is calling “GUNS 4 UKRAINE.” Police are offering gift cards in exchange for the weapons: $50 for a handgun, $100 for a shotgun or rifle and $150 for what the […]
Will Senate ‘Compromise Proposal’ Amount to Gun Control Fishing Expedition?
The widely-reported and somewhat heralded tentative “deal” on new gun control legislation announced earlier in the week is, perhaps by no surprise to Second Amendment activists, taking on the appearance of one more legislative fishing expedition with tenets that have nothing to do with the crimes that inspired the negotiations. Chief among these, according to […]
Biden at Fund Raiser: ‘I’m a Gun Owner. I Own 2 Shotguns’
As if Joe Biden didn’t have enough trouble with recent polling data, he has once again opened himself up to snickers by declaring himself to be a gun owner in remarks he made at a fundraiser in California last week, according to a White House transcript. “I’m a gun owner,” Biden said. “I own two shotguns. My […]
Bipartisan Senate Group Reports ‘Proposal’; Schumer Says ‘Good 1st Step’
Almost immediately after a group of 20 U.S. senators announced a “commonsense, bipartisan proposal” on a new gun control package, anti-gun Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) set off alarm bells within the Second Amendment community by declaring the proposal “a good first step.” It raises questions from grassroots gun rights activists about what Schumer […]
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