The Supreme Court of the United States has declined to dismiss a challenge by New York State gun owners of a handgun control law in New York City despite a not-so-veiled threat by Capitol Hill Democrats to “re-structure” the court if it allowed this case to move forward. When the high court agreed earlier this […]
More Than 18.6 Million Licensed to Carry, Says New Report
The number of active concealed carry licenses across the United States has soared to 18.66 million, representing a 304 percent increase since 2007, according to a new report from the Crime Prevention Research Center. The number translates to 7.3 percent of all adults in the United States, and approximately 8 percent growth over the number […]
Evergreen, Ever Chaotic: WA 2A Activists Plan October, January Rallies
Having become “ground zero” in the gun rights battle, Washington State has seen no slowdown by Second Amendment activists pushing to “take back” their state from billionaire-backed gun prohibition lobbyists and elitist anti-gunners, as at least two planned events—one later this month and one in January—underscore. The Gun Rights Coalition has announced its Jan. 17, […]
Washington, Arizona CCW Numbers Keep Climbing
New data from the Washington Department of Licensing released Tuesday shows the state has added more than 2,000 more active concealed pistol licenses in the past month. Meanwhile, Arizona—which copied Washington’s state constitutional right-to-bear-arms provision verbatim when it achieved statehood in 1912—has added nearly 1,300 carry permits since mid-August. Arizona is a “constitutional carry” state […]
FBI Uniform Crime Report Suggests No Need for New Gun Controls
The FBI Uniform Crime Report for 2018 shows a slight decline in the number of homicides committed with firearms and a drop in murders overall, suggesting that a push for more restrictive gun control laws may not be necessary. As noted by the FBI in a Monday news release, “For the second consecutive year, the […]
Gun Control by Any Other Name is Still Gun Control
The lexicon of gun prohibition is coming under new scrutiny. (Dave Workman) In the aftermath of what was likely the most successful Gun Rights Policy Conference in its 34-year history, a story in the Deseret News, while not directly related to the Phoenix gathering, underscores much of what was said by many speakers about the […]
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