UPDATED: Following former Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard’s scathing announcement she was quitting the Democratic Party—complete with a solid, and to some surprising defense of the Second Amendment—and the launch of her new podcast, reaction from the firearms community is mixed, with some saying “Bravo” and others taking a “wait-and-see” approach. Many gun owners recall her […]
Reload Founder Encourages Gun Owners at GRPC: ‘Don’t Leave Story Untold’
Acknowledging there are “a lot more stories than I can get to myself,” journalist Stephen Gutowski, founder of The Reload—an online gun-centric news platform started in April 2021—told a lunchtime audience at the Gun Rights Policy Conference the establishment media does not truly value gun-related stories unless they are sensational. “There are not ‘gun beat’ […]
Rasmussen: 84% Believe Election Integrity a Priority in November
A new Rasmussen survey this week revealed an overwhelming majority of voters are concerned about election integrity during this year’s midterm elections, and they say preventing cheating is a priority. The Rasmussen poll found 84 percent of likely voters share the concern about election integrity, including 61 percent who say it is a “very important” […]
‘Winning Looks Like Bruen,’ Says Gun Rights Conference Speaker
Speaking to an energized, albeit smaller than normal, audience at the 37th annual Gun Rights Policy Conference, author Dan Wos opened his remarks in a segment titled “What Winning Looks Like” by telling activists, “Winning looks like the Bruen case.” He was referring to the powerful Supreme Court ruling in New York State Rifle & […]
Violent Crime Up in ‘21, Says FBI Report as CCRKBA Reacts to WA CCW Hike
Fox News is reporting that violent crime “continued to rise across the U.S. last year, according to an annual estimate the FBI released Wednesday,” including in Washington State, where a major national grassroots gun rights organization is reacting to news that concealed carry has taken a huge leap in the past month. According to the […]
Nat’l Review’s John Fund Delights GRPC Audience in Dallas as 2A in Spotlight
National Review columnist John Fund, one of the keynote speakers at this year’s Gun Rights Policy Conference in Dallas, says the outlook for Republicans in the upcoming midterm elections is good, and because the issue of gun rights has become so polarized, the nation’s gun owners may have only one direction to turn. “If you’re […]
