After Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed permitless carry into law, it didn’t take long for opponents to come up with arguments that amounted to word games. Yellowhammer State gun owners may still obtain carry permits, to allow them to carry in other states with reciprocal agreements. Alabama is the 22nd state with “constitutional carry,” and […]
Groups Seek National Dialogue for Police, Armed Citizens After Shooting
Two of the nation’s leading gun rights organizations have called for a “national dialogue” on how police respond to active shooter incidents in public places in the wake of the tragic Thanksgiving shooting of an armed citizen who was mistaken for the person who had just wounded two people at the Riverchase Balleria Mall in […]
No Moore: Republican Not Only Loser in Alabama Race
The defeat of Republican candidate Roy Moore in the special Alabama race for U.S. Senator is being followed by widespread analyses from conservative and liberal commentators, all putting their spin on the election result and perhaps the best of these after-action reports appears in The Hill. That longtime Capitol Hill news organ pegs it down […]
Anti-gun Hypocrisy Rises in Effort to Beat Moore in Alabama
The Seattle-based Alliance for Gun Responsibility, the well-financed gun prohibition lobbying group, has thrust itself into Tuesday’s special senate election in Alabama via an email fund-raising effort that declares in its subject line, “They’re trying to buy an election.” The complaint is about money apparently being spent by the National Rifle Association in the effort […]
