The Los Angeles Times Editorial Board, exercising its First Amendment right of free speech and the press, has attacked the notion that the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms applies across state borders, and calls the idea of state concealed carry reciprocity “absurd and dangerous.” In a 716-word slap at concealed carry, the […]
The Fallacy of ‘Nobody Wants to Take Your Guns’
When the Seattle Times cheered passage 0f another gun control initiative this week, and immediately called for even more legislation banning so-called “assault weapons” and large capacity magazines, it may have surrendered any chance to argue that “nobody wants to take your guns.” Banning an entire class of firearms amounts to taking, critics argue. It’s not […]
Battle Heats Up Over California Gun Control Measure
Anti-gun California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Proposition 63, the measure that would require background checks for ammunition purchases and make it a crime to not report a stolen firearm quickly perfectly illustrates how extreme gun control advocates have become. According to the Daily Signal, the ballot measure “is pitting sheriffs, police chiefs, and prosecutors against […]
L.A. Times Bares Strategy of Second Amendment Erosion
Perhaps unintentionally, the Los Angeles Times on Monday explained in simple, matter-of-fact language how anti-rights gun prohibitionists have successfully eroded the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens, laying bare the strategy they will continue to use until the right to keep and bear arms, and the liberty that right represents, have been erased. In a […]
This Opinion Poll Spells Trouble for Gun Ban Proposal
It’s not just FBI Uniform Crime Report data that goes against the narrative launched earlier this week by Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson in his push for a ban on so-called “assault weapons,” public reaction is decidedly negative. An unscientific poll on KOMO’s Facebook Page underscores Ferguson’s problem. The KOMO opinion poll showed a […]
Californians Fight Back Against ‘Gunmageddon’
It’s not a zombie apocalypse but for energized California gun rights activists it might as well be, and they have launched an ambitious petition drive to challenge new gun laws by putting them up to a public vote. Gov. Jerry Brown signed several pieces of gun control legislation recently. But these activists want to head […]
