One student is dead and either others were reportedly injured in a school shooting incident in Highlands Ranch, Colo., and while some people are already clamoring for more gun control, some activists on social media are calling this another failure of the “gun-free” zone concept. According to the Denver Post, the school has […]
‘Red Flag’ Laws Raise Constitutional Issues
At the state capitol in Augusta Monday, Maine lawmakers got an earful from both sides in a hotly-debated push to adopt a so-called “red flag” law, the generic term for legislation that would legalized Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPO) that allow people deemed to be “at risk” to have their firearms seized by police. The […]
Kavanaugh Update: Consider Hysteria of Critics
Gun prohibitionists with Democrat U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut perhaps in their lead have ramped up their opposition to the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, worrying that he will “give the Supreme Court a majority to overturn assault weapons bans imposed by several states,” according to the […]
Colorado Gun Rights Activists Fired Up over Proposed Boulder Ban
Colorado gun rights activists are likely to jam the city council meeting in Boulder this Thursday evening to weigh in on a controversial proposal to ban the sale and possession of so-called “assault weapons” and magazines that hold more than 10 cartridges, according to the Daily Camera. One local gun retailer, Frederick Barton at Bison […]
Research: Background Check Laws Had ‘Little Effect’
Updated: So-called “Comprehensive Background Check” (CBC) laws passed in Washington and Colorado have had little effect, and that may be because “citizens simply decided not to comply and there was a lack of enforcement,” according to a story in The Guardian. The report appears in Injury Prevention, a medical journal. A third state, Delaware, did […]
As Concealed Carry Surges, Reciprocity Opponents Double Down
Tuesday marks the first day that licensed gun owners can carry concealed on community college campuses in Texas, a year after it became legal to carry on four-year university campuses. The timing is important, because the debate over national concealed carry reciprocity is heating up as opponents in the gun prohibition movement double down with […]