The San Jose City Council has unanimously voted to charge an annual “gun owner fee to help cover the cost of gunshot-related police and ambulance response and medical treatment,” according to KNTV News, the local NBC affiliate. The “yet-to-be-determined” fee for gun owners amounts to a tax on the exercise of a constitutional right, and […]
Pew: Modest Rise in Support for Stricter Gun Control Laws
Pew Research is reporting a “modest rise in support for stricter gun laws in the United States since 2017,” including a majority (71%) who “favor banning high capacity ammunition magazines.” In a story bylined by Pew research assistant Katherine Schaeffer, the polling organization also revealed an increase in the number of Americans who support […]
Fox News’ Napolitano: ‘Red Flag’ Violates Due Process
Judge Andrew Napolitano, Fox News senior legal analyst, thinks “red flag” laws are a bad idea. (Screen snip, YouTube, Fox News.) In an essay published Wednesday in the Washington Times and on Thursday by Fox News, that cable network’s senior legal analyst, Judge Andrew Napolitano, wrote strongly against the concept of so-called “red flag” laws, […]
New Hampshire’s Chris Sununu Sets Constitutional Benchmark on Guns
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu just did something that infuriated the gun prohibition lobby, while providing Second Amendment activists some hope that at least one politician isn’t buckling to the anti-gun-rights agenda in the wake of three high-profile shootings for which American gun owners are not responsible. Last week, Gov. Sununu vetoed a trio of […]
Swalwell Slammed Over Constitutional Gaffe
California Congressman Eric Swalwell—the man who suggested using nukes on gun owners who didn’t surrender firearms if a gun ban came to pass—reportedly inserted foot-in-mouth once again this week when he went on social media in an attempt to boost his profile among women. Fox News detailed Swalwell’s gaffe. “Do you know how many […]
Does WA gun control scheme include unconstitutional literacy test?
Buried in Section 3 of the proposed Initiative 1639—a 30-page billionaire-backed gun control measure now on the ballot in Washington State—is a requirement that purchasers of so-called “semiautomatic assault rifles” provide proof that they have “completed a recognized firearm safety training program.” The requirement is found on Page 4, subsection (2)(a) and it reads: “(a) […]