The recent announcement that Washington Lt. Governor Cyrus Habit was unilaterally going to prohibit firearms in the state Senate viewing gallery was coincidentally timed with the publication of a piece about guns on capitol campuses that a leading gun data researcher suggested was biased by omission. John Lott, founder and president of the Crime Prevention […]
Anti-gunners Target Republicans As Congress Moves on CCW
The gun prohibition group headed by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords – and named for her – is targeting eight Republican lawmakers with a blitz of advertising designed to “pressure Republican lawmakers ahead of a vote on a new concealed carry bill,” according to The Hill. Politico identified the targeted lawmakers as Reps. Rodney Frelinghuysen(N.J.), Jason Lewis (Minn.), […]
WA adds Nearly 20K Carry Licenses; Editorial Calls for Capitol Ban
Only days after Washington Lt. Gov. Cyrus Habib unilaterally declared the state Senate viewer gallery to be a “gun free zone,” the state’s largest newspaper reinforced its anti-gun editorial policy by calling for a ban on firearms throughout the state capitol in a Friday editorial. In a bizarre coincidence, the state Department of Licensing released […]
CCW Reciprocity Passes First Hurdle 19-11 in Judiciary
The Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act crossed its first hurdle Wednesday by passing out of the House Judiciary Committee on a 19-11 vote, and it will now head to full consideration on the House floor, possibly before the end of the year. There was considerable debate in the committee, with anti-gun Democrats proposing several amendments that […]
House Judiciary to Act on National Reciprocity Wednesday
After months of inaction, the House Judiciary Committee is set to act on national concealed carry reciprocity legislation Wednesday, a move that gun rights activists across the country have been waiting for since January. The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Richard Hudson (R-SC) has 213 co-sponsors, all but three who are Republicans. The three Democrats are […]
Was ‘Black Friday’ Solid Gold for Gun Dealers?
News agencies have been gasping over the weekend revelation that “Black Friday” saw the FBI’s National Instant Check System (NICS) receive 203,086 requests for background checks relating to firearms sales, a new record that eclipsed last year’s 185,713 NICS checks. That’s a 10 percent increase. It is news that makes the gun prohibition lobby shudder […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 142
- 143
- 144
- 145
- 146
- …
- 181
- Next Page »