An old strategy of the gun prohibition movement is being identified with a new slang term—“camo-speak”—which translates to substituting terms like “gun safety” and “gun reform” for gun control, and the establishment press appears to have embraced that deceptive vocabulary so completely that it is misleading. One organization, WaGuns.org, even has T-shirts emblazoned with the […]
Retired Justice Stevens to High Schoolers: ‘Demand Repeal of 2A’
Retired U.S. Supreme Justice John Paul Stevens has inserted himself into the gun rights battle now being waged across the media and is counseling high school demonstrators to “demand a repeal of the Second Amendment” in an Op-Ed piece published by the New York Times. So much for the argument that nobody is trying to […]
D.C. Appeals Court Strikes ‘Good Reason’ CCW Requirement
In a stunning victory for concealed carry advocates, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued a permanent injunction against enforcement of such a requirement in Washington, D.C., but the ruling could have a ripple effect. The ruling is another court victory for the Second Amendment Foundation in a case called Wrenn […]
As Gorsuch Takes Seat, 2nd Amendment Issues Face SCOTUS
Newly-sworn Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch will be rolling up his sleeves and getting to work almost immediately on various issues facing the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). Among the potential cases, according to at least two media reports, are those dealing with Second Amendment rights outside the home. According to NBC News, “Another […]
Did Feinstein Quote Heller Out of Context to Play ‘Gotcha?’
Updated 3/23 — Has a veteran anti-gun Democrat U.S. Senator planted a seed of doubt about the Second Amendment, and a landmark Supreme Court ruling, to mislead the public about what the amendment protects? During questioning Tuesday of Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch, California Sen. Dianne Feinstein posed the following question: “In D.C. v. […]
Alarm Spreading Over Clinton Threat to Bill of Rights
As the Nov. 8 election looms, alarms are finally being raised outside of the firearms community about a Hillary Clinton presidency and its potentially destructive impact on the Bill of Rights, with pieces in the Wall Street Journal and National Review that merit reading and sharing. The WSJ piece, published Oct. 21, took Clinton to […]