In their new emotional funding appeal, backers of Initiative 1639 in Washington State ignore Sunday’s intervention by armed citizens to stop a mass shooter. (Screen capture, YouTube, TIME) Backers of a 30-page gun control initiative in Washington State are attempting to crank up public emotion to super charge signature gathering by talking about two high-profile […]
CCRKBA Chief Calls Out N.J. Gov: ‘Let’s Talk Gun Policy Failures’
When New Jersey’s anti-gun Democrat Gov. Phil Murphy tried to capitalize on the weekend shooting at a Trenton arts festival by declaring that now is a great time to “talk about gun policy,” the chairman of a national gun rights organization quickly called him out. “Yes, let’s talk about New Jersey’s abysmal gun policy,” said […]
New Jersey Gun Rights Group Sues State over Carry Restrictions
Fighting back against what it calls “draconian restrictions on carrying a handgun outside the home for self-defense,” the Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs (ANJRPC) on Monday filed a federal lawsuit against the State of New Jersey to overturn the state’s extremist gun control law. New Jersey’s gun laws made nasty headlines in […]
As SHOT Show Winds Down, Bump Stocks in the Political Crosshairs
Friday’s wrap of the 2018 Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show coincides with more gun control back at the state level, with at least two bump stock ban measures making headway at far ends of the country. There is much irony in this because prior to Oct. 1, 2017, very few people outside the […]
Is Shaneen Allen Suddenly Making Anti-Gunners Nervous?
The story of Shaneen Allen’s arrest and incarceration in New Jersey for 48 days is famous in the firearms community, and over the Christmas weekend, her experience has suddenly become interesting to the press. Allen, a single mother who had gone through all the hoops to obtain a carry permit in her neighboring Pennsylvania, was […]
NJ Editorial A Slap at Second Amendment
When the Asbury Park Press in New Jersey headlined its anti-gun editorial Friday that last week’s 231-198 House vote on concealed carry reciprocity was “a slap at NJ,” the response could not be simpler: New Jersey gun laws are a slap at the Second Amendment. The editorial proudly boasted that, “New Jersey is one of […]