April was another big month for FBI National Instant Check System (NICS) background checks, and even when adjusted by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, it looks like U.S. citizens are still buying plenty of firearms. But a Washington Post-University of Maryland poll shows a majority of Americans (70 percent) are opposed to re-opening gun stores, […]
Is Anti-Gun Group Perpetuating Myth of ‘Drive-Through Gun Sales?’
A Seattle-based gun prohibition lobbying group is reaching out to supporters for donations with a message asserting “the federal government is making it as easy as possible for people to panic-buy firearms and ammunition by allowing drive-through gun sales,” but is this a carefully-crafted myth? The billionaire-backed Alliance for Gun Responsibility declares in its message, […]
Confirmed: NICS Checks, Gun Sales Soared in March
No matter how one looks at the National Instant Check System (NICS) data for March, last month saw a stunning rush on gun stores with what appears to have been a lot of first-time gun buyers in the mix, and now the question will be whether the trend continues for April. According to data from […]
Gun Fight: ‘Essential’ or ‘Non-Essential’ at Issue
Are retail firearms stores an “essential” or “non-essential” business? That’s the question at the heart of a battle currently being waged in New Jersey and promising to spread to several other states, and the fight revolves around the individual right to keep and bear arms protected by the Second Amendment. A federal lawsuit filed by […]
Company’s New Policy is ‘Coercion, Social Bigotry,’ Says CCRKBA
This week’s revelation that Salesforce.com, a San Francisco-based business software company, has changed its company policy to bar the use of its technology to companies that sell “a range of firearms, including automatic and certain semi-automatic firearms,” got a swift and scathing reaction from a major gun rights organization. The Citizens Committee for the Right […]
Fed. Judge Denies Mass. A.G. Request to Stall Gun Rights Lawsuit
A U.S. District Court judge in Massachusetts has denied a request from anti-gun state Attorney General Maura Healey to delay a lawsuit challenging her efforts to stop sales of so-called “copycat assault weapons” in what amounts to a victory for the four firearms retailers involved in the lawsuit, and the National Shooting Sports […]
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