Writing at the Philadelphia Inquirer, civics reporter Henry Savage laments that “Philadelphia has been unable to pass local gun laws.” “A predicament that has embroiled the city and the state General Assembly into a years-long battle over one thing: state preemption law,” he complains. Second Amendment activists recognize state preemption laws as one of the […]
Poll: Americans Divided on Biden’s Philly Speech
A new Rasmussen survey released Monday says likely U.S. voters are almost evenly divided in their reaction to President Joe Biden’s speech in Philadelphia earlier this month during which he ripped so-called “MAGA Republicans” as a threat to the nation. According to the poll, the man seen by many as a practitioner of division politics […]
Arrests Made in Dem. Rep’s Armed Carjacking; Will Guns Be Blamed?
Five teens were arrested by police in Delaware in a car belonging to Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA) hours after she was carjacked at gunpoint in South Philadelphia, according to Fox News. Published reports say Delaware State troopers staked out the empty Acura SUV after it was spotted near the Christiana Mall in Newark, and […]
Seattle a ‘Textbook Example of Failed Policies,’ Says Gun Rights Group
The City of Seattle is a “textbook example of horribly failed policies,” according to a national grassroots gun rights organization headquartered coincidentally in nearby Bellevue that looked at the skyrocketing number of murders in several major cities Wednesday. Fox News reported this week that the “Jet City,” which is also known as “The Emerald City” […]
Coronavirus Clobbers Cops and Suddenly Second is First Fallback
Reports are surfacing in several jurisdictions about the number of police officers testing positive for Coronavirus, underscoring the importance of the Second Amendment among people who might have been indifferent about the right to keep and bear arms…until now. Over the weekend, TIME magazine reported that “about 700 New Jersey police officers have tested positive […]
In Panic, Second Amendment Right Not Outmoded After All
A rush on gun stores across the country to purchase firearms and ammunition shows that during a period of national panic, Americans fall back on the Second Amendment for reassurance, say some in the gun rights community, but in two American cities, officials are saying gun shops are non-essential businesses. The San Jose Mercury News […]
