An Oregon store clerk has been fired for drawing his legally-concealed handgun on a hatchet-wielding would-be robber last month, and now that the story is getting national media attention, the former clerk told a reporter for KTVB News, “Your life’s not worth a minimum wage job.” The company that owns the store, Plaid […]
Another One Bites the Dust in Chicago; Gun Group Defends Shooting
A 25-year-old Chicago woman is alive but the man who tried to rob her at gunpoint Tuesday isn’t, and the national gun rights organization that spearhead the legal actions that first nullified the Windy City’s handgun ban and then forced the Illinois Legislature to adopt a concealed carry law is ripping gun control groups for […]
WSJ: Europeans Arming Up Over Crime, Terrorism
Europeans are reportedly arming up, “in part by insecurity arising from terrorist attacks,” according to the Wall Street Journal, and it’s a development that might give anti-gun-rights liberals in the United States a touch of heartburn. U.S. gun prohibitionists have long touted the kinds of gun control laws in Europe as an example to be […]
Will 2019 Be ‘Year of the Showdown’ on Guns, Second Amendment?
On the heels of a nationwide disruption of the 911 emergency services system, a Washington State-based national gun rights group declared the crash to be “a reminder that the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms has hardly outlived its usefulness,” which is bitterly ironic to young adults who will see their Second Amendment-protected […]
Did WaPo Columnist Really Sound ‘Taps’ Over Second Amendment?
When Washington Post Columnist E.J. Dionne wrote that the National Rifle Association’s power is waning in a piece headlined “It’s the beginning of the end for the gun lobby’s power,” was he really trying to sound “Taps” over the Second Amendment? By no small coincidence, Dionne’s Op-Ed came on the heels of an […]
Fed. Court Upholds NJ Mag Limit, Shows Why Elections Matter
When a divided federal appeals court panel on Wednesday upheld New Jersey’s ban on magazines that hold more than ten cartridges, it underscored why elections matter. Upholding the restriction were Judges Patty Schwartz and Joseph Greenaway, both nominated by former President Barack Obama. Writing a spirited dissent was Judge Stephanos Bibas, nominated by […]
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