SocietyNews
Underreported: How Gun Silencers Became a Health Issue
Most people only know about silencers from what they see in the movies—a stealthy gun accessory that helps criminals more easily kill by suppressing the… Read More
SocietyNews
Congress Set to Overturn Obama Gun Control Rule
Congress is poised to unravel one of the Obama administration’s midnight regulations that could prevent certain Social Security disability beneficiaries from buying guns. The Social… Read More
SocietyCommentary
With Obama Gone, Firearms Industry Hopes for New Freedom for Gun Owners
In past years, the SHOT Show—the Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Trade Show; organized annually by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, held this year in Las… Read More
SocietyNews
Gun Control Measure Divides California’s Politicians, Law Enforcement
A gun control measure on California’s ballot Nov. 8 is pitting sheriffs, police chiefs, and prosecutors against most of the state’s political establishment. “This initiative… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Time for Conservative Intellectuals to Get Comfortable With the Right to Bear Arms
The right to keep and bear arms is a vital element of the liberal order that our Founding Fathers handed down to us. Armed citizens… Read More
SocietyNews
She Was Raped at 22. Now She Advocates for Women to Have Choice to Carry a Gun.
Amanda Collins had never planned on becoming a Second Amendment advocate. But on Oct. 22, 2007, when she was just 22 years old, her life… Read More
SocietyNews
Why This Virginia Tech Student Went on a Hunger Strike for Gun Rights
A Virginia Tech student, currently on a hunger strike advocating for the allowance of concealed weapons on campus, wants the right of self-defense abided by… Read More
SocietyNews
Olympic Shooter Kim Rhode Talks Gun Control, Feminism, and Media Bias
Outside of the gun world, few Americans know about Kimberly Rhode. Ironically, it wasn’t until The Wall Street Journal coined her “The Unknown Olympic Champion”… Read More
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Gun Ownership, Concealed-Carry Permits Up Among Women and Minorities
Antonia Okafor, a Dallas resident, says she believes a gun can be the great equalizer for women to defend themselves—one reason she is now the… Read More
SocietyCommentary
How to Talk About Gun Rights With Gun Control Advocates
Guns are a tricky topic. Very rarely do you find voters ambivalent about gun violence, gun safety, etc. Someone is either strongly pro-gun rights or… Read More
SocietyAnalysis
Obama Claimed It’s Easier in Some Neighborhoods to Get a Gun Than a Book. Here Are the Facts.
President Barack Obama said it is easier in some neighborhoods to get a gun than a book. Is that true? The fact checkers weighed in… Read More
SocietyNews
University of Texas Professors Sue Over Concealed Guns Allowed in Their Classrooms
Three professors are fighting a Texas law that allows students to carry concealed handguns in their college classrooms. Senate Bill 11, allowing concealed handgun license… Read More
LawCommentary
District of Columbia Residents Challenge Stun Gun Ban
Gun rights advocates have fired a new salvo in the ongoing saga against the District of Columbia’s overly restrictive gun laws. Three District residents have… Read More
SocietyNews
White House Defends Obama’s Claim That It’s Easier to Buy a Gun Than a Book
The White House struck back after a clean sweep of fact checkers criticized President Barack Obama’s assertion that it’s easier to obtain a gun than… Read More
LawNews
Gun Seller Says His Bank Demands ‘Ridiculous’ Information. He Blames Operation Choke Point.
A firearms dealer in North Carolina said his bank asked him to reveal “ridiculous and somewhat illegal” information about his business and its customers after… Read More
SecurityNews
As Congress Returns, Democrats and Republicans Clash Over Gun Control
House Republican leaders are planning to hold a vote this week on legislation intended to bar some suspected terrorism suspects from buying guns. The bill,… Read More
SecurityNews
FBI Flagged This Congressman as a Terrorist. Here’s Why He Opposes a New Gun Ban.
Waiting on a routine flight from Sacramento back to Santa Barbara, Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., discovered he was a terrorist. Or at least that’s what… Read More
SecurityNews
Senators Aim to ‘Thread Needle’ With Gun Control Measure
Hours after the Senate failed to advance another round of measures aimed to limit gun sales, a bipartisan group of senators today introduced what they… Read More
SecurityCommentary
GOP Senate Debates Gun Control Instead of Real Measures to Fight Terrorism
In the aftermath of the terrorist attack in Orlando—the largest in the United States since 9/11—lawmakers on Capitol Hill have yet to introduce one piece… Read More
SocietyNews
See How Your Senators Voted on 4 Gun Control Amendments
The Senate shot down a series of gun control measures Monday, all brought up for debate after the worst terrorist attack on American soil since… Read More
LawNews
In Voicemail, Bank Says It No Longer Lends to Firearms Dealers
The stories of two businessmen who recently were denied banking services because they sell firearms suggest a secretive government program called Operation Choke Point still… Read More
SocietyNews
Why This Sexual Assault Survivor Is an Advocate for the Second Amendment
When Kimberly Corban was a 20-year-old student at the University of Northern Colorado, a man broke into her Greeley, Colo., apartment and sexually assaulted her… Read More
SocietyNews
This Bill Would Make It Easier to Buy a Silencer. And Protect Your Hearing, Too.
In the movies, it’s the hitman who carries a silencer while slinking around the shadows. In real life, sportsmen use sound suppressors for their firearms… Read More
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NRA Head Wayne LaPierre Says Obama’s Knowledge on Guns ‘Wouldn’t Fill a Thimble’
Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president and CEO of the National Rifle Association, called out President Barack Obama for dodging his invitation to debate gun rights,… Read More
SocietyNews
He Survived Columbine. Now He’s Pushing a Bill That Would Let Teachers Carry Guns at Schools.
A Colorado lawmaker who survived the 1999 mass murder at Columbine High School is sponsoring state legislation that would allow teachers to carry firearms on school… Read More
SocietyNews
Beware: Teachers May Be Armed and Trained to Protect Students
The superintendent of a rural school district, taking zero chances should an active shooter trespass his grounds, has posted large signs to alert intruders that… Read More
SocietyNews
Senate Democrats Seek to Lift Ban on Taxpayer-Funded Gun Research
Senate Democrats are reviving efforts to lift a 20-year-old ban on using taxpayer dollars to research gun-related crime and violence in the United States. In… Read More
LawCommentary
Will Obama Be Held Accountable for Fast and Furious? What a New Court Decision Means
In an odd coincidence, a federal district court on Tuesday issued a decision against President Barack Obama in the Operation Fast and Furious fiasco, at… Read More
SocietyNews
Lawsuit Challenges Obama’s Executive Actions to Restrict Gun Sales
A conservative lawyer and activist has filed the first federal court challenge to President Barack Obama’s executive actions to restrict firearm ownership, arguing that the president’s moves violate… Read More
SocietyNews
NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre Challenges Obama to One-on-One Debate About Guns
The head of the National Rifle Association wants to debate President Barack Obama one on one about guns. “I’ll meet you for a one-on-one, one-hour… Read More
