SecurityNews
People Magazine Urges Readers to Call for Action Against ‘Gun Violence’
People Magazine issued its version of a “call to action” on gun control today, less than a week after a 26-year-old gunman killed nine and… Read More
SocietyNews
San Francisco’s Firearms Regulations Force City’s Last Gun Store to Close
San Francisco’s last gun shop is shutting down at the end of October as city legislators consider stricter gun control measures. High Bridge Arms manager… Read More
PoliticsNews
Dana Perino Dissects Obama’s ‘Unpersuasive’ Call for More Gun Control
President Barack Obama ridiculed opponents of gun control Thursday, hours after a shooter in Oregon killed 10 people at a community college. Standing at a… Read More
SocietyCommentary
D.C. Has Lost Another Gun Rights Case
Seven years after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the District of Columbia’s ban on handguns, D.C. has lost another gun case before the U.S…. Read More
SocietyNews
Seattle Approves New Tax on Guns, Ammunition
The Seattle City Council passed a new tax on guns and ammunition Monday to raise revenue for violence prevention and gun safety research. The council… Read More
SocietyNews
Maine Becomes Latest State to Allow Concealed Guns Without a Permit
Maine passed a measure Wednesday permitting gun owners in the state to carry concealed handguns without a permit, becoming the sixth state in the U.S…. Read More
SocietyNews
Supreme Court Refuses to Stop Law That Restricts Gun Rights
The Supreme Court has refused to hear a major case regarding gun rights, leaving a strict San Francisco gun law intact. Gun owners in the… Read More
SocietyCommentary
DC Gets Slapped Again By a Federal Court Over Its Restrictive Gun Laws
The District of Columbia has lost the latest round in the seemingly never-ending litigation over the rules it keeps implementing to restrict Second Amendment rights…. Read More
LawNews
Gun Shop Owner Says This State’s Restrictive Law ‘Killed Us in Terms of Business’
A gun and ammo shop in New York blames the state’s strict regulations on firearms for bringing an end to its business. “The SAFE Act… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Firearms Industry Concerned About What Obama Will Do in Next Two Years
The SHOT Show — Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Trade Show — is the world’s largest gun show. Held annually in Las Vegas, it’s intended for… Read More
SocietyNews
How Gun Owners Reacted to a Lawmaker’s Gun Control Pitch
MONTPELIER, Vt.—Speaking at a large pro-gun rally at the Vermont statehouse this week, state Sen. John Campbell told law-abiding Vermonters they would need to undergo… Read More
InternationalCommentary
What the Firearms Industry Thinks About the UN Arms Trade Treaty Signed By Obama Administration
LAS VEGAS—Supposedly, the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty, which took effect Christmas Eve, is no big deal. But people who work in the business of manufacturing,… Read More
SecurityNews
Ready, Aim, Fire: Choke Point Draws Heat From Gun Industry
LAS VEGAS—Banned from financial services that are essential to running a business, firearms sellers attending the world’s largest gun exhibition last week in Las Vegas… Read More
SocietyNews
Democrat State Senator: Gun Background Checks Unnecessary in Vermont
An influential Democratic state senator says he’s unlikely to support a bill requiring background checks on gun purchases because he believes the checks are unnecessary and… Read More
SocietyNews
Firearms Sellers Say They’re Being Choked Off From Payment Processors
Go to a gun show, and you won’t find many merchants using PayPal. You’ll also find few vendors using popular payment processors such as Square,… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The New Sneaky Tactic Gun Control Advocates Are Embracing
Gun control advocates are changing strategy. If you can’t get legislation infringing upon the Second Amendment with President Obama sitting in the White House and… Read More
InternationalNews
Arms Trade Treaty Won’t Help Israel
Last month, Israel signed the UN’s Arms Trade Treaty, which supposedly prevents nations from arming terrorists and mass murderers. But in reality, the treaty’s advocates… Read More
SocietyNews
Sheriffs Go Above and Beyond Call of Duty to Grant This Little Boy’s Hunting Wish
Alex Collins wanted to go hunting. When the 9-year-old saw a drawing for a youth hunting trip with the Chester County Sheriff’s Department on Facebook,… Read More
SocietyNews
Vermonters Using Social Media to ‘Expose’ Gun Control Agenda
How do ordinary Vermonters defend their constitutional rights against some of the most well-funded special-interest groups in the state? Facebook, of course. Vermonters seeking to… Read More
SecurityNews
Saluting 378 Years of Service: Photos of the National Guard in Action
On Dec. 13, 1636, a three-month-old regiment gathered for a first drill in Massachusetts. These citizens had organized themselves into military units responsible for the… Read More
SocietyNews
Poll: More Americans Support Gun Rights than Gun Control
More Americans support gun rights over gun control, according to a newly released survey by the Pew Research Center. According to Pew, 52 percent of respondents… Read More
LawNews
Congressman Seeks to End Program He Calls ‘More Dangerous’ Than IRS Scandal
Calling a secretive government operation to strangle politically out-of-favor businesses “more dangerous” than the IRS targeting scandal, a congressman with a background in banking is preparing to… Read More
LawNews
US Lawmen Allowed Drug Cartels’ Grenade Trafficker to Move Freely, Report Finds
A long-awaited report from the Department of Justice’s inspector general sharply criticizes U.S. law enforcement officials for allowing a grenade trafficker for vicious Mexican drug cartels to… Read More
SocietyNews
School District to Allow Students to Pose With Guns
Students in a Nebraska school district have another item they may now incorporate into their senior portraits: their guns. At the request of parents, Broken… Read More
SocietyNews
Gun Show: Issue Fades, but Groups Aim to Influence Midterm Races
Some prominent nonprofits focusing on firearms are locked and loaded this election cycle, shelling out millions in hopes of influencing voters before they head to… Read More
SocietyNews
No Parents Allowed: This Community’s Kids Are Solving Youth Violence on Their Own
Children of various ages assembled at a Christian church in Memphis, Tenn., this week for the first of three “kid only” forums as part of a city-wide… Read More
SocietyCommentary
For Gun Shop Owners, It’s No Longer Hip to Be ‘Square’
It’s white. It’s square. And at 1-by-1 inch in diameter, it is the perfect accoutrement to any entrepreneur’s smartphone. With its quick swipe capability and… Read More
SocietyNews
In Missouri, Public School Students Are Learning How to Handle Guns Safely
Ready, aim, fire. A new statewide program in Missouri has introduced an after-school lesson on gun safety for public school students. According to local ABC… Read More
SocietyNews
N.Y. Police Threatened to Raid Gun Shop If Owner Didn’t Turn Over Customer Records
The owner of a gun store in New York says state police threatened to kick down the door of his business in a SWAT-style raid… Read More
SocietyNews
Why ‘Holly Hobby Lobby’ Changed Her Mind About Owning Guns
Holly Fisher, a mom of three from West Virginia, never thought she would be a gun owner. But when her husband joined the military in… Read More
