SocietyAnalysis
More Women Picking Up Guns: ‘We’re Playing Golf Basically, Only With a Shotgun’
The number of American women picking up guns for fun is growing. There are now over 6 million female target shooters in the U.S. —… Read More
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Federal Court Upholds Right to Carry Handguns in Public in D.C.
On July 26, a federal district court in Washington, D.C. struck down as unconstitutional the District of Columbia’s laws totally banning the public carrying of… Read More
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Gunmaker Relocates U.S. Headquarters in Response to State’s New Firearms Restrictions
Italian gunmaker Beretta announced this week the company is relocating its U.S. headquarters from Maryland to Tennessee in response to gun restrictions passed last year…. Read More
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In This State, Gun Groups Won’t Protest Target’s New Gun Ban
CULLMAN, Ala. — Alabama gun groups don’t plan any demonstrations inside Target stores like those seen in Texas, and some even argue those protests were… Read More
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Target to Customers: Please Leave Your Guns at Home
Target announced Thursday that it is implementing an anti-gun policy, “respectfully” requesting that customers don’t bring guns into their stores. “Bringing firearms to Target creates… Read More
InternationalSocietyCommentary
The United Nations’ Gun-Control Efforts Are Failing
The Fifth Biennial Meeting of States for the United Nations “Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat, and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and… Read More
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Gun Control Can’t End Evil
Mass shootings in southern California last week are bringing up many of the same arguments the country heard after similar atrocities in Columbine, Aurora, and,… Read More
California Gun Case Sets Stage for Second Amendment Showdown at Supreme Court
The overturning of a San Diego law restricting residents’ right to carry a firearm outside their homes for self-defense is a clear win for gun-rights… Read More
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Illinois Supreme Court Catches Up on the Second Amendment
The Illinois Supreme Court has finally joined the rest of the nation and the U.S. Supreme Court in recognizing the right of Illinois residents to… Read More
The Connections Between Syria and the Arms Trade Treaty
The Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) is part of the Syrian story in two ways. First, one response urged by some, including President Obama, is for… Read More
News
The Impending U.S. Signature of the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty
The United States could be free to sign the United Nations’ Arms Trade Treaty as soon as Thursday. When the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) opened… Read More
Morning Bell: Senate Gun Control Bill Erodes Your Rights and Privacy
Since the tragic shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, President Obama and many in Congress have pushed a “do something” mentality on gun control. Heritage experts urged… Read More
Schumer-Toomey-Manchin Gun Control Bill: Undercover Busts of Innocents at Gun Shows
One begins to wonder if Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY), Pat Toomey (R-PA), and Joe Manchin (D-WV) didn’t just take whatever verbiage Attorney General Eric Holder’s… Read More
Schumer-Toomey-Manchin Gun Control Bill: Feel Free to Run a Secret FBI Check on Job Applicants
The gun control legislation proposed by Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY), Pat Toomey (R-PA), and Joe Manchin (D-WV) lets firearms dealers secretly run government background checks… Read More
Schumer-Toomey-Manchin Gun Control Bill: Cuts HIPAA Privacy for Mental Health Records
American society has long recognized the importance of mental health and has encouraged those in need of mental health care to seek it. Effective provision… Read More
Reid’s Gun Control Bill Makes a Missing Firearm a Ticket to Five Years in Prison
Under Senator Harry Reid’s (D-NV) gun control bill (S. 649), if somebody steals your firearm or you lose it, you can go to prison for… Read More
Loose Language in Reid’s Gun Control Bill Allows the Beginnings of a National Gun Registry
As Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) must know, Americans who own firearms have a special sensitivity to a “Big Brother” federal government that wants… Read More
Senator Reid’s New Tax on Guns
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) wants to tax your gun rights. His new legislation charges you a fee that is in essence a federal… Read More
News
Morning Bell: 3 Reasons the U.N.’s Arms Treaty Is Useless
It sounds nice to say there could be a treaty that would make all nations responsible when it comes to their arms exports. Of course,… Read More
The Arms Trade Treaty: Reactions to the Final Draft
At noon on Wednesday, Peter Woolcott, the president of the U.N. Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), released the last draft of the treaty…. Read More
The Arms Trade Treaty, Week 2: The Treaty Is Getting Worse
Late on Friday, the president of the U.N. Conference negotiating the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) released his latest draft of the treaty. A final draft… Read More
The Arms Trade Treaty, Day Three: Turning Up the Pressure on the U.S.
As the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) conference moved through its third day, the isolation of the United States became ever clearer. The U.S. position… Read More
Arms Trade Treaty, Day Two: Human Rights and Non-State Actors
The morning’s discussion at the U.N. on the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) brought into focus one of the underlying tensions among the nations negotiating the… Read More
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The Arms Trade Treaty and the Second Amendment: The Dangers of Transnationalism
On February 26, the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Center for Human Rights issued a white paper on the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), which concludes… Read More
The Arms Trade Treaty and the Second Amendment: Encouraging Executive Actions
On February 26, the American Bar Association’s Center for Human Rights issued a white paper on the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), which concludes that… Read More
Morning Bell: Heritage Experts Analyze the State of the Union
President Barack Obama laid out an ambitious agenda last night. Here are some highlights of our experts’ analysis of his claims, his plans, and his… Read More
The So-Called Gun Show Loophole: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics
There is a lot of misinformation circulating about background checks for gun ownership. Under the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act—which created the National Instant Criminal… Read More
News
The U.N. Arms Trade Treaty Is Back (and Actually, It Never Left)
The First Committee of the U.N. General Assembly is considering a resolution to convene “the Final United Nations Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty” in… Read More
U.S. Should Quit U.N.’s “Programme of Action”
Today marks the second week of the 2012 Review Conference for the U.N.’s “Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat, and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in… Read More
