SocietyAnalysis
As American Gun Sales Hit Record High, Tips for New Owners
Americans are buying guns at a record pace. A surprising number of the sales are from first-time firearm owners, says Stephen Gutowski, a reporter at… Read More
LawNews
Minneapolis Calls in National Guard to Stop Rioting
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced Wednesday evening that the city had asked the National Guard to assist in stopping the unrest and rioting occurring on… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Defensive Uses of Guns in July Prove Importance of Removing Barriers to Ownership
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot recently blamed her city’s acute surge in gun violence on the lack of gun control laws in other states. As many… Read More
LawCommentary
Why Georgia Shouldn’t Repeal Its ‘Citizen’s Arrest’ Law
Georgia’s “citizen’s arrest” law came to the national forefront earlier this year after several men misused it to justify chasing down and killing Ahmaud Arbery,… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The Chicago Gun Myth
The tragically incompetent mayor of Chicago, Lori Lightfoot, appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union” last weekend to deflect attention from the horror show unfolding… Read More
SocietyCommentary
How Trump’s Law and Order Agenda Is Making Black America Safer Again
In the wake of George Floyd’s death, America has been presented with a false narrative about blacks and law enforcement. Elite progressive voices have pushed… Read More
SocietyCommentary
11 Incidents in Which Lawful Gun Owners Made a Difference
As the Supreme Court continued its decadelong silence in protecting the Second Amendment, Americans last month nevertheless proved that they understand the importance of the… Read More
LawCommentary
‘Don’t Be a Vigilante’ and Other Gun Ownership Mistakes to Avoid
Millions of American gun owners are incredibly responsible. Every month, I find story after story of law-abiding citizens who used their firearms in lawful defense… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Justices Continue Long, Shameful Silence on Second Amendment
When the Supreme Court earlier this spring dismissed a New York gun case from its docket without ruling on the merits, disappointed Second Amendment advocates… Read More
SocietyCommentary
In These 11 Incidents, Gun Owners Defended Life and Property
The last week of May proved just how quickly the seemingly stable peace of our world can devolve into chaos and near-anarchy. Many of us,… Read More
SocietyAnalysis
A Counterbalance to the False Narratives About Gun Ownership
The data is in: Americans are flocking to gun stores in unprecedented numbers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The spike has left many gun control advocates… Read More
SocietyCommentary
11 More Cases in Which Responsible Gun Owners Saved Lives
In recent weeks, several instances involving the reckless use of firearms dominated national headlines. In one case, a Georgia man tragically lost his life when… Read More
LawCommentary
The Supreme Court Punts on an Easy Second Amendment Case
It’s been a decade since the Supreme Court affirmed, in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) and McDonald v. City of Chicago (2010), that the… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Loading a New Database of Defensive Gun Use
For well over a year, The Daily Signal has published a monthly series highlighting lawful gun owners who used their firearms to protect their liberties,… Read More
SocietyCommentary
11 Cases Where Gun Ownership Proved ‘Essential’
As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the country, millions of Americans now live in states where shutdown orders effectively have stripped them of the ability… Read More
SocietyCommentary
COVID-19 and Second Amendment: 3 Things to Know
With the COVID-19 pandemic causing serious interruptions to the daily lives of people across the country, many American are acutely aware of how certain civil… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Want to Keep Americans Safe Without More Gun Control? Meet the TAPS Act
Too many lawmakers today cannot fathom a world where “keeping Americans safe from violence” means anything other than imposing stringent gun control measures. That makes… Read More
SocietyCommentary
11 Examples of Bloomberg’s Folly on Defensive Gun Use
Earlier this month, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg was asked how he justified his push for more stringent gun control when he is… Read More
SocietyCommentary
New Mexico Gets Its Red Flag Law Wrong
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, recently signed controversial legislation that created the state’s first red flag law to take firearms from potentially… Read More
Law Commentary
Problematic Women: Her Husband Was Murdered in a Gun-Free Zone. Now Nikki Goeser Is Fighting Back.
Nikki Goeser watched the man who had stalked her murder her husband in a gun-free zone. Because she was a law-abiding concealed carry permit holder,… Read More
SocietyCommentary
12 Times Gun Owners Defended Themselves and Others
Many lawmakers around the country welcomed in the new year by pursuing legislation that would severely curtail the right of law-abiding citizens to keep and… Read More
SocietyNews
This County Is Utah’s First Sanctuary for Second Amendment
A county in Utah has shot down the idea of more gun control by becoming the first county in the state to declare itself a… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Noncompliance With New Gun Laws Follows Historical Precedent
On Jan. 20, as Americans remembered civil rights hero Martin Luther King Jr., an estimated 10,000 people peacefully rallied in Richmond, Virginia, to protest the… Read More
SocietyCommentary
We Hear You: From Gender Identity in Sports to Second Amendment Rights
Editor’s note: We’re back with another batch of your emails on our coverage of the nation’s policy debates. Got a point to make? Write to… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Virginia’s Recent Extremism a Warning Sign for Other States
The Old Dominion is trending in an ominous direction, and it’s a problem for the whole country. On Monday, the Virginia General Assembly ratified the… Read More
SocietyNews
Virginia Gun Control Bills Firing Up Second Amendment Backers
Proposed gun control legislation in the Virginia General Assembly has many Second Amendment advocates in the state literally up in arms, prompting strong pushback from… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The Media’s Shameful Depiction of Pro-Second Amendment Protests in Virginia
It’s the tea party all over again. Way back in 2009 the press, followed by a gaggle of left-wing commentators and politicians, did a number… Read More
SocietyCommentary
2019 Ended With Heroic Actions by Lawful Gun Owners
As we enter 2020, lawmakers in several states are gearing up for high-profile fights over gun control legislation that could severely limit the Second Amendment… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Concealed Carry Law in Texas Prevented Mass Murder
The same weekend that Orthodox Jews in Monsey, New York, were fighting off another knife-wielding anti-Semite thug with chairs and coffee tables—they were fortunate the… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Virginia’s Would-Be Gun Grabbers Likely to Face Blowback
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam apologized for his medical school blackface stunt, but he will have much more to apologize for if he signs into law… Read More
