SocietyCommentary
Guns Saved These Americans From Assault and Robbery in July
In the wake of tragic mass shootings, such as those occurring in recent days in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, it’s understandable that the… Read More
SocietyNews
Gun Group on Trump’s Response to Shootings: ‘He Doesn’t Know How Volatile This Issue Is’
A gun rights group has warned President Donald Trump not to underestimate the volatile effect proposing gun control legislation could have on his base. Gun… Read More
LawNews
Lawmakers Sound Off After El Paso, Dayton Shootings
Members of Congress took to social media to denounce the shootings over the weekend in El Paso, Texas, which left 21 dead and 26 wounded… Read More
SocietyNews
New York Forbids Teachers From Carrying Guns in Classrooms
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, has signed into law a bill to bar school districts from arming teachers as a way to combat… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Why These Defensive Uses of Firearms Should Disarm Second Amendment Skeptics
At a time when many high-profile politicians are comfortable proposing laws that impose serious burdens on the right to keep and bear arms, including the… Read More
SocietyNews
Virginia’s Gun Control Debate Begins Tuesday. Here’s What Northam Wants.
Virginia lawmakers will assemble Tuesday for the special session Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam called to debate a package of gun control measures. Northam called the special… Read More
SocietyNews
‘Let Us Provide Our Own Security’: Virginia Beach Manager Petitions for Guns at Work
Vincent Smith wasn’t in the office when a fellow Virginia Beach city employee opened fire there, ultimately killing 12 and wounding five in the carnage… Read More
SocietyNews
Virginia Beach Employee Works to Abolish City’s Gun-Free Zone Policy
A Virginia Beach employee is circulating a petition to abolish the city’s policy barring employees from bringing guns into work if they are properly permitted…. Read More
LawCommentary
This New York Man Got Arrested After Defending His Own Home
All too often, advocates of strict gun control promise that more complex and convoluted laws will save lives without imposing a serious burden on the… Read More
LawCommentary
Gun Rights Made All the Difference for These Intended Victims
Contrary to the rhetoric of many gun control advocates, the Second Amendment’s protection of the individual right to keep and bear arms is not a… Read More
SocietyNews
Democrats Move to Make Gun-Makers Liable for Gun Crimes
Democratic lawmakers introduced legislation Tuesday to hold gun manufacturers liable for crimes committed with their products. The measure, introduced in both the House and Senate,… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Why Gun Control Is Wrong Response to Tragic Virginia Shooting
In the wake of the tragic shooting in Virginia Beach, Virginia, that claimed the lives of 12 people, Gov. Ralph Northam has called for a… Read More
SocietyNews
‘Hope Is What Sustains Us’: Church Where 26 Slain Presses On
Eighteen months have passed since a gunman entered First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs and took 26 lives. In honor and remembrance of those who… Read More
SocietyNews
Obama Condemns US Gun Laws to Audience in Brazil
Former President Barack Obama told a crowd in Brazil Thursday that U.S. gun laws “don’t make sense” because people can buy “any weapon, any time.”… Read More
PoliticsNews
Illinois GOP Lawmakers Want to Cut off Chicago, Create New State
A group of Illinois Republicans are sponsoring legislation that would split the state in two: Chicago, and everywhere else. State Rep. Brad Halbrook, a Republican… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The Second Amendment Saved These Gun Owners’ Lives in April
The right to keep and bear arms is based on the natural, immutable right to defend oneself and one’s liberties from crime and tyranny. Unfortunately,… Read More
SocietyCommentary
To Sen. Cory Booker, Gun Ownership Is a Privilege and Not a Right
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., released his plan Tuesday to combat firearm-related violence. For starters, most of it would violate the Constitution. Booker’s 14-point plan includes… Read More
PoliticsNews
New York Is Illegally Targeting the NRA, Trump Says
President Donald Trump on Monday called the New York state attorney general’s newly announced probe of the National Rifle Association illegal, and an expert on… Read More
SocietyNews
Trump Scraps Obama-Era UN Arms Treaty Opposed by Second Amendment Backers
President Donald Trump announced Friday the United States is pulling out of the international Arms Trade Treaty, a treaty signed by the Obama administration—but never… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Trump Just Ditched a UN Arms Treaty, and He Was Right to Do It
On Friday, at the annual meeting of the National Rifle Association, President Donald Trump announced that he was un-signing the Arms Trade Treaty. As he… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Tackling Questions About Colorado’s Red Flag Law and the Second Amendment
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, this month signed into law a bill allowing a person to be temporarily disarmed if a court finds that… Read More
Law Analysis
The Pivotal Gun Case Likely Going to the Supreme Court, Explained
Could the manufacturer of the gun used in the tragic Sandy Hook shooting be sued? That’s what’s at stake in a new case that the… Read More
LawCommentary
Latest News of Self-Defense With Firearms Contradicts Gun Control Rhetoric
Gun control advocates long have controlled the narrative about defensive uses of firearms, calling the “good guy with a gun” scenario a “myth meant to scare… Read More
LawNews
Supreme Court Turns Down Bids to Stop Trump’s Bump Stock Ban
The Supreme Court has turned down two bids to halt the Trump administration’s ban on bump stocks, an accessory that increases a semiautomatic rifle’s rate… Read More
SocietyAnalysis
Founder of Black Guns Matter Speaks Out: ‘Gun Control Is About People Control’
Maj Toure, founder of Black Guns Matter, comes from inner-city Philadelphia, where he teaches black youth about their Second Amendment rights. Read the interview posted… Read More
SocietyNews
Second Amendment Groups Speak Out Against Suing Gun-Makers
The Connecticut Supreme Court’s Thursday ruling allowing victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre to sue gun manufacturer Bushmaster Firearms left Second Amendment groups… Read More
SocietyAnalysis
The Facts About Gun Control and Homicide Rates
Are there really fewer homicides in countries with gun control? Are other countries besides the United States dealing with mass shooting? John Lott of the… Read More
SocietyCommentary
New Zealand Massacre Part of an Age That Has Devalued Life
Last week in New Zealand, a self-avowed white supremacist targeted two mosques and streamed his bloody killing spree on social media. There are at least… Read More
Health CareCommentary
We Hear You: Guns and How We Treat the Mentally Ill
Editor’s note: Amy Swearer’s commentaries on mental illness, gun control, and the anniversary of the Parkland shooting stirred responses from our audience. We lead off… Read More
SocietyCommentary
New Cases of Armed Citizens Stopping Criminals in February
Last month, we documented some extraordinary examples from January of armed citizens relying on their Second Amendment rights to protect themselves and others. We pointed… Read More
