Gun Rights

On Tuesday, January 25, the House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee will consider House Bill 68, a crime bill sponsored by Rep. Meredith Dixon (D-ABQ) and messaged as germane to the 30-day budget session by ​Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham.  The bill increases penalties for a number of offenses related to the criminal misuse of a firearm, but Section

In 1995, when Ryan Busse began working for a tiny gun company called Kimber America, he believed that the gun industry and the NRA embodied wholesome values. “Those were still the days of magazine covers featuring the warmth of father-son hunting trips,” he writes in his new book, “Gunfight: My Battle Against the Industry that

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House Bill 1462, to ensure law-abiding citizens may carry firearms for self-defense on public transit, has been referred to the House General Laws Committee. Please contact committee members and ask them to SCHEDULE HB 1462 for a hearing and to SUPPORT it. House Bill 1462 removes the prohibition on law-abiding citizens carrying firearms for self-defense on public transit

Last weekend, when four hostages were taken at Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, countless people remained transfixed on their televisions and computers, awaiting the outcome. Fortunately, the hostages were able to free themselves. After they had managed to escape, law enforcement moved in, and the attacker, who was armed with at least one

House Bill 1077, the lawful carry bill, previously passed the House by a vote of 63-29. Despite this overwhelming support from the other chamber, the Senate has still not even given it a committee assignment. Please contact your state senator and ask that they work to ensure that HB 1077 receives its assignment to the

Last weekend, when four hostages were taken at Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, countless people remained transfixed on their televisions and computers, awaiting the outcome. Fortunately, the hostages were able to free themselves. After they had managed to escape, law enforcement moved in, and the attacker, who was armed with at least one

We all knew who the finger-pointers and tattletales were in junior high school. A disproportionate number of them, it seems, now populate America’s anti-gun lobby. The oft-rebranded gun control organization currently calling itself Brady United Against Gun Violence (Brady) launched a website this week called The Gun Store Transparency Project. This site is the result

Everytown for Gun Safety produced a report that received favorable coverage on CNN and in The Hill without so much as a basic due-diligence level of questioning. True journalism has been replaced with activism in many newsrooms, so allow us to present a basic response to this new Everytown analysis. The NRA, very obviously, protects

Rep. Chris Stewart and Fox News contributor Liz Peek discuss the supply chain crisis and COVID testing on ‘The Evening Edit.’  Gun rights advocates are praising a federal court ruling that deemed Los Angeles County’s move to close gun stores at the start of the pandemic was unconstitutional. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S.

By DON THOMPSON SACRAMENTO — Two California counties violated the Constitution’s right to keep and bear arms when they shut down gun and ammunition stores in 2020 as nonessential businesses during the coronavirus pandemic, a federal appeals court ruled. Officials in Los Angeles and Ventura counties had separately won lower court decisions saying gun stores

In the latest nasty, partisan media effort to undermine the legitimacy of the Supreme Court, on Friday, MSNBC welcomed on The New Yorker’s left-wing hack Jane Mayer to trash conservative leader Ginni Thomas, wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, as a “threat to the Supreme Court.” Mayer used her vile hit piece against Ginni Thomas to

Show Caption Hide Caption Today in History for January 22nd Highlights of Today in History: U.S. Supreme Court legalizes abortion; Theodore Kaczynski pleads guilty; Queen Victoria dies; “The Crucible” opens;”Laugh-In” premieres. AP With political pundits predicting that Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Tom Malinowski is facing a rough fight for reelection because New Jersey’s 7th District was

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar may be the most powerful Texas Democrat whom most Texans have never heard of. But with early voting to begin in a matter of weeks, he is in a world of

After two years of opposition from Governor Holcomb’s administration and stonewalling by the Republican-controlled Senate and President Pro Tempore Rod Bray, Hoosier’s are demanding action on Lawful Carry legislation, also known as Constitutional Carry. Last year, the Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Senator Liz Brown, refused to take up similar legislation, which passed the House

Yesterday, the Assembly passed four NRA-backed self-defense bills on bipartisan voice votes. They will now go to the Senate for further consideration. Please contact your state senator and ask them to SUPPORT Assembly Bills 498, 518, 495, and 597. Assembly Bill 498 lowers the minimum age to apply for a concealed carry permit from 21 years old,

Two California counties were ruled to have violated their citizens’ Second Amendment rights by shutting down gun shops during the COVID-19 pandemic. A Thursday ruling by a three-judge panel on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals determined orders by officials in Ventura and Los Angeles counties that deemed gun retailers “nonessential businesses” to be illegal,

A bill that would strengthen Pennsylvania’s preemption statute and further prevent local governments from adopting their own gun control, passed a Senate Committee this week.  The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance House Bill 979 on a 9 to 5 vote Wednesday.  This legislation strengthens preemption, preventing municipalities from creating a patchwork of local gun