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By Dan Zimmerman via TTAG and republished with permission. The Supreme Court Justices are willing to take another crack at the city of New York’s unconstitutionally restrictive gun laws that ban bearing arms. The Court has announced that they’ve granted cert to New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn. v. Corlett which centers on whether the Second…

By Dan Zimmerman via TTAG and republished with permission. Is there anything more you really need to know besides that quote above from Kansas’s Democrat Governor Laura Kelly? That exact phrase has been the preamble to so much double-dealing, duplicity and outright betrayal by squishy, linquini-spined politicians over the decades that it makes gun rights…

No surprises here as new legislation has been introduced shortly after President Biden announced plans and guidance for new gun control measures. One of the first things up is the banning of magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds. A group of Democratic lawmakers in the House and the Senate on Wednesday introduced gun control legislation…

By Dan Zimmerman via TTAG and republished with permission The good news from here in the Lone Star State is that HB 1927, a bill that would eliminate the need for Texans over 21 to get a state permit in order to carry a firearm, was passed out of committee recently and is scheduled for full…

Joining 18 other states, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed a bill allowing permitless carry, which goes into effect July 1st of this year. It allows people 21 and older to carry handguns openly or concealed without a permit, along with members of the military ages 18 to 20. The new law does not apply to long guns, a point…

This article originally appeared on uslawshield.com and is republished here with permission. As of March 2021, President Joe Biden has already signed 37 executive orders. Recently, he confirmed that he’s looking at his options for an executive order to control firearms. “Can we expect any gun control executive orders soon?” he was asked at a press conference…

Not 3 months into the Presidency and we’re about to see the first round of gun control legislation in the form of executive orders from Biden. Executive action is coming. Based on reports, it is expected that President Biden will focus on so-called "ghost guns," but that might not be all. #guncontrol #executiveorder https://t.co/yOHdmUtuah —…

March 25, 2021 For immediate release Springfield, VA – Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed the district court’s decision, which had denied GOA’s motion for a preliminary injunction on bump stocks. Gun Owners of America is seeking an injunction to prevent ATF from implementing a final rule incorrectly classifying bump…

Republican Andrew Clyde wasn’t attempting to get a gun onto the chamber floor when he bypassed the newly-installed metal detectors after the January 6th invasion of the Capitol. Instead, he did it -twice- to have legal grounds to sue House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. “I did that so we would have legal standing to take the…