Politics
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How Disarming Law-Abiding Citizens Doesn’t Work: Australian Commission Forced To Admit “We’ve Got An (Illegal) Gun Problem”
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In 1996, a horrible tragedy occurred in Tasmania. A lone criminal killed 35 people in what is now known as the Port Arthur Massacre. Reeling from the sheer magnitude of an event that is altogether uncommon, Australian politicians near unanimously moved to restrict the possession of firearms by law-abiding citizens. Under an amnesty program launched later…
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Who is getting targeted by “common sense” gun control measures that seek to make gun ownership more difficult, increase restrictions, and make purchasing and carrying a gun more expensive? The most vulnerable of us. According to Pew Research, in 2014, fewer than half of all children in this country live in two-parent households. This means…
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SPARROWBUSH, NEW YORK — A man awaits trial after the shooting death of man wanted for raping a 14-year-old girl in Rockland County. Norris Acosta Sanchez, 35, was killed after being shot in the face with a 12-gauge shotgun in a situation that the defendant alleges was done purely out of self-defense. He initially reported…
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For those of us who may not have been old enough to vote or even understand what a constitutional right is, we may easily forget that it was William Jefferson Clinton who on November 30, 1993, signed the Brady Act into law. This law explicitly curtailed the rights of gun owners and law-abiding citizens by placing…
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Last year, an Associate Professor of the law school at University of Missouri filed a lawsuit against the school system after discovering a potentially unconstitutional prohibition of firearms on the campus. Royce de R. Barondes potentially risked his job and his career to make a point about the unconstitutional policies enacted on University of Missouri…
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Gov. Brown Drops The Veto Hammer On A Few Anti-Gun Issues — But Don’t Get Too Excited, California…
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SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA — At this point, California gun owners are so used to bad news that even mediocre political progress is great. Well, Californian gun owners and concealed carry permit holders have a little easier sigh of relief after Gov. Brown got done vetoing a number of assembly and senate bills which would have gone…
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BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS — Gun shop distributors and owners have gathered together to file a motion in federal court over Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey’s unlawful designation and imposition of penalties upon the gun owners and shop keeps of the state. Massachusetts has already kept the federal definitions from the 1994 Brady Act as their definitions…
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If Proposed Gun Ballot Measures Go Through In California, This Could Be Your Typical Morning
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If you haven’t heard, California is expected to vote on several gun-related measures in this upcoming November elections. The measures proposed by Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom have stirred up a bit of controversy as gunowners are beginning to wonder if they have any right to keep California government out of their homes. According to these…
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BALTIMORE, MARYLAND — Following the shooting death of a teen in Ohio who brandished a replica pistol and a similar case in Baltimore where another teen pointed a replica pistol at a police officer, Baltimore lawmakers want to ban possession of these toys to save their youth from a similar fate. via the Baltimore Sun “The…
