Working around controls on ghost guns
Governments are continually looking for new ways to restrict, ban, or otherwise prevent people from owning certain kinds of firearms. High on the ban list, so-called “ghost guns” that sound…
Smith & Wesson HQ leaving Massachusetts for Tennessee
Gun control advocates in Massachusetts have succeeded in chasing a 170 year-old company out of the state. Smith & Wesson announced it will be moving its headquarters and “a significant…
More women and minorities buying firearms for the first time
New data from a national survey of gun owners shows that women are increasingly buying firearms and now make up almost half of new gun buyers. According to the Wall…
Tackling the race and class discrimination of New York’s gun control laws
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear an appeal of a gun control case out of New York in the fall, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Corlett. At…
Cuomo declares a gun violence disaster emergency
When last we looked at New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, he was facing a possible impeachment inquiry – which, according to reports out of Albany, in still grinding ahead over…
San Jose engages in gun control theater
Lawmakers in San Jose, California are taking steps toward adopting a first-of-its-kind ordinance requiring local gun owners to buy insurance and to pay an annual fee to “subsidize police responses,…
Biden Executive Orders on Guns Pale Beside Court Decision
President Joe Biden issued a series of executive orders on firearms, including an order on so-called “ghost guns:” Biden plans to direct the Justice Department to issue a tentative rule…
The Cultural Divide Over Guns and the Second Amendment
The calls for newer, tougher, and more sweeping gun control are in the news once again in the wake of the mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado. Among the rationalizations for…
Feinstein is Back With Proposed Assault Weapons Ban
Democratic Sen. Diane Feinstein is once again backing legislation that would ban so-called assault weapons. As in previous attempts to revive the original assault weapons ban that expired in 2004,…
Maryland Senate Passes Bill to Protect Second Amendment Rights of Medical Marijuana Users
Not all news about the Second Amendment is bad. On the contrary, in the very blue state of Maryland, the Senate has passed legislation that would stop state police from…
