2-3-2012
Cato Publishes Paper, Tracks DGU
Cato Institute released a new downloadable study, Tough Targets: When Criminals Face Armed Resistance from Citizens, by Clayton Cramer and David Burnett. They also launched a defensive gun use map that will track defensive gun cases around the country. You can contribute media-verified stories. Read more...
2-2-2012
Lamar Smith Letter to AG Holder
Texas Representative Lamar Smith demands answers about Fast and Furious with a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder. Read more...
2-2-2012
Fox Sports Bans Gun and Ammo Ads
The National Shooting Sports Foundation has learned that FOX Sports Media Group has banned advertisements featuring firearms and ammunition from its coverage of Ultimate Fighting Championship events. Read more...
2-2-2012
Montgomery County Employees Carrying
3 to 2 wasn't a unanimous vote, but Montgomery County Commissioners (Conroe, Texas) passed an adopted policy change to the concealed carry rules. Now all licensed-to-carry county employees can bring their gun to work. Read more...
2-1-2012
Running D.C.'s Gun-Owner Gauntlet
Emily Miller: "A gun owner who has cleared the District's 17 registration hurdles still has to renew registration certificates every three years and show up at the Metropolitan Police Department every six years to be fingerprinted." D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier said MPD would need a new and expensive database system and asked the city to reconsider whether they can afford this requirement. Kristopher Baumann, the head of D.C.'s police union, said the city council was clearly trying to make life difficult for gun owners, and they should "quit trying to frustrate the issue." Read more...
2-1-2012
Emily Miller Testifies at D.C. Council
Emily Miller: "I testified on Monday before the District of Columbia Council's Judiciary Committee about my experiences and reporting on the gun registration process in the city." Read and view more...
2-1-2012
Congress Ranked on the Humane Society Scale
Sometimes it's hard to keep track of all the votes legislators make, much less figuring out which are truly good or bad for sportsmen. Well thanks to the Humane Society's Scorecard, that guessing game has been made a whole lot simpler. Read more...
2-1-2012
Is Tomorrow A Critical Day?
Thursday the eighty-second Attorney General of the United States of America, Eric Holder, will swear to tell the House Oversight Committee "the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth." That will likely be a turning point in the story of Operation Fast and Furious, Mr. Holder's career, the Obama administration, and, quite possibly, the United States of America. Read more...
1-31-2012
Happy Birthday
Sunday, January 29, marked Ducks Unlimited's 75th anniversary. Started by four sportsmen on a mission to save North America's waterfowl populations-and the continent's strong waterfowling traditions-DU's humble beginnings came during the Great Depression and one of the worst droughts in history. Read more...
1-31-2012
The Debutante Hunters Wins Competition
Maria White's film, The Debutante Hunters, won the Yahoo!/Sundance Film Festival audience award and the producer-director walked away from the Awards Night Ceremony in Park City with a $5,000 check. Read and view more...
1-31-2012
Deadline for TSRA Conference
The window of opportunity is closing NOW on the TSRA Convention Rate, money you could be spending at the gun show! Room reservations must be made no later than January 31st in order to qualify for the discounted rates. Read more...
1-31-2012
Gunz Says "No Guns," Caught With Gun
Rapper Cory Gunz was arrested in the Bronx Saturday when cops found he was carrying an unregistered Taurus 9mm handgun, police said. Cory Gunz and his dad recently started a campaign called "Gunz Against Guns" where they speak at schools across the Bronx to steer kids away from the deadly weapons, father Peter Gunz said. Read more...
1-30-2012
NRA: "Stop Gun Registration Scheme"
A federal district court in D.C. issued a ruling upholding an Obama administration policy that requires federally licensed firearms retailers in states bordering Mexico to report multiple sales of semi-automatic rifles. Your help is urgently needed in seeking congressional action to end this illegal policy. Read more...
1-30-2012
Law-Abiding Mexicans Taking Up Illegal Guns
After an outbreak of violence, one embattled community in northern Mexico called Colonia LeBaron has begun to ask if it's time for the country to address its gun laws. Read more...
1-30-2012
CHL Laws Fuel Surge in Female Gun Ownership
Sixty percent of firearm retailers responding to a National Shooting Sports Foundation survey reported an increase in female customers in 2011. American women saying they personally own a firearm is nearly one in four, according to an October Gallup poll. Read more...
1-30-2012
Can Hunting Endangered Animals Save The Species?
On large Texas grassland ranches, some exotic species that are endangered in the wild have been brought back in large numbers. But there's a catch: a percentage of the herd is hunted every year by hunters who pay big money for a big catch. Read more...
1-27-2012
Emily Takes the D.C. Test
While my new gun was being transferred to the District from Virginia, I returned to D.C.'s Gun Registry Office to turn in my registration application. As you will see in what follows, this should have been simple step, but it took all day. Read more...
1-27-2012
Emily Miller to Testify Before D.C. Council
Emily Miller: I've become all too familiar with the ins and outs of the registration process in Washington, D.C. Now I will have the opportunity to share my experiences, complaints and suggestions with the local lawmakers who have the power to change these regulations. Read more...
1-27-2012
New Gun Law Shoots Down San Juan Tradition
Fiesta Association members no longer can carry real handguns on Hoos'gow Day, even if they're loaded with blanks. Instead, they can use replica handguns manufactured with plugged barrels, or long guns such as rifles or shotguns firing blanks. Read more...
1-26-2012
Councilman Wants Sheriff to Stop Urging People to Get CWPs
Councilman Michael Brown says his constituents believe the statements promote an environment of lawlessness in the community. Read more...
1-26-2012
Transferring a Gun Into D.C.
Emily Miller: I bought my new 9mm Sig Sauer from a dealer in Virginia and needed to get it to into the District. When it comes to firearms, a distance of 70 miles might as well be thousands of miles across international borders. Read more...
1-25-2012
The Strange Birth of NY's Gun Laws
The father of New York gun control was Democratic city pol "Big Tim" Sullivan-a state senator and Tammany Hall crook, a criminal overseer of the gangs of New York. Read more...
1-25-2012
Elle Magazine Prints Pro-Gun Story
Should I Buy a Gun? After falling victim to a string of traumatic crimes, Amanda Fortini considers a controversial means of protection. Read more...
1-25-2012
Medical Marijuana Patients Retain RKBA
Concealed handgun owners with medical marijuana cards will be allowed to keep their licenses following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision not to hear Jackson County Sheriff Mike Winter's legal challenge that asserted U.S. law trumps Oregon law. Read more...
1-24-2012
Gun Theft Rumors Bogus
National Shooting Complex: Many reports indicate that gangs are targeting the NSC parking lot, marking tires or placing stickers on license plates so they can later be identified by thieves. At a shoot last June, we and a commissioned officer investigated reports of marked vehicles and found no validity. Read more...
1-24-2012
It's Starbucks for Valentine's Day
A nationwide boycott of Starbucks stores and its products will be launched on Valentine's Day 2012. Its goal is to eliminate the risk of guns in public places and ultimately to bring sane gun laws to the U.S. Read more...
1-24-2012
NY Rifle & Pistol Association Applauds Plan to Abolish CoBIS
The New York State Rifle & Pistol Association applauds Governor Cuomo's proposal to scrap the Combined Ballistic Identification System (CoBIS). Read more...
1-24-2012
State Representative Speaks About Toy Guns
State Senator Eddie Lucio says toy guns and pellet pistols that look like real weapons are a problem he hopes to address in the next legislative session in Austin in January 2013. Read more...
1-24-2012
Emily Finally Buys Her Gun - But...
Emily Miller: After days of calls, emails, tweets, comments and posts, I finally bought the exact gun I wanted, the two-tone version of the Sig Sauer P229 9mm. I'm so excited to shoot my new purchase, but in the nation's capital, it's not that simple. Buying a gun doesn’t mean you get to have the gun. Read more...
1-23-2012
NSSF Says 2012 Firearms Sales Outlook Promising
Many indicators, including a record-setting 2011, show the firearms industry continues to thrive in a down economy and that the potential exists for another strong sales year in 2012, reports the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry. Read more...
1-23-2012
Armed Pilots Want To Carry Guns Outside Cockpits
They're already allowed to carry guns in the cockpit, but many pilots say that's not enough to keep aviation as safe as it should be. Read more...
1-23-2012
An Open Letter to My Christian Friends
Aaron Zelman: Why should JPFO, as a Jewish group, care whether Christians are suffering discrimination? We care for many reasons. And so should everyone, regardless of religion or creed. Read more...
1-21-2012
NRA Will Appeal Texas Concealed Handgun Case
NRA will appeal Thursday's decision by a federal court in Texas, which held that the Second Amendment doesn't protect any right to keep or bear arms outside the home. Read more...
1-20-2012
Why U.S. Gun Sales Are Shooting For The Moon
Come one, come all, the SHOT Show has no comparison on Earth and, in fact, is especially interesting this year because gun sales are breaking records. Read more...
1-20-2012
D.C. Trying To Clean Up Its Gun Ban
The Washington Times' Emily Miller has been closely documenting each step required in the process of exercising her Second Amendment right to keep arms in D.C. Now that these obstructionist rules are in the spotlight, the D.C. Council realizes it needs to clean up its act. Read more...
1-20-2012
U.S. Allows Import of Garands, but not Carbines
The U.S. government has agreed to allow the importation of some 86,000 M1 Garand rifles from Seoul, reversing its earlier decision. However it rejected Seoul's proposal to export some 600,000 M1 Carbines. Read more...
1-20-2012
Judge Dismisses Texas Gun-Law Challenge
A federal judge in Lubbock today threw out the National Rifle Association’s move to overturn a Texas law prohibiting 18-20 year-olds from carrying concealed weapons. Read more...
1-20-2012
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Court Redistricting Maps
The U.S. Supreme Court this morning rejected the redistricting maps drawn by a panel of federal judges in San Antonio. Read more...
1-19-2012
Plane Left Gate With Gun on Board, DFW Airport Says
Airport spokesman David Magana said a 65-year-old woman from Little Elm, Texas had a gun in her carry-on bag that got through the security checkpoint. By the time the woman took her bag and walked away, a TSA agent scanning the D-30 checkpoint noticed the .38-caliber handgun. Read more...
1-19-2012
Hunting with Suppressors
Alice Tripp: At its next meeting on Wednesday, January 25, the Regulations Committee of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission will present proposed amendments to the 2012-2013 Statewide Hunting Proclamation. It will seek permission for them to be published in the Texas Register for public comment. These amendments include a regulatory change that would expand the use of lawfully-possessed suppressors on firearms while hunting non-nuisance species. Read more...
1-18-2012
New DPS CHL Law Books Posted
The Concealed Handgun Licensing Section has posted the 2011-2012 Texas Concealed Handgun Laws book in PDF. Read more...
1-18-2012
Rethinking Gun Control in Out-Of-Control Times
Several Molotov cocktails and other incendiary devices were thrown at Congregation Beth El in Rutherford early on the morning of Jan. 11, igniting a fire in the second-floor bedroom of the rabbi’s residence above the synagogue. Read more...
1-18-2012
Fast & Furious, From A Law Enforcement Perspective
What I have seen presented by DOJ, Democrats pundits and reported by the media is that Fast & Furious was part of "Operation Gunrunner" and continuation of the Southwest Border strategy implemented by the ATF under the Bush Administration in 2006, to stem the flow of illegal firearms trafficking into Mexico. Read more...
1-17-2012
Gun Industry Appeals New Rifle Reporting Rules
The gun industry on Monday appealed a U.S. judge's decision to uphold new Obama administration regulations requiring gun dealers in four states bordering Mexico to report the sales of multiple semi-automatic rifles. Read more...
1-17-2012
Mums Need Guns
Every good mum in Great Britain needs a gun. Law-abiding citizens should have full power and ability to protect themselves against criminals and evildoers. It is a statement of freedom. Read more...
1-17-2012
SAF Debuts GunMag
A new publication, The Gun Mag.com, makes its official debut. This monthly magazine, a product of the Bellevue-based Second Amendment Foundation, replaces Gun Week, which ceased publication in December. Read more...
1-16-2012
Women and Guns
Kristen Houghton: I am afraid of guns; they scare me to death. Even in movies or on TV, the sight and sound of the gun being fired makes me tense up. But... Read more...
1-16-2012
Cornered Cat Launches Newsletter
This week we launch the Cornered Cat Newsletter, The Cat's Meow, where I'll keep my loyal readers up to date on the latest news and gossip. The newsletter will include terrific training tips, concealed carry advice, holster and gear finds, and lots of other useful info. Read more...
1-16-2012
An Open Letter To The Anti-Gun Folks
A Girl and Her Gun blog: I didn't want to be in this community. I came here purely out of a desperate need. A need to save my life. What I found here is rare. The gun community is a generous community. It is unlike any other I have been associated with. Read more...
1-15-2012
Emily's Boss Gets a Gun
Emily Miller: I walked into my editor's office on Monday. He was working on his computer. "Whatcha doin'?" I asked. "Buying a gun." He's a man of few words, so I couldn't tell if he was joking or not. Read more... Emily Gets Her Gun
1-14-2012
Federal Court Upholds Gun Registration
A federal district court in Washington, D.C. issued a ruling upholding an Obama administration policy that requires federally licensed firearms retailers in states bordering Mexico to report multiple sales of semi-automatic rifles. Call your congressional representatives. Read more...
1-12-2012
The Redistricting Mess
Alice Tripp: Texas is still twiddling its collective political thumbs while waiting for the U.S. Supreme Court to make some kind of decision on how to proceed with Redistricting and the Texas Primary Elections. Read more...
1-12-2012
Glock History
Host Michel Martin and Paul Barrett, author of Glock, discuss how an obscure Austrian manufacturer of door hinges and knives ended up making America's top-selling handgun. Read or listen to more...
1-12-2012
Need Targets?
Action Targets is selling off inventory, including B-27s used in Texas CHL classes. Read more...
1-12-2012
Homicide No Longer a Top Cause of Death
In 2010, for the first time in 45 years, homicide dropped out of the top 15 causes of death in the United States. Read more... See the CDC Report.
1-12-2012
Irish Gun Owners Challenge Refusal of Licences
A number of legal challenges brought by shooting enthusiasts against refusals by gardaí to issue the gun owners with certificates for restricted firearms, has commenced before the Irish High Court. Read more...
1-12-2012
Shooting at Houston High School
An 18-year-old student brought a gun inside a Houston high school and shot a classmate in the leg Tuesday despite metal detectors that are supposed to keep weapons off campus. Read more...
1-11-2012
What Did We Want for Christmas?
NSSF asked social media monitoring service Radian6 to search public social media posts containing the keywords "Christmas," "firearm or gun" and firearm manufacturers' names. Here's a chart with the results. Read more...
1-11-2012
Relaxation is a Warm Gun
Ahead of Saturday night's ABC News-Yahoo-WMUR debate in New Hampshire Rick Perry took a few moments to himself at an Austin-area shooting range. Read more...
1-10-2012
Reflections on a Terrible Day
January 8th, 2011, was a day that will live in the mind of every Tucsonan. For some, it will always be a day of sorrow, and regret. For those paying attention, it was a day of lessons learned at the expense of life. Read more...
1-10-2012
There's an App for That
Divided into five separate categories, the app provides the latest stories by NRANews, NRA-ILA and those of us here at NRAblog. There's also video, the ability to find NRA related activities in your area, links to NRA social media properties and more. Read more...
1-9-2012
Gun Control Kills Jobs
Unfortunately, Ruger, like most corporations, is afraid of what the Obama administration has up its sleeve. Between 2007 and 2010, Ruger added just 10 employees. Read more...
1-9-2012
Emily Gets Her Gun, Part Deux
Emily Miller: Over the past couple months, I’ve been trying to get a legal gun in the District. I always knew this would be a challenge, but I had no idea how time-consuming it would be to complete all 17 steps the city requires. I’m not even halfway done. Read more... Follow Emily at http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/guns/.
1-9-2012
RCMP Confiscating Registered Guns
With the firearms registry on death's door, the RCMP are using what little time remains to reclassify and seize certain scary-looking guns from Canadian firearms owners. Read more...
1-7-2012
Felon Steals Gun, Accidentally Kills Himself, Estate Sues Owner and Gun Manufacturer
Eugene Volokh: But today's Ryan v. Hughes-Ortiz (Mass. App. Ct. Jan. 6, 2012) throws out the lawsuit. Read more...
1-7-2012
Is the Second Amendment Really in the Bill of Rights?
Many liberal enclaves have not yet absorbed the lessons of McDonald v. Chicago, where the Supreme Court applied Second Amendment protections to state and local law through the doctrine of incorporation. Read more...
1-6-2012
Gun Control: A Movement Without Followers
More Americans favor Second Amendment rights, and lower murder rates in big cities convince some that tough laws are unnecessary Read more...
1-5-2012
More Women Taking Up Guns
More and more women over the last decade are picking up a gun, according to a new poll. And with the interest spiked, manufacturers are looking for unique ways to make it more appealing. Read and view more...
1-5-2012
Who in the World Owns Guns?
According to smallarmssurvey.org, most of the world's 875 million small arms are firearms in civilian hands. According to a recent survey the U.S. is the most heavily armed country, with 89 civilian firearms per 100 people. Read more...
1-4-2012
Police Kill Texas 8th-Grader Carrying Pellet Gun
Brownwood eighth-grader killed by police brandished what looked like a handgun and pointed it at officers. It turned out to be a pellet gun. Read more...
1-4-2012
Armed Neighbor Stops Burglary
A group of burglars targeted a home in Northwest Harris County. They may have all gotten away, had it not been for one observant neighbor, armed with a gun. Read more...
1-4-2012
Police-On-Police Shootings Rare; Guidelines Rarer
Other than relying on those skills taught at the police academy and honed through experience, off-duty and retired law enforcement officers appear to have few protocols to follow when confronting a crime out of uniform, like the apparent friendly fire that left a federal agent dead on New Year's Eve. Read more...
1-4-2012
Police Kill Armed Texas Eighth-Grader
Police shot and killed an armed Brownsville eighth-grader who "engaged" officers in the main hallway of his middle school on Wednesday, the South Texas school district said. Read more...
1-3-2012
Passers-by Rescue Three Kids From River
The rescuers helped turn the Honda Accord upright in the Logan River, and one man shot out the car's window with a handgun and cut a seat belt to help free the children Read and view more...
1-3-2012
Gun Makers Baffled by ATF Criteria
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is in charge of determining whether a gun model is legal, but the agency won't tell manufacturers its criteria. Read more...
1-2-2012
December Gun Sales Break All Records
According to the FBI, over 1.5 million background checks on customers were requested by gun dealers to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System in December. Read more...
1-2-2012
Parks Group President Blames CHL
The outgoing chair of a national organization of Park Service retirees says Congress should be regretting its decision to allow loaded weapons in national parks. Read more...
1-1-2012
"So the temptation for people to defend themselves is growing."
As the revolt in Syria drags on, experts say weapons smuggling into the country has flourished, especially from Lebanon, with automatic weapons, grenades and hunting rifles in high demand. Read more...
1-1-2012
Pharmacy Robber, Federal Agent Dead in NY
An off-duty federal law enforcement agent who happened to be in a pharmacy during a holdup confronted the robber as he tried to leave with money and painkillers, and both were shot to death. Read more...
1-1-2012
Bad Day at Brady Rock
Howard Nemerov: A tough year for gun control's Brady Campaign, as gun rights advanced across the country and Brady's own statistics undermined their cause. Read more...
12-31-2011
NY Politicians: Oops
The Tennessee tourist arrested for bringing her home-state-registered handgun to the 9/11 Memorial has picked up some powerful allies in the capital-who plan to reassess the state's stringent gun-possession laws. Read more...
12-30-2011
Promotions of Fast and Furious Officials "Inconceivable"
Texas Sen. John Cornyn described as "inconceivable" a Justice Department decision to promote key BATF personnel who oversaw the controversial "Fast and Furious" weapons investigation Read more...
12-29-2011
A CHL Rookie's View
Tyler Kee: Over the next few months, I'll be checking in periodically to give you a firsthand view of my progression from unarmed neophyte to legally armed citizen. Read more...
12-29-2011
Texas Congressman Ted Poe: Response to Fast and Furious "Preposterous"
In an interview with TexasGOPVote, Ted Poe said he has only gotten angrier at Holder and the administration in the weeks following his panel's hearing on Fast and Furious. Read and view more...
12-29-2011
Are CHLs A Menace To Society?
In any large population (e.g., 240,000) there will be at least a small percentage who over a period of time are found guilty of some crimes. This does not mean that that population as a whole is dangerous. Read more...
12-29-2011
Kroger Case Puts Spin On No-Guns Rules
The actions of a store manager who shot and killed a would-be robber thrusts Kroger into an awkward and unenviable place-front and center in the midst of a polarizing public debate over whether guns belong in the workplace. Read more...
12-29-2011
Reading Between the Lines: Police Fatalities
In 2011 68 law enforcement officers were shot to death. Blaming right-to-carry laws and adding restrictions on a constitutionally-protected civil right will not make the list shorter. Read more...
12-27-2011
Emily Chooses a Gun
Emily Miller has fulfilled any requirements that can be done before giving Washington D.C. the serial number of her new gun, so it is time to decide what to buy. Read more...
12-27-2011
Rules Eased on Gun Sales to Noncitizens
The BATFE is relaxing restrictions on the sale of guns to noncitizens because Justice Department lawyers have concluded that the rules had no legal basis, officials said on Thursday. Read more...
12-27-2011
Concealed Carry History Graphic
NY Times: In the past 30 years, states across the country have made it easier for people to obtain permits to carry concealed guns. See more...
12-26-2011
Unprovoked Attacks At Heart Of 'Knockout King'
Matthew Quain still struggles to piece together what happened after a trip to the grocery store nearly turned deadly. The 51-year-old pizza kitchen worker was another victim of "Knockout King," a so-called game of unprovoked violence that targets random victims. Read more...
12-25-2011
Obama Says He Won't Be Bound By Gun Control Ban
The Obama administration won't be bound by a gun control ban in the $1 trillion spending bill for 2012, the president said Friday. Read more...
12-25-2011
Congressional Christmas Gifts
H.R. 2055, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2012, passed the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate and was sent to the President. It contains three NRA-backed provisions that will strengthen our Second Amendment rights. Read more...
12-25-2011
Man Shot by Bernhard Goetz Dies
Exactly 27 years to the day after Bernhard Goetz shot four young men threatening him in the NYC subway, one of them killed himself. Read more...
12-24-2011
Happiness is a Warm Gun
"Sam, you're carrying?" "It's just a tool, Jan." See more... See more Day by Day
12-23-2011
MAIG Mayor Pulls Gun
Mobile Mayor Sam Jones held an intruder at gunpoint Tuesday night until police arrived. According to CCRKBA's Alan Gottlieb Jones, a Democrat, is a member of Mayors Against Illegal Guns. Read more...
12-23-2011
11-Year-Old Defends Home
Alyssa Gutierrez, 11, took matters into her own hands Tuesday when police said three teenage burglars broke into her home. Read and see more...
12-23-2011
Second Amendment Origins
The American Revolutionary Era Origin of the Second Amendment's Clauses by David E. Young is now available online. Read more...
12-22-2011
Gun Accident Rates Fall Again
Data recently released by the National Center for Health Statistics shows that in 2008, the number and per capita rate of firearm accident deaths fell to an all-time low. Read more...
12-22-2011
Crime v Concealed Carry
Rob Vance generated a graph plotting Uniform Crime Reports statistics against the growth of less-restrictive firearm carry rights over the period of 1986 through 2011. Read more...
12-20-2011
NRA Youth Education Summit
Forty-five outstanding current high school sophomores and juniors from across the United States are chosen each year to travel to the nation's capital, where they participate in the weeklong educational opportunity. Read more...
12-20-2011
I Am the Gun Lobby
Jeff Knox: Let me make something perfectly clear: The NRA is not the Gun Lobby. Neither is the NSSF, nor the GOA, nor even The Firearms Coalition, nor the hundreds of grassroots and activist organizations or the thousands of local gun clubs. I am the Gun Lobby. Read more...
12-20-2011
Gun = Call SWAT
Putting an anti-theft club on a steering wheel caused havoc for one Winnipeg family, when someone mistook the device for a shotgun and called police. Read more...
12-19-2011
2011 in Review
Some of the top stories we brought you in the NRA-ILA Grassroots Alert in 2011. Read more...
12-19-2011
SA Suburb Considering Anti-Gun Law
TSRA: This Monday, December 19th, the city of Shavano Park, near San Antonio, will reconsider the passage of an ordinance dealing with the discharge of a firearm within the city. Read more...
12-19-2011
2011 Crime Statistics
Statistics released today in the FBI's Preliminary Semiannual Uniform Crime Report indicate that the number of violent crimes reported in the first six months of 2011 declined 6.4 percent. Read more...
12-19-2011
CHL Applications Swamp Wisconsin
In less than six weeks, 56,000 people applied for a permit under Wisconsin's new concealed carry law and thousands more bought handguns, swamping the state agency handling the required background checks. Read more...
12-16-2011
GOP Candidates and Their Guns
The Daily Caller asked each of the remaining Republicans what guns they own and to name their favorite. Read more...
12-16-2011
Slain Officer = Stop Concealed Carry
The Manhattan District Attorney spoke out against a proposal that would require New York to adopt conceal and carry laws-invoking the name of Officer Peter Figoski who died "at the hands of an illegal gun" this week. Read more...
12-16-2011
Brian Terry Memorial Passes the U.S. House
U.S. Representative Darrell Issa: "The overwhelming support with which the Brian A. Terry Memorial Act passed the House of Representatives is a tribute to Agent Terry's life of service and to the Border Patrol's distinguished history of protecting America's homeland. Read more...
12-15-2011
It's Bill of Rights Day
Today is Bill of Rights Day. So it's an appropriate time to consider the state of our constitutional safeguards. Read more...
12-15-2011
U.N. Arms Treaty Concerns
Heritage Foundation: While the treaty is not yet complete, analysis of the current draft demonstrates that there are legitimate reasons to be concerned about its potential domestic effects. Read more...
12-15-2011
Statue of Liberty Glock
The "Glock Statue of Liberty Gun" features an intricate, hand-engraved tribute to the United States and the Statue of Liberty, recognizing Glock's 25th Anniversary in the United States, which coincides with the 125th Anniversary of the Statue of Liberty. Read more... See more...
12-14-2011
Wolves Kill Alaska Teacher
At least two wolves chased down and killed a teacher who was jogging on a road last year outside a rural Alaska village. Read more...
12-14-2011
Adopt a Gun
PRKArms airs innovative gun ads that spoof abandoned puppy and male enhancement commercials; and they work. Read more...
12-12-2011
National Survey: Shooting Sports Good
About a tenth of Americans hunt, the report says, but a whopping 95 percent said it is, "... OK for other people to hunt if they do so legally and in accordance with hunting laws and regulations." Read more...
12-12-2011
U.N. Predictions
We predict that a global Arms Trade Treaty will come into force late this year. So, what might an ATT look like? Read more...
12-12-2011
Dramatic Shift in Attitudes About Guns
The surge in gun ownership has been propelled by shifting politics and demographics that have made it easier and more acceptable than at any time in 75 years for Americans to buy and carry pistols. Read more...
12-12-2011
Self-Defense = Execution
Responding to those whose only solution to violence on campus is to arm themselves with concealed handguns, Colin Goddard said, "Shame on those unwilling to be their brothers' keeper, but being all too eager to be his executioners." Read more...
12-12-2011
Stop Driveby Shootings: Ban Motorcycle Passengers
The Honduran Congress has voted to ban motorcyclists from riding with passengers in a bid to curb a spate of drive-by killings. Read more...
12-9-2011
D.C. May Budge on Gun Laws
The spotlight on the District's effort to dissuade law-abiding residents from purchasing handguns is making some on the D.C. Council uncomfortable. Read more...
12-9-2011
Fast and Furious NRA's Fault
Georgia Democratic Rep. Hank Johnson accused the tea party movement and the National Rifle Association of creating a "manufactured" controversy over Operation Fast and Furious Thursday. Read more...
12-8-2011
Lone Star Shoot Aids Veterans
On Friday December 30th from 2 to 5 pm, any current Firearms Instructor (CHL, NRA, TCLEOSE, LE, GOVT) will compete for bragging rights in the first annual instructor charity shoot off. Read more...
12-8-2011
Another VA Tech Shooting
A gunman killed a police officer and another person after a traffic stop Thursday on the campus of Virginia Tech, the school said, and students and faculty were told to stay inside university buildings as police searched for the suspect. Read more...
12-8-2011
Sen Cornyn Responds
U.S. Senator John Cornyn responded to reports that ATF officials used the botched 'Fast and Furious' operation to argue for stricter regulations on firearms dealers. "If these reports are true, even by Washington standards this reaches a new level of arrogance and corruption." Read more...
12-8-2011
U.S. Arms Mexican Cartels
The U.S. has approved the sale of more guns to Mexico in recent years than ever before through a program called "direct commercial sales." Read more...
12-8-2011
Somebody Picked the Wrong Diner
R. Lee Ermey in hilarious Glock ad. See more...
12-7-2011
NRA Joins ACLU in Legal Case
NRA joins ACLU in urging SCOTUS to let victims of an unconstitutional gun search sue cops. Read more...
12-5-2011
NRA University
NRA U is a two-hour training seminar for college students interested in learning more about NRA, the Second Amendment, gun safety, legislative threats to gun rights and the gun control debate. Read more...
12-5-2011
Taser v. Firearm
Two officers who used a Taser to try and stop a man sustained minor injuries and will be off work one to 3 days. When the suspect burst into a home the homeowner shot him in the stomach, stopping him. Read more...
12-4-2011
MySanAntonio.com: No on National Reciprocity
The decision to do so along with the requirements for concealed-carry licensing are best left to the individual states, not to busybodies in Congress. Read more...
12-4-2011
Will You Get Caught Sleeping?
Dave Kopel: "Can we finally take a breather in the culture war against our rights? Gun banners are certainly hoping we do." Read more...
12-4-2011
Illinois Guns-Up Black Friday
As Illinois shoppers fanned out to malls and stores to search for that special holiday gift, for a record number of people, that purchase was a Glock, Smith and Wesson or some other gun. The number of Illinois residents who applied for firearm owner identification cards-or FOID cards-on Black Friday was an all-time high. View and read more...
12-2-2011
New NICS Record Set
November 25, 2011, Black Friday, had the most background checks for firearm purchases in a single day (129,166) with a 32 percent increase over the previous NICS high. Read more...
12-2-2011
Gun Nuts in a Rut
When it became clear in the early fall of 2008 that Barack Obama, son of a Kansan and a Kenyan, would be the 44th President of the United States, many citizens rushed to their gun shops, stocked up on ammo and camo, and tried to fortify their nests with all manner of lethal weapons. Read more...
12-1-2011
Get Gun Facts
Gun Facts is a free e-book by Guy Smith that debunks common myths about gun control. It is intended as a reference guide for journalists, activists, politicians, and other people interested in restoring honesty to the debate about guns, crime, and the 2nd Amendment. Read more...
11-30-2011
These Students Understand
As part of a team project for an English class, University of Kentucky freshman Aaron Elam and his team submitted a video arguing for concealed carry on campus. See more...
11-30-2011
Al Sharpton: OMG Santa + Guns
Al Sharpton on MSNBC about taking pictures with Santa and guns in Arizona. Video follows ad. See more...
11-29-2011
Gun Bling
Peter Thum, CEO and co-founder of Fonderie 47 helps fund the removal of illegal assault rifles in Africa-in part by selling high-end, custom jewelry made from AK-47s. Read more...
11-29-2011
Going Postal
A federal judge in Denver has allowed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Postal Service's ban on guns in post offices to go forward. Read more...
11-23-2011
Holiday Gun Deals
No Lawyers-Only Guns and Money blog posts all the Black Friday (or earlier) sales that are gun, knife, tactical, or outdoor related that they can find. Read more...
11-23-2011
U.S. Sells Guns to Mexico
The U.S. Department of State and the Defense Department may be the premier suppliers of weaponry to Mexican drug cartels-not the US civilian. Read more...
11-23-2011
Gov. Perry: Holder Should Resign
Texas Gov. Rick Perry is calling for Attorney General Eric Holder to resign over his handling of the botched gun-trafficking investigation known as Operation Fast and Furious. Read more...
11-20-2011
Fourth Quarter Concealed Handgun
Conference registration, Mike Arnold on reciprocity, Chris Bird GRPC Report, A Victim No More, Short Classes, Bulldog's Corner, and more....
11-20-2011
There's an App for CHL
Concealed Handgun License State Reciprocity List for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad is a thorough pocket reference to help you figure out which states honor your CHL or CCW permit. Read more...
11-19-2011
Truckers for Concealed Carry
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has been supportive of efforts like HR822, which would require states that "currently permit people to carry concealed firearms to recognize other states' valid concealed carry permits." Read more...
11-19-2011
Father Shoots His Daughter's Kidnappers
"Hendricks was still holding on to the girl, saying he would kill her," (Harris County Sheriff's Spoksperson) Garza said. The father then fired a second time, wounding Hendricks in the abdomen. Read more...
11-17-2011
Texas Representative Supports Reciprocity
Texas Congressman Lamar Smith, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee and managed the debate on the House floor, urged his colleagues to support the bill. Read more...
11-17-2011
Public Lands Controversy
Dave Workman: "Allegations that the Obama administration is quietly pushing shooters off of public lands may be a tempest in a teapot half full of a sugary soft drink." Read more...
11-17-2011
MAIG Hates on Reciprocity
Ten months after a disturbed man carried a concealed weapon to shoot Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and 18 others, six fatally, the House voted today to gut state laws on who can carry concealed, loaded guns in public. Read more...
11-17-2011
National Reciprocity Passes House
Shall Not Be Questioned blogs the House debate on HR 822, which ends with Yea: 272, Nay: 154. No dangerous amendments. Texas Representative Lamar Smith leads the charge. Read more...
11-16-2011
Alice on National Reciprocity
Alice Tripp: Contrary to email alerts from the usual group of nay-sayers, HR 822 dealing with National Reciprocity for those with a state-issued concealed handgun license is a very good bill. Read more...
11-16-2011
The Range Idiot Song
Everyone knows "that guy" at the range. Don't be that guy. View more...
11-16-2011
Eleven Million Meals
A new study reveals that last year 11 million meals were provided to the less fortunate through donations of venison by hunters. Read more...
11-16-2011
Shooters Pushed Off Public Lands
Gun owners who have historically been able to use public lands for target practice would be barred from potentially millions of acres under new rules drafted by the Interior Department. Read more...
11-13-2011
National Reciprocity Showdown Looms
Dave Workman: Next Tuesday, Nov. 15, the U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on legislation that would require all states to honor CHLs. Read more...
11-13-2011
Stopping Gun Traffic Impossible
President Obama quoted: "It is impossible to stop all arms traffic from north to south." Read more...
11-11-2011
OMG! Playmobil Has Guns!
Devon Corneal: "Ever have a day that starts out fine but then, through some unexpected event, ends with you on an anti-gun, anti-corporate rant?" Read more...
11-11-2011
Taking Brady Campaign to the Woodshed
U. S. Representative Joe Walsh of Illinois: "In your response to my recent letter, you have once again drawn false and illogical conclusions from my statements." Read more...
11-10-2011
U.S. House to Vote On National Reciprocity
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on a bill next week that would require states to accept concealed weapons permits issued in other states. Read more...
11-10-2011
Dead Mayor Writes Congress
Freeland Borough, PA's Mayor Tim Martin died from cancer on September 2, 2010. Since then has signed his name to at least two advertisements, three letters to Congress, and one letter to the President sent by Michael Bloomberg's office. Read more...
11-10-2011
Slain Agent's Family Rips Holder
The family of slain Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry has come down hard on Attorney General Eric Holder after he declined to apologize to them during Senate testimony this week. Read more...
11-9-2011
Commissioner Authorizes Concealed Carry
Texas Railroad Commissioner Barry Smitherman has proposed a policy change that will allow RRC employees with CHLs to carry firearms while they are conducting commission business. Read more...
11-8-2011
Track Federal Legislation
NSSF has launched a new webpage that tracks all industry-relevant federal legislation, in both the U.S. Senate and House, sorted in chronological order. Read more...
11-8-2011
Instructor Changes His Mind
A state investigation into a Mason concealed-handgun instructor who advertised that he would not teach the state-sanctioned class to non-Christians, "socialist liberals" or people who voted for President Obama has ended after the instructor agreed not to discriminate. Read more...
11-8-2011
Cornyn Presses Holder
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, worried that Operation Fast and Furious could have affected Texas, pressed U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday about the scope of the program. Read more...
11-7-2011
Get Rid Of Second Amendment
MSNBC analyst and soon-to-be daytime show host Alex Wagner is asked what she thinks needs to be removed in the Constitution. Wagner says the second Amendment since it doesn't seem to be fit in with the others. Read and watch more...
11-7-2011
Unlicensed Air Guns
English antiques firearms collector Karl Blennerhassett was jailed for two years after he was found to have four air rifles and ammunition without the correct licenses. Read more...
11-7-2011
20,000 and Counting
The Wisconsin Department of Justice received 20,476 concealed carry applications between the law taking effect Tuesday and 4 p.m. Friday. Read more...
11-4-2011
Shooting Groups Recognized
The National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers recognized three shooting organizations, Youth Shooting Sports Alliance, Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation, and National Shooting Sports Foundation at NASGW's 2011 awards dinner. Read more...
11-4-2011
El Paso Sheriff Unwittingly Aided Fast and Furious
The El Paso County Sheriff's Office is among local law enforcement agencies that were asked to assist with the controversial Operation Fast and Furious. Read more...
11-3-2011
NRA Defends National Reciprocity
NRA video sets record straight on national right-to-carry bill. Watch more...
11-3-2011
New Gun Arguments Book
SAF: Shooting Blanks should be mandatory reading for any firearms enthusiast. In the course of thirteen hard-hitting chapters, authors Alan Gottlieb and Dave Workman demolish anti-gun myths, misinterpretations, and outright falsehoods. Read more...
11-2-2011
Ammo Shortage? Not
Ammo prices and selection are lower than they've been in three years, because all sorts of new competitors have jumped into the market. Read more...
11-1-2011
Wisconsin Goes Shall-Issue
Tuesday is the first day Wisconsin residents can apply for concealed carry permits. DOJ spokeswoman Dana Brueck says people downloaded about 83,000 application forms from DOJ's website between midnight and 9 a.m. Read more...
11-1-2011
Slideshow: 10 Women Who Shoot
The DC offers "Girls and guns: Ten sexy sharp shooters." They skipped Kim Rhode and Sherri Gallagher. Way lame. See more...
11-1-2011
What Caused Fast & Furious?
Democratic California Sen. Dianne Feinstein told a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that lax gun control laws, not Obama administration malfeasance within the BATF, was the real problem uncovered by Operation Fast and Furious. Read more...
11-1-2011
Women Should Get CHLs
South Carolina Sheriff Chuck Wright: Women should carry a .45, not Mace. He shows reporters a fanny pack women could use while jogging. Read more...
10-28-2011
Wisconsin Recognizes Texas CHL
The Wisconsin Department of Justice included Texas on their list of acceptable CHLs. Effective November 1, 2011, we can now carry in 34 states. Read more...
10-28-2011
U.S. House Panel Clears Carry Bill
The House Judiciary Committee passed U.S. Rep. Cliff Stearns' National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity bill 19-11. It already has enough support to pass the House. Read more...
10-28-2011
73% Oppose U.S. Handgun Ban
Gallup poll: A record-low 26% of Americans favor a legal ban on the possession of handguns in the United States other than by police and other authorized people. Read more...
10-28-2011
English Homes Can Be Defended
In an historic move, England's Justice Secretary Ken Clarke yesterday announced a major strengthening of the rights of victims standing up to intruders in their property. Read more...
10-28-2011
Cornyn Amendment Shuts Down "Fast & Furious"
Video: Texas U.S. Senator John Cornyn introduces amendment to bar funds for gun-tracking operations. Read more...
10-3-2011
Go Out With a Bang
For a fee, Thad Holmes and Clem Parnell, two Alabama game wardens, will turn your cremated ashes into ammunition that your loved ones can pull the trigger on. Visit Holy Smoke. Read more...
10-3-2011
Gun Rights Policy Conference Videos
Gun Rights Radio Network streamed over 13 hours of video over the two days of the Gun Rights Policy Conference in Chicago. It's available for anyone who would like to watch. Read more...
10-3-2011
Can DOJ Eliminate ATF?
Various blogs over the past few days have been reporting plans by the Department of Justice to eliminate the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. David Codrea points out that federal appropriations language would make Congressional approval necessary. Read more...
10-3-2011
Fast and Furious Under the Rug?
Responding to yesterday's Los Angeles Times report that AK-47 assault rifles were trafficked to El Paso, Texas' U.S. Senator John Cornyn suggested that the White House is trying to hide the skeletons in its closet with an election looming next year. Read more...
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