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The Streak Continues: April Sets NICS Record

3:00pm Tuesday, May 19, 2020

April 2020 set another record for background checks conducted through the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Check System (NICS). The FBI NICS office conducted 2,911,128 background checks last month – a nearly 25% increase from the previous April, which had been the previous record high for the month of April. April 2020 is now the fourth-busiest month in the history of the NICS office. Moreover,...

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Report: Malware attack shuts down Ohio Department of Natural Resources website

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Monday, May 18, 2020

Various media are reporting that the Ohio Department of Natural Resources website has been down for a week since malware was found on an agency server. First, from the Columbus Dispatch : The state’s multi-layered security system detected the malware May 8, said Bill Teets, spokesman for the Ohio Department of Administrative Services, the agency that runs the state’s information technology. Teets...

Gun News Roundup - May 15, 2020

3:00pm Friday, May 15, 2020

Fighting for our Second Amendment rights starts with being informed. Here's a quick roundup of important stories in the news recently: COVID-19: Threat to Second Amendment Ordering Fast Food and Buying Firearms: Despite What the Anti’s Claim, The Two Do Not Equate! CT gun rights group sues Lamont over halted fingerprinting for gun permits Mexican Government Demanding Answers About 'Fast and...

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Clinton and Biden Join Forces to Infringe Your Rights

7:00am Friday, May 15, 2020

Despite ongoing speculation as to whether a deteriorating Joe Biden will even be the Democratic Party's 2020 presidential nominee, on April 28 failed 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton endorsed the former vice president's White House bid. The endorsement took place during a socially distant "Women's Town Hall," where the lifelong politicians focused almost entirely on the COVID-...

A History of Self-Defense Shootings in Times of Widespread Emergency

by Massad Ayoob

7:00am Thursday, May 14, 2020

Chatter around the cracker barrel or on the Internet indicates many people believe that in times of such disaster, law is somehow suspended just because the cops can’t be there. Nothing is further from the truth. The rules governing justifiable deadly force are the same. History shows that such situations in this country will inevitably run their course and society will rebuild. Police will...

Politifact Propagandists Continue to Fight Joe Biden's Battles

7:00am Wednesday, May 13, 2020

In evidence law there is a concept known a statement against interest. Evidence is given further weight (an exemption to the rule against hearsay) if it consists of a statement made by a person that is against the person’s own self-interest. The logic behind the concept is that the person does not have an incentive to say something that is counter to their own self-interest unless it true. The...

High Court Punts Second Amendment Challenge, But Eyes More Cases

7:00am Tuesday, May 12, 2020

The U.S. Supreme Court [has taken] another pass on deciding a case that could have helped to clarify proper Second Amendment analysis and bring defiant lower courts into line. An unsigned opinion issued on April 27 remanded the NRA-backed case of New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, Inc. v. City of New York (NYSRPA v. NYC) to the lower courts without addressing whether the regulations...

Pro-Gun Senators Urge Regulators to Protect Firearm Businesses from Discrimination

7:00am Monday, May 11, 2020

Recently, Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and 18 of his pro-gun colleagues in the U.S. Senate called upon the U.S. Treasury, Federal Reserve, and Small Business Administration (SBA) to protect law-abiding firearm businesses against political discrimination from banks and other financial institutions that administer the recently-enacted COVID-19 SBA loan programs. In a letter dated April 28th, the...