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Researchers Credit Right to Carry Law With Reduction in Chicago Property Crimes

7:00am Thursday, January 31, 2019

In July 2013, the Illinois legislature overrode the veto of then-Governor Patrick Quinn to eliminate the state’s status as the last holdout in refusing to issue concealed-carry permits. In moving from “no-issue” to “shall issue,” law-abiding citizens of the Land of Lincoln were finally able to enjoy the Second Amendment rights affirmed in D.C. v. Heller , McDonald v. Chicago , and Moore v...

Indulgences for Hollywood as Movie Studio Buys Gun Offsets

7:00am Wednesday, January 30, 2019

In 2014, Hollywood movie mogul and fierce NRA critic Harvey Weinstein appeared to acknowledge the movie industry might be able to have a positive impact by reducing its glorification of criminal violence. Weinstein explained, I have to choose movies that aren’t violent or as violent as they used to be… I know for me personally … I can’t continue to do that. The change starts here. It has already...

NJ State Police report ZERO ‘High Capacity’ magazines surrendered under new ban

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Tuesday, January 29, 2019

On December 10, 2018, New Jersey's ban on so-called "high" capacity magazines (magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds) went into effect. By that date, gun owners were to have surrendered their property to police, rendered them inoperable, modified them so that they could not hold more than ten rounds, or sold them to authorized owners. Those who failed to do so were threatened with a fourth-...

Why Strategy & Tactics Matter in Defending the Second Amendment

by Harold Hutchison

7:00am Monday, January 28, 2019

Okay, folks, now we get to the next step after we have determined just what our present situation is. Our objective is simple: Securing our Second Amendment rights and a legacy of freedom for future generations. There is just one problem: Michael Bloomberg isn’t going to give up his dreams of disarming law-abiding gun owners without a fight. Dianne Feinstein will not stop pushing for the day she...

Ohio Chief Justice Pat DeWine Opposes Proposed Rules to Seize Guns

by Dean Rieck

7:00am Friday, January 25, 2019

On Oct. 8, 2018, we told you the Ohio Supreme Court had proposed amendments to the Rules of Superintendence for the Courts of Ohio that will empower law enforcement to seize guns. Many of these changes usurp the role of elected lawmakers and represent the most significant changes to Ohio law of our time. If passed and adopted as they are currently written, the amendments will empower authorities...

Supreme Court Grants Cert in Critical Second Amendment Case

7:00am Thursday, January 24, 2019

The National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) today praised the Supreme Court’s decision to hear a critical case involving the fundamental, constitutional right to travel with a firearm. The case, which is backed by the National Rifle Association, challenges New York City's strict limits on the right to travel with a firearm outside of the home. The right to travel is...

Sportsmen's Alliance to Host Second Learn to Hunt Program

7:00am Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Starting in February, the Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation will host a second education program for youth and adults who are interested in learning how to hunt. The Learn to Hunt Program will take participants from the classroom, to the field, to the table, and it is designed for all ages who have little or no outdoor experience. Sign up here . The Heritage Learn to Hunt program is offered to...

Keep Telling Your Members of Congress to Oppose “Universal” Background Check Bills

7:00am Tuesday, January 22, 2019

On January 8, two bills were introduced in Congress to impose so-called "universal" background checks. The bills, H.R. 8 and S. 42, are being misleadingly described as simply requiring background checks on all sales of firearms, but this is just a small part of what these overbroad pieces of legislation would do. A vote on this gun control legislation could take place as early as the first weeks...