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NICS: March 2023 is fourth-highest March for gun sales, background checks

by Dean Weingarten

6:00am Wednesday, April 12, 2023

The National Instant Background Check System (NICS) gun sales and background checks for March 2023 are the fourth-highest on record since recording of background checks started in 1999. In March 2023, there were about 1.51 million gun sales and about 3.04 million background checks total. Having about half of background checks done for gun sales falls well within the expected range in recent years...

Second Amendment vs. 'innovative' gun control

6:00am Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Gun control advocates are ceaseless innovators in the realm of limiting freedom. They continually devise new and bizarre policies to undermine the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans. The U.S. Supreme Court decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen (2022) poses a serious problem for these gun control pioneers. In striking down New York’s discretionary carry...

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New York court rules due process must be considered for 'red flag' orders

by Larry Keane

6:00am Monday, April 10, 2023

A New York court affirmed that due process rights must be taken into consideration when enforcing so-called “red flag” laws and vacated New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s executive order for enforcing Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) or “red flag” orders. That is consistent with what NSSF has said from the beginning about ERPOs. If an individual is going to be deprived of fundamental...

Gun News Roundup - April 8, 2023

6:00am Saturday, April 08, 2023

Fighting for Second Amendment rights, and exercising those rights freely and effectively, starts with being informed. Here's a quick roundup of important stories in the news recently: South Carolina on track to become 27th constitutional carry state ICYMI: DeSantis’ signature tips US into majority 'constitutional carry' nation with new Florida gun rights law Florida Sheriff Billy Woods: 'The bad...

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs 'constitutional carry' into law

by Joe D. "Buck" Ruth

6:00am Friday, April 07, 2023

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on April 3 signed into law House Bill 543, the "constitutional carry" legislation that allows Floridians to carry concealed weapons without a government-issued permit. HB 543 goes into effect July 1, making Florida the 26th state to enact "constitutional carry" legislation, according to a post on the governor's website . “Constitutional Carry is in the books...

Effort to require 60% for constitutional changes is essential to gun rights

by Rob Sexton

6:00am Thursday, April 06, 2023

Legislation in both the Ohio House and Senate that would require voters to approve any changes to the Ohio Constitution have received a lot of coverage — most of it negative — in the media these past few weeks. But like many things covered by the mainstream media, the press gets this issue wrong. House Joint Resolution 1 and Senate Joint Resolution 2 are essential to protect Ohio and are equally...

Self-refuting Washington Post: 'No one needs' gun 1 in 20 Americans already own

6:00am Wednesday, April 05, 2023

The Washington Post on March 29 published an editorial titled, “No one needs an AR-15 — or any gun tailor-made for mass shootings.” That piece followed an earlier series of articles about the AR-15 under the heading, “AMERICAN ICON: The gun that divides a nation.” Both efforts were meant to echo and amplify Joe Biden’s call to ban semiautomatic long guns and “large capacity” magazines. They were...

2nd Amendment Summit slated April 15 in Cincinnati

6:00am Tuesday, April 04, 2023

The "largest student-led gun rights conference in Ohio" is coming to Cincinnati this month. The 2nd Amendment Summit will bring together students, industry professionals, policymakers, and other influential voices in the firearms community to advocate for the right to keep and bear arms, according to Nicholas Fisher, summit conference director. The summit, which will begin with check-in,...