District of Columbia | October 4, 2021
Biden, Congress seek to chip away at gun rights with UN arms treaty, military red flag law
District of Columbia | October 4, 2021
Congressional Democrats and the Biden administration are attempting to nibble away at the Second Amendment from both within and without the U.S., gun rights advocates warn, as Congress seeks to pass a red flag law for military members and the president eyes signing on to a United Nations arms treaty. Red flag laws that would apply to military members were slipped into the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed by the House of Representatives last week with the help of 135 Republicans. Red flag laws are “essentially bypassing due process,” Gun Owners of America’s Director of Outreach Antonia Okafor told the John Solomon Reports podcast on Wednesday. “It is going from one person who says they accuse you of being a danger to yourself, or to somebody else, and then going to a judge that then gets reasonable suspicion, right, that you are a danger to yourself or somebody else. Just the News
District of Columbia | June 24, 2021
‘Zero Tolerance’ for Gun Dealers Who Break Law Under New 5-Point Plan: Biden
District of Columbia | June 24, 2021
President Joe Biden on Wednesday unveiled new measures that he says will address gun violence and violent crime, promising to aggressively pursue gun dealers who willfully break the law and to boost federal funding for local law enforcement amid a rise in homicide rates in the country over the past year.
The first agenda in the administration’s new five-point plan is to “help stem the flow of guns into the hands of those responsible for violence,” including by having a “zero tolerance” policy for gun dealers that violate the law. As part of the policy, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) under the Justice Department will seek to revoke the licenses of gun dealers who are found to violate federal law by “willfully” transferring a firearm to a person prohibited from owning one, failing to run a required background check, falsifying records such as a form for firearms transaction, failing to respond to a tracing request from the ATF, or refusing to let the ATF carry out an inspection…
(Excerpts from the Epoch Times)
District of Columbia | May 25, 2021
Over 20 Million Hold Concealed Carry Permits as Supreme Court Test Case Looms
District of Columbia | May 25, 2021
More than 20 million Americans currently hold a permit to carry a concealed weapon, a historically high number that comes ahead of what will likely be a landmark Supreme Court ruling regarding carry rights under the Second Amendment.
The court last month said it would take up an appeal by two U.S. gun owners on the question of whether or not the Second Amendment protects an American’s right to carry a concealed firearm. Previous court rulings have affirmed that the amendment protects the individual right of American citizens to own guns.
The concealed carry question has eluded constitutional scrutiny thus far, even as the number of Americans possessing concealed permits has soared to historic levels….
(Excerpts from the Tennessee Star)
District of Columbia | May 3, 2021
‘God Isn’t Done with America Yet,’ Mike Pence Says in Speech about Nation’s Future
District of Columbia | May 3, 2021
Former Vice President Mike Pence said last week he remains hopeful in the future of America and believes Republicans will re-capture the White House and Congress in the next four years. Speaking Thursday at a Columbia, S.C., event sponsored by the Palmetto Family Council, Pence criticized the first 100 days of the Biden-Harris administration while touting the accomplishments of the Trump-Pence White House and promoting a future conservative agenda. He encouraged people of faith to deepen their trust in God…
(Excerpt from Christian Headlines)
District of Columbia | April 26, 2021
Supreme Court takes up Second Amendment case
District of Columbia | April 26, 2021
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a challenge to restrictions on carrying firearms outside the home, teeing up a potentially landmark dispute over the scope of the Second Amendment.
In an unsigned order, the justices took up a bid by two gun owners and a New York affiliate of the National Rifle Association to challenge the state’s denial of their applications for concealed-carry licenses for self-defense….
(Excerpts from The Hill)
Arizona, District of Columbia | April 23, 2021
Poll: Americans Not Buying Into Democrats’ Anti-Gun Panic Rhetoric
Arizona, District of Columbia | April 23, 2021
Democrats Still Can’t Make Gun Laws More Popular
The anti-gun lobby is loud, well-funded, and a darling of the mainstream media. If someone were to awaken from a long coma and begin paying attention to the gun conversation in the American MSM, he or she would undoubtedly believe that most Americans are overwhelmingly in favor of much stricter gun laws or even abolishing the Second Amendment altogether…
(Excerpts from PJ Media)