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Ammoland: CNN Reporter Shocked that Navy Commander Would Have a Gun
Hypocrites in the media! A recent photograph of our SECNAV visiting troops in Afghanistan reveals him openly carrying a pistol in a SERPA holster.
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National Review: A Pointless Investigation of Private Gun Sellers
A few days before Christmas, the Government Accountability Office publicly released the results of an audit it had conducted at the request of three congressional Democrats.
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Guns.com: Lawmakers Call to Delay Looming SAFE Act Pistol Permit Recert Deadline
The myriad of permits, required to own a modern pistol or revolver in the Empire State, are set to expire Jan. 31 under the provisions of the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act, signed by Cuomo in 2013. However, with some county clerks reporting that most of their expiring permits have yet to be re-certified, Republican lawmakers want the time limit extended.
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Outdoor Life: Reciprocity Could Get Boost From Shaneen Allen Testimony
The Senate returns from its Christmas break on Jan. 3 and the House convenes on Jan. 8. Congress will have much to occupy its time in early 2018 with the federal government set to run out of money on Jan. 19 and with the 2017 tax-break bill reducing future revenues to a point where trimming expenses through “welfare reform” will be a pressing necessity.
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Denverite: Denver Moves Closer to One of the First City Bump-Stock Bans
Denver on Wednesday moved closer to banning bump stocks, the devices that allow semi-automatic weapons to work more like rapid-fire automatics. If approved, it would make Denver one of the first cities to ban the devices.
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Guns.com: Gun Rights Proponents Seek Injunction to California ‘Assault Weapon’ Regs
A group of individuals and Second Amendment groups are asking the courts to step in and block the state’s pending new regulations on “bullet-buttons” and assault weapons.
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KCRA: Why This El Dorado County Ammo Store is Opening Without a License
A missed deadline at the California Department of Justice is leaving some ammunition stores with a tough choice: close their doors or keep selling ammo while breaking the law. Ammunition vendor licenses are a new requirement starting Jan. 1, 2018 for stores that sell ammunition but not guns.
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Washington Free Beacon: 2017 Second-Best Year for Gun Sales
2017 saw the second-most gun-related FBI background checks on record, a report released on Wednesday showed.
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Hot Air: Uh Oh - PA Wants Medical Marijuana Users To “Dispose” Of Their Guns
It’s a new year and medical marijuana is finding its way into the Keystone State. That’s not particularly remarkable since it’s a trend which has taken root in plenty of states around the nation. But Pennsylvania gun owners are now facing the same conundrum threatening to plague their fellow Second Amendment enthusiasts in other states where either medical or recreational pot has been legalized.
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Injunction Sought Against California “Assault Weapons” Regulations by 5 Gun Owners, 4 Civil Rights Groups
In the request for an injunction, the plaintiffs argue that “they, and many others similarly situated, will suffer irreparable injury if they are forced to comply with the registration requirement in accordance with the Challenged Regulations by the statutory deadline of June 30, 2018. In essence, they and many others would either be illegally forced to register or illegally denied the ability to register their firearms.”
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Shaneen Allen: Senate Republicans Need to ‘Put Their Money Where Their Mouth Was’ on National Reciprocity
Gun rights advocate Shaneen Allen is calling on Senate Republicans to “put their money where their mouth was” and pass national reciprocity for concealed carry.
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Hot Air: Don’t Tell Anybody, But Accidental Shooting Deaths Are Way Down
We already knew that violent crime was down across most of the nation (with the awful exception of some cities like Baltimore). But there’s another factor in the federal statistics which hasn’t received nearly as much attention. Accidental shooting deaths are down. And I mean… way down.
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#WearOrange: Anti-Gun State Rep. Katherine Rogers Pleads Guilty to Assault
State Rep. Katherine Rogers, D-Concord, pleaded guilty to assault and was sentenced on Friday in Concord District Court in connection with a confrontation last year with well-known gun-rights advocate Susan Olsen.
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California Legislature Is Back In Session
The California Legislature is back in session on January 3rd. As Gideon Tucker so aptly put it: “No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session.”
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RealClearPolitics: Sarah Huckabee Sanders Asks Reporter to Name One Gun Law That Would Have Prevented a Mass Shooting
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was asked about the fifth anniversary of the Sandy Hook massacre and what can be done to prevent another tragedy of that magnitude from happening by CBS News correspondent Margaret Brennan.
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Record Searchlight: Workarounds of New California Gun Laws Already in Play
A semiautomatic rifle with such features as a collapsible stock, a pistol grip that extends below the trigger guard, a flash hider at the end of the barrel and a detachable magazine need to be registered in California, Howell said.
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KATU: Anti-Gun Groups Donate Six Times More Cash to Candidates Than Gun Rights Groups
KATU has uncovered the biggest recipients of campaign cash on both sides of the gun issue in Oregon.
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Guns.com: Court Finds Short Mental Health Treatment Doesn’t End Gun Rights
A federal court last week held that an involuntary emergency treatment of a Pennsylvania man for less than 24 hours did not trigger a lifetime ban on firearms. Deciding in the case of Alton Franklin, the U.S. District Court held that his brief history of mental illness reported by the state did not square against federal gun prohibitions on those who have been committed to a mental institution.
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ABC News: These Members of the Liberal Gun Club Say They Can Be Both Left-Leaning and Support Gun Rights
But there is a growing group of people doing the unexpected. They’re called the Liberal Gun Club, just one of a number of left-leaning gun clubs now in operation, who seem to support less gun restrictions and agree with the NRA on some points.
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Recoil Magazine: Zeroed In on Sebastian Gorka
The Second Amendment isn’t ultimately about stopping rapists or bank robbers. It’s about the people’s last line of defense against a strategic level threat. It’s not about hunting whitetails. Read more: http://www.recoilweb.com/zeroed-sebastian-gorka-131578.html#ixzz4zeXwctaU
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Arkansas Times: Governor Tells State Police 'Open Carry' is the Law in Arkansas
Gov. Asa Hutchinson has informed the Arkansas State Police that he believes a 2013 law made open carry of hand gunsthe law of the land in Arkansas and they should act accordingly.
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Guns.com: Gun Rights Proponents Challenge New California ‘Assault Weapon’ Regs
A group of individuals and Second Amendment groups has filed suit against the state’s pending new regulations on “bullet-buttons” and assault weapons. In a complaint filed in a Riverside County state Superior Court, four gun owners– George Holt, Irvin Hoff, Michael Louie, and Rick Russel– contend many the firearms they have legally owned or built are now subject to new retroactive mandates from an out-of-control California Department of Justice that is flexible with the enforcement of new laws passed last year.
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Breitbart: 21 Gun Controls Currently Being Pushed by Senate Democrats and Their Surrogates
Senate Democrats and their surrogates in various groups are currently pushing 21 new gun controls for law-abiding citizens. These controls range from an all-out ban on semiautomatic firearms to regulations on single shot muzzleloaders and limits on the number of guns someone can pass to a felon. Breitbart News outlined the first nine of these gun controls on October 11.
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Record Searchlight: Gun Groups Sue State Over Assault Weapons Laws
The California Department of Justice Bureau of Firearms website has a clock ticking down to the deadline for assault weapons owners in California to register their firearms. Gun owners have until June 30 to register their assault weapons. But four gun rights groups hope to stop the clock and have it reset.
