In recent years, the Bay State’s two highest-ranking public officials have been at war with the Second Amendment. In 2016, Attorney General Maura Healey (D) unilaterally perverted a state law that had been on the books for 18 years in order to prohibit thousands of legal semi-automatic firearms. In 2018, Governor Charlie Baker (R) undermined the government’s system of checks
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Just like we did on toilet paper. Guns and toilet paper to see us through a pandemic — a guy probably could’ve won some bets if he’d made that prediction at the start of this. The New York Times reported that Americans bought about 2 million firearms in March, the second highest monthly total on
Gun owner licensing and registration, “universal” background checks, and restrictions on the sale of ammunition. Gun owners have been told again and again that these are sensible measures that empower the government to ensure that firearms don’t end up in the wrong hands. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has made clear that when governments are incapable or unwilling to perform the
What does it say about us as a nation that the two products most in demand by average consumers during this coronavirus crisis are toilet paper and 9mm bullets? What might we gain by understanding the causes of these shortages so we could prevent them from happening again? First, toilet paper. In 1973, Johnny Carson
Updated 11:57 pm EDT, Sunday, April 12, 2020 Closed stores are shown at a central plaza and shopping district amid a public health order that has closed down most retail stores and suspended dine-in restaurant service in Santa Fe, N.M., Friday, March 27, 2020. New Mexico Cabinet Secretary for Tourism Jen Schroer says the state’s tourism
DATE: April 12, 2020 TO: USF & NRA Members and Friends FROM: Marion P. Hammer USF Executive Director NRA Past President It is often said that history repeats itself. Some have recently drawn parallels between entering World War II and the ravages it brought upon this nation, with the horrendous Coronavirus
Aside from the fact that all governors have unprecedented burdens ahead of them in this pandemic, trying to make for Covid failures from the Trump administration and that dealing with a federal lawsuit of this level of epic stupidity is a waste of my governor’s time:
I think this is all badge of
DATE: April 11, 2020 TO: USF & NRA Members and Friends FROM: Marion P. Hammer USF Executive Director NRA Past President An employee of a Florida Gun Shop called me last week to let us know that a very liberal customer was quite angry that he could not pick
On April 10th, Governor Ralph Northam signed into law the anti-gun bills passed by the General Assembly. They will take effect on July 1st. Despite concerns that he would make amendments to criminalize gifting or loaning firearms or eliminate the carry permit exemption for handgun rationing, he did not. The bills that received amendments
Commentary: The National Rifle Association (NRA) and other pro-Second Amendment organizations filed a lawsuit in New Mexico today challenging anti-gun Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s use of emergency powers and her COVID-19 statewide order to shut down firearm retailers and ranges. “Politicians imperil our families by declaring our fundamental right of self defense ‘non-essential’ while they free criminals,” said
Morgan Lee, Associated Press Updated 9:59 pm EDT, Friday, April 10, 2020 Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson emerges from his office in Santa Fe, N.M., Thursday, March 9, 2020. Richardson is spearheading a charitable fund drive to help supply the Navajo Nation in New Mexico with personal protection and medical equipment to stem the spread
DATE: April 10, 2020 TO: USF & NRA Members and Friends FROM: Marion P. Hammer USF Executive Director NRA Past President Somethings just don’t need any explanation. Mr. Williams article speaks for itself. By Lee Williams April 10, 2020 After Americans bought more than 2 million guns last month, the Florida chapter of
As states and cities have forced what they consider “nonessential businesses” to close to slow the spread of coronavirus, lobbyists for industries from retail to reefer have been hustling to make the case that they’re too important to be shut down — a designation that could mean millions for companies and the employees who keep
Suit is Among Many filed in Fight Against Gun Store Closures During COVID-19 Pandemic Fairfax, Va. – The National Rifle Association (NRA) and other pro-Second Amendment organizations filed a lawsuit in New Mexico today challenging anti-gun Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s use of emergency powers and her COVID-19 statewide order to shut down firearm retailers and ranges.
Today, NRA-ILA and our state affiliate, the New Mexico Shooting Sports Association, filed a Lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico, challenging anti-gun Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s use of emergency powers and her COVID-19 statewide order to shut down firearm retailers and ranges. We are working with the Second Amendment
Whenever a world-changing event such as coronavirus unfolds, there are decisions to be made that we never expected to confront. One is the duty that fell to the nation’s governors about which businesses are essential, and should remain open, and which should be temporarily closed, to extend state and national quarantines. Maine has some experience
This week, the Illinois State Police (ISP) filed emergency rules that extend the expiration date of current FOID cards and CCL licensees during the Covid-19 outbreak. The new rules are as follows from ISP’s Facebook page. FOID card holders, who submit their renewal application will remain valid during the duration of the state’s disaster proclamation
Yesterday, Vermont senator Bernie Sanders officially dropped out of the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. Despite early successes in Iowa, New Hampshire, and Nevada, Sanders failed to put up much of a fight against Joe Biden after the latter convincingly won South Carolina. And so, for the second campaign in a row, he
article Bradley Finnan | Arlington Heights police ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – Police are investigating a Saturday home invasion that left one suspect dead and another arrested in northwest suburban Arlington Heights. A Tennessee man faces a felony murder charge after he allegedly broke into an Arlington Heights home Saturday to rob a family at gunpoint
The Arlington Heights homeowner who authorities say fought off one would-be robber Saturday and fatally shot another in self-defense wrote a heartfelt Facebook post thanking the community and police for an outpouring of support. “It has been the most challenging last few days for our family,” Sebastian Maniscalco wrote Tuesday night on his Facebook page.
Gun owners in Illinois with looming expiration dates no longer need to worry about immediately renewing their Firearm Owner Identification card or Concealed Carry License, the Illinois State Police announced. State police filed emergency rules that took effect Thursday to provide relief to FOID card holders and CCL during the coronavirus pandemic. The rules that
Today is Friday, April 10, the 101st day of 2020. There are 265 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 10, 1912, the British liner RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton, England, on its ill-fated maiden voyage. On this date: In 1815, the Mount Tambora volcano on the Indonesian island of
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, meets with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo at the prime minister’s office in Jerusalem on June 27, 2019. Photo courtesy of Kobi Gideon/GPO. By JONATHAN S. TOBIN(JNS) – What do Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo have in common these days? The answer
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What do gun shops and grocery stores have in common? According to Gov. Henry McMaster’s “home or work” order this week, both are permitted to stay open during the current public health crisis. The
DATE: April 9, 2020 TO: USF & NRA Members and Friends FROM: Marion P. Hammer USF Executive Director NRA Past President In their ongoing effort to take control of America and render the Second Amendment null and void, another of Bloomberg’s well-funded, anti-gun groups is waging a
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The intensity has bled over into the Wisconsin high court itself. In recent years, one justice was accused of physically assaulting another; Republicans engineered the removal of the long-serving liberal chief justice; and campaigns have seen allegations of sexual misconduct and religious bigotry. Meanwhile, the stakes continue to get higher. The high court has played
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“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” —Second Amendment to the United States Constitution As the deadly COVID-19 contagion sweeps across the country, gun sales are surging, spurred in many regions by panic buying and purchases by first-time firearm owners. Fearful and insecure Americans are
On April 2, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation announced that it had received 25,468 background checks for gun sales in the previous week — a 227% increase from the same time frame in 2019. It’s indicative of a trend as old as the United States — in times of crisis, be it financial, political, health-related