[ad_1] Firearm Retailers Still Not Authorized to Fully Operate Dear New Mexico NRA Member: Late yesterday, facing mounting pressure to re-open New Mexico businesses and litigation filed by NRA-ILA, the New Mexico Shooting Sports Association and other pro-Second Amendment organizations, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham extended her emergency executive stay-at-home order until Friday, May 15.  However,

[ad_1] Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba held a press conference Thursday afternoon to announce that his unconstitutional and unlawful order prohibiting open carry within city limits would no longer be in effect after midnight, and would apparently remain expired as of Friday, May 1. He thanked New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg’s national gun control groups

[ad_1] OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada is set to announce it is banning 11 categories of assault rifles and other weapons, including those that have been used in mass shootings, a security source said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends a news conference at Rideau Cottage, as efforts continue to slow the

[ad_1] In Rohde’s account, Trump became the first American president to apply the term “deep state” to the U.S. government, in 2017. As often seems to happen these days, it began with an accusation by retweet. The president forwarded to his 60 million followers a post by Fox News host Sean Hannity, in which Hannity

[ad_1] The leading firearms industry trade group is warning that likely Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, a gun ban advocate, is eyeing running mates who favor stricter gun control, likely making the ticket the most anti-gun ever and one that will seek to confiscate weapons. “That’s the one area Biden doesn’t need help. Biden already

[ad_1] Attorney General Lynn Fitch filed an amicus curiae, or friend of the court brief, in federal court today, reaffirming our constitutional right to bear arms, supporting our State laws that protect that right, and seeking to overturn Jackson’s unlawful order. “Jackson has no authority to suspend open carry and it is shameful to use

[ad_1] A year after being re-elected as the executive vice president and CEO of the National Rifle Association, Wayne LaPierre has seen his group go from an electoral kingmaker to the edge of financial ruin. He and other NRA executives have urged laid-off employees to seek public assistance benefits. The nation’s most prominent pro-gun lobby has lost tens

[ad_1] Mike Hurst, Guest columnist Published 5:00 a.m. CT April 30, 2020 | Updated 10:30 a.m. CT April 30, 2020 The character of a nation is revealed by the values it defends during times of crisis.  As the chief federal law enforcement officer for over half our state, I took an oath to support and

[ad_1] DATE:   April 30, 2020 TO:     USF & NRA Members and Friends FROM:  Marion P. Hammer   USF Executive Director   NRA Past President   We’ve all heard the expression, “you can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time, but you can’t fool all

[ad_1] Campaign Action However, while LaTurner decisively outraised Watkins during his opening months on the campaign trail, the treasurer seems to have lost steam since then. Watkins took in $122,000 during the first quarter of 2020, which, while lousy for an incumbent, was well ahead of the $43,000 that LaTurner brought in. LaTurner, who entered

[ad_1] City Council Unanimously Opposes Mayor’s Order The Mississippi Justice Institute, a non-profit constitutional litigation center, has filed a lawsuit on behalf of pro-Second Amendment State Rep. Dana Criswell (R-Mount Olive) against Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba’s executive order prohibiting the open carry of firearms in the city.  This legal action, filed in the U.S.

[ad_1] Age: 62 Party: Republican Family: Wife: Chris (married 24 years); 3 Daughters: Karlyn, Lexie and Katherine Civic involvement: Town of Little Rice, supervisor (2009-2013), state Assemblyman (2011-2013), National Rifle Association lifetime member, Ruffed Grouse Society, Oneida County Economic Development Corporation, former board member. Work: Former small-business owner/operator of Wilderness Cruises, Willow Flowage Dam tender,

[ad_1] CLOSE There are two main candidates for the Indiana governor’s race in 2020: Republican incumbent Eric Holcomb and Democratic challenger Woody Myers. Here’s what we know. Indianapolis Star For a man in an election year, Gov. Eric Holcomb finds himself in an enviable position politically as he navigates difficult decisions about how and when to

[ad_1] ANALYSIS/OPINION: The data is in: Americans are flocking to gun stores in unprecedented numbers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The spike has left many gun-control advocates struggling to find a motive other than pure, irrational panic. After all, the common narrative goes, “the good guy with a gun” is a myth and it’s very rare

[ad_1] Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. While it is something of a war without weapons, leading gun manufacturers across the country are stepping up to aid the fight against the spread of coronavirus. Similarly to that of car manufacturers that have jumped to make medical equipment,

[ad_1] The executive director of National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action released the following statement Monday regarding the Supreme Court’s opinion in NYSRPA v. The City of New York.  “Now that the Supreme Court has accepted New York’s surrender, perhaps the city will finally repay all legal fees incurred by their deceit. Because this lawsuit was

[ad_1] The executive director of National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action released the following statement Monday regarding the Supreme Court’s opinion in NYSRPA v. The City of New York.  “Now that the Supreme Court has accepted New York’s surrender, perhaps the city will finally repay all legal fees incurred by their deceit. Because this lawsuit was

[ad_1] Dear Mississippi NRA Member: Pro-Second Amendment State Attorney General Lynn Fitch sent this sharply-worded letter to Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba on Sunday, April 26, just after he announced his emergency executive order restricting the open carry of firearms by law-abiding citizens within city limits through April 30.  We previously alerted on this order

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a National Rifle Association-backed challenge to New York City restrictions on handgun owners transporting their firearms outside the home, avoiding for now the battle over the scope of the right to bear arms under the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment. There are other cases pending

[ad_1] On April 10, disgraced Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed five pieces of anti-gun legislation into law. Those measures criminalize the private sale of firearms, ration handgun sales to one a month, create a “red flag” gun confiscation scheme, punish property crime victims who fail to hastily report a firearm as stolen, and restrict how

[ad_1] Americans across the country are grappling with the “new normal”of COVID-19-related closures and the novel ways that anti-gun politicians capitalize on the pandemic to prevent the exercise of Second Amendment rights. For residents of the nation’s capital, though, the new normal is pretty much the same as the old normal, where local politicians treat

[ad_1] ANALYSIS/OPINION: Despite all the claims that gun control organizations only want “reasonable” gun control laws, the coronavirus pandemic has revealed that they do want to ban guns. Gun control advocates somehow want to claim that closing down gun stores doesn’t infringe on people’s ability to own guns for self-defense. With police calling in sick

[ad_1] Like Scripture’s prodigal son, many states have spent their inheritance. They have little or no “cushion” or reserve funds, and confiscatory taxes have driven away many businesses and high-income individuals. But the United States collectively cannot afford the generosity of the father in the most famous parable of the Christian world. This isn’t about

[ad_1]  DATE:     April 25, 2020   TO:        USF & NRA Members and Friends  FROM:    Marion P. Hammer   USF Executive Director   NRA Past President There have been a few times in my life that I have read something that touches me so deeply and so profoundly, it brings me to tears. This is one of

[ad_1] Late Friday night (9:46pm), the following order came out from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, granting a temporary stay on the injunction issued on Thursday, April 24, in the NRA funded case of Rhode v. Becerra. This means that the same restrictions that have been previously in effect regarding ammunition in California are

[ad_1] Florida Today Published 12:12 a.m. ET April 25, 2020 Stop the partisan bickering In a recent letter, the author asked, “Who’s the engineer here?” No engineer needed, but we are fortunately have a president to handle the COVID-19 crisis. The Democratic governors of our two largest states have praised the POTUS for prompt support of

[ad_1] Thousands of people gathered outside the Capitol to protest the extension Wisconsin’s current Safer at Home Order to May 26, Friday afternoon.  Protestors carried signs that read, “Evers is the Virus,” “Take back Wisconsin,” “Trump 2020,” “What would Walker do?” “My Body my Choice” and the “Don’t Tread on Me” National Rifle Association flag.

[ad_1] As reported yesterday, Judge Benitez granted the preliminary injunction in the NRA funded case of Rhode v. Becerra. The injunction, became effective upon issuance of the order; enjoining federal and state law enforcement from implementing or enforcing the sales background check provisions, anti-importation provisions, and the criminal enforcement penalties associated with the law.   Today, the California Attorney

[ad_1] The coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe has drastically altered American life. Much of the nation is still at home under shelter-in-place orders, businesses are closed, and more than 26 million people are now out of work. But along with the new, practical questions redefining the our lives — When is it safe to see

[ad_1] ALBUQUERQUE — New Mexico has fewer hospital beds per capita than nearly every other state. It has a rapidly aging population and widespread poverty. Its residents have the highest rate by far of chronic liver disease — just one of the underlying medical conditions that are widespread in New Mexico that heighten the risk