Opinion Pittsburgh Mayor Presents DICK’S Award for Gun Control Advocacy Fairfax, VA – -(Ammoland.com)- On June 4-5, the annual Yale Mayors College & CEO Summit was held in New York City. The theme of this year’s CEO Summit was “Trumpeting the Issues without Becoming the Issue: Selective Use of CEO Voice.” Making clear that much of the

Seth Moulton thinks our Second Amendment rights are a “problem” in need of a “solution.” (DOD photo) Massachusetts/United States – -(AmmoLand.com)- Let’s get one thing out of the way: Seth Moulton served in the military during the War on Terror and put his life on the line. As patriotic Americans, we owe him gratitude for that.

Opinion Why President Trump “Thinks” He’s Pro Gun USA – -(AmmoLand.com)- Politics suck. There’s no short way around it. In this day and age of deep divisiveness not seen since the caning of Senator Sumner in the Old Senate Chamber back on May, 22nd 1856 –a act of political violence that foreshadowed the approaching war

Opinion New Jersey: Assembly Committee Passes Another Gun Control Package Fairfax, VA – -(Ammoland.com)- Yesterday, the Assembly Judiciary Committee passed a package of anti-gun bills heavily opposed by NRA and ANJRPC.  Those measures now head to the Assembly floor where they await further consideration. Despite passing yesterday, this package of bills has a long way

“Assault weapon” under proposed Florida ballot initiative. U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)-Anti-Second Amendment activists in Florida are working to have a state Constitutional Amendment placed on the ballot for 2020. The Amendment would ban future sales of almost all semi-automatic rifles, some semi-automatic shotguns, and require registration of those currently owned. The problem with having people who are

Cover Up In VA Beach: Victim Feared Mass Shooting by Coworker, Wanted To Be Armed Virginia – -(AmmoLand.com)- Imagine this happening to you. Your spouse is extremely frightened that either a just-fired co-worker who made threats as he was escorted from the property or another co-worker who had shown past violent tendencies, was going to

What should be in a 21st Century Firearms Owners’ Protection Act? United States – -(AmmoLand.com)- In 1986, the Firearms Owners’ Protection Act was passed and signed into law by President Ronald Reagan. It had the effect of greatly reducing the burden on law-abiding citizens who wished to exercise their Second Amendment rights – even though

RUGER 556 U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)-The Appellate Court of Illinois, District Two, has dismissed an attempt by the Village of Deerfield to appeal a permanent injunction against the community’s 2018 ban on so-called “assault weapons,” explaining in its 18-page ruling that it lacked jurisdiction to do so. Earlier this year, the Second Amendment Foundation and Illinois State

VCDL Anti-Red Flag Radio/Web/Email Ad Campaigns Underway Virginia – -(AmmoLand.com)- Recently, Red Flag laws, also called Gun Violence Restraining Orders and Extreme Risk Protection Orders, are being pushed hard at both the state and federal levels. While being sold as “gun-violence prevention” measures, these schemes are really gun confiscation laws and have little to do

Idaho Second Amendment Alliance Volunteers Idaho – -(AmmoLand.com)- Idaho is facing an unprecedented attack from radical progressives. These radicals want to drastically change our law in Idaho, especially the 2nd Amendment. If there is one thing progressives have proven effective at, it’s getting grassroots mobilized with “boots on the ground” for the issues they are

SAF, ISRA Win As Illinois Appeals Court Dismisses Assault Weapons Ban Appeal BELLEVUE, WA – -(AmmoLand.com)- The Second Amendment Foundation has posted yet another victory in Illinois, as the Second District Appellate Court has dismissed an attempt by the Village of Deerfield to challenge a permanent injunction against the community’s ban on so-called “assault weapons”

Opinion By Larry Keane 100 Days Of Democrats’ Gun Control Nonsense USA – -(AmmoLand.com)- Last week a group of Democrats in Congress held a press conference to discuss gun control. It’s not entirely clear why their remarks were newsworthy. It was simply another instance of gun control advocates advocating for gun control in front of

Opinion Big President Trump USA – -(AmmoLand.com)- Over the last few weeks the stature gap between President Donald Trump and Speaker Nancy Pelosi has grown dramatically. While President Trump became the first foreign leader to meet with the new Emperor of Japan, Pelosi announced she would like to see Trump in jail. President Trump then

Opinion By Marion HammerIt is reprinted with Permission from Sunshine State News. NRA Business Disclosures & The Media Spin Machine USA – -(AmmoLand.com)- It never ceases to amaze me how quickly people believe distortions printed by the media — particularly in their efforts to help the enemies of freedom and the Second Amendment and to

Setting the Right Priorities to Defend the Second Amendment Washington, D.C. – -(AmmoLand.com)- When it comes to defending our Second Amendment rights, there are a lot of potential fights. We are seeing attacks on multiple fronts, along with efforts to move forward on some other issues. But what should be the biggest priority? Do we fight

Oh, baloney. New writers leave no “middle ground between light and shadow,” but instead promote the one-sided superstition that guns in private hands are bad. (@TheTwilightZone) U.S.A. – -(Ammoland.com)- “The Twilight Zone reboot hasn’t been shy at all when it comes to making huge sociopolitical statements,” CBR.com gushes approvingly. “In ‘The Blue Scorpion,’ the show now

Crashing Down: United Sporting, Ellett File for Chapter 11, Face Lawsuit U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)- Described in court documents as “the largest distributor of firearms in the United States,” Ellett Brothers—the South Carolina-based company that is part of a larger business family known as SportCo Holdings—has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and is one of the “relevant

Bear that Killed and Ate Unarmed New Jersey Hiker in 2014 U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)-On 31 May, 2019, at about 1 p.m., a woman hiking with her husband on a popular trail near Aspen, Colorado, was bitten in an unprovoked attack by a black bear. She was bitten on the thigh and required hospitalization for a short

Virginia Beach Building 2 Front Courthouse Drive U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)- Gun-control failed again in Virginia Beach, and it failed big. A disgruntled city employee quit his job and then came back to kill 11 of his coworkers. The news media and gun-prohibitionists called for more more gun-control while ignoring all the failed gun-control regulations that were in

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has called a July 9 special legislative session to talk gun control in The Old Dominion. (sCREEN SNIP, YouTube, TIME) U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)- When Virginia lawmakers gather July 9 in Richmond for a special legislative session to talk gun control, called by anti-gun Democrat Gov. Ralph Northam, one item not on the

SCOTUS Refuses to Hear NFA Challenge in Suppressor Case Washington, D.C. –-(Ammoland.com)-The Supreme Court of the United States has rejected the appeal of two Kansas men charged with various violations of the Nation Firearms Act of 1934. SCOTUS will not hear their case, Kettler V. United States. The justices did not offer a reason to

I must admit, progressive socialism is just plain dumb, unless you seek the collective subjugation of free people. There is no wonder that progressive socialists would come up with the idiocy called “common core.” It’s dumb. USA – -(AmmoLand.com)- I believe that it was famed physicist Albert Einstein who once quipped that the pure definition

VCDL Guns Save Lives U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)-After the recent shooting in Virginia Beach, Democrat politicians said US gun owners were causing mass murder. Biased journalists said the same thing, and both of them are fantastically wrong. The real mass murderers are the people who claim to be for “gun safety”. The results are shocking once you look

Opinion After decades of a slow erosion of our rights, and occasionally regaining small bits of ground, we stand on the brink. The slippery slope is only inches wide, with nothing but a sheer cliff beyond it. The Democrats have given their party fully over to gun control. USA – -(AmmoLand.com)- With all of the

Opinion Ban Everything Virginia – -(AmmoLand.com)- We have just learned that the special General Assembly session is set for Tuesday, July 9th, 2019! There is no set number of days the session will run. That will be up to the General Assembly leadership. With a start date set, Virginia Citizens Defense League can now begin

Teen Criminal, Home Invader, Killed by Homeowner with Rifle U.S.A. -(Ammoland.com)- On Friday morning, at 2:50 a.m. on the 7th of June, 2019, a home invasion by a young man did not turn out as expected.  The owner heard him banging on the door and breaking the window glass. After the invader gained entry to

OpinionVirginia Beach, a Lesson in How to Prevent ViolenceBrendan Mooney, June 2, 2019VCDL Executive Member Do you know that new neighbor you have been meaning to get to know? Go ring their doorbell. A coworker a little stressed at work? Why not invite him out to your house for a home cooked meal? (Wikimedia Commons

Opinion New Jersey: Assembly Judiciary Committee Begins Next Wave of Gun Control Fairfax, VA – -(Ammoland.com)- Nobody ever accused New Jersey of lacking gun laws, and yet, lawmakers in Trenton can’t seem to accomplish anything except pass gun bills. Despite passing a magazine ban and several other bills last year, New Jersey gun banners are back

Opinion Waynes’ NRA Leadership & Legal Fight Mess is Killing Fundraising For NRA Operations USA – -(AmmoLand.com)- I manage one of the California FRNA chapters, and it is bad enough that I have to deal with radical protestors, site venues that want to cancel on us because we have NRA in our name. Now after

Getting in the Fight for Cultural Engagement Hollywood – -(AmmoLand.com)- One of the biggest hurdles we face as we defend the Second Amendment is the fact that we are dealing with a culture that is somewhat hostile. It is not completely that way, but let’s be very honest – Eric Holder’s dream of “brainwashing” Americans against