[ad_1] NRA-ILA’s Office of Litigation Counsel has been busy defending the Second Amendment across the country. Since the year began, ILA has filed new cases, continued the fight in many existing cases, and scored some good wins. This newsletter covers ILA’s efforts to defend your freedoms in court over the past few months. Supreme Court

[ad_1] The Texas Senate on Wednesday approved a bill that would allow eligible residents 21 years and older to carry a handgun openly or concealed without a permit, also known as constitutional carry. House Bill 1927 passed the Republican-led Senate in an 18-13 vote following a lengthy debate and will now head back to the House to debate amendments

[ad_1] Sid Salter, Guest columnist Published 6:00 a.m. CT May 5, 2021 Taking an ironic cue from the “sanctuary” movement used by mostly liberal communities that decided to take stands against enforcement and implementation of federal and state immigration laws and policies with which they disagreed, the Second Amendment Sanctuary movement was born in recent

[ad_1] The Iowa Department of Public Health on Tuesday confirmed two cases of the India variant of COVID-19 in Iowa. Health officials say they’re still learning about the characteristics of the variant, was first detected in India, but said it was not designated as a “variant of concern,” because there is currently no evidence of

[ad_1] The U.S. Trustee’s office is calling for the dismissal of the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) bankruptcy filing or for the appointment of an outside monitor, a further hit to the gun rights organization amid scrutiny into its financial practices.  Attorney Lisa Lambert from the U.S. Trustee’s office, the division of the Department of Justice

[ad_1] The New York Times gave the full investigative treatment to defend an intrusive government agency, the poor, downtrodden Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), which enforces U.S. gun laws. The investigation made Monday’s front page: “How the Firearms Lobby Hamstrings the A.T.F.” The Second Amendment was left unmentioned in the long investigation about gun rights,

[ad_1] The Los Angeles Times editorial board is asking Americans to urge their Senators to support gun control. The publication is specifically focused on the two gun control bills passed by the House of Representatives in early March. One of those is the universal background check legislation, put forward by Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA), and the

[ad_1] (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Around 100 people waved flags and listened to speeches during a 2nd amendment rally in front of the Utah Capitol on Saturday, March 27, 2021. By Frank Fish | The Public Forum   | May 4, 2021, 12:00 p.m. More column inches are probably used in our newspapers

[ad_1] The National Rifle Association’s bankruptcy filing should be dismissed because it was part of a brazen attempt to escape legitimate oversight in the NRA’s home state of New York, a lawyer for the state said Monday during closing arguments in a trial. Its Chapter 11 filing in January is a “poster child of bankruptcy

[ad_1] ^ I Support Local Community Journalism Support the independent voice of Houston and help keep the future of Houston Press free. Until just a few days ago, it looked like the legislative push to allow Texans to carry handguns without permits was on life support after Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said a Texas House-backed

[ad_1] Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Sunday delivered a speech to a group of left-wing supporters in Louisville, Kentucky, where he contrasted the radical left’s vision for the country with the agenda presented by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), contending the country is currently drifting toward anarchy and authoritarianism while outlining the need for

[ad_1] An ABC News/ Washington Post survey released on April 28th has several interesting findings, but the takeaways aren’t limited to specific datapoints. The survey, the results, and the media coverage demonstrate that so-called “gun violence” prevention is “just” – spoiler alert – gun control and that the duplicitous efforts to advance gun control efforts have

[ad_1] ALBANY — Gun rights activists are hoping a New York legal battle headed to the nation’s highest court will determine whether residents have the same right to concealed carry permits as people in 42 other states with less restrictive firearms laws. Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other proponents of stringent gun control statutes are hoping

[ad_1] Reprinted with permission from DailyKos The last couple of years at the National Rifle Association have been filled with lawsuits, firings, resignations, and accusations of gross mismanagement of membership money by the top executives of the nonprofit. The NRA filed for bankruptcy in January, in part to get out from under investigations into its

[ad_1] THE QUESTION of what to wear outside as America reopens is on the minds of many, who have spent the past year at home in pyjamas and fitness clothes. Some have in mind an unexpected accessory: handguns. Across the country, states are trying to make it easier for people to carry their guns with

[ad_1] Friday, Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson criticized vaunted GOP pollster Frank Luntz, who Carlson alleged allowed his personal political beliefs and views of his corporate clients to impact the findings and conclusions of his various surveys. Carlson called Luntz a “conventional liberal” and pointed his prior statements on immigration, the Second Amendment, and opioids

[ad_1] In May 2016, the National Rifle Association endorsed Donald Trump for president. Chris Cox, the executive director of the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action, said the group rarely endorsed a candidate so far in advance of an election, but that precedent was overridden by the members’ concern that the Second Amendment might not survive

[ad_1] DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) — A Durham lawmaker has proposed legislation that would allow citizens to petition a court to seize a person’s guns if they fear they pose a danger to the public or to themselves. North Carolina State Representative Marcia Morey filed House Bill 525 which would allow a family member, a law

[ad_1] For quite some time now we’ve wondered what’s going on with congressional Republicans. There are a lot of nice people in the Republican Party, but the point of a political party is not to be nice, it is to represent the interests of its voters. That’s the only reason political parties exist. There is no

[ad_1] District 37 Democrats vying for the chance to replace one of New Jersey’s political titans will meet for their first debate in an increasingly acrimonious primary Sunday. After more than a decade running on the same ticket, Assemblyman Gordon Johnson (D-Englewood) and Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Englewood) now find themselves locked in an intra-party

[ad_1] Once predominantly farmland and pastures, Loudoun County, Virginia, is now home to planned communities filled with countless government contractors and bureaucrats. It also regularly has the highest median income of all counties in the nation. The county Board of Supervisors enacted gun control as soon as the anti-gun legislature in Richmond authorized such local

[ad_1] Few issues spark more passion in the United States than gun control. Proponents argue the country must impose stricter regulations to address the horrifying number of gun-related deaths—nearly 20,000 in 2020 despite the coronavirus pandemic, the Washington Post reports. That’s the highest number in at least 20 years. Opponents say adding new gun control

[ad_1] AUSTIN — Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick promised Thursday to bring contentious legislation to the Senate floor next week that would let people carry handguns without a license and training, though he’s pressing for changes favored by law enforcement. “We’re going to come out with a strong bill, and I believe we’ll pass it because

[ad_1]  (The Center Square) – A week after Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said he didn’t have the votes in the Republican-led state Senate to pass constitutional carry, he’s now saying he will bring the bill to the floor for a vote. Texas is one of the only Republican-led states that has not passed a constitutional

[ad_1] AUSTIN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – After a constitutional carry bill initially stalled in the Texas Senate, a new special committee on constitutional issues formed by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick held a hearing on the measure Thursday. The legislation, House Bill 1927, was approved by the full House. READ MORE: ‘It’s Not Really A Scandal Until

[ad_1] By Larry Keane President Joe Biden spoke for more than an hour to a limited Joint Session of Congress for his first major speech since his inauguration. It was during a three-minute stretch near the end, though, that the president got plenty wrong about firearms, the Second Amendment and the record number of diverse

[ad_1] For Jonathan Obert, it all hit a bit differently this time. Born and raised in Boulder, Obert was at Horizon High School in Broomfield right before the Columbine shooting. His parents now live within blocks of the movie theater in Aurora where 12 people were killed in 2012. He worked at the King Soopers

[ad_1] Bank of America and Citigroup, the top two underwriters in the $3.9 trillion municipal bond market, are at risk of getting shut out of Texas because of a push by Republican state lawmakers to punish the banks for their restrictive gun policies. The legislation, Senate Bill 19, would block government entities from contracting with

[ad_1] CLAIM: During his April 28, 2021, speech to Congress, President Joe Biden claimed the 1994 “assault weapons” ban lowered gun crime. VERDICT: False. The Department of Justice’s National Institute of Justice (NIJ) released a report as the federal “assault weapons” ban was about to expire, noting no reduction in gun crime that could be

[ad_1] Over the weekend, CNN Newsroom host Pamela Brown again showed a double standard in her treatment of conservative and liberal guests while discussing the issue of gun control as liberal former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd was given a forum to push for a gun ban in the U.S. while Arkansas Republican governor Asa