[ad_1] As a parent who’s sent a child off to live on a college campus, I can tell you there’s nothing that keeps you up at night quite like the thought of your kid being in danger and not being able to protect him or herself. And in New Jersey? That fear just got a

[ad_1] Republicans and gun owners’ rights groups accused Democratic leaders of ignoring a state law requiring public hearings on citizen-initiated bills. AUGUSTA, Maine — Democrats in the Maine Legislature have reversed course and will hold a public hearing on a citizen-initiated “red flag” gun law proposal this week, following sustained pressure from Senate Republicans and

[ad_1] Firearm deaths of children and teenagers rose significantly in states that enacted more permissive gun laws after the Supreme Court in 2010 limited local governments’ ability to restrict gun ownership, a new study has found. In states that maintained stricter laws, firearm deaths were stable after the ruling, the researchers reported, and in some,

[ad_1] (The Center Square) – Gun advocates are moving forward with a lawsuit challenging Colorado’s Proposition KK, which put a 6.5% firearms and ammunition excise tax on firearm vendors that took effect April 1. The proposition passed in November with a narrow majority of 54%. Revenue from the tax is expected to be up to $39

[ad_1] Bereaved parents saw their hopes for change dashed after a bill meant to protect children from sexual predators and drug dealers online died in the Colorado state legislature last month. Several of those parents had helped shape the bill, including Lori Schott, whose 18-year-old daughter Annalee died by suicide in 2020 after consuming content

[ad_1] The Supreme Court handed down its landmark decision in New York Rifle Association v. Bruen nearly three years ago, but since then, pro-gun advocates have been hoping for the court to take up major cases pertaining to the Second Amendment. Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s rejection of a petition challenging Maryland’s “assault weapons” ban earlier this

[ad_1] The legal arm of the National Rifle Association asked the Supreme Court on Friday to take up a new case that could expand gun rights for owners of AR-style rifles, challenging federal restrictions on short-barreled versions of the popular firearm. In a petition filed Friday, the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action urged the high court to hear Rush

[ad_1] Are Blacks for or against gun ownership? Both. And it’s complicated… or maybe it’s not. To some, Hu Sani Sallah-Wilson doesn’t fit the media image of the typical gun enthusiast, i.e., white, male, MAGA-leaning, outspoken and often anti-Black. Though definitely male, Sallah-Wilson is progressive in his worldview, humble and soft-spoken and unapologetically pro-Black. And

[ad_1] Score another victory for the good guys. The Supreme Court has put a stop to the Mexican government’s effort to blame US gun manufacturers for drug cartel violence.  But this ruling is even bigger than that.  The Supreme Court essentially prevented an insidious anti-gunner plan to allow lawsuits

[ad_1] We all know that Mexico has become an incredibly violent place, especially over the last decade, due to a rise in cartel activity and organized crime. So, what has the Mexican government done to combat this? Well, not much, but back in 2021, it decided it would sue several gun makers and distributors

[ad_1] (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday tossed out a lawsuit from the Mexican government that alleged American gun manufacturers should be held responsible for cartel violence on the Southwest border, a decision that shields the companies from a suit that had claimed billions in damages. Justice Elena Kagan wrote the opinion for a

[ad_1] This story was published in partnership with the Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence in America. Sign up for its newsletter here. On Jan. 29, in a federal courtroom in Mississippi, U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves delivered a ruling that just a few years ago would have been unthinkable: He found the decades-old

[ad_1] Anyone who has been tracking the rise of Christian nationalism should know of Patriot Mobile and its chief communications officer, Leigh Wambsganss. She, the company she represents and that company’s political action committee each had starring roles in investigative journalist Mike Hixenbaugh’s book They Came for the Schools: One Town’s Fight Over Race and

[ad_1] The Supreme Court on Monday turned away an appeal by a group of gun-rights advocates seeking to overturn Maryland‘s ban on assault-style rifles and high-capacity magazines under the Second Amendment. The decision, a major win for gun-safety advocates, leaves in place a ruling by the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals which ruled that

[ad_1] To the Editor: There is an important warrant article that will be taken up at the June 3, 2025, Town Meeting. If more residents knew about it, I would refer to it as “controversial” given the differences of opinion about guns, gun laws, and gun ownership in this country.   Article 26 in the Dartmouth

[ad_1] (The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court rejected two Second Amendment cases Monday, one challenging Maryland’s ban on semi-automatic rifles and the other challenging Rhode Island’s ban on such firearms as well as high-capacity gun magazines. The rejection of the Maryland case effectively upholds the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling that a firearm’s

[ad_1] by Mitch Perry Marion Hammer, the National Rifle Association’s first woman president and a longtime Second Amendment lobbyist in Tallahassee, is suing the organization for alleged breach of contract. Among the allegations in her federal lawsuit is that in 2018 she was offered $5 million by Brady: United Against Gun Violence, the gun violence

[ad_1] Among the multitude of horrors tucked into Trump’s “big beautiful bill” is a measure that lifts a $200 tax on gun silencers, while ending background checks and registration requirements for their purchase. If enacted, the impact of the SHUSH (Silencers Help Us Save Hearing) Act is more sociological than financial—the government might as well

[ad_1] Just a few hours before the U.S. House passed President Trump’s “big, beautiful budget bill,” Republican leadership added an amendment to the package that would remove suppressors from the National Firearms Act. Doing so would eliminate the $200 tax on suppressors as well as the onerous approval process that requires would-be buyers to submit

[ad_1] The U.S. Supreme Court has granted a request from the Justice Department to further extend a case concerning the federal prohibition on gun ownership by people who consume marijuana. About a month after the court granted the Trump administration’s initial request to push back the case so it could have more time to decide

[ad_1] On May 22, 2025, John Commerford, executive director of the NRA Institute for Legislative Action, gave the following release. “This morning, the U.S. House of Representatives passed President Trump’s One, Big, Beautiful Bill, which includes the complete removal of suppressors from the NFA. This represents a monumental victory for Second Amendment rights, eliminating burdensome

[ad_1] Congressman Gabe Evans (R-CO) made a rare public appearance today, holding a press conference in support of President Donald Trump’s budget bill. Evans, who cast a deciding vote in favor Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” (It passed 215-214), was flanked by four other GOP officials: U.S. Rep Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Weld Sheriff Steve Reams,

[ad_1] J. Joel Alicea, “Bruen Was Right,” 174 U. Pa. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2025), sets forth a comprehensive defense of the text-history approach and rejection of means-scrutiny set forth in Justice Clarance Thomas’ opinion in Bruen. A professor at the Columbus School of Law, Alicea is the director of the Center for the Constitution and

[ad_1] Memorial Day’s mass shooting in Philadelphia runs counter to what had been a 38% decline in gun-related homicides in the state but federal funding cuts now threaten key gun violence prevention programs. The Cure Violence program run by New Kensington Community Development Corporation, is one of 350 groups learning their Justice Department grants would

[ad_1] Circa 2005 Throughout history, passion has lead people to do remarkable things and achieve extraordinary heights. An unfettered passion for equality and freedom brought an end to slavery; doctors passionate to find cures for Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis teeter on the brink of medical breakthroughs. And behind every great movement, there

[ad_1] The U.S. House of Representatives worked Wednesday night into Thursday to pass H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The bill included language that Second Amendment advocates nationwide, including in BamaCarry, which bills itself as Alabama’s only “No Compromise” gun rights group, are supporting. U.S. Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) initially included the elimination

[ad_1] (The Center Square) – After passing along party lines, a bill to raise the age for buying semi-automatic guns heads to Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo’s desk for what could be a veto. Assembly Bill 245 would raise the minimum purchasing age of assault rifles and semi-automatic shotguns to 21 from 18. Despite its passage, the bill

[ad_1] If there is one concept Democrats and the left can’t seem to comprehend, it’s the Second Amendment, the right to keep and bear arms. The right to defend yourself, your family, and your property against those who would do harm to any of those things. Ask any Democrat or leftist what they think