National Policy

In a supplemental letter brief submitted Wednesday, the U.S. Government contends that “illegal aliens” do not have Second Amendment rights. The supplemental letter brief was submitted in response to a “directive to address the impact of the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Rahimi (2024).”

During the September 12, 2019, Democrat debate, then-presidential hopeful Kamala Harris pledged to ban AR-15s via executive action. She did this after then-presidential hopeful Joe Biden rejected the idea, claiming the constitution does not give authority for such action. Harris countered Biden, saying, “Joe, instead of saying ‘no we can’t,’ let’s say ‘yes we can.'”

Is there a corollary between the media’s lack of coverage of the President’s cognitive abilities before the debate and their inaccurate portrayal of crime statistics?  Media have ignored a 2023 report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics showing huge increases in crime. Even when it’s brought to their attention, it’s still dismissed. Why?

Remember just two short years ago when California officials apologized after a trove of private personal information of concealed carry permit holders was “leaked?” The sensitive information included the names, dates of birth, gender, race, driver’s license numbers and addresses of permit holders. That data leak also included the type of permit issued, indicating if [...]

Now that President Joe Biden (D) has bowed out of the 2024 election, gun-control groups are rapidly throwing their support behind Vice President Kamala Harris (D), whom Biden has also endorsed. “My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the [...]

U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor decided against yet another Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) rule Tuesday, vacating the agency’s rule that classified forced reset triggers (FRTs) as “machineguns.” Two of the plaintiffs in the case were Texas Gun Rights, Inc., and the National Association for Gun Rights (NAGR). There were individual plaintiffs, [...]

The Memphis City Council approved a referendum Tuesday to allow city residents to choose to implement and citywide “assault weapon” ban, a prohibition on constitutional carry, and a red flag law, among other gun controls. WREG reported the approval of the referendum means the gun controls will be on the ballot November 5 and, if passed, [...]

A federal judge in Texas has ruled in favor of gun rights groups who sued the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) in a bid to overturn the agency’s prohibition of forced reset triggers, devices that increase the firing rate of semi-automatic guns. U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor in Fort Worth, Texas wrote [...]

The ATF’s ban on the forced reset triggers was in part motivated by the October 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas.

The news media focuses on the FBI data to show that murders are falling. We have previously reported the problems with the FBI violent and property compared to the National Crime Victimization Survey data...