National Policy

When an administration spends a month touting an upcoming executive order written to impact a civil right that’s specifically protected by the U.S. Bill of Rights, but then, with no big fanfare, quietly has the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) post legalese to the Federal Register for a 90-day comment period (which, [...]

Amid the ongoing debate on gun control in the United States, a recent Gallup Poll found that 49% of Democrats support a ban on handguns, representing a notable divergence from the national consensus based on the poll, which largely opposes a handgun ban. Gallup’s recent survey showed that 56% of all Americans advocate for stricter [...]

Many anti-gun politicians share the same goals—including the elimination of the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms and civilian disarmament. However, the means they use to pursue these ends may vary and are dictated by the political and legal framework of the moment. Read more...

You will presumably be shocked—shocked!—to discover that a significant number of the Americans who own firearms do not wish to tell strangers about it. Per the results of a new study in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, the United States has between 18 and 86% more gun owners than is usually assumed. Depending on the [...]

The Democrats are pushing the Ammunition Modernization and Monitoring Oversight Act, or AMMO Act for short. In addition to requiring background checks for ammo purchases, Redstate noted the Act would also limit the number of rounds law-abiding citizens can buy over a five-day period and mandate that ammo dealers get a license separate from the Federal Firearms [...]

President Joe Biden is stepping up his effort to cripple the firearm industry, the one industry that provides the means for law-abiding citizens to exercise their Second Amendment rights. Read more...

Protect Liberty PAC Launches to Support Leaders Who Revere the Constitution, Second Amendment Rights WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Protect Liberty Political Action Committee (PAC) launched with the express goal of electing candidates who are dedicated to preserving and protecting liberty, freedoms and the Constitutional rights of all Americans. Read more...

How do you know when the government doesn’t believe that their own proposed regulation is lawful? If you guessed “when the government states it won’t use its new regulation (which happens to implement a criminal statute) in any criminal cases,” then you’ve likely already read the ATF’s new proposed rule: “Definition of ‘Engaged in the [...]

National crime statistics reported by the FBI for 2022 (crimes reported to law enforcement) are below. There are multiple sources of information on crime including the recently released National Crime Victimization Survey for 2022 from the Bureau Of Justice Statistics and three groups using big city crime dashboards for 2023. Read more...

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