National Policy

Last May, an apparently worrisome headline appeared in the British newspaper The Guardian: “Wave of lawsuits against U.S. gun makers raises hope of end to mass shootings.” The article compares these suits to those waged against “car, opioid, asbestos and tobacco industries.” The goal is to get gun makers “acknowledging the danger of their products” and [...]

In 2019, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a resolution calling the NRA a “domestic terrorist organization,” a designation that could be used by officials to blacklist anyone associating with this civil-rights association. The NRA sued and the city of San Francisco soon backed down, as its mayor issued a memo calling the resolution [...]

A knife-wielding man who was charged with menacing in Times Square last week was released without bail a day later, the New York Post reported. Read more...

Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb (D) blamed the Sunday morning shooting that wounded nine people on constitutional carry and Ohio Republicans and called for the state legislature to give him the ability to enact more gun control. The Cleveland shooting took place in the Warehouse District around 2:30 a.m. The shooter fled the scene after opening [...]

On Friday, a federal judge sentenced the El Paso Walmart mass murderer, who killed 23 people and wounded another 22, to 90 consecutive life sentences. He still faces additional charges from Texas, where he could receive the death penalty. Read more...

Dr. John Lott talked to Vicki McKenna on her statewide radio show in Wisconsin about a raid by IRS agents on a gun shop in Montana, seizing records that contain personally identifying information of firearm purchasers from the store. Read more...

Dr. John Lott talked to Mike Opelka on Fort Myers, Florida 92.5 FM Fox News about the threat to gun ownership by Democrats. Read more...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — NSSF®, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, filed a legal challenge against Hawaii’s recently-enacted public nuisance law, which – unless it is enjoined – will allow frivolous lawsuits against members of the firearm industry for the criminal and negligent misuse of firearms by remote third parties. NSSF alleges the law is designed to [...]

Dear Commissioner Strommen: Federal Ammunition has been in Anoka, MN for more than 100 years. We are the world leader in ammunition design and manufacturing, and we proudly employ more than 1,500 Minnesotans. These are high quality local jobs. The city, county and neighbors have historically supported what we do because of the social, economic, [...]

Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics. Real Clear Politics also provided an alternative viewpoint from Bloomberg’s Everytown. Lott’s piece also appeared at Florida Daily and Zero Hedge. Read more...