National Policy

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) put forward legislation Tuesday to block the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from using taxpayer funds to buy guns and ammunition and to take away the gun currently held by the IRS before they can used against the American people. Her legislation, the Why Does the IRS Have Guns Act, would: Prohibit [...]

Fifty-seven percent of Protestant churches have a plan for an active shooter attack, and 95% have armed church members (54% of all protestant churches). That 54% in 2022 is up from 45% in 2019. At the same time, the churches with armed private security fell from 23% to 20%, and those relying on armed police [...]

A grand jury in New York indicted former Marine Daniel Penny on manslaughter charges for his involvement in the death of Jordan Neely. Though the exact charges against Penny have not yet been revealed, sources told Fox News that the grand jury “indicted him on charges of criminally negligent homicide and second-degree manslaughter.” He had been previously [...]

House Republicans passed a joint resolution Tuesday that would overturn the Biden administration’s rule to tighten federal regulations on pistol braces, an effort that faces a veto threat from President Joe Biden. Tuesday’s 219-210 vote, which included two Democrats voting for the measure and two Republicans voting against it, comes days after the administration’s rule [...]

U.S. District Court Judge Marsha Pechman temporarily blocked police in Seattle, Washington, on Tuesday from enforcing the city’s ordinance against vandalism because of First Amendment concerns it censors free speech. Pechman, a senior judge appointed by President Bill Clinton, said that the city’s ordinance was too vague and “overbroad,” leaving too much discretion to police [...]

The Second Amendment states that the right to bear arms “shall not be infringed,” so it is unclear how Newsom’s proposed Twenty-eighth Amendment, which restricts that right, would leave the 2nd Amendment “intact.” Moreover, since a two-thirds vote of Congress is generally required to launch the process of amending the Constitution, it is unclear how [...]

Though gun controllers often hide behind the ever-shifting goalposts of what they claim are “common-sense solutions,” sometimes their true goals slip right out into the open. Such a case occurred when former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-Ariz.), in a recent interview with Time, made the true goal of the gun-control group Giffords clear when she said, [...]

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) used the occasion of Minnesota legalizing recreational marijuana to note that marijuana use and firearms possession are not legally compatible. Read more...

The June 1 deadline for a new Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) rule banning pistol braces is looming, and gun rights groups are pressuring House Republican leadership to schedule a vote to block it, giving Democrats that represent pro-gun states a tough choice to make. The new rule would make it a [...]