National Policy

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed legislation Monday making Florida the 26th constitutional carry state in the Union. This means the majority of states in the USA are constitutional carry. Read more...

CMT used its 2023 Music Awards to announce a new partnership with Sandy Hook Promise, a gun control group founded after the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. County singer and CMT Music Awards host Kelsea Ballerini (pictured) opened Sunday’s awards by pointing to the Nashville Christian school shooting and calling for “real action” against [...]

Los Angeles County Supervisors Hilda Solis and Lindsey Horvath have proposed a plan to “depopulate and decarcerate” county jails, releasing criminals to address what they call a “systemic racism” in criminal justice. Solis, a former Democratic congresswoman and Secretary of Labor under President Barack Obama, and Horvath, a former mayor of West Hollywood who tried [...]

Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears drew applause and laughs during an appearance on Bill Maher’s “Real Time” on Friday night. The conservative elected official broke down the timeless reality of the right to self-defense during a segment about gun rights. Read more...

A New York church is challenging an allegedly unconstitutional ban on firearms in houses of worship which they allege discriminates against religious establishments and makes them vulnerable to outside violence. First Liberty Institute, a non-profit public interest law firm, and law firm Clement & Murphy filed a lawsuit on behalf of His Tabernacle Family Church, [...]

Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida has floated the idea of an "automatic death penalty" for those who perpetrate school shootings. "We need to consider an automatic death penalty for school shooters. Life in prison is not enough for the deranged monsters who go into our schools to kill innocent kids & educators. Pray for [...]

During a gun control push in the wake of the Nashville Christian school attack, President Joe Biden claimed that Americans “aren’t allowed to own a flamethrower.” He said this while re-stating his belief that the Second Amendment is not absolute. Read more...

The Washington Times has a long article on our research on the FBI Active Shooting reports missing cases where civilians stop attacks (see also here). This was also picked up in the Daily Journal on March 26, 2023. The article is as follows: Mercedes Perez crashed her car into another car on a San Antonio [...]

Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics, The Epoch Times, Essay Typerus, and American Liberty. President Biden traveled to Monterey Park, California, the site of a mass public shooting that left 11 dead in January, to announce new executive actions on gun control. He touts the proposals as necessary “to reduce [...]

Dr. John Lott and Congressman Thomas Massie have a new op-ed at Newsweek on important new research from the CPRC. A frequent talking point in the gun control debate is that Americans overwhelmingly support “common sense” gun control measures, such as universal background checks and red flag laws. The Biden administration referenced these surveys last [...]