National Policy

A federal judge on Monday blocked a California law that restricts the sale of new handguns.  U.S. District Court Judge Cormac Carney said parts of the legislation violate the Second Amendment.  Read more...

FIRST ON FOX: Native Americans living on tribal land would have an easier time buying firearms under a new bipartisan bill introduced in the House on Wednesday. Main Street Caucus Chairman Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., is reviving his effort from the previous Congress to expand the language on identification requirements for gun purchases. Under current [...]

As the old saying goes, there are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. President Joe Biden, who has a long and well-documented history of trotting out all three whenever they suit his personal political agenda, gave us more of the same in his State of the Union address in February. Read more...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — NSSF®, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, takes exception with President Joe Biden’s Executive Order to increase gun control measures. In the name of “doing something,” the Biden administration is chilling fundamental Constitutional rights and simply rehashing existing law, many of which were previously supported by the firearm industry. “The Biden administration should demand [...]

Second Amendment supporters and law-abiding gun owners can breathe a sigh of relief. For now, at least. The four major credit card companies – American Express, VISA, Mastercard and Discover – all announced they were “pausing” efforts to implement a newly-created Merchant Category Code (MCC) to track gun store purchases. NSSF worked diligently with lawmakers [...]

On Wednesday, the Texas Senate unanimously passed a bill that would allow state prosecutors to charge fentanyl distributors with murder, the Texas Tribune reported. The “Combating Fentanyl” bill, Senate Bill 645, was introduced by Republican Senator Joan Huffman, and, if passed by the state legislature, it would open the door for prosecutors to charge individuals [...]

On Wednesday, the Texas Senate unanimously passed a bill that would allow state prosecutors to charge fentanyl distributors with murder, the Texas Tribune reported. The “Combating Fentanyl” bill, Senate Bill 645, was introduced by Republican Senator Joan Huffman, and, if passed by the state legislature, it would open the door for prosecutors to charge individuals [...]

President Biden on Tuesday announced a new executive order aimed at combating gun violence in the U.S.  The president discussed these efforts during an afternoon speech in Monterey Park, California, the city where a gunman stormed a dance hall in January, killing 11 people and injuring others after a Lunar New Year celebration.  Read more...

Visa and Mastercard have halted their plans to use a new merchant code to track gun purchases. WAFB reported that Visa and Mastercard’s pivot is “a significant win for conservative groups and Second Amendment advocates who felt that tracking gun shop purchases would inadvertently discriminate against legal firearm purchases.” Read more...

Ninety percent of District residents believe soaring crime in the nation’s capital city is an “extremely” to “moderately” serious issue, a Thursday Washington Post-Schar School poll revealed. The poll asked respondents, “Overall, how would you describe the problem of crime in Washington, D.C.?” Read more...