National Policy

HB 543, Florida’s Constitutional Carry bill, aims to turn the Sunshine State into the 26th state to enact such legislation, but fails to fix open carry law. On January 30th, Rep. Chuck Brannan and Sen. Jay Collins introduced the much-awaited Constitutional Carry bill, which includes support from Gov. Ron DeSantis and Senate President Kathleen Passidomo. [...]

Gun control organizations call on President Biden to announce sweeping Executive Actions on gun control during his State of the Union. The coalition wrote a letter to President Biden, calling for a national emergency on guns, establishing a “federal office for gun violence prevention,” and new executive actions. Read more...

The idea we still allow semi-automatic weapons to be purchased is sick,” President Joe Biden (D) said last November. “It has no socially redeeming value. Zero. None. Not a single solitary rationale for it except profit for the gun manufacturers.” These are the sentiments of an authoritarian. The trouble for Biden’s ambitions is he is the [...]

When a governor, along with a majority of a state’s legislators, decide to take a civil right from American citizens, they have decided to start a constitutional fight. In a constitutional republic with a bill of rights, such as ours, law-abiding citizens will then file suit. A legal fight with the potential to shape the [...]

Florida House Speaker Paul Renner, along with the National Rifle Association, announced a new bill in the Florida legislature that would allow a constitutional carry law to go into effect in the Sunshine State. Renner previously stated that “the Florida House will work to expand constitutional rights that empower law-abiding citizens to defend themselves,” while [...]

CBS News anchor Norah O'Donnell promptly fact-checked California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Monday when he appeared to disparage gun owners. Guns and the Second Amendment once again became a national talking point after a massacre in Monterey Park over the weekend. The perpetrator, who targeted a Chinese-owned dance studio, used a MAC-10 assault pistol. [...]

Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) announced Monday he will use the Congressional Review Act against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives’ (ATF’s) pistol/stabilizer brace rule. Breitbart News reported that the ATF’s pistol/stabilizer brace rule was finalized January 13, 2023, and that the agency is giving owners of pistols with said braces 120 days to [...]

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) published its pistol brace rule in the Federal Register on Tuesday and was immediately sued by Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL). The ATF, under the auspices of the National Firearms Act (NFA), is categorizing pistol braces under the NFA, thereby requiring registration of the [...]

New Mexico state Senator William P. Soules (D) is pushing legislation to ban handguns he describes as “assault pistols.” The legislation, SB 171, was introduced on January 23, 2023, and contains a ban on handguns that meet Soules’ “assault pistols” threshold. Read more...

With Democrats in complete control of the Minnesota legislature for the first time in several years, Gov. Tim Walz has laid out an ambitious agenda of Second Amendment infringements for lawmakers this session, including a ban on “large capacity” magazines, establishing a “red flag” firearm seizure law, raising the age to purchase modern sporting rifles [...]