Senator introduces new bill allowing gun owners to carry without a permit, training (MGN) TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — A Green Country lawmaker is taking a second shot at a controversial gun bill. Governor Mary Fallin vetoed state senator Nathan Dahm’s first bill to lessen requirements when obtaining a gun, but he is trying again. “This […]
Continue ReadingThe Positive Second Amendment: Rights, Regulation, and the Future of Heller (Cambridge University Press 2018) Date Written: November 2, 2018 Abstract This is the introduction to Joseph Blocher & Darrell A. H. Miller, The Positive Second Amendment: Rights, Regulation, and the Future of Heller (Cambridge University Press 2018). The Second Amendment is among the most […]
Continue ReadingParkland shooting survivor David Hogg remembers only too well the cries of wounded students at his Florida high school on Feb. 14. He is not remaining stuck in that day of tragedy. The 18-year-old gun safety advocate told students at Nassau Community College on Wednesday, Nov. 28, that he is pressing forward, looking ahead to […]
Continue ReadingRemember how Shopify thought , “Wow, if we want to help the Left accomplish their mission of banning guns, all we have to do is not let people post firearm-related items on our site. After all, we’re the greatest thing since sliced bread and no one would ever think of competing with us. So we’ll […]
Continue ReadingOn Thanksgiving night, a shooter opened fire at the Riverchase Galleria mall in Hoover, Ala. Police killed one man. But as has become increasingly clear, Emantic “E.J.” Bradford Jr. was one of the good guys. The military veteran and legal gun carrier from Hueytown, Ala., was likely killed while trying to protect his fellow citizens, […]
Continue ReadingLARAMIE — Only the Legislature, not state agencies, can restrict gun rights in Wyoming, Laramie attorney Jason Tangeman is arguing in a lawsuit against the University of Wyoming. Tangeman is now representing a Uinta County man, Lyle Williams, in a challenge to the legality of UW’s gun ban in a civil case filed in Albany […]
Continue ReadingThe day before Thanksgiving, I had lunch with an old friend. What’s unique about this is we never totally agree on anything. He’s a staunch liberal, and I’m a steadfast conservative, but we never argue or get angry. We debate, and often, I feel outmatched. This particular lunch was payment by me for a bet […]
Continue ReadingMany Americans are hopeful that come January the newly elected Democratic majority in the House will work to keep guns out of the hands of potential mass shooters. Early signals on this front, however, give little cause for optimism. Two days after the midterm election Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the presumptive speaker, said House Democrats will […]
Continue ReadingSenator introduces new bill allowing gun owners to carry without a permit, training (MGN) TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — A Green Country lawmaker is taking a second shot at a controversial gun bill. Governor Mary Fallin vetoed state senator Nathan Dahm’s first bill to lessen requirements when obtaining a gun, but he is trying again. “This […]
Continue ReadingWe have good news from a joint effort between the Violence Prevention Research Program at the UC Davis School of Medicine and the Center for Gun Policy and Research at the Johns Hopkins University. Comprehensive background checks and prohibitions based on violent misdemeanors had no effect on homicide rates in California. The latest study published […]
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