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California DOJ Proposes “Emergency” Regulations Requiring Federally Compliant IDs for All Firearm and Ammunition Transfers

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Yesterday, June 17, the California Department of Justice officially submitted proposed “emergency” regulations that, if adopted, would require federally compliant California driver license or identification cards whenever attempting to purchase a firearm and, beginning July 1, 2019, any ammunition in the state of California. California gun owners may recall that, following the adoption of Assembly […]

Editorial: Defense of silencers shows how gun debate has shifted

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A 1934 federal law makes it cumbersome to purchase suppressors, or silencers. This public-domain photograph by Cortland at English Wikipedia shows silencers on several guns. If Congress or a state legislature wanted to be so foolish, it could enact legal barriers to purchasing goggles or earplugs or gloves or a host of other consumer products […]

Cruz and Hirono have spat on abortion during Senate hearing

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Sen. Ted Cruz, R–Texas, and Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, got into a brief extracurricular disagreement on abortion while the two hosted a hearing on the pros and cons of term limits for federal judges and members of Congress. During a hearing with the Senate Judiciary Committee that primarily featured Cruz and Hirono amid a bevy […]

SPECIAL SESSION: What Gov. Ralph Northam is proposing

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RICHMOND, Va. — The call for a special session of the Virginia General Assembly came four days after the tragedy in Virginia Beach. On May 31, 12 people were killed after a shooter, armed with two semi-automatic handguns, a silencer and an extended magazine, opened fire in Municipal Building 2 before being gunned down by […]

Gay NRA Staffer: The Gay Community Does Not Understand How Important Gun Rights Are

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NRA social media manager William McLaughlin is a pro-gun, gay American who has no idea why the gay community does not see the value of gun rights. McLaughlin attended a PRIDE parade in Washington DC, then wrote a Washington Post opinion piece explaining what he encountered. He began by saying: "The District, where I live, […]

Virginia’s first “sanctuary” — for people who love gun rights

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As Virginia lawmakers prepare to consider gun-control measures in a special General Assembly session and top state officials rove the commonwealth for roundtable discussions about gun laws, at least one Southwest Virginia county has headed in the opposite direction. That’s Carroll County, population 29,000, home of the Labor Day Flea Market and Gun Show, which […]

One Virginia GOP lawmaker has an idea for a gun law. It might have a chance to pass.

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Republican Del. David Yancey during the first day back to the Virginia General Assembly in Richmond on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. (Aileen Devlin/Daily Press) As the Democratic governor and GOP legislators square off for a repeat of the usual gun legislation at next month’s post-Virginia Beach mass shooting special session, one Peninsula lawmaker wants to […]

Dems: The Second Amendment was about hunting, you know

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Earlier today, Ed picked through the bones of Eric Swalwell’s laughable gun control platform, pointing out a very real gap in the congressman’s grasp of the Second Amendment. But the longshot POTUS candidate isn’t the only member of his party that seems to have trouble grasping the finer points of the Bill of Rights. Democratic […]

IL Sen. Taunts Gun Owner: Forget the Fine, Maybe We’ll Just Take Your Firearms

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Illinois State Sen. Julie Morrison (D) taunted a concerned gun owner during a town hall by telling him she might forgo fining him and simply confiscate his firearms. The exchange was caught on video by the Illinois State Rifle Association and was tied to proposed fines for keeping commonly owned semiautomatic firearms in one’s home. […]

Standing Guard | Never Surrender One Inch Of Our Second Amendment Freedom

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We have the honor of being part of one of the oldest and most successful civil rights organizations in the world—the National Rifle Association of America. I know you’re proud of that. I also know you’re proud to carry the NRA torch for freedom every single day, and I know you never back down from […]