Roughly five million Americans own AR-style semiautomatic rifles. The overwhelming majority of citizens who own and use such rifles do so for lawful purposes, including self-defense and target shooting. Under our precedents, that is all that is needed for citizens to have a right under the Second Amendment to keep such weapons.
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NRA-ILA: Justice Scalia Made Clear the Second Amendment and Heller Prohibit ‘Assault Weapon’ Bans
Published: July 16, 2018 { 22 comments }
Gun Groups Sue California DOJ Over Registration Disaster
Published: July 12, 2018 { 7 comments }“We’re suing because California DOJ’s Firearms Application Reporting System (CFARS) broke down during the deadline week for people to register their firearms in accordance with new state laws,” said Second Amendment Foundation founder and Executive Vice President Alan Gottlieb.
Exclusive: Public Records Prove California Gun Registration Was a Total Disaster
Published: July 11, 2018 { 45 comments }No one is surprised that the California gun registration website crashed and burned last week, but that doesn’t make it any better for the thousands of Golden State gun owners who unwillingly (or unwittingly) became criminals on July 1.
Failure to Secure Guns May Lead to $10,000 Fine Under New Seattle Law
Published: July 11, 2018 { 16 comments }“This is the kind of action we need to save lives. While we can’t prevent every gun death or injury, we can take steps to help prevent future tragedies,” said Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan.
SAF, NRA Rejoice, Everytown Cries After Trump Taps Kavanaugh for SCOTUS
Published: July 10, 2018 { 2 comments }President Trump announced last night his nominee to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the United States Supreme Court, galvanizing both pro- and anti-gun groups to support or oppose Trump’s pick, respectively.
Cobalt Kinetics Debuts Forged Upper Conversion Kit ‘Featureless’ AR Lower (50-State Legal)
Published: July 6, 2018 { 14 comments }Cobalt Kinetics is launching a lower receiver only version of their “featureless” Model 27 rifle for people looking to build their own rifles.
Exclusive: How the FBI’s Bureaucratic Incompetence is Denying Citizens Their 2A Rights
Published: July 5, 2018 { 42 comments }“The FBI has taken this absurd position that, ‘We’re not going to process this appeal because it’s not for a Title I firearm,’” he explained. “They say that for the NFA, it’s completely different. You don’t have a right to appeal it, so you’re basically SOL. And I think that’s just wrong.”
Korwin: Red Flag Laws Are Dangerously Flawed
Published: July 5, 2018 { 16 comments }We have laws to disarm people and remove them from society of course, of course. Involuntary commitment. (Oh, but that’s an extreme measure!) Right. But this is an extreme situation we’re talking about here.
California Supreme Court Upholds Ban on New Handguns
Published: July 3, 2018 { 42 comments }The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) along with the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute (SAAMI) sued the state in 2014 arguing that its impossible to comply with the microstamping requirement because it is not reliable nor is it ready for market.
Bloomberg Mulling 2020 Presidential Run as a Democrat
Published: June 27, 2018 { 8 comments }Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is testing the waters for a presidential run in 2020 as a Democrat. Sources close to the billionaire told CBS News that Bloomberg is miffed that he didn’t stick it out in 2016 because he believes he would’ve beaten Trump outright. Instead, as we all know, Bloomberg backed [...]