Like swine flu and skinny jeans, anti-gun legislation often work its way from state to state until the entire country has been infected. Now Illinois has caught the bug as House representatives introduce legislation (HB888) that would require state police to “conduct a search of the purchasers’ social media accounts available to the public to determine if there is any information that would disqualify the person from obtaining or require revocation of a currently valid Firearm Owner’s Identification Card.”
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Illinois Follows New York’s Lead, Proposes Social Media Check to Purchase a Gun
BY Jordan Michaels Published: March 11, 2019 { 18 comments }Hawaii Introduces Senate Resolution Calling for Repeal of 2A as ‘Individual Right’
BY John Thomas Published: March 7, 2019 { 127 comments }Five state senators in Hawaii have introduced a Senate Concurrent Resolution that would ask the U.S. Congress to “consider and discuss whether the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution should be repealed or amended to clarify that the right to bear arms is a collective, rather than individual, constitutional right.”
House Dems Point to Parkland Activists to Justify Lowering Voting Age to 16
BY Jordan Michaels Published: March 6, 2019 { 110 comments }“It is young people…who march, organize, and remind us daily in the halls of this institution what’s at stake and just how high those stakes are,” Pressley said.
NY Cop Arrested for Making, Selling Assault Rifles to Prohibited Persons
BY John Thomas Published: March 6, 2019 { 16 comments }Marinelli sold firearms to individuals who are legally barred from possessing such weapons. Sometimes, he made deliveries using his marked police car.
New York Passes Law Requiring Guns be Secured, Locked Away from Ammo
BY Jordan Michaels Published: March 6, 2019 { 28 comments }On the heels of several sweeping anti-gun measures, the New York State Senate and Assembly passed a bill this week that would require gun owners to lock their firearms separately from ammunition whenever a child under the age of 16 is present in the home.
New Mexico Legislature Passes Background Check Bill, Sheriffs Say They Will Not Enforce It
BY John Thomas Published: March 5, 2019 { 33 comments }“A strong majority of New Mexicans want background checks on all gun sales, and now they’re about to get them,” said John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety.
CMP Reports Demand for M1911s Outstrips Supply by More than Double
BY Max Slowik Published: February 28, 2019 { 6 comments }The pistols selling through CMP program are graded with “service grade” pistols listing at $1,050, “field grade” pistols for $950 and “rack grade” for $850.
BREAKING: House Passes Second Gun-Control Bill to Close ‘Charleston Loophole’
BY John Thomas Published: February 28, 2019 { 16 comments }The anti-gun politicians in the House of Representatives continue to employ the shameful tactic of exploiting tragedies to market gun control that won’t prevent criminals from committing murder
BREAKING: House Passes Bill to Criminalize Private Transfers, Sales
BY John Thomas Published: February 27, 2019 { 137 comments }This extreme gun control bill will make criminals out of law-abiding Americans.
Federal Court Rejects Bump Stock Ban Injunction, Appeal Filed
BY Jordan Michaels Published: February 27, 2019 { 13 comments }Bump stock owners have appealed last week’s ruling by a federal court that allowed the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms’ new bump stock ban to move forward as scheduled.









