Category: Second Amendment

Bump Stock Case Is Not About Firearms: Attorneys

If you believe the lifting of the ATF’s bump stock ban by the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is a Second Amendment question, you are mistaken, said the lead attorney for plaintiff Michael Cargill of Texas. “This case doesn’t raise any Second Amendment issues,” Richard Samp of the New Civil Liberties Alliance and lead…


Illinois Assembly Looking To Tighten Its Already-Strict Laws To Curb State’s Gun Crime

The Illinois General Assembly will consider a bill to place further restrictions on gun owners in a state already known for strict gun-control laws. Gun rights advocates vow to fight what one calls a “blatantly illegal bill.” Doug Mayhall, president of the Illinois State Rifle Association, said his organization would sue if the bill is…


Illinois Assembly Looking to Tighten Already-Strict Laws to Curb State’s Gun Crime

The Illinois General Assembly will consider a bill to place further restrictions on gun owners in a state already known for strict gun-control laws. Gun rights advocates vow to fight what one calls a “blatantly illegal bill.” Doug Mayhall, president of the Illinois State Rifle Association, said his organization would sue if the bill is…


NTD News Today (Dec. 29): J6 Committee Withdraws Trump Subpoena; West Point Removing Confederate Memorials

The House committee investigating the January 6th Capitol breach is withdrawing its subpoena of former President Donald Trump. The U.S. Military Academy at West Point has begun the removal and modification of 13 Confederate memorials and symbols on its campus. This continues the nationwide trend of taking Confederate memorials down. Gun rights group “Gun Owners…


Gun Owners of America Labels 18 Republican Senators ‘Turncoats’

Gun Owners of America (GOA), the Virginia-based Second Amendment rights advocacy group, issued a scathing rebuke of the 18 Republican senators who voted for the 2023 Omnibus Appropriations Act. In a Dec. 22 press release, GOA accused the group of advancing the Biden administration’s anti-gun agenda. “Unfortunately, 12 gun-control items just passed the Senate with…


Gun Owners of America Slams Omnibus Bill for Advancing Biden Gun-Control Agenda

National gun rights organization, Gun Owners of America, raised alarm over the FY 2023 Omnibus Appropriations bill passed by Congress, saying it is meant to do more than designate spending. “Gun Owners of America strongly objects to the Senate amendment in the nature of a substitute to HR 2617 because it is infested with Second…


Judge Keeps Oregon’s Strict Gun Control Measure on Ice

An Oregon gun-control measure that many predict will wind up in the U.S. Supreme Court remains in limbo. In a Dec 23 hearing, Circuit Court Judge Robert Raschio said he would rule by Jan. 3 whether to lift a temporary restraining order (TRO) on the Oregon Ballot Measure 114 requirement that a background check be…


Defensive Gun Use, After the Smoke Clears

Kevin Michalowski has some unequivocal and sincerely held views on the purpose of the Second Amendment. “You have the right to stay alive and not live in fear of [evil people]. You have the right to defend yourself as you see fit,” Michalowski told The Epoch Times. “But you should get the training to ensure…


Gun Rights Group Files Emergency Request With Supreme Court

A Virginia-based Second Amendment rights group is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overrule a lower court and compel New York to follow the high court’s ruling in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen. “We have said it before, and we will say it again, states must come into compliance with Bruen,”…


New Jersey Approves Restrictive Gun Law Using Social Media Posts For Denying Permits, NRA Files Lawsuit

Governor Phil Murphy from New Jersey signed bill A4769 into law on Thursday, tightening gun restrictions in the state and triggering a lawsuit from the National Rifle Association (NRA). Back in June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that it was illegal to require New York applicants to show “proper cause” for carrying a handgun in…