Tag: Gun Control

Part of Gov. Newsom’s Gun Law Struck Down

Commentary Earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed an individual right to keep and bear arms, and to carry them in public. The June decision was New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn. v. Bruen, handed down on June 23. Its main finding was a New York gun-control law “violates the Fourteenth Amendment by…


CDC Funding Decisions Based Largely on Politics, Not Science

Commentary For the second year in a row, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has been caught ignoring science and letting liberal interest groups set its policies. In 2021, the American Pediatric Academy and the Children’s Hospital Association tracked COVID-19 statistics in children and the data show no relationship between mask mandates and the rate…


Banning Firearms Through Bill C-21 Impacts Training of Those Required to Carry a Gun at Work: Active Duty Officers

Some active duty officers say that if the Liberal government’s Bill C-21 is passed, it will impact officers who use their off-duty time to go to the range and keep their training up to par using privately licensed firearms. A military veteran and former infantry soldier who had been stationed in Afghanistan says the legislation…


Capitol Report: Laptop of Murdered DNC Staffer Seth Rich Called Into Question; Richmond State Capitol Removes Statue

The FBI now says it has more records on Seth Rich—the Democratic National Committee staffer who was mysteriously gunned down in 2016—but refuses to release them. A government shutdown looms yet again as lawmakers rush to solidify a deal on funding levels for 2023. Some say negotiations are hopeful. Others warn of a dangerous last-minute sprint….


Firearms Bill: 2 Liberal MPs Oppose Government’s Latest Gun Restriction Proposals

Two Liberal MPs are opposing the federal government’s most recent amendments to Bill C-21, which will ban a number of shotguns and rifles commonly used for hunting, with one calling the proposed restrictions “worrisome.” Liberal MPs Brendan Hanley and Michael McLeod, whose constituencies are the Yukon and Northwest Territories respectively, have both recently told media outlets…


The ‘Crazy, Right-Wing Shooter’ Myth

Commentary If you only read the New York Times editorials, you’d believe that political violence in America is a “right-wing” problem. The Times has been warning of violence from the right for years, but on Nov. 19 and 26, they wrote two long editorials making these claims. The violence stems from the lies “enthusiastically spread” by Republican politicians….


Chaos and Confusion Over Oregon’s New Gun Control Measure

After five days of whiplash-inducing legal skirmishes, Oregonians still await clarity on the state’s recently adopted gun control measure. Federal Judge Karin Immergut on Dec. 6 denied plaintiffs a temporary restraining order (TRO) on the implementation of Ballot Measure 114, but granted the state a 30-day delay on the permit-to-purchase portion of the new rules….


State Attorneys General Say FedEx and UPS Help Feds Track Gun Sales

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, together with 17 other state attorneys general, has demanded that shipping companies UPS and FedEx explain their newly implemented policies to track and record Americans’ firearms purchases, and disclose whether these policies have been coordinated with the Biden administration. In letters sent on Nov. 29 to FedEx CEO Raj Subramaniam…


Alberta Premier Says Provincial Firearms Act Coming in Spring

Albertans should expect to see a provincial firearms act in the spring of 2023, says Premier Danielle Smith. Speaking on the weekly “Your Province, Your Premier” radio show on Dec. 3, Smith said Justice Minister Tyler Shandro is already “well underway” preparing legislation in response to the federal government’s plan to add more weapons to…


NRA backs Third Legal Challenge to Oregon’s Gun Control Measure

On the eve of the first oral arguments to decide whether to delay Oregon’s narrowly passed gun control measure, a third lawsuit was filed against the state. Backed by the NRA, the suit argues that Ballot Measure 114 creates a “falsely labeled permit to purchase” a firearm requirement and bans standard capacity magazines, which it…