Tag: NRA

NRA Sues Biden Admin Over ‘Unlawful’ ATF Final Rule on Pistol Stabilizing Brace

The National Rifle Association (NRA) on Monday intervened in a legal challenge against the pistol brace rule implemented by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). The rule, which went into effect on June 1, is designed to regulate pistols with stabilizing braces, which make it easier to shoot a handgun with one…


Newsom Faces Backlash on Plan to Add Gun Ownership Restrictions to Constitution

The National Rifle Association (NRA), the leading gun ownership advocacy group in the United States, is having none of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s call for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the 28th in the nation’s history, to instate what he calls “common sense gun safety measures.” The NRA responded immediately to Newsom’s June 7…


Pistol Brace Owners Scramble to Block ATF Ban Set to Take Effect June 1

Gun rights advocates and the owners of pistol stabilizing braces are scrambling to stop a rule by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) that will make possession of the brace a felony after May 31. “I think this is going to be a very fluid situation over the next week or so,”…


Protesters at NRA Event Call for Stricter Gun Laws

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.–Kerry Worthington drove almost two hours to deliver a message to the National Rifle Association (NRA). “I believe that AR-15s should be taken out of society; there’s no use for an AR-15 in our society,” Worthington told The Epoch Times. Worthington was one of several demonstrators across the street from the NRA’s Annual Meetings…


GOP Presidential Hopefuls Pitch Plans to Support Gun Rights to NRA Conference

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.—The Supreme Court affirmed that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to keep and bear arms, including outside one’s home. At the same time, states and government agencies are clamping down on those rights. It’s enough to make gun owners wonder how long they will have a Second Amendment. A group of politicians…


NRA Official Says Concealed Carry License Holders Must Plan for Police Interactions

Glen Hoyer says the time for the concealed carry license holder to determine how to interact with the police is before the police are ever called. “You’ve got to think ahead, you’ve got to prepare,” Hoyer told seminar attendees during the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) Annual Meetings and Exhibits in Indianapolis on April 16, 2023….


Trump Calls for Armed Security Guards at ‘Every School in America’ at NRA Conference

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.—Former President Donald Trump told the National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action’s (NRA-ILA) Leadership Forum that it’s time the government prioritized its duty to protect schoolchildren. “For about $12 billion, we can provide armed security guards at every school in America,” Trump said. “If we can send $120 billion to Ukraine, we can…


NRA Members Gather in Indianapolis for Annual Meetings and to Hear From Political Leaders

The National Rifle Association (NRA) claims to have 5 million members. Up to 70,000 of them are expected to gather April 14-16 for the 152nd Annual Meetings and Exhibits in Indianapolis. Former President Donald Trump is slated to deliver a speech to the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) at the event’s Leadership Forum on…


Second Amendment Advocacy Groups, State Attorneys General Take on the ATF Over Pistol Brace

Two gun rights organizations are supporting separate lawsuits over the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) rule on pistol stabilizing braces. “This rule demonstrates a clear abuse of power by the ATF,” Jason Ouimet, executive director, National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action said in a statement on the NRA website announcing the…


Second Amendment Groups Expect New House Majority to Stand and Fight For Gun Owners

Newly elected House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) tried to make hay with Republicans by starting the 118th Congress with a move to defund 87,000 new Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents, but Second Amendment groups see the new Congress as a mixed blessing at best. While McCarthy was touting efforts to rein in the IRS, Gun…