Gun Rights

Recent articles in magazines and newspapers are documenting substantial spikes in gun sales due to the prospects of future gun bans or sales restrictions.

The National Rifle Association (NRA) is deeply disappointed in Governor Dayton’s veto of House File 1467 – an omnibus bill that included a number of key firearms law reforms in Minnesota, says Chris W. Cox, Executive Director, NRA – Institute for Legislative Action.

The Brady Campaign gave its best score on the group's 2011 State Gun Control Scorecard to California, where the total violent crime, murder, robbery, and aggravated assault rates were higher than national rates in 2010, the most recent full year reported by the FBI.

Chris W. Cox, executive director of the National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action, recently wrote, 'In all of my years fighting on behalf of the National Rifle Association to defend the Second Amendment, I never thought I would see a White House so vehemently opposed to gun ownership that it would be willing to arm violent criminals and endanger American lives in pursuit of a gun control agenda....'

The battle over a potential lead shot ban for dove hunting continues to rage in Des Moines, the NRA-ILA reports.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission (TPWC) is seeking public comment on a proposed rule change allowing the use of suppressors (also referred to as silencers) on firearms for the hunting of game species.

A retired Marine who is facing criminal charges after unwittingly trying to check his Indiana-registered handgun at the Empire State building points out that gangsters get can their gun cases expunged and thugs can turn in illegal weapons for $200 — but a weapon that’s legally registered elsewhere can brand a citizen as a criminal for life.

The NRA recently launched its voter registration drive with 'Trigger the Vote,” a web video featuring R. Lee 'Gunny' Ermey... in his new career as a librarian.

Texas Senator John Cornyn posted a commentary from Washington Times columnist Emily Miller on his Facebook page that suggests that President Barack Obama is using his budget to advance an anti-gun agenda as the election approaches.

Gun Tests Magazine has named the Ruger Lightweight Compact Revolver LCR-BGXS as the publication’s “Best in Class Revolver” for 2011. The pistol joins a Kel-Tec PMR-30, an AR-style 300 Whisper from SSK Industries, a 12-gauge autoloading shotgun from Legacy Sports International, and a laser/light combo accessory from Crimson Trace as the magazine’s “Best in Class” 2011 honorees.

Ignorance of the law helped clear Sheriff Jerry Demings' political lobbyist of wrongdoing for handing out gun owners' restricted driver's license photos last year in Tallahassee to lobby against an open-carry law, Orange County sheriff's records show.

BigGovernment.com Editor Dana Loesch interviews former ambassador John Bolton on how Fast and Furious had to be a multi-departmental operation, with both oversight by Department of Justice and the State Department. Full clip is 7:43.