When Straight Arrow News (SAN) reported last October the FBI quietly revised its 2022 crime data, from initially claiming a 2.1 percent decrease to revealing a 4.5 percent increase, the agency may have set in motion a continuing suspicion about violent crime in the U.S., while unintentionally giving American citizens a reason to keep buying and carrying defensive […]
Anti-Gun Fury over Trump 2A Exec. Order; Dem States Could Double Down
While the reaction from gun prohibition lobbying groups to President Donald Trump’s executive order to protect the Second Amendment was predictable fury, grassroots gun rights activists in the Pacific Northwest—where Democrats are in control—expect them to “double-down” in retaliation. The question was raised on Facebook, and remarks posted in response to this question—As Trump dismantles […]
N.C. Could Become #30 for Permitless Carry
Legislation that would make North Carolina the 30th state to adopt a “permitless carry” (aka “constitutional carry”) law has been introduced in the General Assembly by a group of lawmakers, and the head of the state’s most active gun rights group gives it a good chance of passage. However, Paul Valone, who heads Grass Roots […]
As Gun Groups Support Nat’l CCW Legislation, Active Licenses Back Up in WA
As national gun rights organizations are throwing their support behind H.R. 38, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has essentially upped the ante by launching a 60-second television ad on several cable networks calling on viewers to sign a petition to Congress to support […]
Anti-Gun Former Sen. Bob Menendez Sentenced to 11 Years in Bribery Case
Disgraced former U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, the New Jersey Democrat convicted in a bribery scandal, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein. According to Fox News, Menendez broke down in tears and begged the judge for mercy. Menendez, who was always there when a vote was needed to […]
Seattle’s Violent Weekend: 2 Deadly Shootings, Gun Control Failures
Seattle, Washington went 25 days without a homicide in the New Year, but now criminals are apparently playing “catch-up” with two fatal shootings in two days over the final weekend in January, once again illustrating the failure of restrictive gun control laws. According to KOMO News—the local ABC affiliate—one man was killed and a woman […]