Moving swiftly to capitalize on the mass shooting at a Colorado Springs gay nightclub over the weekend, President Joe Biden and the Brady gun control group renewed their demands for a ban on so-called “assault weapons” because the alleged killer used an AR-15-type rifle for the rampage. But Politico is reporting the suspect, identified as […]
East to West, Gun Legislation in Spotlight
Look in any direction and you will find headlines about gun legislation—good or bad, depending upon the state and your personal perspective—and it is clear guns are in the political spotlight as the 2022 elections loom over the horizon. In Connecticut, Democrat Gov. Ned Lamont has announced a $64 million gun control package including the […]
Colorado Governor Turns Back Clock, Signing Bill Nullifying Preemption
Colorado gun rights took a leap backward over the weekend as Democrat Gov. Jared Polis signed legislation essentially gutting the Centennial State’s firearms preemption law, thus allowing local municipalities to establish their own gun control laws. It returns Colorado to a checkerboard situation where neighboring jurisdictions might have different, perhaps conflicting gun laws that confuse, […]
Colorado City Orders Gun Shops to Lock Up Inventory to Beat Burglars
A city in Colorado has ordered its gun shops and other stores selling firearms to “secure their firearms” after closing in an effort to prevent, or at least curb, what a newspaper called “brazen smash-and-grab burglaries. According to the Denver Post, officials in Littleton, a Denver suburb, passed the ordinance last week. There has been […]
Gun Sales Spike Continues; Anti-Gunners Lament Increased Ownership
Handguns, rifles and shotguns are “flying off the shelves” with the primary focus on self-defense, and “nearly 26 million background checks were run through the FBI’s national instant check system through August,” the Washington Times is reporting. That number will no doubt climb when the September NICS check data is released, possibly eclipsing the record […]
Carlson at Crosscut: Why Arming Teachers Might Be Good Idea
Veteran conservative Seattle radio personality John Carlson could just as easily have kicked a hornet’s nest when he wrote in his column at the left-leaning “Crosscut” online news magazine that arming school officials “might not be a bad idea.” According to several reader responses, it’s not a good idea, either. But those are reactions from […]