UPDATED 6-21@1:47 p.m. PDT: There is now an indication an agreement has been reached between Republicans and Democrats on the negotiating team and they may vote on it Tuesday evening, according to a report at Ammoland. It appears possible a bill could be filed late this afternoon. Liberty Park Press earlier noted that […]
Will Senate ‘Compromise Proposal’ Amount to Gun Control Fishing Expedition?
The widely-reported and somewhat heralded tentative “deal” on new gun control legislation announced earlier in the week is, perhaps by no surprise to Second Amendment activists, taking on the appearance of one more legislative fishing expedition with tenets that have nothing to do with the crimes that inspired the negotiations. Chief among these, according to […]
Special Report: Red Flagged at Age 14
By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project It’s not easy for Eli Pagunsan to talk about the ordeal that began seven years ago, when he was a high school freshman in Riverside County, California. His life was destroyed. He briefly considered suicide as a way out. When he looks back, the now 22-year-old feels a […]
‘Dozens of CO Sheriffs’ Will Defy New Red Flag Law: CBS News
CBS News is reporting that “dozens of Colorado sheriffs are ready to defy” a new state gun control law when it takes effect in 2020 because they believe the statute—a so-called “red flag”/extreme risk protection order law—violates the U.S. Constitution. The law, according to CBS, is modeled on language authored in part by Josh Horwitz, […]
Booker Demands ‘Camo-Speak’ from Buttigieg on Gun Control
Democrat presidential hopeful Sen. Cory Booker took a swipe at rival Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Ind., for what many in the Second Amendment community would define as a moment of complete honesty when Buttigieg described a “gun buyback” proposal as “confiscation,” according to the National Review. Booker, the New Jersey anti-gunner, declared in […]
Two Congressmen Explain Gun Control Failures, But Do Anti-Gunners Care?
Writing at Cincinnati.com Monday, a pair of Republican congressmen explain the problems with Capitol Hill gun control efforts, from not reading legislation to passing measures that will not prevent crimes, raising the most important question of all: Do devout anti-gunners even care? Judging from a couple of reader reactions to a gun control story in […]