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The Fight to Protect the Firearms Industry Continues

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Wednesday, September 23, 2026

The Fight to Protect the Firearms Industry Continues

The political lawfare campaign to dismantle the lawful firearms industry by holding it liable for the criminal misuse of its constitutionally protected products should have never started. U.S. tort law has long held that a ...

Pervasive Surveillance and Data Storage an Emerging Concern for Gun Owner Privacy

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Monday, October 5, 2026

Pervasive Surveillance and Data Storage an Emerging Concern for Gun Owner Privacy

Americans have willingly, and sometimes unwillingly, surrounded themselves with technology that watches, listens, records, and remembers. Cars know how and where we drive. Phones track just about everything in our daily routines. 

Creating Crimes Out of Thin Air: Federal Bill Seeks to Treat Air Guns as Firearms

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Monday, October 5, 2026

Creating Crimes Out of Thin Air: Federal Bill Seeks to Treat Air Guns as Firearms

A new bill introduced in Congress proposes to regulate “lethal air guns” as firearms under the Gun Control Act of 1968, as amended (GCA). Yet the risk of fatalities and criminal misuse from air guns ...

Taxpayer-Funded Orgs Bankroll Ad Council “Children” and Firearms Propaganda

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Monday, October 27, 2025

Taxpayer-Funded Orgs Bankroll Ad Council “Children” and Firearms Propaganda

The idiot box has been living up to the nickname.

Australia’s Gun Laws, Failing in Different Ways

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Monday, June 2, 2025

Australia’s Gun Laws, Failing in Different Ways

Everything is relative, so the saying goes, which means that once in a while, it’s instructive to read about the gun laws and the state of gun rights in other countries. 

Bad Faith: Gun Controllers Seek to Enlist Clergy in Firearm Confiscation Efforts

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Monday, October 5, 2026

Bad Faith: Gun Controllers Seek to Enlist Clergy in Firearm Confiscation Efforts

It’s often been said that gun control is really about people control. Understanding this, the megalomania gun control advocates exhibit in their never-ending pursuit to control others displays a zealotry often associated with religious fundamentalism.

St. Louis Housing Authority Evicts Man Who Police Say Acted in Self-Defense

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Monday, October 5, 2026

St. Louis Housing Authority Evicts Man Who Police Say Acted in Self-Defense

While the state of Missouri is considered a pro-Second Amendment state—including having Constitutional Carry—the City of St. Louis has a tendency to try to go its own way on the matter. The recent case of ...

The New Battleground for Second Amendment Rights: Global Online Content

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Monday, October 5, 2026

The New Battleground for Second Amendment Rights: Global Online Content

Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots – computer programs on websites, messaging apps, and social media platforms designed to simulate human conversation through text or voice – are now ubiquitous. Asked how widespread AI usage is, a ...

NRA Files Amicus Brief Urging SCOTUS to Hear Challenge to Ban on Firearms Possession by Nonviolent Felons

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Thursday, October 1, 2026

NRA Files Amicus Brief Urging SCOTUS to Hear Challenge to Ban on Firearms Possession by Nonviolent Felons

Today, the National Rifle Association, joined by the Firearms Policy Coalition and Second Amendment Foundation, filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a challenge to the federal lifetime prohibition on firearms ...

Virginia Gun Shops Brace for the New Jerseyfication of the Commonwealth

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Monday, September 28, 2026

Virginia Gun Shops Brace for the New Jerseyfication of the Commonwealth

Jay Jones, the anti-gun but pro-bullets to the head Virginia attorney general, announced on September 15 the creation of the Firearms Accountability & Industry Responsibility (FAIR) Unit within the Civil and Criminal Justice & Public ...

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