What Academics Consistently Miss When Examining America’s Gun Culture
Criminologists study crime, and public health scholars study pathology. Sociologists tend to study what’s wrong with society rather than what’s right.
Mayors in America’s Gun Control Nirvana Now Want to Take a Supply-Side Approach Their Persistent ‘Gun Violence’ Problem
“This has got to stop. We’ve got to get the weapons of war off the streets of America, and we have to make sure that we work together.”
What It’s Really All About: Seen at the Washington, DC No Kings March
Because defending our democracy and basic humanity demands that we free a cold-blooded killer.
GOP Reps Sound Alarm Over Schumer Shutdown’s Effects on Americans’ Gun Rights
Rep. Ben Cline led his colleagues in a letter to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives urging its acting director to make certain employees essential workers, warning current parameters are leaving gun owners’ applications for certain items in limbo.
Don Lemon Encourages People of Color to Arm Up and Shoot ICE Agents
“When you have people knocking on your door and taking you away without due process as a citizen, isn’t that what the Second Amendment was written for?”
More GOP Senators Now Open to Easing Ban on Gun Possession by Marijuana Users
“Why would I have a problem with that any more than somebody who drinks alcohol?” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) said
ASA, NRA, SAF, FPC File Lawsuit Challenging the Constitutionality of the National Firearms Act
The complaint asserts that, with the removal of the excise tax on constitutionally protected arms like suppressors and SBRs, the NFA registration regime can no longer be upheld as a legal exercise of Congress’s taxing power.
California Authorities Concerned They’re Not Confiscating Nearly Enough Guns
It’s been about a decade since gun-violence restraining orders were enabled by California law, but their use is still middling
Gavin Newsom Signs Law Banning America’s Most Popular Handguns in California
Last night, in a Friday night news dump, Newsom signed into law a bill that bans GLOCK pistols. The bill was ostensibly written because criminals are able to print illegal switches that convert standard semi-auto GLOCKs into fully automatic handguns.
After Church Shooting, Hundreds of Minneapolis Religious Leaders Push to Make it Harder to Protect Houses of Worship
More than 700 faith and religious leaders from across the state are urging Governor Tim Walz to call a special session and for lawmakers to pass a ban on assault weapons.