Moon: If You Want to Blame Someone for ‘Gun Violence,’ Look in the Mirror
In communities where public education is substandard, crime flourishes. This is not an opinion. It’s a documented fact. Doesn’t matter the racial makeup of the community. Doesn’t matter which political party is in control of that local community. Doesn’t matter the prevalence of any specific religion. If you’ve got under-performing public schools, you’ve got high […]
Canada Punts its Extremely Urgently Needed National Gun Buyback Yet Again
The government gave itself two years to develop a buyback program, which would offer owners fair compensation for their newly prohibited weapons and grant them amnesty for their possession in the interim. (The buyback was actually a 2019 campaign promise.) The government extended that deadline first in March, 2022, to “address issues that have been […]
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LA ‘Firearms Sensei’ Teaches Guns to Those Who Are Sick of America’s Gun Culture
At least two hours have gone by in the Pistol 101 class, and no student has fired a bullet or even picked up a gun. This isn’t a lesson for anyone eager to pull the trigger. Tom Nguyen’s teaching style is patient, aimed at demystifying an object many of his students have spent their lives […]
Ninth Circuit Panel Rules Nonviolent Felons Don’t Lose Their Gun Rights
A Ninth Circuit panel Thursday ruled that a blanket prohibition on convicted felons possessing firearms violates their Second Amendment rights, at least when it comes to nonviolent offenders who served out their sentence. In a split decision, the three-judge panel threw out firearm possession conviction of a Los Angeles member of a street gang who had […]
Henderson: ‘I Can’t Afford to Wait on the Police, so I Armed Myself’
“I’m not telling people to go out and start spraying [bullets], that’s not what I’m telling people to do but we also have to be realistic about what we are up against,” [Keisha] Henderson said. Safety concerns and what she says is a lack of action from the city is why she became a licensed […]
Filipovic: Originalism Makes Banning Guns Much Too Difficult
For all that Heller did to rewrite the modern interpretation of the Second Amendment, Scalia’s opinion still didn’t go quite far enough for the most aggressive gun rights activists. It did not, for example, offer a clear path for courts to evaluate (and strike down) other gun laws. So lower courts implemented a test for those new […]
When Grandpa Doesn’t Know He’s Now Considered a Gun Dealer
AGs Sue ATF Over ATF’s Expansive New ‘In the Business’ Rule Regulating Private Gun Sales
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is leading a coalition of Republican states in suing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) over a new rule that will require licenses and background checks for private firearms sales. The ATF is expanding the definition of what is considered a firearm “dealer,” subjecting private sellers to […]
Her: Women Aren’t Trained Well Enough to Defend Themselves With Firearms
I’ve been a hunter, had a gun, had firearms in my home for about 30 years now. Kinda dates me a little bit. And I tell ya that every single time that I use my firearm I have to actually remember to train myself to say, ‘Where’s my safety’ and to take my safety off. […]