The Lie That Got Alex Pretti Killed on a Minneapolis Street
The tragedy here isn’t just what happened. It’s how people in influence are talking about it and what the public is inferring from those misguided and inaccurate comments.
Gun Rights
NAGR’s Taylor Rhodes on the Gun Rights Outlook for 2026
In May 2025 I had a chat with Taylor Rhodes, the communications director, from the National Association for Gun Rights.
Canadians Tell Their Authoritarian Government Where They Can Put Their Gun Confiscation Scheme
Half of all the provinces, plus the Northwest Territory and Yukon governments are telling Ottawa the country’s massive gun “buyback” scheme is a non-starter, and they will not participate.
The ‘Common Sense Gun Control’ Lie: How Antigun States Restrict Access to the Second Amendment
In sum, the claim that California’s gun laws “prioritize regulating who can access firearms,” as Newsom’s press release claimed, is an abhorrent lie.
After a Bad Weekend, the Trump Administration Cleans Up Its Messaging on Gun Rights
“The president supports the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding American citizens absolutely.”
The FBI Director Could Use a Crash Course in the Second Amendment
As for the good director’s comment, in which he said no one who wants to be peaceful shows up armed, most everyone I know is always armed. And to a man, or woman, we are all extremely peaceful.
The Trump Administration Hasn’t Covered Itself in Gun Rights Glory Since the Minneapolis Shooting
In the aftermath of the shooting, multiple Trump administration officials said peaceful protesters do not carry firearms with them.
The Media Doesn’t Bother to Reconcile Anti-Gunners’ Constant Predictions of Doom With Record Low Homicides and Record High Gun Ownership
“Isn’t it time for the media, which has for too long accepted rhetoric from the gun ban crowd as gospel, to start questioning what they are hearing from people who are determined to erase the Second Amendment?”
Finally: Trump Pulls the US Out of United Nations’ International Gun Registry Scheme
The same institutions pushing global disarmament narratives always work their way down to the civilian level, using “international norms” as the wedge to attack private gun ownership.
GOA’s Erich Pratt on the Big Beautiful Bill and the Road Ahead
“We’re happy to say grassroots activism pushed the suppressor (tax) repeal across the finish line. One of the frustrating things about legislators is they just give you little bits, but not everything you’re asking for.”