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2020 Gun Rights News
4/16/2020
Pandemic Exposes Dangers of Severe Gun Controls in Connecticut and D.C. The Betray State: Massachusetts's Anti-gun Politicians Use Pandemic to Trample Rights
4/6/2020
COVID-19 and Prisons A Complicated Issue That Does Not Need Simplistic “Solutions” Gun Control End Game Revealed as Bloomberg Groups Launch Campaign to Close Gun Stores
NICS Record: Outbreak Shows the Importance of the 2nd Amendment Grassroots Networking In These Unique Times
3/30/2020
COVID-19 Threatens Health...of Second Amendment
President Trump Declares Gun Stores Critical Firearms Industry Aids in Response to COVID-19
Pandemic Exposes Dangers of So-Called "Universal" Background Checks
3/23/2020
Disabled Woman Weak to Coronavirus Issues Message to Politicians Using Pandemic to Push Gun Control
Politifact Determined to Get It Wrong on Joe Biden and Gun Confiscation The 2A is a Constant in Times of Crisis
Pandemic Engenders Appreciation for Second Amendment Rights
Cities Seek to Close Gun Stores, Claim Exercise of Second Amendment Rights “Non-Essential”
“Unnerving” Concealed Carry Licensees in DC Surprise No One – Crime by Licensees is “Very, Very Low”
Los Angeles Sheriff Works to Empty Jails While Disparaging Second Amendment Rights
3/16/2020
On Guns, Joe Biden is Full of It
National Alert: Champaign Illinois First Locality to Cite “Emergency Powers” to Ban Gun Transfers In NRA Supported Lawsuit, Oregon’s Top Court Rejects Flawed “Gun Safety” Ballot Title, Description
Export Reform Rules Take Effect After Anti-Gun States (Mostly) Strike Out in Court
3/9/2020
Licensed Security Guard Arrested Under New Jersey's Self-Defense Ammunition Ban
Joe Biden to Gun Confiscator O'Rourke: "You're Gonna Take Care of the Gun Problem With Me"
Bloomberg Quits After Coming up Short on Super Tuesday Super Tuesday Proves to Be Pretty Super... For President Donald Trump
Amid the Anti-gun Hysteria of the Democrat Primary, NICS Sets Another Record Bloomberg's Anti-gun Hypocrisy and Ignorance Abounded as His Campaign Floundered
3/3/2020
The King of Gaffes Retains His Crown
Politifact Gets is Wrong Again and Again on So-called “Universal” Background Checks
Bloomberg Pays for the Same Anti-Gun Article (on Free Data) Twice
2/17/2020
New Hampshire Winnows the Anti-Gun Field
Elementary School Calls Police on Special Needs Kindergartner for Harmless Pointing Gesture
2/10/2020
Super Bowl of Dishonesty: Michael Bloomberg Spends Big to Lie to America
Virginia: Petty Bloomberg-bought Delegates Target NRA Firearms Training and Right-to-Carry
2020 Starts with Another NICS Record LEGO Art Triggers Anti-gun Group
2/3/2020
Is Another Presidential Candidate Preparing to Exit the Race?
Extreme Risk Protection Order Use: Lack of Process Leads to Abuse
Background Check Fee Shows Even California DOJ Can’t Decipher State Gun Laws
1/27/2020
Second Amendment Rally Seems to Have Anti-Gun Extremists Disappointed ... That it was so Peaceful
Bloomberg-Bought Virginia General Assembly Ignores Peaceful Redress, Advances More Gun Control
Trump Administration Publishes Historic Rulemaking to Modernize America's Firearm Export Regime
Journalist" Can't Decide: Slumping Gun Sales or Best Year Ever?
1/20/2020
Sorry Shannon, But Those "Random Civilians" Are What Are Known As NRA Members
Virginia Senate Passes Three Gun Control Bills - Committee Advances a Fourth
State of Ignorance: California Pushes False Information to School Kids on the Second Amendment
Sen. Daines Introduces Bill to Update Federal Protections for Lawful Transport of Unloaded Guns
1/15/2020
Virginia: Bill Filed to Eliminate Right-to-Carry Permit Reciprocity!
Grassroots Ramp Up Continues in the Old Dominion
1/6/2020
Bloomberg Dismisses Texas Hero, Insists It Wasn't His "Job" to Have a Gun or Decide to Shoot
Crime in Virginia is Falling - Governor Focuses on Making You a Felon
Forget Gun Free Zones, Virginia Gun Controllers Want Ammunition Free Zones
2019 Gun Rights News
12/24/19
Pennsylvania AG Targets Partially-Manufactured Receivers, Gun Owners
Virginia Gov. Northam Wants to Ban Your Guns AND Make You Pay for It!
Puerto Rico Enacts Pro-gun Overhaul of Firearms Laws
12/16/19
First Amendment Defends the Second
Virginia Gov. Northam Seeks Gun Registration as Down Payment on Gun Confiscation
Nevada Concealed Firearm Permit Holders Lose NICS Exemption for Private Transfers
Texas Gun Control Advocates Deride Actual Firearms Safety Efforts
11/25/19
Bloomberg Bought Virginia Legislators Introduce Confiscatory Gun Ban
Joe Biden Wants to Ban 9mm Pistols
Gun Confiscation: The Exit-Strategy for Failing Campaigns?
Professor Elizabeth Warren Offers Class in Political Linguistics
Meet anNRA Virginia mom who is telling voters to ‘watch out’ for Bloomberg’s tricks in 2020
11/18/19
Joe Biden and His Gift for Gaffes
No Protection for the Law that Protects the Firearm Industry
Sanders Burns the 2020 Democratic Primary Gun Control Agenda
11/11/19
A New Candidate for Confiscator-in-Chief
Strong Firearms Preemption Laws are More Important Than Ever
National Hearing Conservation Association Supports Suppressors
11/4/19
Bloomberg’s Gun Control Apparatus Lies to Virginia’s Firearm Owners in Election Mailing
Benghazi Survivor Tig Tiegen Speaks Out Against Dems’ Gun Control Schemes
10/28/2019
Anti-gun Ghosts Consider Challenges to President Trump as Current Field Falters
Of Course Shannon Watts and Everytown are Anti-gun and Hate the Second Amendment
NRA & Gun Owners Win. Bloomberg / Everytown Lose.
NRA Member spotlight: Meet the Man Who Helped Turn an Anti-Gun Townhall into a Pro-gun Rally
10/21/2019
Veteran Criticizes Police Practices, Gets Guns and Firearm License Seized by Chief of Police
Confiscation or "Mandatory Buyback"?
California Gun Confiscation Draws ACLU Opposition
Assault on Firearm Industry Fails: Federal Court Dismisses Ohio Lawsuit
10/14/2019
Dick’s Spends Big on Gun-Chopping, Virtue-Signaling Bonanza (But It Will Still Sell You a Firearm)
Virginia’s Anti-gun Politicians Put Politics Before Fighting Gun Crime
Number of Concealed Carry Permit Holders Increased Again
Grassroots Spotlight: NRA-ILA Fighting the Bloomberg Money In Virginia 2019 Elections
10/7/2019
MSNBC’s Las Vegas Anti-Gun Rally
San Francisco Mayor Waffles on NRA “Terrorist” Group Designation
Federal Court Entertains Bizarre Legal Theories That Threaten Gun Owners, Rule of Law
Member Spotlight: Meet the Police Officer Who Told Congress She ‘Would Not Comply' with a Gun Ban
10/3/2019
Illinois: Committee Rules May Shut Down Gun Stores
9/30/2019
Virginia Police Chief Advocates Ban on All Guns at U.S. House “Assault Weapons” Hearing
Where the House Judiciary Actually Got Things Right
Anti-gun AGs Push So-called “Universal” Background Checks for Ammunition
NRA Supports Supreme Court Petition Against Massachusetts Semi-Auto Ban
9/23/2019
U.S. Supreme Court Schedules NRA-Supported Second Amendment Case for Argument
Beto's Confiscation Plan Shows Why Gun Owners Must Reject Appeasement
9/16/2019
NRA Files Suit Against San Francisco for Violating First Amendment
Beto Going All-In on Confiscation
House Democrats Continue Unprecedented Push for More Gun Control
Tell Your Lawmakers: No Semi-Auto and Magazine Ban!
9/10/2019
San Francisco Board of Supervisors Declares NRA a “Domestic Terrorist Organization” “Pro-gun” Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Turns on Second Amendment Supporters, Sides With Anti-Gun Lobby
Walmart Clamps Down on Firearm and Ammunition Sales
9/3/2019
News Flash: Legally Buying a Gun Isn’t So Easy After All
California Mayor to Tax Law-abiding Gun Owners for the Actions of Criminals
8/26/2019
Marching Toward Gun Confiscation: Prohibition Advocates Released Unhinged Gun Control Plan
Divide and Conquer: Giffords (Formerly LCAV) Looks to Split Gun Owners to Enact Controls
Flag on the Play: Media Promotes Gun Confiscation Laws by Exaggerating “Study” Results
8/20/2019
Senate Dems deliver stunning warning to Supreme Court: ‘Heal’ or face restructuring
8/18/2019
No, Joe, Your Gun Ban Didn’t Work
Amnesty International’s Desperate Measure
Another Week, Another Democrat Presidential Contender Out to Round Up America's Guns
Sparking Dialogue or Sparking Joy: Competing Views on Gun “Buyback” Initiatives
8/13/2019
Tell Your U.S. Senators and Representative to Oppose Gun Control
Bill Clinton Touts Failed Gun Ban With Bogus Info
“Universal” Background Checks Aren’t as Universally Popular as You’ve Been Led to Believe
Kamala Harris and Her Perplexing Anti-Gun Ideas
7/28/2019
A Pair of Academics Question Gun Control Orthodoxy
“Smart” Guns and Mandatory Storage: Two Bad Policy Ideas Cut from the Same Tattered Cloth
Never Enough: New Zealand Government Pushes Even More Gun Control
7/22/19
Oregon: Initiative Filed to Restrict Self-Defense
7/17/2019
“Fact Checker:” Joe Biden’s “Gun Ban” Not a Gun Ban Because Some Guns Wouldn’t Be Banned
Presidential Pretender Who Campaigned on Gun Control First to Call It Quits
Hollywood Fantasy v. Reality on Firearm Suppressors
7/8/2019
New Zealand Experience Further Proves Registration Facilitates Confiscations
Recent Poll Shows Gun Control Not as Popular as Some Would Like to Believe
6/28/2019
Study Reinforces What We Already Know: Criminals Don’t Follow the Law
Living in La-La Land: Joe Biden’s Alternative Reality
60 Minutes “Research” Discovers Bullets Can Cause Damage
6/21/2019
Video: Arrogant Illinois State Senator Proposes Confiscating Guns
Bloomberg Course: Certified in Advocacy
6/15/2019
Don’t Say They Didn’t Warn You: Left Leaning Voices Question Democrats’ Anti-Gun Proposals, Fervor
Pittsburgh Mayor Presents DICK’S CEO an Award for Gun Control Advocacy
Advice Columnist Tells Father to Evict Daughter from His House for Owning a Gun
6/7/2019
Salesforce says some firearms can no longer be sold using company software: report
John Lott: After Virginia Beach shooting, Dems seek ban on ‘silencers’ that don’t make guns silent
Texas governor signs bill allowing more armed teachers
30 Colorado sheriffs join opposition to gun magazine ban facing challenge in state Supreme Court
6/5/2019
NRA Supported Case Calls for Suspension of Illinois’s FOID Act
New York Times Admits Privately-Funded “Gun Violence” Research is a Thing
Bloomberg Course: Policies Based on Selective Evidence, Anti-Gun Preferences
5/30/2019
Illinois: House Passes FOID Fee Increase & Mandatory Fingerprinting
5/27/2019
Illinois: House to Consider FOID Fee Increase & Mandatory Fingerprinting
Democrats Now Opposed to Safe Neighborhoods?
New Federal Law Will Promote Target Range Development on Public Lands
Kamala Harris and the News Media Don’t Know What They Don’t Know
5/22/2019
Federal Judge Refuses to Dismiss NRA/SAF Suit Against Washington Gun Control
5/17/2019
Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Only What We Want Ye to Hear
5/10/2019
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) Pushes May-Issue Federal Firearm Owner Licensing and Gun Confiscation
“Rap Back” or Rip-Off? Aloha State Gun Owners Sue for Disclosure of Information
State of “Gun Violence” in the United States
5/6/2019
Report: UK Gun Owner Loses Licenses Over Social Media Presence
5/3/2019
MSNBC Reporter Unwittingly Discovers the Importance of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
Pro-Gun Congressmen Introduce Bill to Modernize Gun Sales
NYC’s “Desperate Attempt” to Delay Proceedings in Gun Rights Case Rejected by Supreme Court
4/18/2019
Citi's gun crackdown gives ammo to 2nd Amendment foes, advocate says
4/12/2019
NRA Statement on New York City's Desperate Attempt to Avoid Supreme Court Review
Another Day, Another Hearing with Anti-Gun Democrats Grandstanding on Firearms
4/10/2019
Illinois: Legislation To Ban Private Transfers & Seize Firearms Introduced
USA Today Opinion: Why I learned to use a gun at a mature age and now carry one
Kamala Harris Calls for Gun Ban, Reveals Logical Weakness of Anti-gun Position
4/1/2019
Dick’s Sporting Goods Loses $150 million on Gun Control Crusade
Questionable Metrics in New Study
3/29/2019
Breaking! Federal Court Finds California Magazine Ban Violates the Second Amendment
Ocasio-Cortez Joins Effort to Pressure Banks into Adopting the Far Left’s Anti-gun Agenda
ESPN Sportscaster Attacks Sportsman
3/28/2019
Republicans Introduce Bill to Prevent Big Banks from Targeting Gun Industry
Mike Crapo warns big banks against caving to progressives on guns
3/21/2019
Sanders: U.S. must follow New Zealand's lead and ban assault weapons
‘This is what leadership looks like’: U.S. Democrats rally as New Zealand bans military-style guns
3/15/2019
3/14/2019
Kentucky Governor Welcomes NRA to Bill Signing Ceremony
3/13/2019
Yesterday’s Scandal, Today’s Mandate: Anti-gunner Embraces Operation Choke Point as Official Policy
3/11/2019
Governor Bevin Signs NRA-backed Constitutional Carry
3/8/2019
Illinois: Bill to Create Gun Seizure Regime Introduced
3/2/2019
H.R. 8 Votes Reveal Dem House Leadership Values Illegal Aliens over Law-abiding Gun Owners
Federal Gun Control is on the Move! Tell Your Senators to Oppose H.R.8, S.42 and H.R. 1112!
2/28/2019
House Democrats weigh rules change after GOP floor victory
Minnesota Democrats advance gun restrictions in late-night vote
2/25/2019
Please Contact Your U.S. Representative Today and Ask Them to Vote Against H.R. 8 and H.R. 1112!
2/22/2019
Gun Control to Be Heard on the Floor of the House of Representatives Next Week
Bloomberg’s Everytown: Criminalizing Private Transfers is About Creating “Culture of Compliance”
2/20/2019
U.S. House to Vote on Pelosi Gun Control Bills!
2/17/2019
H.R. 8 Markup: Liberal Democrats Markup Gun Control Legislation
2/15/2019
Another Study Blames Guns, Excludes Reality
Polls: No Lasting Support for Gun Control One Year After Parkland
Turning a Right into a Privilege: HR 1112 Gives Feds Unfettered Power to Block Gun Sales
2/12/2019
Illinois: Gun Tax Legislation Introduced
2/8/2019
House to Move Forward with Ineffective Gun Control Proposals
Everytown Ignoring Bloomberg’s Findings
2/5/2019
Illinois: Bill to Punish Victims of Crime to be Heard
2/2/2019
Illinois: Ammunition Registry Bill Introduced
2/1/2019
Congress to Take Up Gun Control Next Week
Kamala Harris Calls for Gun Ban, Reveals Logical Weakness of Anti-gun Position
Oklahoma! Musical Producers Take Anti-gun Pandering Clear Up to the Sky
1/30/19
IL Gun Owners Facing The Fight of Our Lives!
1/29/19
South Dakota: House Passes Constitutional/Permitless Carry Legislation
1/25/19
Illinois: Social Media Search Bill & Other Anti-Gun Legislation Introduced in House
Bloomberg Wants Armed Guards for Alma Mater as He Seeks to Disarm Average Citizens
1/24/19
Illinois: Bill Introduced to Ban Many Firearms & Accessories
1/14/19
Illinois: Firearm Registration & Dealer Licensing Bill May Reach New Governor’s Desk
1/9/19
NRA Applauds Hudson's Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act to Eliminate Confusing Patchwork of State Laws
2018 Gun Rights News
12/27/18
Ohio: Legislature Overrides Governor Kasich’s Veto of Self-Defense Legislation
12/21/18
Getting Priorities Straight: House Democrats and the Public
12/19/18
12/18/18
NRA-ILA's Chris W. Cox Releases Statement on School Safety Report
12/14/18 News Flash: Michael Bloomberg Not a Fan of the First Amendment, Either Pittsburgh Mayor Declares Intent to Ban Guns in Violation of State Law Misleading Headlines and the Murder Rate “This Hollow Display of Security” – Canada’s Liberal Government Presses for Even More Gun Control
12/7/18
Checks and Balances? Massachusetts Executive Branch Flouts Court Orders on Firearms Licenses
More Proof That Being a “Celebrity” Does Not Make You Smart
Surprise: Study Finds No Rise in Violent Crime Attributable to Adopting Right-to-Carry Laws