A North Carolina man who became an internet sensation by speaking at a city council meeting in support of gun rights says he was standing up for freedoms that the nation’s Founders died to give all Americans. “Now, if those people could give their lives for those causes to give us the freedoms we have…
The first phase of a sprawling shooting range spread across nearly 600 acres a few miles from Liberty University’s main campus now is open to students and soon will be available to the public. “We’ve been hearing for a long time that students want a place like this to shoot at,” said Brad Butler, planning…
SAN FRANCISCO — It’s been more than a decade since state lawmakers passed a law requiring expended shell casings from new-model semiautomatic pistols to carry identifying marks called microstamps, which police would be able to use to pinpoint a gun used in a crime. But, despite support from law enforcement, the stamps have yet to…
Many gun owners are aware of the success we’ve enjoyed with the expansion of Right-to-Carry laws across the country. Starting in 1986, when there were only nine states with Right-to-Carry laws, Florida led the way in adopting a “shall-issue” system for issuing concealed-carry permits. Now there are only eight states that do not have Right-to-Carry…
My wife knew something was amiss when the car blocked our driveway. She was outside our house, playing with our kids on our trampoline, when a car drove slowly down our rural Tennessee street. As it reached our house, it pulled partially in the driveway, and stopped. A man got out and walked up to…
An Ohio judge is in the hospital after sustaining multiple gunshot wounds during an ambush attack outside a courthouse in Steubenville, Ohio, but not before using his concealed carry handgun to fire five rounds at his shooter. According to the Washington Post, Judge Joseph J. Bruzzese Jr., who sits on the Jefferson County Court of Common Pleas, was approaching…
Unless you follow this stuff closely, you probably hadn’t heard this. And why would you have? Although it was breathlessly reported in some of the year-end roundups, the rule actually went into effect in September. And, as a result … nothing happened. Nothing at all. This pattern—of a freakout, followed by silence—is a boringly familiar…
For six years I lived in constant fear of a stalker. He harassed me, in person and online, at all hours of the day and night. I notified police and made several reports. A judge granted me a protective order. But still, the stalking and harassment continued. I truly felt all alone. He was slowly taking…
The National Rifle Association (NRA) commends Virginia’s leaders for reaching an agreement to secure the rights of law-abiding concealed carry permit holders. H.B. 1163 and S.B. 610 which will restore and promote concealed carry reciprocity for permit holders in the Commonwealth and around the country, were signed into law today. “Now, more than six million…
Callisburg, Texas (CNN)While the nation debates whether teachers should carry guns to protect students from armed intruders, the question’s already settled in one Texas school district, where educators have had firearms on campus for years. And while no teacher in Callisburg, Texas, has been called on yet to fire a weapon in defense of a…
