- The Massachusetts gun control law places strict restrictions on the ability to purchase and possess handguns
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Federal judge issues temporary restraining order, blocking Boulder County’s ban of some semi-automatic weapons
- The judge’s action marks the latest victory for Rocky Mountain Gun Owners in its fight against gun restrictions across Colorado
Judge rules that the ATF overstepped its authority
United States District Judge Reed O’Connor has ruled that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) overstepped the boundaries established by Congress in changing the 1978 definition of “frame or receiver.”
Continue reading “Judge rules that the ATF overstepped its authority”Two big victories in Sacramento
In the wee hours last night, as the two-year legislative session was coming to a close in Sacramento, CRPA’s legislative team helped bring home two critical victories. SB 918, a bill that would have made it virtually impossible to carry a gun outside your home, and AB 1227, a bill to add 10-11% taxes to all new gun purchases, were defeated.
Continue reading “Two big victories in Sacramento”Judge blasts New York gun laws
Texas judge rules that all adults, including 18-year-olds, have the right to open-carry a handgun
A Texas judge has struck down a recent state law that prohibits adult civilians between the ages of 18 and 20 from carrying a handgun, claiming that such a law is unconstitutional.
Continue reading “Texas judge rules that all adults, including 18-year-olds, have the right to open-carry a handgun”We will never back down in our defense of the 2nd Amendment
A number of politicians and their lobbying partners in the media have recently sought to disparage Smith & Wesson. Some have had the audacity to suggest that after they have vilified, undermined and defunded law enforcement for years, supported prosecutors who refuse to hold criminals accountable for their actions, overseen the decay of our country’s mental health infrastructure, and generally promoted a culture of lawlessness, Smith & Wesson and other firearm manufacturers are somehow responsible for the crime wave that has predictably resulted from these destructive policies. But they are the ones to blame for the surge in violence and lawlessness, and they seek to avoid any responsibility for the crisis of violence they have created by attempting to shift the blame to Smith & Wesson, other firearm manufacturers and law-abiding gun owners.
Continue reading “We will never back down in our defense of the 2nd Amendment”How the FBI undercounts armed citizen responders to mass killers — and media play along
The shooting that killed three people and injured another at a Greenwood, Indiana, mall on July 17 drew broad national attention because of how it ended – when 22-year-old Elisjsha Dicken, carrying a licensed handgun, fatally shot the attacker.
Continue reading “How the FBI undercounts armed citizen responders to mass killers — and media play along”Fact Check: Gun Owners of America spokeswoman claims ’94 percent of mass shootings occur in gun-free zones’
CLAIM: During Wednesday’s congressional testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Gun Owners of America’s (GOA) Antonia Okafor said, “94 percent of mass shootings occur in gun-free zones.”
VERDICT: True, when “gun-free zones” are defined as “places where general citizens couldn’t carry guns.”
Continue reading “Fact Check: Gun Owners of America spokeswoman claims ’94 percent of mass shootings occur in gun-free zones’”The federal government’s own study concluded its ban on ‘assault weapons’ didn’t reduce gun violence
- Other studies, including two published in 2020, reached similar conclusions.