President Trump warns that our rights are under attack

“Your 2nd Amendment is under very serious attack in the Great Commonwealth of Virginia. That’s what happens when you vote for Democrats, they will take your guns away. Republicans will win Virginia in 2020. Thank you Dems!”

Progressive governments’ economic war on the NRA fails in court

• In California and New York, efforts to target the gun-rights group’s business relationships are failing on First Amendment grounds.

Bloomberg: We can’t just let ‘average’ Americans have guns; Warren: I will not support concealed carry

They’re coming for your guns.

President Trump supports arming citizens

“Armed congregants quickly stopped a crazed church shooter in Texas. If it were not for the fact that there were people inside of the church that were both armed, and highly proficient in using their weapon, the end result would have been catastrophic. A big THANK YOU to them!”

President Trump understands the importance of armed citizens

“Our prayers are with the families of the victims and the congregation of yesterday’s church attack. It was over in 6 seconds thanks to the brave parishioners who acted to protect 242 fellow worshippers. Lives were saved by these heroes, and Texas laws allowing them to carry arms!”

More liberal hypocrisy

“Ban guns because shootings happen a lot, but don’t let good guys carry guns because shootings are rare.”

Concealed-permit gun holders save lives — Texas church attack just the latest example

• Texas attorney general says new gun law saved lives in church shooting

21 state attorneys general ask the Supreme Court to void a Maryland gun law

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, a Republican, and the other state officials filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the Supreme Court on Dec. 18 in a case cited as Malpasso v. Pallozzi. Morrisey and the others want to expand the scope of protection afforded to gun-ownership rights after the high court ruled in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008), that the right to possess a firearm is an individual right, and in McDonald v. Chicago (2012), that the right of an individual to “keep and bear arms” applies to the states.

Nancy Pelosi has been knowingly lying about child gun deaths to push gun control

When even the left-leaning Washington Post calls a Democratic talking point a lie, you know it must be a doozy. And thanks to fact-checker Glenn Kessler, we now know that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has repeatedly and knowingly lied about the rates of child gun death to push an agenda.

11 more examples of how firearms save gun owners’ lives, property

At a time when some gun control advocates appear intent on painting lawful gun ownership as a danger to society, and the Second Amendment as little more than an outdated protection of a person’s right to hunt, it’s important to remember the regular role armed citizens play in defending inalienable rights.

Myth busted: Campus carry never caused that increase in violence liberals predicted

The argument in favor of arbitrarily revoking the Second Amendment rights of college students, as is done in dozens of states, has ostensibly been rooted in safety concerns.

My husband was shot dead in a gun-free zone — Now his imprisoned killer sends me love letters

My stalker just won’t go away. Ten years ago, he murdered my husband, Ben, right in front of me in the middle of a busy restaurant. But my nightmare didn’t end with my stalker’s incarceration, as I recently found out that he is writing me letters from prison. The letters show absolutely no remorse and profess his twisted love for me.

Tazewell County Board of Supervisors passes resolution to emphasize right to militia

TAZEWELL COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) — Several Southwest Virginia communities have passed resolutions to become Second Amendment sanctuaries, but Tazewell County took it a step further.

I wonder …

…@RepLizCheney talks and seems so much like her father. I wonder if she’s ever accidentally shot a good friend of hers in the face.

Note to gun control advocates: Wishing for the impossible isn’t a plan

• Robust defense of Second Amendment rights reiterates the key point that no inanimate object commits a crime — some people using one do

Citizen suggests council declare BHC a Second Amendment sanctuary

BULLHEAD CITY — A resident has asked the Bullhead City Council to consider declaring the city a Second Amendment Sanctuary location.

Mohave County declares itself a Second Amendment sanctuary

KINGMAN — The Mohave County Board of Supervisors on Monday voted unanimously for a resolution declaring the [Arizona] county a Second Amendment sanctuary location.

A Florida man says his pregnant wife saved his life in home invasion — with an AR-15

A Florida man said two armed men invaded his home and were beating him when his wife, eight months pregnant, saved the day by shooting one of the intruders with a semiautomatic rifle, CNN affiliate Bay News 9 reported.

With all the concern about assault weapons, how has the share of murders with rifles changed over time?

With all the concern about assault weapons since the federal ban sunset in 2004, it is interesting to see what a small share of murders are committed with any type of rifle and how even that share has fallen over time. The percentage of firearm murders with rifles was 4.8% prior to the ban starting in September 1994, 4.9% from 1995 to 2004 when the ban was in effect, and just 3.6% after that (3.9% if you look at just the first ten years after the an ended). The data is from the FBI UCR reports.

Debunking the myth of ‘concealed-carry killers’

The Violence Policy Center — a gun control advocacy group — released a study last month it wrongly claims shows that “too many concealed-carry permit holders are a direct threat to public safety.”