Studies find no evidence that assault weapon bans reduce homicide rates

• The studies, data, and examination of the available evidence by scholars suggest that assault weapon bans or buybacks will have little if any effect on rates of violent crime and gun violence.

Why criminal mentality might matter

Tom Givens recommended in the Rangemaster 2018 Three-Day Firearms Instructor Development and Certification Class a book on criminal psychology titled Inside the Criminal Mind, by Stanton E. Samenow, Ph.D. I recently acquired this book and found it to be hard to put down. Having some idea of how violent criminals might look at the world and what they are capable of constitutes useful knowledge for the concealed carrier. Please be advised that this article addresses only a few of the points made in this book. I have intentionally avoided using terms like “always” and “will” in favor of “possibly” and “may” in an attempt to avoid blanket generalizations, but I personally would always attempt to be prepared for the worst-case scenario when it comes to an interaction or confrontation with another person whose mentality and intent is questionable.

Congressional GOP misses the mark with gun confiscation proposal

Some Republicans in Congress are seeking to pass a “red flag law,” which would grant law enforcement to do what legal precedent has rarely permitted — forcefully enter homes and confiscate lawful firearms without any evidence of a crime.

Here we go again …

In the aftermath of another deranged killer using a gun as the tool to commit his homicidal and suicidal acts of violence, the hand-wringing gun grabbers are at it again. They are wasting no time in exploiting the deaths of innocent people by pointing their finger at GUNS as the cause of the carnage and wanting to ban them.

Visa pledges to process gun sales as long as people can buy guns

Visa chairman and CEO Alfred Kelly says his company will continue to process gun sales as long as buying guns is a legal activity.

Supreme Court: Right to bear arms protected by the highest category of liberty recognized by law

• It’s the Constitution that has the final say

Study: 89% of 21st century mass shootings occurred in gun-free zones

A study from the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) shows 89 percent of mass shootings between 1998 and June 2019 occurred in gun-free zones.

Gilroy Garlic Festival prohibited ‘weapons of any kind’

As gun-control advocates seize the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting to justify even more gun control it should be noted that the festival prohibited “weapons of any kind.”

Needles formalizes ‘Second Amendment Sanctuary’ declaration

NEEDLES — The city council inspired serious and apparently widespread discussion with consideration of declaring Needles to be a Second Amendment Sanctuary City during its regular meeting of June 11.

Gun control fail: Mexico homicides nearly three times higher than U.S.

Mexico has one gun store, stringent gun controls, and nearly three times the number of homicides witnessed in the U.S.

California town wants to be a sanctuary … for gun owners

NEEDLES, Calif. (AP) — The Old West desert town of Needles, California, is where the beleaguered Joad family crossed the Colorado River into California in John Steinbeck’s classic novel “The Grapes of Wrath” and was a boyhood home to “Peanuts” creator Charles Schulz.

Judge keeps California gun fight alive

• State imposed registration demand, but failed to provide system that worked

Virginia Beach employee works to abolish city’s gun-free zone policy

A Virginia Beach employee is circulating a petition to abolish the city’s policy barring personnel from bringing guns into work if they are properly permitted.

Court told ‘high-capacity’ mags around before Colorado existed

• Lawsuit challenges ban on ordinary weapons

Commerce City becomes Second Amendment sanctuary city

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (CBS4) — Two months after Gov. Jared Polis signed the state’s “red flag” gun bill into law, another Colorado community has declared itself a Second Amendment sanctuary city. Five members on the Commerce City Council voted for the resolution Tuesday night, two voted against and two abstained from the vote.

Court: Cops can’t stop and frisk armed citizens

• ‘Government may not target and seize specific individuals without any particular suspicion’

Federal judge orders permanent injunction against Riverside County over unconstitutional ‘CCW’ carry license policy

LOS ANGELES — Today, plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit filed last fall announced that Senior United States District Judge Dean D. Pregerson entered an order permanently enjoining Riverside County, California from having a policy and practice of preventing legal U.S. residents from exercising their right to apply for a carry license in Van Nieuwenhuyzen, et al. v. Riverside, CA Sheriff Stanley Sniff, et al. A copy of the court filings can be viewed at www.firearmspolicy.org/legal.

Brief of California Rifle & Pistol Association, Incorporated and Gun Owners of California, Inc. as Amici Curiae in support of petitioners

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Brief Amicus Curiae of Gun Owners of America, Inc., Gun Owners Foundation, The Heller Foundation, Tennessee Firearms Association, Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund, and Restoring Liberty Action Committee in Support of Petitioners

Schools that allow teachers to carry guns are extremely safe

After the Columbine school shooting 20 years ago, one of the more significant changes in how we protect students has been the advance of legislation that allows teachers to carry guns at schools.