L.A. County: Only 197 Concealed Carry Permits for 10.2 Million Residents

An audit by the California State Auditor shows Los Angeles County has only issued concealed carry permits to 197 of its 10.2 million residents.

Why we don’t trust government

The government can’t keep gangs off the streets or drugs out of schools and prisons, but the left wants to disarm me and “trust” the government will keep guns out of the hands of criminals.

There’s no such thing as gun control

… There is only centralizing gun ownership in the hands of a small political elite and their minions.

Stefan Molyneux

Obama study concluded firearms used for self-defense ‘important crime deterrent’

“Self-defense can be an important crime deterrent,” concluded a study by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) mandated via executive order by President Barack Obama. The findings also question the effectiveness of gun-control measures.

D.C. raises white flag in fight over 2nd Amendment

• Refuses to appeal pro-gun ruling, hoping to limit damage from judges’ opinion

D.C. Circuit lets stand concealed-carry ruling, cheering gun-rights activists

• Case could head to Supreme Court

I wonder how it must feel …

I wonder how it must feel to wrongfully kill someone …

Alec Baldwin (@AlecBaldwin) via Twitter

Mass stabbing suspect stopped when confronted by a good guy with a gun

The incident occurred Sunday afternoon in broad daylight.

GOP Rep. introduces legislation to nullify state-level gun controls

Rep. Chris Collins (R-NY) introduced legislation Monday aimed at nullifying state-level gun controls that exceed gun controls put in place by the federal government.

California voted to go easy on criminals — this is how crime is doing 3 years later

In 2014 the voters of California went to the polls and approved a proposition that would ease the overpopulation in jails and prisons by loosening law enforcement standards on crime. They were told this would have little effect on crime itself. That’s not what happened.

DC Appeals Court throws out controversial handgun restrictions

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Tuesday put a hold on Washington, D.C.’s attempt to keep residents from carrying concealed handguns for self-defense, a move gun rights activists are considering a win.

D.C. ‘good cause’ carry ban struck down by Appeals Court

D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals: ‘Law-abiding citizen’s right to bear common arms must enable the typical citizen to carry a gun’

Study: Concealed permit holders among the most law-abiding of law-abiding citizens

A Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) study shows that concealed carry permit holders are among the most law-abiding of law-abiding citizens in the country.

Federal judge throws out effort by UT professors to overturn campus carry

A federal judge has dismissed a longshot lawsuit filed by three University of Texas at Austin professors seeking to overturn the state’s 2015 campus carry law, which allows people to carry concealed handguns inside most public university buildings.

Excerpts from the Benitez injunction: Duncan v. Becerra

[…] [a]s Heller explains, the Second Amendment takes certain policy choices and removes them beyond the realm of debate. Disarming California’s law-abiding citizenry is not a constitutionally-permissible policy choice.

Educated to the point of stupidity

Perhaps the deterioration of American education is illustrated by the high correlation between the number of years a person has attended school and his inability to understand the words ‘the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.’ It is more likely, though, that those who interpret the Second Amendment to preclude an individual right to own guns are driven by their political agenda. Whichever the case, they do themselves no credit when they tell us that a simple, elegant sentence means the opposite of what it clearly says.

Florida law shifts burden of proof in ‘stand your ground’

Bill requires prosecution to show defendant didn’t act in self-defense

Prepare to defend yourselves from terrorists

Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey’s recommendations on how to defend yourself in the event of a violent attack.

Ten Commandments for concealed carry

I’m not Moses, let alone God, but the following 10 bits of advice are written in stone nonetheless. Not by God, but by the vastly powerful mechanisms of logic, law, and reality.

Comparative effectiveness: Police and armed citizens