Ruger Announces 4th Quarter Results, Full 2019 Earnings Down on 17% Decline in Sales
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE: RGR) announced today that for 2019 the Company reported net sales of $410.5 million and diluted earnings of $1.82 per share, compared with net sales of $495.6 million...
Words Mean Things: ‘Gun Violence,’ ‘Assault Weapons,’ and ‘High Capacity’ Magazines
By Robert A. Margulies, MD
We are in a culture war in which the enemy is using words in ways that are dishonest. Let’s set at least part of the record straight.
"High capacity" magazines
This is...
Everytown Backs Away From Bloomberg, But They’re Addicted to His Cash
By Larry Keane
Everytown for Gun Safety, the gun control group bankrolled by billionaire presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg, is treading lightly with their benefactor.
Everytown distanced itself from Bloomberg’s recently surfaced comments about his “stop and frisk” program...
Senate Democrats’ Latest Attempt at National Firearms Registration
Sen. Bob Menendez has filed Senate Bill 3299, a bill to repeal certain impediments to the administration of the firearms laws. As of this writing, the bill's text is not available, but early...
2A Supporters, Gun Control Orgs React to Defeat of Virginia ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban
By Jeff Hulbert
The "assault weapons" ban bill that brought more than 25,000 gun rights supporters to the Virginia statehouse last month has been shelved for the 2020 legislative session.
The vote in the Senate Judiciary...
Arizona Senate Bill 1664: Gun-Free Zone Liability for Anti-Gun Cities
While Arizona Democrats are busily trying to ban nearly all repeating rifles, Republicans are treading down a rather more sane path. Last week the Senate Judiciary Committee voted (on a partisan 4-3 basis) to...
You Want to Compromise on Gun Control? OK, Let’s Compromise
Reader Alan Smithee writes . . .
I still hear the word “compromise” used by politicians and anti-gun activists seeking to further restrict citizens' access to firearms. Or even by those who want to take...
Gun Control: That Ship Has Sailed
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro waved his magic wand and made everything a firearm, with sales of raw materials subject to background checks. But even the Pennsylvania courts are having trouble with that bit...
Creating a Multi-State Second Amendment Sanctuary Bloc [VIDEO]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9A0ZXdcwHk
This is TTAG’s weekly roundup of legal and legislative news affecting guns, the gun business and gun owners’ rights. For a deeper dive into the topics discussed here, check out this week in gun rights at...
When More Research Funding Isn’t the Answer to ‘Gun Violence’ in America
By Larry Keane
In the aftermath of impeachment, and with Coronavirus apparently under control in the U.S., it appears the mainstream media is out of things to talk about. There’s no other explanation for a...
Schools Should Continue Lockdown Drills Without Traumatizing Kids
Jaclyn Schildkraut, State University of New York Oswego
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, an advocacy group, has joined with the American Federation of Teachers and the National Educators Association, the nation’s two biggest teachers...
Arizona’s ‘Assault Weapon’ Ban Bill Is A Doozy
Arizona Democrats have filed yet another "assault weapon" ban bill. This one is Senate Bill 1625. At first glance, with two notable stand-outs, it's pretty much par for the gun-grabbing course; a ban on...