State, Federal Lawmakers Trying to Put the Brakes On Credit Card Companies Tracking Firearm...
Amalgamated Bank CEO Priscilla Sims Brown isn’t shy about catering to Democratic politics and progressive causes. The New York Post even described her as “the Left’s private banker.”
Sims Brown is especially proud of herself...
Even After a Historic Landslide Defeat, Lori Lightfoot Doesn’t Seem to Realize It Was...
Chicago’s incumbent Mayor Lori Lightfoot just lost in a landslide. She came in third place and barely received 17 percent of the vote from Chicago voters – 83 percent chose someone else. That means she’ll...
NSSF: Biden Scapegoats Gun Makers, Weaponizes Government Against Gun Owners Rather Than Enforcing Laws...
From the NSSF . . .
NSSF, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, takes exception with President Joe Biden’s Executive Order to increase gun control measures. In the name of “doing something,” the Biden administration is chilling fundamental...
Trust But Verify: Industry Keeping Watchful Eye on Credit Card Issuers’ ‘Pause’ On Gun...
Second Amendment supporters and law-abiding gun owners can breathe a sigh of relief. For now, at least. The four major credit card companies – American Express, VISA, Mastercard and Discover – have all announced...
Firearms Stolen From FFLs Down 63% Since 2017
Keeping firearms out of the hands of criminals takes a monumental effort. Partnerships between neighborhood gun store retailers, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are...
Order Blocking California’s ‘Unsafe Handgun Act’ is a Correct Application of the Bruen Decision
From the NSSF . . .
NSSF, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, praises the U.S. District Court, Central District of California, Southern Division’s order granting a preliminary injunction for the plaintiffs blocking enforcement of California’s Unsafe Handgun...
Gun Control Orgs, Politicians Lose Their Minds, Threaten Credit Card Companies Over ‘Pause’ in...
By Mark Oliva
There’s no bigger proof that the merchant category code (MCC) specific to firearm retailers is really a bad idea than those losing their minds now that major credit card companies announced they won’t...
LA’s Woke, Soft-On-Crime DA Is America’s Worst Salesman for More Gun Control Laws
By Mark Oliva
Let the gun control zealots defend this. Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón had to be shamed into doing his job to protect his community from a would-be school murderer.
DA Gascón refused to bring...
Sparks Fly at House Judiciary Committee Hearing on ATF Gun Regulation
There were fireworks at a Congressional hearing covering a critical topic not just to the firearm industry and Second Amendment supporters, but to all Americans. It wasn’t entirely unexpected.
The U.S. House Subcommittee on Crime...
UPDATE: NC Legislature Overrides Governor’s Veto, Ends Pistol Purchase Permit Requirement
UPDATE: North Carolina residents can now buy a handgun without getting a permit from a local sheriff, after the Republican-controlled legislature on Wednesday overrode the Democratic governor’s veto — a first since 2018.
The House voted 71-46...
Media Campaign Targets Illegal Gun Purchases in One of America’s Most Violent Cities
From the NSSF . . .
NSSF, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, together with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Department of Justice (DOJ), announced a month-long public education campaign...
Why Won’t St. Louis Metro Transit Run Ads Aimed at Reducing Illegal Gun Purchases?
St. Louis Metro Transit is the gateway city's public transit authority, running busses and light rail service throughout the St. Louis and metro east Illinois area. Like most public transit authorities, STL Metro sells...