ATF Director Using 18th Century Tech to Salvage Agency’s Shattered Reputation
By Lee Williams of The Second Amendment Foundation's Investigative Journalism Project. Find Lee's Substack HERE:
The ATF has beclowned itself yet again.
Last month, when the agency sent Special Agents Larry, Moe and Shemp to the...
Gun Rights Orgs React to House Federal Assault Weapons Ban Bill Passage
Desperate to give Democrats something they view as positive to campaign on this fall, the House of Representatives voted narrowly to resurrect a federal "assault weapons" ban last night. As Speaker Nancy Pelosi laughably...
It’s Time for America’s Malls to Drop Their ‘Gun-Free’ Zone Policies
By Alan Gottlieb and Dave Workman
In the aftermath of the Greenwood Park Mall shooting in which a legally-armed private citizen named Elisjsha Dicken was able to quickly take down the killer, stopping the attack and...
Caught on Video: ATF Agent Creates Illegal Gun Registry With Her Cell Phone
By Lee Williams
Dave Nagel, one of three co-owners of Black Metal Firearms in Mesa, Arizona, said there was something odd about the inspector the ATF sent to audit his gun shop late last year.
Pamela...
New Jersey AG Weaponizing the State’s New Nuisance Law Skirt the PLCAA and Attack...
By Lee Williams
New Jersey’s Acting Attorney General Matthew Platkin announced Monday he has created a new statewide office specifically designed to harass the gun industry through civil nuisance lawsuits.
According to a press release, the...
Florida Ex-Cop Who Killed a Woman During an Exercise Wants His Probation Deal Ended...
By Lee Williams
Former Punta Gorda, Florida Police Officer Lee Coel aimed his Smith & Wesson .38-caliber revolver at 73-year-old retired librarian Mary Knowlton and pulled the trigger four times.
What were supposed to be blanks,...
BREAKING: LAPD Stops Enforcement of California’s ‘High Capacity’ Magazine Ban
By Lee Williams
The Los Angeles Police Department has stopped enforcing California’s state law banning “high capacity” magazines, according to an internal LAPD email obtained by the Second Amendment Foundation’s Investigative Journalism Project.
The email was...
ATF Issues Conflicting Statements About Intimidating Warrantless Gun Owner Investigations, Calls Tactics ‘Entirely Appropriate’
By Lee Williams
ATF’s severely underworked public information officers are flustered. A story we first published Monday about a surprise firearm inspection at a Delaware man’s home has gone viral, exposing their agents’ misdeeds and...
Progress: AP Stylebook Now Advises Against Using ‘Assault Rifle’ and ‘Assault Weapon’ in News...
From the Second Amendment Foundation . . .
After years of incorporating the terms “assault rifle” and “assault weapons” into news reports involving firearms, especially when used in crimes, journalists are now advised by the...
Anatomy of an FBI ‘Terrorism’ Sting: Convicting a Former 911 Operator of a National...
By Lee Williams
By all accounts, Yunis Isaac Mejia was a good guy – certainly not the type of man who should be spending his next two birthdays behind the wire in a federal prison.
Mejia,...
SAF Sues State of California to Block Firearms Advertising Ban
From the Second Amendment Foundation
Attorneys for the Second Amendment Foundation and several partners have filed a federal lawsuit for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief in a case challenging the constitutionality of a California law prohibiting...
As Violent Crime and Response Times Soar in Washington, So Does Concealed Carry Permit...
From CCRKBA
Amid rising violent crime, Washington has reported a stunning number of active Concealed Pistol Licenses issued in a single month; proving that extremist gun control efforts in the Evergreen State have failed miserably...