NAGR Gun Rights Blog

Thanks to Chicago’s gun ban, an 80-year-old Chicago man may face charges after shooting an intruder. The Supreme Court is currently hearing McDonald v. Chicago, which could repeal Chicago’s longstanding handgun ban. But justice may come too late for an elderly Korean War vet who was simply defending his 83-year-old wife and 12-year-old grandson. The [...]

Canadian anti-gun activist want their restrictive firearms laws forced onto American citizens. From WomenMakeNews.com: One third of all guns in the world are in the U.S. And half the guns used to commit crimes in Canada come from south of the border. So yes, this country needs and wants an International Arms Treaty. “Here in [...]

With the prospect of their complete ban on handgun ownership being over turned by the U.S. Supreme Court, the City of Chicago is considering following in the footstep of the District of Columbia.  After the 2008 Heller decision, D.C. law makers met the letter of the law, by setting up a number of hurdles and [...]

President of Mexico Felipe Calderon wants to ban so-called “assault weapons” in the United States because Mexico is full of violent drug-dealers. From Politico.com: Mexican President Felipe Calderón called on Congress Thursday to revive the assault weapons ban in an effort to reduce violence along the southern border. “The violence in Mexico started to grow [...]

Legislation banning suspected terrorists from purchasing firearms may sound like a good idea to some. However, such legislation could easily infringe on the 2nd Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans. Months before he loaded his SUV with propane tanks and fireworks and drove to Times Square, police say, Faisal Shahzad went to a firearms store and bought a [...]

In a move that will shock no one, President Barack Obama nominated a gun-unfriendly attorney to the United States Supreme Court. Elena Kagan, Obama’s second female Supreme court nominee, was the lawyer for the White House that wrote the Clinton firearms import ban. From the Volokh Conspiracy legal blog: The Chicago Tribune’s James Oliphant reports: [...]

Billionare playboy Mayor Michael Bloomberg is at it again. From the Washington Post: New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg told a Senate panel Wednesday that he strongly supports congressional efforts to close a “terror gap” in the nation’s gun laws, which currently allow persons on a federal terrorist watch list to buy guns and explosives [...]

Colorado State University has canceled their plans to ban concealed carry on campus. It’s a great day for public safety at CSU. “They didn’t have a legal leg to stand on,” said Dudley Brown, Executive Director of Rocky Mountain Gun Owners (RMGO). “We told them in January, in no uncertain terms, that state law did [...]

Theresa Collier, a 73 year old grandmother, was arrested for slapping her unruly granddaughter. If convicted of domestic violence, she will be banned from owning guns. From the Gun Rights Examiner: … if convicted of domestic violence, Mrs. Collier will join the ranks of “prohibited persons,” forbidden by that law to so much as touch [...]