This morning, the U.S. Senate invoked cloture on the nomination of Steve Dettelbach by a vote of 48-46. Mere hours later, the confirmation vote sneaked by confirming Dettelbach to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). This marks the...
The Colorado-based Rocky Mountain Gun Owners is suing the town of Superior over new gun control laws that ban semi-automatic rifles, arguing last month's U.S. Supreme Court decision gave gun rights groups munition to dismantle "unconstitutional" gun restrictions....
San Jose’s first-in-the-nation gun insurance mandate was supposed to go into effect this fall, but with three pending lawsuits questioning the law’s constitutionality, city officials now expect the controversial ordinance to be delayed until at least 2023. But shortly...
"Attorney General Bonta lays out an entire laundry list of non-relevant characteristics such as ‘fiscal stability’ that he suggests local officials review before deciding whether an applicant is ‘moral’ enough to get a permit, including checking an applicant’s social...
The National Association for Gun Rights and Hoosier Gun Rights are celebrating the implementation of Indiana's new Constitutional Carry law, which ensures residents no longer need a permit to carry a handgun. Will Fite, Director of Legislation for Hoosier Gun Rights,...
The Supreme Court, in the wake of the landmark NY v. Bruen case, has issued notice to lower courts that their recent rulings on 2nd Amendment cases are wrong, and need to be re-evaluated. This pushes the last valid ruling down to the District Court level, when in...
John Cornyn is facing backlash from his own Republican party for being a lead negotiator on the newly-passed gun control bill. At the Texas annual Republican convention recently held in Houston, Cornyn was booed and heckled – a visible sign he is losing support from...
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down New York's concealed-carry gun licensing law that required citizens to provide a "special need" for self-defense. Hannah Hill, Research and Policy Director for the National Foundation for Gun Rights -- the legal arm of the National...
National Association for Gun Rights Position: OPPOSE Click here to download as PDF. BANS gun possession based on juvenile records for all gun owners. This is retroactive, so if a gun owner committed a disqualifying crime at age 16 and he’s now 45, he would lose his...
This afternoon, U.S. Senator John Cornyn faced Republican Party of Texas convention delegates for the first time since leading the Republican compromise for gun control “framework” in Washington, D.C. Chants of “No Red Flags” could be heard throughout the George R....
Insiders close to the Biden Administration are reporting that the President is more than "considering" the move to no longer sell 5.56/.223 ammunition manufactured at the Lake City plant to civilians. This would affect as much as 30% of the commercial market's sales...
According to Fox News, a newly-released Quinnipiac University poll published on June 1st, a record low of registered voters claim to support a nationwide ban on semi-automatic long guns. Despite Joe Biden and the Democrats constant rhetoric to implement gun control,...
The assault on your gun rights is underway right now. Under the leadership of notoriously anti-gun Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY-10), Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are moving to FastTrack an enormous gun control package through Congress. Watch...
“At the state level, there’s been a real push to restore rights,” said Christopher Stone, communications director for the National Association for Gun Rights, which was founded in 2000, and has pushed for pro-gun laws including permitless carry. “Our goal is to be...
“The NRA is not doing anything around the country anywhere; all their staff lawyered up and are fighting amongst each other,” said Dudley Brown, a gun rights lobbyist who has long criticized the NRA for being too open to compromise. Brown’s rival group, the National...
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) advocated for his Safe Students Act -- a piece of legislation that would repeal the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990. "The 'Safe Students Act' would make it easier for state and local governments and school boards to unambiguously set their...
You probably saw the news coverage of this -- the ultra-“woke” Lefty gun grabbers in San Jose want to make gun owners pay a “gun ownership tax.” In other words, they want to tax law-abiding gun owners simply for exercising their Second Amendment rights. This is just...
Last week, the National Association for Gun Rights warned law-abiding gun owners about troubling statements made by a senior U.S. State Department official during the most important Small Arms Treaty meeting of the year -- the Seventh Conference of States Parties to...
The Seventh Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty wrapped up last week in Geneva Switzerland. Deputy Director for Conventional Arms Threat Reduction in the Department of State, William Malzahn, relayed the interests of the Biden Administration in the...
After nearly a decade-long fight, the members and supporters of the National Association for Gun Rights and its state-affiliate, Texas Gun Rights, succeeded in pressuring lawmakers to make Texas the 21st Constitutional Carry state! Texas a Major Mile Marker in Fight...
The National Association for Gun Rights and legal expert James Bardwell, esq. submitted an official letter opposing Proposed Rule Making 2021R-08 (NPRM) – commonly known as the ATF Pistol Brace Ban. James Bardwell is a lawyer, gun owner, and firearms expert, writing...
Do you know what you need? Some HEAVY METAL -- specifically THIS TANK -- your National Association for Gun Rights is giving away right now! Ok, it’s not “technically” a tank. It’s a “1959 Daimler Ferret Mk 2/3 Scout Car.” But it’s armored. It has a turret with a...
https://youtu.be/-QzTjEmGmW0 May 11, 2021 In the latest episode of Tap-Rack-Bang! Ryan and Tyler cover everything from Constitutional Carry to ATF Director nominee David Chipman’s career as an enemy to the Second Amendment. Here are just a few highlights from the...
Few things are more loathsome in the gun rights community than the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (also known as the ATF, of course). In fact, we’d argue that when it comes to the Second Amendment, there is nothing worse than a federal agency dedicated to...
As reported today, Walmart is turning over the gun sales records of more than 500 stores to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF). Specifically, the records from the 500 stores that have stopped selling firearms. When an FFL shuts down, the ATF gives the...
Tuesday, November 3rd is the day we find out whether a Joe Biden – Kamala Harris administration will take control of the White House in January or if Donald Trump will retain the Presidency. As the campaign comes to a head, all eyes are on Joe Biden, and if he...
When Jeff Sessions announced he would once again run to represent Alabama in the U.S. Senate, it was widely assumed he would cruise to victory. After all, Sessions was running for the very Senate seat he had occupied for two decades. With recognition in Alabama, and a...
Once again, anti-gun Democrat Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is using the power of the purse to fund more gun control initiatives. But instead of sponsoring her run-of-the-mill pieces of anti-gun legislation, Pelosi is using the appropriations process to massively...
Earlier this year, Gov. Bill Lee announced his support for Constitutional Carry in Tennessee. Unfortunately, the bill he chose to put his weight behind is NOT true Constitutional Carry and could get many gun owners in trouble with the law. Outside Legal Counsel for...
As liberty minded Americans, the focus of our fight must always be on protecting the God-given rights of the individual. Now more than ever we must be on alert for the bad actors who would gladly use the timing of Coronavirus as an excuse to give the government more...
It was only a matter of time. The Alabama Sheriffs Association (ASA) is working to create a statewide database of permit holders -- i.e. gun owners -- instead of focusing on stopping criminals. Unlike others who recognize American’s God-given rights, the...
Denver, CO - Shamson Sundara, a Marine veteran who served in Afghanistan, was working as a security guard at STEM School in Highlands Ranch, CO, on May 7, 2019, when the unthinkable happened. The school was under attack by two deranged student shooters. The...
Richmond, VA – As anti-gun Democrats advance a half dozen radical gun control bills in Virginia, a key National Rifle Association lobbyist just dropped a bombshell.The NRA is ready to “work to find compromise.”This from the newly appointed NRA Virginia official, D.J....
As hundreds attended the Sunday service at West Freeway Church of Christ in Fort Worth, TX, an evil attacker wearing a black trench coat pulled out a firearm, intent on murdering scores of peaceful parishioners. As the attacker rose up from a seated position near the...
“Working as intended.”1 That is how an attorney with the Gifford’s Law Center described Proposition 63, California’s cockamamie ammunition background check system, which in less than six months, has denied over 60,000 Californians their right to purchase ammunition....
At the end of every year, the United States Congress votes on a spending bill which dictates how the federal government will spend American taxpayer dollars in the coming year. And every year, without fail, the anti-gun vultures in D.C. seize this opportunity to bury...
When former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced his intentions to seek the Democratic nomination for President last month, gun owners who’ve battled his anti-gun agenda for decades had no doubt that gun control would be the centerpiece of his platform....
Hearing a major Second Amendment case for the first time in a decade, the United States Supreme Court is showing little inclination to make a ruling on the case of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. V. City of New York. The case in question challenges...
As America gets ready to carve up turkey, Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) say they’re cooking up a “Red Flag’ Gun Confiscation behind closed doors in the D.C. Swamp.Senator Blumenthal had this to say during an interview with MSNBC on...
By Tyler WitzkePolitical Projects ManagerNational Association for Gun Rights Amidst the recent impeachment hearings against President Donald Trump, Attorney General William Barr announced his new federal gun control plan called “Project Guardian” yesterday. Barr’s...
Eric Swalwell and Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke each proposed radical gun control policies such as gun buybacks on “assault weapons” and AR-15 confiscation as major selling points of their campaigns. Now both are failed candidates – forced to drop out of the race due...
Time and time again, gun grabbers try to justify their calls for an AR-15 ban with one question: “why on earth do you need an AR-15 for self-defense?” In March, Senator Chris Murphy came right out and said it on Twitter that no one needs a semi-automatic rifle to...
When most anti-gun Leftists talk about banning “assault weapons,” they often refer to firearms of the rifle variety; AR-15’s and AK-47’s It should come as no surprise to any gun owner who pays attention to the news that they want to ban “scary-looking” AR-15’s or any...
Anti-gun candidate Beto O’Rourke announced Friday he will drop out of the 2020 presidential race. O’Rourke ran his campaign on a largely anti-gun platform, including his infamous “gun buyback” proposal which amounted to outright gun confiscation. His dropout should...
Pennsylvania Judge Joseph James on Tuesday struck down three gun control ordinances passed by the city of Pittsburgh last year. On December 14, 2018, Pittsburgh City Council approved the gun control measures which included a ban on so-called “assault weapons,” large...
National Association for Gun Rights President Dudley Brown presented the .50 Caliber Freedom Award to Governor Matt Bevin and State Representative Savannah Maddox on Wednesday, thanking them for their support of the Second Amendment. The .50 Caliber Freedom Award is...
The gun control lobby is frantically working to pass “Red Flag” Gun Confiscation laws in all 50 states. And Utah may be next. In fact, just last week, the Utah Legislature’s Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee held a hearing on the topic of “Red...
“It’s time to once again pass (gun control) legislation.” – U.S. Sen. John Cornyn 1 After spending most of the summer fighting the advances of gun grabs sponsored by House and Senate Democrats, Republican U.S. Senator John Cornyn (TX) decided to roll over to their...
By Ryan Frasor NAGR contributor to The Truth About Guns On September 28, 2019, The Daily Signal published an article written by Amy Swearer of the Heritage Foundation describing a hypothetical version of a “Red Flag” Gun Confiscation law that would be...
Just last month, Dr. John R. Lott of the Crime Prevention Research Center released a statistical analysis of Concealed Carry Permit Holders Across the United States: 2019. And some of his findings directly contradict the Fake News media. America is getting safer – and...
