During the Business Meeting tomorrow, the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors will consider whether to begin drafting a ban on firearms in certain public locations. Second Amendment supporters are encouraged to urge the Board to take NO ACTION on Action Item #5. The meeting will be held remotely by video conference, starting at 5:00PM. Click
Month: August 2020
Tomorrow, the Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee has scheduled a hearing to consider Senate Bill 317. Please contact committee members and ask them to support the right to self-defense of school employees. Senate Bill 317, sponsored by Senator Bill Coley, allows those school employees who are allowed to lawfully carry a concealed firearm for self-defense on
Presidential candidate Joe Biden has promised to introduce some of the most sweeping gun control legislation in recent history if elected in November, with the notion of “smart guns” at the center of his policy aimed at reducing firearm violence. But what exactly is this technology, and is it likely to stop a weapon falling into the wrong hands? “So-called
A velvet buck peers from an overgrown field on a hot, early-season afternoon. ( John Hafner Photography/) Every early-season hunter who has walked away from his stand sweaty and empty-handed knows that high fall temperatures can turn whitetails into slugs. Already clad in their winter coats, most warm-weather bucks move sparingly and almost exclusively at
California and its on-again, off-again restrictive magazine capacity will head back to the courtroom. Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed a petition Friday that would once again reinstate the California magazine ban. California Magazine Capacity Under Fire Once Again On Aug. 14, a three-judge panel from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the state’s restriction
Thanks to being an adolescent in the 1980s, I have been exposed to a fury of compact fully automatic weapons through awesome action movies that depicted such guns as the Uzi, Compact Uzi, MP5, MP5K , M-11 and Mac 10 and others being used to thwart the antics of criminals the world over. I’ve seen
New Mexico hunting guide Buzz Brown glasses with his spotting scope shortly after daybreak. (Will Brantley/) I had met Buzz the night before, when it was dark and the rental car was hung up in the snow. He was like a lot of good Western hunting guides I’ve known—not especially friendly at first, but capable.
How unpopular is gun control in states with contested Senate races? Ask Everytown for Gun Safety, a firearm prohibition lobby backed by billionaire Michael Bloomberg. They’re spending big piles of Bloomberg’s cash running campaign ads to flip Senate seats in Iowa and North Carolina. But for a gun control advocacy group, their messaging is suspiciously
Gun sales are soaring at the declining number of places in America that sell them. I think there are two reasons for this spike. The first is that some Americans seem nervous about recent unrest, and feel the need to be armed. The second reason is that the 30% of Americans who acknowledge owning a gun fear Democrat Joe Biden
Charlotte, N.C. — Every morning, a small aircraft flies over the sky, waking up Charlotte, N.C. It drags a flag with two images: on the left, the image of an aborted fetus, on the right, a Black Lives Matter sign. It is a stark reminder of some issues that both united and divide people here.
FILE – In this July 30, 2020, file photo members of the Seattle Storm stand in front of a photo of Breonna Taylor before a WNBA basketball game against the Washington Mystics in Bradenton, Fla. Taylor was killed in her home by police officers. Americans’ suggestions of suitable statues for President Donald Trump’s planned National Garden
In his new book, Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., outlines the history of the Second Amendment and why gun violence is as bad as it is today. Above, Murphy listens during during a Senate hearing on June 30, 2020. Al Drago/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Al Drago/POOL/AFP via Getty Images In his new
by: Web Staff, The Associated Press, CNN, Rachel Skytta Posted: Aug 29, 2020 / 02:45 PM MDT / Updated: Aug 29, 2020 / 06:07 PM MDT LOVELAND, Colo. (KDVR) — A Colorado-based gun rights group said it is raising money to defend the 17-year-old boy accused of killing two people during demonstrations in Kenosha, Wisconsin
Remembering Joseph Bryan “Joe” Griffith, his family says the enactment of a common sense gun sale law would be the best kind of memoriam to honor him and the six other people who died and the 25 who were wounded on the blackest day in Odessa history, Aug. 31, 2019. The Texas House Select Committee
Florida’s a tougher nut to crack, requiring four seats to flip the state Senate. However, with just two or three swing election victories this year, by 2022 we can finally break the 25-year Republican stranglehold on my state. With everything that’s going on, it’s easy to overlook critical legislative races in two important battleground states,
Today, the California Attorney General’s office filed a petition for an en banc hearing in Duncan v. Becerra—the NRA funded case challenging California’s ban on the possession of magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds. The petition was expected after the 9th Circuit court of appeals affirmed that the ban violated the Second Amendment on August
Donald Trump says if he loses the US election the American way of life will be “destroyed”. He launched a scathing attack on Democratic nominee Joe Biden and said the nation is facing its most important ever election. After accepting the Republican Party nomination, the President defended his leadership of a divided nation. Critics said
All but one of the cartridges below can handle elk-size game. ( John Hafner Photography/) If you search the Internet, you’ll find 1,017 posts on the best big-game cartridges. So why do another? First, because I wrote it, and what I have to say is wiser and more important than what is written by anyone
At a time when a record number of Americans are buying firearms, many for the first time, Gov. Phil Murphy wants to shut down this trend, just like everything else in the Garden State. The Governor has never hidden his disdain for private gun ownership, and he has certainly proven throughout the COVID 19 crisis that he isn’t
A gun rights group based in Colorado is raising money for the legal defense of a teenager accused of killing two people during racial unrest in Wisconsin this week. The National Foundation for Gun Rights announced Friday that it is raising money for 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse of Illinois. The NFGR is the legal arm of
The Walther PPQ and PPA M2 pistol remain popular choice for carry and defense. To support owner of these pistols, Galco now offers its popular KingTuk Delxue IWB holster. Galco KingTuk Deluxe for Walther PPQ, PPQ M2 Pistols The KingTuk Deluxe design provides tremendous comfort, according to Galco. It utilizes an premium saddle leather backing
Photo by Oregon State Police Michael Light (left), Michael Lokey-Wilson (middle), and Jonathan Dakota Appelt (right). An Oregon woman used her trusty hunting rifle to save a man’s life recently. The altercation took place in Walton, near Eugene, on Aug. 23. The woman found a badly beaten man on a highway, then grabbed her rifle
The alt-reality show on the screen this week, a Republican National Convention without platform or ideas, mixed Dear Leader adoration with primal fear jabs aimed at the weary American voter. And it may work. But the reality outside the screen was a perfect fusion of elements central to the master con of Trumpism. The trick
On Saturday, Aug. 22, Jeff Stroud taught a class for law-abiding Yoopers looking to receive their concealed pistol licenses (CPL). Stroud teaches his classes on not only the legalities of CPLs, but how to be a responsible, and, in his words, exemplary carrier. Stroud is a fully-licensed instructor and expert marksman, certified as a chief
Written by John Cole, Managing Editor President Donald Trump’s campaign argues that people would be unsafe in Joe Biden’s America. The political arm of the National Rifle Association is echoing that message in a new attack ad airing in several battleground states, including Pennsylvania. The NRA Victory Fund launched a two week, multi-million dollar TV
But even before the campaign pulled all its ads, it was already entirely dark this month in Michigan and Pennsylvania while being outspent 8-to-1 in Wisconsin, according to Politico. Biden also spent three times as much in North Carolina, Florida, and Arizona. And Trump left Ohio and Nevada completely uncontested. Trump campaign spokespeople have said
Kinetic Concealment just announced its newest holster, a fit for the Bond Arms Rowdy Derringer. The hybrid holster carries in multiple styles, delivering tremendous versatility. Kinetic Concealment Holster System for Bond Arms Rowdy Kinetic Concealment holsters come as a Hybrid IWB, KC Baby appendix carry holster or OWB holster. It provides a complete concealed carry
If 2020 is good for one thing, it’s shattering gun sales records. The first half of 2020 has seen more than 5 million first-time gun purchases in the United States. The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) reported data taken from retailers, citing 40-percent of sales coming from first-time gun purchasers. Gun Sales Records Smashed in
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, a Democrat, is running for a Senate seat and has taken a pro-gun stance despite his past support for gun control measures. “I believe in our individual right to bear arms,” Bullock said in a campaign ad. “I took on Democrats in Washington to defend it. “I also believe in common
CLOSE Victoria Spartz, the Republican candidate for Indiana’s 5th Congressional District, answered some IndyStar questions, July 17, 2020. Indianapolis Star Ask Indiana’s 5th Congressional District Republican candidate Victoria Spartz why she is running for Congress and she’ll reference her childhood in Soviet-controlled Ukraine. In one of her primary campaign ads entitled “Stop Socialism,” Spartz, who immigrated
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