The Shooters Hangout

The Peruta dominos continue to fall. In an earlier decision in Baker v Kealoha, a District Court refused to rule in favor of the plaintiff, Christopher Baker. Baker had moved for an injunction against various Hawaii state agencies that had denied him a carry license. As a Ninth Circuit panel summed up the District Court’s […]

Although “stand your ground” opponents argue that the law is a racist one that hurts minorities, the reality is that black Americans in high crime areas are the greatest beneficiaries of “stand your ground” laws. Dissenters like Al Shaprton and the Christian Science Monitor‘s Patrik Jonsson like to cite numbers from a Tampa Bay Times study […]

Percentage of denials hits low under Obama. Federal background checks are denying gun purchasers under President Obama at about half the rate they did under President Clinton and also at a slower clip than during President George W. Bush’s administration, according to data obtained by The Washington Times under the Freedom of Information Act. The […]

Sgt. Patrick Hayes writes: There has been talk that the only way Connecticut can enforce their new gun laws is by confiscation. Of course the State is saying they don’t intend to do that – just like all the anti-gun folks always say “Nobody is after your guns.” Should the Police enforce these laws? The […]

At the moment, we still have no idea what exactly the ATF is investigating Ares Armor for. Speculation is rampant, and the two main competing theories are that it either has something to do with the EP Armory polymer 80% lower receivers, or a suspicion that Ares Armor is “helping” people manufacture complete firearms without […]

On March 12th Lisa Atkins of Junction City, Oregon, did something “no trespassing signs, security system, [or] dogs” could do: she stopped a burglar by pulling a handgun and pinning him down until police arrived to take him away.   According to Eugene’s KEZI 9 News, Atkins heard a commotion about 9 a.m. Wednesday morning. […]

Gunman Holds Up Couple, Begins to Sexually Assault Woman — Then Her Male Companion Makes Sure It’s the Last Crime the Creep Ever Commits. New Orleans police said a man was shot dead with his own gun after he sexually assaulted a woman Thursday night, according to the Times-Picayune. And it was the woman’s companion […]

There has been a surge of people ready to get their hands on a conceal and carry permit after a Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling last month that relaxed the California’s laws on the issue. Sacramento County alone has 7,000 people on the waiting list. Typically, San Joaquin County has 20 appointments per […]

When President Obama makes a pitch for more gun-control laws, he likes to have a phalanx of blue-uniformed police officers behind him. These press conferences are supposed to convince us that law enforcement believes more restrictions on Second Amendment rights makes society safer. But Mr. Obama’s visual is a deception, because only a few liberal, […]

NRA-ILA Press Release The Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2013 (H.R. 2959) has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Congressmen Richard Nugent (R-Fla.) and Jim Matheson (D-Utah).  The bill would allow any person who is not prohibited from possessing or receiving a firearm under federal law and who has a valid, concealed firearm […]