
On May 28, Judge Frederick J. Scullin Jr. denied the District of Columbia’s request for an administrative state in the ruling against the “good reason” provision in DC’s concealed carry permitting process.
by AWR Hawkins28 May 2015, 2:19 PM PST0

Women have emerged as one of the fastest-growing demographics of new gun buyers and concealed carry permit holders in the country, and in the process, they have become a driving force in the shift in American attitudes from pro-gun control to pro-gun rights.
by AWR Hawkins28 May 2015, 10:59 AM PST0

On the morning of May 28 an 8-year-old boy and a 32-year-old woman were both shot in the head and killed in Baltimore, Maryland.
by AWR Hawkins28 May 2015, 10:27 AM PST0

On May 27, a National Journal article quoted UCLA law professor Adam Winkler saying a Gun Violence Restraining Order (GVRO) really will “not … make a huge dent in our gun violence statistics.”
by AWR Hawkins28 May 2015, 8:22 AM PST0

On May 26, the White House suggested the epic gun control failure in Baltimore proved the need for more gun control.
by AWR Hawkins27 May 2015, 9:20 PM PST0

On May 26 a “domestic incident” in which a boyfriend allegedly began chocking his girlfriend ended because she had access to a gun and was able to shoot him with hit until he stopped.
by AWR Hawkins27 May 2015, 12:00 PM PST0

Andrew Romero, the suspect in the Memorial Day shooting death of Rio Rancho, New Mexico, Officer Gregg “Nigel” Benner, is a felon who is consequently barred from gun possession.
by AWR Hawkins27 May 2015, 11:12 AM PST0

On Cornell University Law School’s Legal Information Institute (LII) webpage introducing the Second Amendment, the individual right to keep and bear arms is presented as dating all the way back to 2008.
by AWR Hawkins27 May 2015, 10:46 AM PST0

Following a Memorial Day Weekend during which 12 people shot and killed and 43 more were wounded, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said a large part of the solution to the problem is more gun control.
by AWR Hawkins26 May 2015, 4:54 PM PST0

On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Times ran a column by Jennifer Carlson claiming that men carry guns because they are insecure over the size and sustainability of their paychecks.
by AWR Hawkins26 May 2015, 3:18 PM PST0

Bloomberg.com has added its voices to the chorus of those calling for the elimination of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), stating it should be “put … out of its misery.”
by AWR Hawkins26 May 2015, 12:53 PM PST0

Concealed carry permit applications are surging in states like North Carolina, as they have been surging nationally under Obama, “amid safety fears.”
by AWR Hawkins26 May 2015, 9:28 AM PST0

Over the Memorial Day Weekend in heavily gun controlled Chicago, 12 persons were killed and “at least” 43 were wounded in shootings across the city.
by AWR Hawkins26 May 2015, 9:17 AM PST0

On Memorial Day, an alleged car thief in Willimantic, Connecticut, picked the wrong car and was held at gunpoint by the car’s owner until police arrived.
by AWR Hawkins25 May 2015, 9:40 PM PST0

A law allowing the concealed carry of handguns on college and university campuses in Kansas takes effect on July 1, 2017.
by AWR Hawkins25 May 2015, 10:19 AM PST0

On May 22, the Texas Senate gave its final approval to House Bill 910: a bill expanding concealed carry to include the Open Carry of handguns in the Lone Star State.
by AWR Hawkins24 May 2015, 2:18 PM PST0

Armatix makes the iP1 smart gun, which Democrats raved about and pushed to mandate as the only gun that could legally be sold in New Jersey in 2014. Democrats were joined in this effort by gun control groups like the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.
by AWR Hawkins24 May 2015, 2:10 PM PST0

On the one year anniversary of Elliot Rodger’s May 23 Santa Barbara attack, Richard Martinez said he will continue to push gun control in the United States because attacks like Rodger’s “don’t happen in other countries.”
by AWR Hawkins24 May 2015, 8:22 AM PST0

A new report from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) shows that while “70 percent” of all public schools put kids through school shooting scenarios/drills, only “43 percent” have armed security.
by AWR Hawkins23 May 2015, 11:52 AM PST0

When unsuccessful Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis (D) was asked this week why it was acceptable to abort a seven-pound baby, she responded, “That never happens. It never happens. It really never happens.”
by Dr. Susan Berry22 May 2015, 5:44 PM PST0

On May 22 a group of Nevada Assembly Republicans revived Campus Carry for this legislative cycle.
by AWR Hawkins22 May 2015, 4:15 PM PST0

A woman testifying for Moms Demand Action has been called on the carpet for misleading the Texas Senate in that the tragic killing of her husband by her son resulted from the use of a firearm. In reality, her son killed his father with a pipe wrench and a knife.
by Lana Shadwick22 May 2015, 1:26 PM PST0

When Hashim Fannin pulled into an Atlanta, Georgia Family Dollar an alleged carjacker climbed into his passenger seat and said, “You know what this is?” Fannin responded by pulling his gun, ordering the man out of the car and onto the ground, then asking, “So you woke up stupid this morning?”
by AWR Hawkins22 May 2015, 10:55 AM PST0

In a May 22 editorial examining the Obama administration’s push against 3-D printed guns, the LA Times made clear its conviction that the individual right to keep and bear arms was created by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) in 2008.
by AWR Hawkins22 May 2015, 10:14 AM PST0

On May 19 the Center for American Progress (CAP) joined GOP calls to do away with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) and the shuffle the agency’s current responsibilities to other federal agencies.
by AWR Hawkins21 May 2015, 3:47 PM PST0