Gov. Tom Wolf will veto legislation heading to his desk that would repeal long-standing laws intended to control the carrying of guns and prevent public officials from shutting down firearms sales during disaster emergencies declared by a governor. Wolf, a Democrat who has advocated for broader gun control measures, opposes the bills, his office said Thursday. The bills are the…
The Lynchburg Police Department is investigating a home invasion that occurred on Wooldridge Circle early Wednesday morning, Nov. 25. According to police, at 1:40 a.m., officers responded to the 100-block of Wooldridge Circle for a report of a burglary in progress. They say two men knocked on a residence and assaulted the resident before trying to enter the home. The…
A U.S. Department of Justice lawyer argued Monday that the United States can kill its own citizens without judicial review when litigation would reveal state secrets. The argument drew alarm among judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Courthouse News Service reports. Judge Patricia Millett characterized the DOJ’s argument as giving the government the…
Just want to wish all the Armed Citizens on here a happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy your turkey and all the time with family and friends!
Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen on Monday announced several additional charges in his investigation into a pay-to-play scheme involving concealed carry licenses issued by the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office, including the head of Apple’s security team and two top officials within the sheriff’s office itself. According to Rosen, Santa Clara County Undersheriff Rick Sung and Captain James…
The Ohio Senate pushed forward a bill that will allow school personnel such as teachers to be armed while in school, if authorized by a local school board. In a 21 to 10 vote, Senate Bill 317 passed along party lines, with sponsor Sen. Bill Coley, R-Liberty Township, praising the work of the bill which he said “fixes an abomination…
Jennifer O’Malley Dillon, tapped by the Biden transition team to be deputy chief of staff in a new administration, has expressed her full support for not only banning commonly-owned firearms, but confiscating them from legal gun owners as well. Fox News reports that Dillon, who served as Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke’s campaign manager before switching to the Biden campaign after…
Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell from President Trump’s legal team comment on the latest revelations in investigations into election day ‘irregularities’ and other phenomena that took place at sites during the presidential election match-up between Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
School officials claimed they ‘fail[ed] to convey a particularized message’ The Supreme Court has long protected student speech on public school grounds as long as it doesn’t “materially and substantially interfere” with the school’s operation. Officials in two Wisconsin school districts came up with a novel way around the Tinker precedent: redefine what counts as “speech.” A federal judge swatted…
These are the updated numbers from our friends at the NSSF: Nearly 20 million Modern Sporting Rifles in Circulation There are approximately 71.2 million pistol magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds, and 79.2 million rifle magazines capable of holding 30 or more rounds in circulation. In 2018, 11.4 million total firearms were produced or imported. There are an…
