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Ballot Initiatives: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
The season has passed for gathering signatures for voter initiatives in the 24 states that allow them, so firearm-prohibition outfits with fuzzy names are finished trying to get gun bans—things that couldn’t make it through the state legislatures—on state ballots this November.
Joe Biden Is No Moderate
As we search for sanity amidst all the clamor and craziness of this particular political season, the mainstream media is handing us the false narrative, as if it is a life preserver from these tumultuous times, that Joe Biden is a moderate.
Parting Shot: The U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Give Us Our Freedom
Defenders of the right to keep and bear arms might be forgiven for wondering whether the U.S. Supreme Court’s copy of the United States Constitution is missing a few pages.
Chicago’s Mayhem isn’t the Fault of Legal Gun Owners
2020 has seen a sharp increase in Chicago violence.
Hunters: The Original Social Distancers
There is no denying that we are experiencing a complicated time in our country’s history. We are all navigating through various states’ opening and closing procedures that include recommended social distancing measures.
NRA-Sanctioned Matches Resume
Over the past six months, countless sporting events in the U.S. have been canceled, postponed or had a location change due to measures intended to hinder the spread of Covid-19. Indeed, the coronavirus pandemic even forced the cancellation of the historic National Matches, as well as NRA-sanctioned shooting tournaments across the country.
Nearly 5 Million New Gun Owners in 2020
Record-setting year continues with millions of new gun owners.
Gun-Control Activist, David Hogg, Deletes His Own Twitter Poll
Nearly 80,000 people voted ‘no’ to hearing David Hogg’s election opinions.
New Study Raises Concern Over “Excess” Freedom
The anti-gun activism machine is getting desperate. Researchers at UC Davis allege in a new paper that “excess” firearm purchases over the last few months may have led a significant increase in “gun violence.”
The Choice Is Clear: President Trump’s Second Amendment Record Has Earned Him the Gun Vote in 2020
We are living in extraordinary times, and it will take an extraordinary effort by freedom-loving Americans during this year’s presidential election to emerge with our liberties intact.
Will Big Tech Gun Censorship Affect the 2020 Election
Here is how social-media companies are controlling speech in regard to guns and the Second Amendment ahead of the November election.
Bloomberg Wants to Buy Your Right to Bear Arms
The former New York City mayor is continuing to push his unrelenting gun-control agenda with lots of money.
Joe Biden Wants Your Guns
It’s a funny word, “moderate.” We throw it around habitually, as a positive and aggrandizing description, but we rarely stop to ask the crucial, prerequisite question: “Relative to what?”
Mandate, Ban and Confiscate: The Biden Plan for Our Semi-Automatic Rifles
Joe Biden has consistently argued that American citizens don’t have a right to buy and use semi-automatic AR-15 and AR-10 rifles.
Opening Salvo: How Criminals Get Guns
As I’m wedged in the back of an NYPD Strategic Response vehicle, the officers rip through the clogged Manhattan streets on a frostbitten Sunday afternoon.
Of Gun Sales and the Election
Come November 3, this issue might prove to be the ultimate deal-breaker for Biden; if, that is, enough Americans realize their freedom is on the ballot.
California’s Ban on Gun Magazines Found Unconstitutional
Ninth Circuit Court reaffirmed lower court’s ruling that the ban violated the Second Amendment.
Restoring Our Rights: President Trump’s Work On The Federal Judiciary Is Far From Over
The 2016 elections seem like an eternity ago, to me, considering all that has happened since Donald Trump was elected president.
President’s Column | NRA And Its Members Mean Business
As an active wife, mother and grandmother, I am often asked what inspired me to serve our great organization as NRA President. In a word, that answer is you—the over 5-million-strong NRA family of members—my fellow patriots.
Standing Guard | Our Fight To Save American Freedom
America is at a tipping point. Almost everywhere we look today, the principles, values and fundamental rights that guarantee our freedom are under attack.