The Department of Justice is reportedly weighing a proposal to bar transgender people from owning firearms, a move that activists warn would do nothing to address the root causes of gun violence while further endangering an increasingly vulnerable community. Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign up for The Advocate's email newsletter. Hudson Munoz, the gay executive director of Guns Down America, a nonprofit advocating for stronger gun safety laws and reduced gun prolifera...| Advocate.com
The Justice Department is considering new regulations that could restrict gun ownership for transgender people, following a deadly mass shooting at a Catholic church school in Minneapolis, in which the perpetrator has been reported to be trans, according to CNN. Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign up for The Advocate's email newsletter. CNN, citing officials familiar with the discussions, reports that the department is exploring whether gender dysphoria could be classifi...| Advocate.com
A trans shooter in Minneapolis does not change the pattern: Most mass murderers are cisgender men. Change begins with acknowledging that truth. And then acting on it. Men, let’s answer the call. Let’s urge Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison to use their platforms to spark a movement of men to lead the way. Enough is enough. The time is now—before the guns ring out again. The post The Sound of Silence After Minneapolis: America’s Masculin...| Ms. Magazine
Share This Story(Daily Caller News Foundation) — How many times are we going to turn a blind eye to America’s youth being gunned down by a disease coddled by the Left? How many more children have to die before leaders stop lying about the real root of this crisis? Last week, horror struck again in […] The post Brilyn Hollyhand: Transgenderism is the number one threat to Gen Z—not guns appeared first on Alpha News MN.| Alpha News MN
Some people have chosen guns over the safety of others, including children. It's past time to shame them, and blame them for the carnage. Continue reading| Alabama Political Reporter
We may be a Prozac Nation, but the more important point is we are a Gun Nation. I have been on SSRIs since their inception and never once had the urge to go on a rampage and shoot down innocent| Envisioning The American Dream
Gun control politicians seem to have themselves stuck in a perpetual loop of recognizing crime is a problem, ignoring the criminals that commit the crimes and instead call for gun control in the name of “doing something.” It’s happening again. This time in Delaware. Antigun activists gathered to take away Constitutionally-guaranteed Second Amendment rights from […] The post U.S. Rep. Teams Up with Gabby Giffords for ‘Gun Violence’ Forum appeared first on NSSF.| NSSF
Scholar argues that legal defenses of gun rights often rely on a fundamental misreading of history. The post The Role of History and Tradition in Gun Control Litigation first appeared on The Regulatory Review.| The Regulatory Review
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is celebrating the continued success of the permit-to-carry fee nullification| Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is happy to report there has been progress on drumming up support for a permitless carry veto override vote in the Tar Heel State. Last week the Committee sent letters to four key North Carolina lawmakers and urged them to support […] <p>The post CCRKBA CELEBRATES PROGRESS IN NORTH CAROLINA ON PERMITLESS CARRY first appeared on Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.</p>| Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms recently sent letters to North Carolina lawmakers urging them to override Governor Josh Stein’s veto of their permitless carry bill. North Carolina SB 50 was passed in both legislative chambers and Governor Stein usurped the will of the people by vetoing […] <p>The post CCRKBA URGES N.C. LAWMAKERS TO OVERRIDE PERMITLESS CARRY VETO first appeared on Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.</p>| Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
Former CNN anchor Jim Acosta drew widespread criticism for conducting an interview with an AI avatar of a school shooting victim.| Futurism
Gun control activists love a good antigun bill. More subtle gun control bills like H.R. 4487 even appear to be gun-neutral on the outside.| NSSF
Two recent Supreme Court decisions present conflicting perspectives on “ghost guns.”| The Regulatory Review
Senator Chris Murphy has entered an amendment to raise the National Firearms Act of 1934 tax stamp fee on all regulated items to $4709.| AmmoLand Shooting Sports News
One minute it’s a normal day at school, the next it’s national news. Americans have seen it happen far too many times. Tragedy strikes and many Americans ask if it could have been prevented. Our relationship with guns is an endless debate. Support for stricter gun laws has shifted over time, with more support following […]| Home of the Marist Poll
The House of Representatives has passed the ‘One, Big, Beautiful Bill’ by a slim majority of XXX to XXX.| Texas Politics
Iran’s airspace has been partially reopened for commercial travel following its complete closure during Iran and Israel’srecent 12-day conflict.| Texas Politics
Originally published on Reason.com Proponents of bans on standard firearms magazines claim that the bans do not affect lawful self-defense, and do impair mass shooters. Supposedly, victims will be able to escape or fight back during the “critical pause” when a mass shooter is swapping magazines. The claims are not plausible, as explained in an amicus The post How Magazine Bans Thwart Self-Defense first appeared on Independence Institute. The post How Magazine Bans Thwart Self-Defense app...| Independence Institute
President Donald Trump recently imposed a travel moratorium on several Middle Eastern countries plus Cuba and Venezuela.| Texas Politics
State Secretary Marco Rubio recently announced the State Department will be restricting the Visas of foreign government officials partaking in Cuba’s medical doctors forced labor initiatives.| Texas Politics
“The new project I’ve got going in the civil rights division to the surprise of many people on both sides is the Second Amendment.” - Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, DOJ Civil Rights Division| AmmoLand Shooting Sports News
Any new monitoring must be approved by the ATF Special Agents in Charge (SACs) and the Deputy Assistant Director (DAD). This change prevents rogue agents from using the system for their own needs.| AmmoLand Shooting Sports News
By: Melissa Stuckey Ghost Guns and the Gun Control Act of 1968 Ghost guns have been of prominent public concern since 2016, when their use in crime grew exponentially.[1] The term “ghost gun” originates from the fact that these firearms are not serialized and thus are predominantly untraceable by law enforcement.[2] Today, most ghost guns are built […]| Wake Forest Law Review
If you want a glimmer of hope that there are still sane, compassionate and intelligent politicians in the world, Prime Minister—winner of the Audience Award in the World Cinema Documentary Competition—will offer just that and more.Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's sure-footed and community-minded approach to leadership shines through in this inspiring documentary directed by Michelle Walshe and Lindsay Utz.| Ms. Magazine
President Donald Trump has temporarily suspended planned tariffs on Mexico and Canada after the latter two agreed to some of the former’s terms on immigration, border, and trade.| Texas Politics
Starting in 2025 Manitoba will restrict the sale of machetes throughout the province. Will this lead to a national knife ban?| C2C Journal
This study examines the role of partisan media bias in the reporting of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida on February 14, 2018, and on the March For Our Lives gun control protests that followed the shooting. This study posits partisan media bias at the center of the Parkland shooting. It asks how partisan bias affected the way the media constructed narratives about the shooting and the youth activists who mobilized because of their experiences of victimiza...| Journal of Mass Violence Research
Anti-2nd Amendment Democrats say that Kamala Harris will support mandatory "buyback" gun confiscation as President.| National File
In the year since the mass shooting at Parkland, there has been nearly one mass shooting every single day. If you're feeling helpless and hopeless, join the fight to make real change and end gun violence in the U.S. by taking action in one of these easy ways.| Better Magazine
The footprint of gun violence in the U.S. has expanded, as shootings worsened in already suffering neighborhoods and killings spread to new places during the pandemic years.| www.nytimes.com
In under a week, Kamala Harris has all but completed her swap to the top of the Democratic ticket. But will she bring her more stringent views on gun control along with her?| The Reload
Twitter is a popular social medium for members of U.S. Congress, and the platform has become focal for framing policy discussions for constituents and the media. The current study examines the corpus of N = 5,768 Congressional tweets sent on the day of and week following the 2018 Parkland shooting, over 25 percent of which (n = 1,615) were related to the shooting. Democrats were far more likely to engage Parkland as a prominent topic in their Twitter feeds. Democrats framed Parkland discussio...| Journal of Mass Violence Research
Retired English teacher Greg Kinman has one of the most popular firearm-related YouTube channels in the world with more than 7.5 million subscribers. If that surprises you, it’s likely because you know Kinman as Hickok45, one of the hottest figures in the shooting sports since Annie Oakley. On Tuesday, Kinman, joined on video by his […]| The Truth About Guns
Debate over federal legislation designed to protect veterans from having their gun rights infringed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs simply for having someone help them with their finances is getting contentious. A U.S. House of Representatives hearing on Wednesday focused on the “Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act,” which would reverse the policy for […]| The Truth About Guns
In a new study in the American Journal of Medicine, Nationhood Lab’s director and his collaborators find evidence linking firearm fatalities and physical inactivity in the American Nations regions, most especially in the Dixie bloc, El Norte, and First Nation| Nationhood Lab
Dear Sir/Madame, I am 18 years old now and have registered to vote for the very first time. I believe the primary goal of government is to protect me, my family, my friends, and all Americans. Gove…| Global Warming: Man or Myth?
In an atmosphere where hatred and violence are legitimized, no one is safe. We cannot counter hatred with hate. Instead, we need to build a movement of solidarity, where we unite with all those who have been targeted and resist attempts to divide us.| Starhawk's Website