A church in Indiana announced they have deployed an armed team of security guards to stand watch during services following last month’s mass shooting at a Texas church.
Category Archives: fox-news/us/personal-freedoms/second-amendment
{FD} Pelosi claim that GOP invites violent criminals to carry concealed weapons gets her ‘Three Pinocchios’
Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi has earned “Three Pinocchios” from The Washington Post’s fact checker for a tweet claiming that House Republicans are inviting violent criminals, domestic abusers and convicted stalkers to carry concealed weapons.
{FD} DOJ, ATF announce plan to review legal status of bump-fire stocks
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) announced on Tuesday they had initiated a review of the legality of bump-fire stocks.
{FD} Ohio Police Chief: Concealed carry laws are wildly confusing. Here’s why they need to change
Gun owners who take pains to follow the law are always worried they’ll make a mistake someday and break a law without even realizing it.
{FD} Texas massacre spurs Indiana church to host active shooter training seminar
In a year when even the pews of a church proved to be no sanctuary from a killer’s aim, an Indiana congregation is planning a special training session Monday that organizers hope will protect people across the region in the event of another mass shooting.
{FD} New gun laws may win approval in Congress
The enactment of bipartisan, common-sense laws to reduce the number of needless deaths caused by gun violence in our country is no longer a far-fetched idea.
{FD} ‘Ghost gun’ kits targeted by anti-gun group
A gun control group on Friday asked two web hosting companies to shut down websites selling devices that are used to make untraceable homemade firearms — also known as ghost guns.
{FD} Sessions orders review of federal background check system for gun buyers
Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday ordered a far-ranging review of the FBI database used to check the backgrounds of prospective gun buyers, after the Air Force failed to report the criminal history of the gunman who slaughtered more than two dozen people at a Texas church.
{FD} Florida church warns at every door ‘we are heavily armed’
A Florida church has a stark warning at every door to anyone to may wish to bring harm to the congregation: “we are heavily armed.”
{FD} Armed Kentucky homeowner halts alleged thief with gun, 150-pound Great Dane
A gun and 150-pound dog named Tank were all the help one Kentucky homeowner needed this weekend to stop an unwelcome house guest.
{FD} Good guys with guns saving lives
Stephen Willeford’s heroic actions last Sunday saved many lives at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas.
{FD} Texas church shooting not the first time a good guy with gun takes down mass shooter
In the aftermath of the shooting, Willeford has quickly become an example for pro-gun advocates to point to when defending their argument that the best defense against mass shooting is a better-armed and better-trained civilian populace that is ready to defend itself, anytime and anywhere.
{FD} Trump Pentagon pick says its ‘insane’ for civilians to own semi-automatic weapons
President Trump’s nominee to lead the military health system said Tuesday he thinks it is “insane” for civilians to be able to purchase semi-automatic rifles like the one a gunman used to kill 26 people at a Texas church.
{FD} Texas gun law rules and regulations
Here’s what you need to know about Texas gun laws.
{FD} Background check laws having little effect, gun violence researchers discover
Strict gun laws passed in two states to require background checks for every firearm sale had virtually no effect, a new study has found.
{FD} Dana Loesch forced to move due to ‘repeated threats from gun control advocates’
National Rifle Association spokesperson Dana Loesch said Sunday she was preparing to move from her home “due to repeated threats from gun control advocates.”
{FD} DC gun-free zones cause confusion over legality of gun carry even with a permit
Confusion reigned on Wednesday over the practicality of legally carrying a gun in Washington, D.C., even with a permit to do so as the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) disputed a researcher’s claim that total gun-free zones extend over most of the city.
{FD} Gun store locations can be restricted by counties, court rules
The Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution still guarantees the right to bear arms. But the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in California ruled Tuesday that county governments have the right to restrict the location of gun stores.
{FD} Gun owners are not evil, but their opponents want to attack firearms ownership however they can
Gun control is the hot topic of the day, and as usual it’s devolved into entrenched positions where many people supporting the Second Amendment will not give an inch, no matter the proposal. Why is that?
{FD} Sean Hannity: Democrats use Vegas tragedy to undermine Constitution
In the wake of the Las Vegas massacre, some pundits are calling for the shredding of the Constitution and the eradication of our right to keep and bear arms.