By Ken Klukowski (Jan 08, 2011)
The Second Amendment is a whole new ballgame in the aftermath of recent Supreme Court decisions. The NRA is taking a leading role in many lawsuits now underway by bringing in top-tier lawyers from the Reagan administration, as the biggest battles... more
By Townhall.com Staff (Nov 01, 2010)
In the 18 years that he has been a police officer in Bangor, James Dearing couldn’t think of a single time when someone has asked him to turn over his firearm.
Until last Friday.
Dearing, who was patrolling his assigned beat near the Bangor... more
By Humberto Fontova (Oct 22, 2010)
Fall’s here and many a (young and not so young) man’s fancy now turns to grabbing that gun he “clings to” while snarling bitterly against “people unlike himself” and hitting the woods. Fall also brings reports... more
By Rachel Alexander (Oct 12, 2010)
The Kitsap Rifle and Revolver Club (KRRC) has been a landmark along Seabeck Highway in Kitsap County, Wash., since 1926. Its website url is gunsafety.org, reflective of a long record of safe activity. It isn’t an activist organization, just a... more
By Chuck Norris (Sep 21, 2010)
The surprise victory of Christine O'Donnell in Delaware's U.S. Senate primary confirms what we've suspected all year: This year's critical midterm elections are going to bring real change to Congress. And it won't be the kind of change favored by... more
By Mike Adams (Sep 07, 2010)
There’s nothing more annoying than getting a complaint about my gun collection from a feminist with a tattoo on her lower back. I don’t let anyone irresponsible get near my guns so that no one gets killed. When the feminist lets irresponsible men... more
By Jacob Sullum (Jun 30, 2010)
On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment applies to states and cities as well as the federal government. Judging from their objections, the four dissenters were still reeling from the court's landmark 2008 decision... more
By Thomas Sowell (Jun 29, 2010)
Now that the Supreme Court of the United States has decided that the Second Amendment to the Constitution means that individual Americans have a right to bear arms, what can we expect?Those who have no confidence in ordinary Americans may expect a... more
By John Stossel (Jun 23, 2010)
You know what the mainstream media think about guns and our freedom to carry them.Pierre Thomas of ABC: "When someone gets angry or when they snap, they are going to be able to have access to weapons."Chris Matthews of MSNBC: "I wonder if in a free... more
By Ken Klukowski (May 13, 2010)
A third instance of Elena Kagan opposing Americans’ Second Amendment right to own a gun has now become public, and is sure to become a major issue in her Supreme Court confirmation hearings. And it confirms that President Obama’s gun-control agenda... more
By Chuck Norris (May 11, 2010)
I believe the political stars are aligning right now for the opening of a new front in the battle against our gun rights, via the election and work of an anti-gun president, the disarmament passions of the Washington elite and the United... more
By Chuck Norris (Apr 27, 2010)
Right now, Washington is scheming and scamming to erode and then erase the Second Amendment from our Constitution. And it will accomplish it through the signing of international treaties on gun control, bypassing the normal legislative process in... more
By Mike Adams (Mar 09, 2010)
Justice Stephen Breyer was one of the four dissenting voices in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008), the landmark Supreme Court case ruling that the Second Amendment right to bear arms is an individual right, rather than a collective right, which... more
By Jacob Sullum (Mar 03, 2010)
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court considered the question of whether the Second Amendment applies outside of jurisdictions controlled by the federal government. The court will almost certainly say yes, and soon it may consider a question that should... more
By Ken Klukowski (Mar 03, 2010)
On March 2, the Supreme Court heard arguments on whether the Second Amendment applies to states, or instead is only a right against the federal government. Although it looks like America’s gun owners are going to win this case—largely thanks to the... more
By Steve Chapman (Feb 14, 2010)
Among the many groups that opposed Barack Obama's presidential race, few were more certain or vehement than gun rights organizations. "Barack Obama would be the most anti-gun president in American history," the National Rifle... more
By Ken Klukowski (Jan 25, 2010)
There is growing tension between the pro-gun parties to the upcoming Supreme Court gun-rights case. Perhaps concerned about the direction this case was going, the Court has taken the unusual step of granting the NRA’s motion to be given separate... more
By Doug Giles (Jan 23, 2010)
In the latest edition of political correctness gone wild, Mikey Weinstein and the Military Religious Freedom Foundation are droning on about scope manufacturer Trijicon putting Scripture references on their gun optics that our troops use to kill... more
By Mike Adams (Dec 23, 2009)
I always love it when I get email from the NRA. But this morning, I received an email from the NRA that was truly special. It warmed my heart and I’ve re-printed it in its entirety for all my beloved readers:
“Dear Mike Adams: Thank you for... more
By Chris Field (Nov 03, 2009)
In an exclusive interview with Townhall Magazine, readers get up close and personal with the conservative talker who is shaking up the political system.What has been the secret of his success? What does he want to accomplish with his... more
By Floyd and Mary Beth Brown (Aug 27, 2009)
Leftist elites are up in arms about Americans up in arms. At two recent Obama town hall meetings, men exercising their Second Amendment rights were spotted carrying firearms. While we do not condone threatening the president or anyone else for that... more
By Debra J. Saunders (Jul 16, 2009)
Two schools of thought on the Senate's power of advice and consent on Supreme Court nominees: One -- which I support, but then-Sen. Barack Obama did not -- holds that barring extraordinary circumstances, senators should go along with a president's... more
By Jillian Bandes (Jul 02, 2009)
Eric Soderblom sells about 100 knives a year as the owner of Ruff’s Sporting Goods in Flagstaff, Arizona, and thinks that new legislation proposed by the Customs and Border Protection Agency that would potentially outlaw any spring-assisted or... more
By Sandy Froman (Jun 24, 2009)
Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Barack Obama’s first nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, has a narrow view of the Second Amendment that contradicts the Court’s landmark decision in District of Columbia v. Heller. A heated debate has started in... more
By Steve Chapman (Jun 18, 2009)
Last summer, the Supreme Court, for the first time ever, said the Second Amendment protects an individual right to own a gun for self-defense. It was a historic decision that put real limits on gun control. But gun-rights advocates complain that... more