Days and weeks that follow national tragedies often come with reactionary legislative moves, but law-abiding gun owners can breathe two sighs of relief today thanks to the actions of two state legislatures. Florida passed its constitutional carry measure Thursday evening, sending it to the desk of Governor Ron DeSantis. https://twitter.com/NRA/status/1641542763844911106?s=20 When enacted, the legislation will make Florida America’s 26th constitutional carry state. https://twitter.com/MorosKostas/status/1641535973623480320?s=20 As previously reported by American Liberty News, DeSantis has urged the legislature to approve the measure and has promised to sign it into law. At a press conference last December, DeSantis publicly confirmed the legislature’s intent to…
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As more alarming details emerge about the transgender woman responsible for Monday’shorrific school shooting in Nashville, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms says the facts support only one conclusion: America has a mental health crisis, not a firearms crisis. Firearms don’t have a brain to hate with, or a finger to pull their own trigger. What happened Monday in Nashville should serve as a reminder that while the gun prohibition lobby and its allies in Congress want to restrict the rights of law-abiding citizens, they are perfectly happy to let people such as the perpetrator…
An executive in DeKalb County, Georgia – which encompasses the city of Atlanta – has ordered the temporary closure of a public park which is also being developed to house a new police and fire training facility. The future training facilities – dubbed “Cop City” by their opponents – have spurred opposition due to what some see as a potential negative impact on the environment, as well as on the community. What exactly is included in the plans that have drawn such stark opposition? Per Fox 5, the development plans include the following: “In addition to classrooms and administration buildings,…
America’s largest pro-second amendment organization has revealed its lineup of speakers for next month’s annual convention, set to take place on April 14th-16th, in Indianapolis, Indiana. The event’s NRA-ILA Leadership Forum will feature a number of prominent conservative leaders, and will also mark the first time that America’s 45th President Donald, as well as former Vice President Mike Pence, will speak at the same event. For the past two years, the duo has avoided appearing at the same events, while both working to maintain their national profiles since the end of the Trump Administration. The lineup of speakers will also…
President Joe Biden plans to announce a major move Tuesday that could affect all gun owners across the United States. Per The Daily Mail: “President Joe Biden will announce a sweeping executive order increasing the number of background checks on gun buyers and cracking down on firearms dealers during a visit to the site of a mass shooting in Monterey Park, California, on Tuesday. Biden wants to move the U.S. ‘as close to universal background checks as possible’ without having to go through Congress when he lays out the plan in the city where 11 people were shot and killed on January 21. … The…
A self-defense gun use case involving a six-time NBA all-star has been resolved favorably. Former Seattle Sonics star Shawn Kemp was released from custody after initially being arrested last week for discharging a firearm near the Tacoma Mall. https://twitter.com/KIRO7Seattle/status/1634162260049383426?s=20 KIRO 7 reports: “According to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office, no charges will be filed against the six-time all-star, KIRO-TV reported. That is pending further investigation by the Tacoma Police Department, according to the television station. … He was booked into the Pierce County Jail on Wednesday after his arrest near the Tacoma Mall, KIRO reported… Tacoma police said an altercation…
Instances of conflict across the globe constantly highlight the freedoms that Americans enjoy under the Constitution and the Bill of Rights and those that other people living in other nations do not. We often find it easier to point fingers at jarring acts committed by our adversaries, but our allies are not less immune from taking drastic actions as well, which we couldn’t imagine happening here in America. In the United Kingdom, which does formally have an official religion in the Church of England, prayer outside of abortion facilities has been banned this week by the House of Commons. CNA…
As reported this week by The Washington Free Beacon, lithium-ion batteries in electric bikes and scooters are “exploding, starting fires and killing people.” Here is a number of incidents included in their report. Earlier this year, a 63-year-old man was killed and nearly a dozen people injured when an e-scooter battery exploded and ignited a blaze that engulfed a three-story house in Queens, N.Y. Days later, 18 children were injured when an unauthorized day care center, also in Queens, caught fire due to a lithium-ion battery explosion. Earlier this month, an electric bike battery sparked a massive blaze in the West Bronx that injured seven…
A business owner in a crime-ridden city recently used his firearm to stop a burglar stealing from his business. The Portland, Oregon business owner stopped an individual Monday who “tried breaking into a business on Northeast Columbia Boulevard, east of Northeast 33rd Avenue. During the alleged break-in, police say the suspect and business owner got into a confrontation and shots were fired. The Portland Police Bureau said the owner, who was not hurt in the incident, stayed at the scene and cooperated with investigators” per local Oregon news outlet KOIN 6. Still, leftist legislators and progressive voters in the state…
Trump’s Former Acting Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Ken Cuccinelli has launched a political action committee, encouraging Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to enter the 2024 presidential race. In the launch video for the PAC, Cuccinelli highlights several successes DeSantis has achieved during his time serving as Florida’s governor. These include “defending parental rights, defending freedom and defending the unborn.” https://twitter.com/KenCuccinelli/status/1633832756491984896?s=20 Cuccinelli announced the launch of the NEVER BACK DOWN PAC during an appearance on “America’s Newsroom” Thursday morning: https://twitter.com/AmericaNewsroom/status/1633836130289451009?s=20 Prior to his time in the Trump administration, Cuccinelli served as Virginia’s attorney general and was also previously a Virginia state…