President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice has issued a rule outlining new regulations that will affect some of America’s most commonly owned firearms. The ban on pistol braces announced Friday goes into effect 120 days after it was entered into the federal register and applies to many firearms including those on an AR platform as well as a litany of other pistol manufacturers. Under the new rule, fiarems with a pistol brace must be registered with the agency under the National Firearms Act (NFA) and to keep in a compliance with the new relugartions and stay law abiding gun owners…
Author: Victoria Snitsar Churchill
Victoria Snitsar Churchill
Victoria Snitsar Churchill is a proud immigrant and naturalized U.S. citizen with a decade of experience in grassroots politics and community organizing. Her writing has been featured in many online publications, including Campus Reform, The Daily Torch and The Daily Signal. As an undergraduate at the University of Kansas, Victoria appeared in media outlets such as CBS News, TIME Magazine, The Washington Post Magazine, The Blaze and NRATV. Victoria is also a former NCAA D1 student-athlete and Kansas College Republicans State Chair. After moving eleven times in six years, Victoria resides in Arlington, Virginia and enjoys overpriced brunch on Sundays with her husband.
Law enforcement officials in the state of Illinois are the latest to step up and refuse to comply with drastic anti-gun regulations being implemented in their state, showcasing the true beauty of the system of checks and balances involved in America’s governmental structure. As previously reported in American Liberty News, Illinois governor JB Pritzker signed his state’s assault weapons ban into law earlier this week to kick off his second term in office. RELATED: Illinois Governor Signs Assault Weapons Ban Into Law The Daily Wire has since reported resistance from a number of law enforcement officials in the state, who…
Legislators in the midwestern state of Nebraska are plowing ahead at full speed toward making their state the 26th in the nation to enact permitless carry laws. A permitless carry bill – known this term as Legislative Bill 77 – has again been introduced in Nebraska’s unicameral legislature, after efforts to pass similar legislation stalled and failed last year. {RELATED: Half of US States Now Recognize Constitutional Carry} The National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) shared the following about this year’s legislation on their website: “Legislative Bill 77 recognizes that a law-abiding adult who is already legally allowed…
Democrat Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has signed a bill banning “assault weapons” in his state. The legislation, known as the “Protect Illinois Communities Act” seeks to immediately ban “the sale and distribution of assault weapons, high-capacity magazines, and switches in IL.” https://twitter.com/GovPritzker/status/1613005039739478018?s=20&t=VkjRclXAW1h7CK4V5np1rQ Earlier this week, the legislation was passed through both chambers of the Illinois legislature. After the bill passed in the Illinois Senate, the Institute for Legislative Action at the National Rifle Association urged pro-gun advocates in the state to contact their Representatives, asking them to oppose the legislation which contained the following provisions: “House Bill 5471, as amended,…
Congressman Richard Hudson of North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District has introduced a national Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, now known as HR 38. Per a media release issued by the Congressman’s office today, “H.R. 38 would allow people with state-issued concealed carry licenses or permits to conceal a handgun in any other state, as long as the permit holder follows the laws of that state. It also allows residents of Constitutional carry states the ability to carry in other states.” https://twitter.com/reprichhudson/status/1612866768862679064?s=46&t=lMGjYF9UmVedeWxOZjeCTw The legislation – introduced today for the 118th Congress – is bipartisan and already has 118 original cosponsors. The bill’s…
Democrats in the state of Colorado are renewing their attempt to ban some of America’s most commonly owned firearms. Two members of Colorado’s House of Representatives – Reps. Bosenecker and Epps, as well as State Senator Fields, are the original co-sponsors of new legislation that aims to classify the possession of an “assault weapon” as a class 2 misdemeanor, which would then be escalated to a class 6 felony if the weapon is used to commit a crime. Colorado GOP Chairwoman Kristi Burton Brown called the proposed legislation “unconstitutional & dangerous” as well as “anti-woman” as semi-auto pistols are the…
Nebraska’s Junior Senator Ben Sasse has formally resigned from his role, effective yesterday. Sasse will be leaving Washington to take on the role of president of the University of Florida, returning to a career in higher education. Sasse was announced as a search committee’s finalist for the role last fall. Droves of students at the University of Florida protested the news due to Sasse’s previous statements about members of the LGBTQ community. https://youtu.be/Ejoqpikui4E?t=196 Before his election to the U.S. Senate, Sasse was the President of Midland University from October 2009 to December 2014. Sasse was first elected to the Senate…
Michigan’s senior Senator has announced that she will not seek re-election at the end of her current term. Senator Debbie Stabenow made the declaration today via a media release issued by her congressional office. https://twitter.com/senstabenow/status/1611003458231869441?s=46&t=rraLG4SVHd5_0wCyWnfWmQ In the release, Stabenow also added the following sentiment: “As part of my own new generation, I was elected to the Ingham County Commission in 1974 at the age of 24. As the youngest and first woman to chair the Board, this began years of breaking barriers, blazing trails, and being the ‘first’ woman to reach historic milestones as an elected official, including the honor…
The battle for gun rights has raged in both Washington, DC, and in individual states across our nation throughout 2022. Here are six states that made major moves to expand the gun rights of their citizens this year. States That Passed Constitutional Carry This Year: Alabama, Indiana, Ohio, and Georgia These states passed constitutional carry this year, bringing the national number to a total of 25. https://twitter.com/NRA/status/1609344085369708544?s=20&t=9yM82wp9djyCBeslGP0KKg This sets the stage for an even more historic 2022 for the pro-2A community as gun rights advocates will work their hardest to add even more states to this list. Iowans Pass Constitutional…
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has penned a letter to President Biden requesting federal assistance on America’s southern border ahead of inclement weather projections that the Abbott administration believes could lead to a drastic loss of life. Per a media release sent by Governor Abbott’s office earlier this week: “Governor Greg Abbott today demanded President Joe Biden immediately deploy federal assets to address the dire border crisis, particularly in the City of El Paso, as a dangerously cold polar vortex moves into Texas this week. “This terrible crisis for border communities in Texas is a catastrophe of your own making,” reads the letter. “These…