No law can stop an individual determined to do evil. Sunday's shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival that left three dead, including a 6-year-old boy and 13-year-old girl, and wounding at least 15, was committed by a deranged teenager who bypassed security and wielded an AK-47-pattern rifle. [Restricted Arms does not publish the names of […]
The California Rifle and Pistol Association (CRPA) filed for an injunction [PDF Format] late Monday against the state of California's new ammunition background check regime. The new law, which went into effect on July 1, requires all ammunition sales to be face-to-face and undergo a background check through the state's new system. According to reports […]
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed a slate of new gun laws today, the most notable of which is a "fix" to a 17-year-old law that has had the effect of stifling the development of so-called smart guns. The 2002 law required that once a "smart gun" was available for sale in New Jersey, then […]
The journal Pediatrics today released a study purporting to show that states with tougher gun laws (as judged by the Brady Campaign) results in a 35 percent decrease in "youth" firearms deaths. Children, as defined by the study, include those up to 21 years of age. In other words, not children. This is not a serious […]
Two top Democrat prosecutors have indicated that a new law designed to ensure that those violating gun laws get prosecuted will not use that authority. The Pennsylvania legislature earlier this year passed a law allowing so-called "concurrent jurisdiction" for the city of Philadelphia. The law is targeted at Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner who has […]
New Zealand gun owners have until Dec. 20 to turn in their now-illegal scary black rifles and, if the initial numbers are any indication, most are likely to buck the gun "buyback" scheme. Almost 1000 guns have already been handed in to police, and another 8000 have been flagged for surrender through the online registration […]
While most schoolteachers are spending the summer doing some well-earned relaxation (really, some of your kids are pains in the butt), teachers and other school employees in Utah are undergoing firearms training aimed at preventing the next mass shooting in their schools. Active shooter training for educators is becoming more common nationwide, and Utah is […]
California Rep. Eric 'Duke Nukem' Swalwell announced today that he is ending his presidential bid that focused on the forced confiscation of popular semi-automatic rifles that are rarely used in mass shootings. “Being honest with ourselves, we had to look at how much money we were raising, where we were in the polls," Swalwell told […]
In the wake of last month's mass shooting in the Virginia Beach Municipal Building, Gov. Ralph "Blackface and the Klan" Northam has announced the new gun control laws he wants passed in a special session of the legislature scheduled to begin tomorrow, July 9. Northam has conceded that none of the measures he's supporting would've […]
California State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson doesn't like guns. She doesn't appear to like anyone carrying a gun, including cops, highway patrol officers, sheriffs and people retired from any of those positions. In a hearing before the State Senate yesterday on AB 603 (sponsored by Assemblywoman Melissa Melendez), a bill that is little more than a […]
The California Rifle & Pistol Association (CRPA) spent more than 90 minutes yesterday outlining the new rules for ammo purchases in California beginning July 1. For those of you who missed it and want to listen to the entire presentation (minus the Q&A), you can watch the replay here. The CRPA has helpfully created a […]
Back in 2002 New Jersey passed a law that required, once the first so-called smart gun was offered for sale, that three years later only smart guns could be offered for sale in the state of New Jersey. Every rifle, handgun, shotgun, etc. would have to contain smart gun technology from that point onward. Needless to […]
