“Tag: shall-issue”

Jurisdictions that embrace the progressive soft-on-crime philosophy that was popularized after a handful of high-profile police-suspect interactions are fueling rising crime rates. American freedom is not to blame for this.

For decades, the NRA has fought to make sure that Americans have the right to self-defense and protection outside their homes.

N.Y. Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into law a sweeping new list of gun-control laws that seemed designed to nullify the recent Bruen ruling.

The dominoes continue to fall after the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent Bruen decision.

American federalism allows states to be incubators of new ideas and policies. This can be helpful. But this isn't supposed to happen with a natural right that's specifically protected within the U.S. Bill of Rights.

It’s sometimes hard for me to believe that it wasn’t until the late 1980s that the right to self-defense for law-abiding Americans truly began to be recognized in the modern era, and lawfully exercised, outside the confines of the home.

In late July 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an opinion that effectively made D.C. issue concealed-carry permits on a “shall-issue” basis.

Is there a relationship between concealed-carry laws and violent crime rates? Researchers from the Mayo Clinic and Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine say, “No.” Their study will appear in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons later this year.

Does the shooting at a GOP congressional baseball practice prove the need for national Right-to-Carry reciprocity? Editor Mark Chesnut agrees with researcher John Lott that the answer is a resounding “Yes.”