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As reported by the Washington Examiner: Gun sales maintained a record pace for a second straight month as people in the United States rushed to arm up amid safety concerns over the growing coronavirus pandemic and the likely nomination by Democrats of the most anti-gun ticket in history. As in March, when the sweep of...

Several House-passed gun control bills advanced out the Virginia Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday, including red-flag laws, expanded background checks and restrictions on minors having access to weapons. Both chambers passed their own versions of red-flag laws and expanded background-check laws, but the Judiciary Committee advanced substitute versions of these bills that conform them to...

The Virginia Senate on Wednesday passed a “red flag” law that would allow authorities to temporarily seize the firearm of someone deemed a threat, a measure that was strongly opposed by gun rights advocates who swarmed the streets around the state Capitol on Monday. The bill passed on a party-line vote of 21-19, with every Democrat in...

Thousands of Second Amendment supporters carrying long firearms and wearing stickers reading “Guns Save Lives” descended upon Virginia State Capitol in Richmond Monday for a widely publicized rally to protest a recent push by state Democrats for comprehensive gun control. The rally comes as the city has been on high alert for days following threats...

Virginia lawmakers in the Virginia Senate have passed three gun measures, sending to the House for consideration. The three bills include requiring background checks on all firearm sales, limiting gun purchases to one in a 30-day period, and allowing localities to ban guns from public events. SB 35, which would allow localities to ban guns from...

Dick’s Sporting Goods CEO Ed Stack said his company destroyed $5 million worth of assault rifles as part of its tough stance on guns. In his new book and in an interview with “CBS News Sunday,” Stack shared how the company turned the guns into scrap metal. “I said, ‘You know what? If we really think these...

The venerable gun manufacturer Colt is suspending production of the popular and controversial AR-15 and other long rifles for civilian use, as lawmakers continue the fraught gun debate following a series of mass shootings. The company’s president and chief executive, Dennis Veilleux, said that the consumer market has “experienced significant excess manufacturing capacity,” and that Colt believes there are enough rifles on...

Walgreens is the latest retailer to ask shoppers to leave their guns at home. “We are joining other retailers in asking our customers to no longer openly carry firearms into our stores other than authorized law enforcement officials” the company posted on its website Thursday. Related Stories: NEWS: Walmart Ends Ammo Sales & Asks Customers Not...

NASCAR has reportedly banned all advertisements featuring assault weapons due to a “gradual shift” in the company’s position on guns. Related Stories: NEWS: Walmart CEO Promotes Assault Weapons Ban “We just heard from NASCAR on a number of gun-related ads and unfortunately, due [to] a gradual shift in NASCAR’s position on guns, these ads must be...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that strengthening background checks and red flag laws will “lead the discussion” on addressing gun violence in the wake of two mass shootings that left at least 31 people dead. Related Stories: NEWS: Stricter Gun Storage Laws Hit NY McConnell’s remarks on a Kentucky news radio show follow a...

Gun owners in New York with children in their homes have 60 days to comply with stricter new gun storage requirements or face the potential of a misdemeanor charge. In order to comply with the requirement, which was signed into law this week by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, New Yorkers living with a child under...

What follows is an open letter AmmoLand News received from NRA Board of Director, Owen “Buz” Mills, the owner of Gunsite Academy, to the general membership of the NRA and the NRA Board of Directors. Owen Buz Mills Gunsite Ranch, Arizona 26 July 2019 NRA Members / NRA Directors I address this first to our...

The NRA suspended its top lobbyist, Chris Cox, and one of his deputy chief of staff, Scott Christman, adding further turmoil to the gun-rights group’s leadership ranks as it wages legal battles on multiple fronts and prepares for a bruising 2020 election cycle. The moves came after Oliver North, the former NRA board president, was ousted...

As reported by Fox News: New York state Attorney General Letitia James has begun an investigation into the National Rifle Association’s finances, her spokeswoman said Saturday. “The Office of New York State Attorney General Letitia James has launched an investigation related to the National Rifle Association (NRA),” spokeswoman Kelly Donnelly said in an email to the...

A year-old political battle over firearms policies adopted by handful of national banks and financial institutions is still burning in the Louisiana State Capitol. House Bill 413 Rep. Blake Miguez, a New Iberia Republican and competitive shooter, would outlaw what he called “discrimination” by making it illegal for a bank, credit card processor or other financial institution...

Original story reported by  www.cnn.com Colorado’s controversial “red flag” bill was signed into law by Democratic Gov. Jared Polis on Friday, with more than half of the state’s counties declaring opposition to it and many sheriffs promising not to enforce it at all. Known as the “Extreme Risk Protection Order,” the law will allow a family...

Pittsburgh passed new gun-control ordinances Tuesday that ban the use of semi-automatic weapons in public and allow courts to seize weapons from individuals showing “red flag” signs of extreme risk. Related Stories: NEWS: House Pushes First Gun Control Bills in a Generation The laws, which were immediately challenged by pro-gun groups, come six months after the...

As reported by Politico: Sen. Kevin Cramer is introducing legislation, the Freedom Financing Act, designed to discourage big banks from cutting off the firearms industry, the latest response to moves by lenders such as Citigroup and Bank of America that have distanced themselves from the gun business. The North Dakota Republican’s legislation would curb banks’ access to...

Shares of Dick’s Sporting Goods shares sank more than 10% on a decline in same-store-sales in Q4 2018 and disappointing guidance for 2019. Dick’s is losing two major categories in 2019: hunting and Reebok. Removing hunting items from 125 stores Last year, Dick’s removed hunting items from 10 stores where it underperformed. After the removal,...

As reported by the New York Times: House Democrats are poised this week to adopt legislation requiring background checks for all gun purchasers, the first major expansion of gun control laws in a quarter century and the opening salvo in a broader drive to address an issue that once sharply divided the party. In back-to-back...

A Colorado gun control bill that would allow the seizure of firearms from “high risk” individuals was heard Thursday in the House Judiciary Committee, after being reintroduced in the statehouse last week. The bill, co-sponsored by House majority leader Alec Garnett, describes an extreme risk protection order which allows family, household member, or an officer...

Quay County in eastern New Mexico has declared itself a “Second Amendment Sanctuary County” in protest of pending gun control legislation in the state. The Quay County Commission voted unanimously to pass the resolution, as reported by Albuquerque’s KRQE-TV. Curry and Union Counties passed similar situations earlier this week and Eddy County Commissioners are slated to vote on their...

As reported by ABC News: The Supreme Court said it will take up its first gun rights case in nine years, a challenge to New York City’s prohibition on carrying a licensed, locked and unloaded handgun outside the city limits. The court’s decision to hear the appeal filed by three New York residents and New York’s National...

How will 2019 gun laws affect law enforcement? Story by www.policeone.com With the start of a New Year, many states often usher in new restrictions on the sale, purchase, transfer, ownership and use of firearms and ammunition. Many of the proposed 2019 gun laws will have an effect on law enforcement officers, so it’s worth a moment to...