Entries by NRA Institute for Legislative Action

Israel Liberalizes Firearms Licensing Regime and Iraq Reexamines Gun Control

A pair of Middle East countries are reexamining their approaches to gun control. Earlier this month, Israel moved forward with its previously announced plans to make firearms more widely available to the civilian population. In nearby Iraq, the government has shifted policy to allow for Iraqi civilians to legally acquire firearms for self-defense. Last month, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported […]

Same People who Blame Gun Owners For Tragedies Say We Shouldn’t Talk About Mollie Tibbetts and Illegal Immigration

“Where it concerns Mollie Tibbetts some have said ‘how dare you use and judge an entire group of people based on the actions of one.’ I’m sorry what was that. I couldn’t hear you over all the accusations of innocent law-abiding gun owners’… I’m going to talk about this case.” —Dana Loesch  RELATED ARTICLE: What […]

VIDEO: Montana Governor Steve Bullock Moves Toward Gun Control

Dana Loesch on Montana Governor Steve Bullock’s move toward gun control: “It’s a typical, slimy, unprincipled, political move. It’s so swamp. And the worst part: Democrats will let him get away with it, so long as he kisses all the right anti-gun rings.”  RELATED ARTICLE: Judges stymie profs’ efforts to overturn campus carry

Fake Blues: The Media’s Worst Enemy Isn’t the President, It’s Themselves

On Thursday, over 300 media outlets joined in a coordinated effort to push back against President Donald Trump. That will hardly come as a shock to many Americans, as it seems mainstream news organizations have done little else throughout his tenure in the White House. Indeed, the stunt was perhaps the most vivid and explicit demonstration to […]

NoFundMe: NRA Protest March Nets $70 in National Fundraising Effort

Crowd funding is a relatively recent innovation that allows a person or cause to leverage the vast reach of the Internet to raise money for virtually every imaginable purpose. Even small donations of a few dollars can aggregate into impressive sums with sufficient participation. It also provides an interesting window into the sorts of appeals […]

VIDEO: Four Years After Ferguson

An Honest Look at History. A Hopeful Look Ahead. A bleak history of economic upheaval, antagonism, mistrust and misunderstanding. Four years later, Colion Noir heads to Ferguson, Missouri and visits with local St. Louis residents to explore the issues that led up to and came out of Michael Brown’s death and the riots that followed. […]

VIDEO: When Politicians Say “Gun Control.” They Mean “Rights Control.”

Politicians are very good at playing with words. They always talk about gun control, how about right control? Because when you go against the Second Amendment that’s our right… that’s our God-given right. Not only by God, but by our Founding Fathers. So why don’t you just call it what it really is: right control. […]

Ninth Circuit Stunner: Second Amendment Protects Public Open Carry!

Gun control advocates undoubtedly awoke with a piercing headache Wednesday morning as the news sunk in that the U.S. appellate court for America’s largest circuit has recognized that the Second Amendment protects a right to openly carry loaded firearms in public for self-defense. The ruling came Tuesday in the case of Young v. State of Hawaii. […]