Vice President Kamala Harris shocked Oprah Winfrey Thursday when she said any intruder breaking into her home is “getting shot” during a virtual campaign rally. Winfrey hosted the “Unite for America Rally” a livestream event featuring several celebrities as well as questions and stories from citizens across the country. As the event turned to the issue of gun violence, Winfrey …
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Kamala Harris once said police could pay surprise visits to legal gun owners' homes for safe storage checks
As San Francisco’s district attorney, Kamala Harris told legal gun owners in her community that authorities could “walk into” their homes to inspect whether they were storing their firearms properly under a new law she helped draft. “We’re going to require responsible behaviors among everybody in the community, and just because you legally possess a gun in the sanctity of …
Read More »Pro-Israel demonstrator in Mass. charged after firing at attacker in apparent self-defense shooting
A pro-Israel demonstrator in Massachusetts has been charged after prosecutors say he shot a man sporting a Palestinian flag pin who ran across the street through traffic and tackled the defendant Thursday during a heated dispute about the war in Gaza in which the man accused protesters of “defending genocide” and calling them “sick.” Scott Hayes, 47, of Framingham, has …
Read More »California law prohibiting gun shows at county fairs upheld by federal appeals court in unanimous decision
A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday to uphold California laws banning gun shows at county fairs and other public properties in a 3-0 decision. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the two measures do not violate the rights of firearm sellers or buyers. The ruling on Tuesday overturns a federal judge’s ruling in October that blocked the laws. …
Read More »Biden ripped for gun control speech hours after Hunter's firearm conviction: 'We live in clown world'
The optics of President Biden’s speech on gun control just hours after his son’s firearm conviction was not lost on social media users Tuesday. Biden spoke in Washington D.C. before the Everytown for Gun Safety’s annual training conference where he touted his executive actions to curtail gun violence and reiterated his support for an assault weapons ban. Just hours earlier, …
Read More »Sandy Hook shooting victims would have graduated from high school on this day: ‘So mournful’
Graduation season can be bittersweet for a lot of seniors, but many of the 2024 graduates of Newtown High School in Connecticut are carrying a heavier burden. The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School shook the nation as one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history on Dec. 14, 2012, according to the Associated Press (AP). During the incident, …
Read More »Biden fails to mention son's gun conviction in address on firearms safety
President Biden spoke Tuesday before a crowd of gun control advocates where he called for an assault weapons ban and other measures to limit access to firearms, but also failed to mention his son’s convictions hours earlier for lying about his past drug use while purchasing a gun. The president was speaking in Washington D.C. before the Everytown for Gun …
Read More »Hunter Biden enters day 6 of criminal trial with possibility of taking the stand
First son Hunter Biden could testify in his criminal trial on Monday, according to his defense team. Day five of Biden’s historic trial in Wilmington, Delaware, regarding the purchase of a handgun in 2018 could include testimony from the man in question himself. Defense attorney Abbe Lowell was heard saying following Friday’s lunch break that he will take the weekend …
Read More »Gavin Newsom's anti-gun constitutional amendment fails to gain support from a single state after 1 year
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s, D-Calif., proposal to restrict gun rights through a 28th amendment to the U.S. Constitution has failed to gain national traction since it was unveiled one year ago. Despite the Democratic governor’s enthusiasm in 2023, exactly zero states have agreed to his call for the constitutional convention necessary to amend the U.S. Constitution. Newsom claimed Sunday that this …
Read More »Gun group vows to 'defend' Trump's concealed carry license after conviction
A Second Amendment group is vowing to sue the New York Police Department in an effort to defend former President Donald Trump’s concealed carry license after his felony conviction in the hush money trial. The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) founder and Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb said in a press release on June 6 that the group is willing …
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