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What to Do if Gun Laws Change in Your State?
Are gun laws changing? Yes, they always are and will continued to for the foreseeable future. The change is driven by local ordinances and legislative bills that are passed on the state or federal…
Continue Reading →The Law Is on Our Side: Using Gun Laws and Court Decisions to Our Advantage
As gun-rights advocates, we must seize and maintain the moral and intellectual high ground. We already understand the tactical and practical costs of the spectrum of gun-control proposals and the…
Continue Reading →2A Is Part of Your Story
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. If you haven’t already committed the above 27 words…
Continue Reading →When Help Isn’t on the Way: Guns as Risk Management During Disasters
Disasters have a way of making the case for gun rights plainly obvious. Gun-control advocates are quick to jab that we “don’t need” guns — especially not scary “assault weapons.” That declaration is…
Continue Reading →Pew Research Center’s Findings: Important Gun Stats to Know
Pew Research Center recently published an article sharing some important stats about gun ownership, Americans’ attitudes about gun violence and other related subjects. We’ll highlight some of the…
Continue Reading →Judged by 12 or Carried by 6? Learn to Avoid Both
Lately, we here at the USCCA have been hearing the old axiom, “I’d rather be judged by 12 than carried by six.” These words have been tossed around during interactions with our customer service teams…
Continue Reading →The Second on Trial: Supreme Court to Rule on New York’s Concealed Carry Law
Who are “the people” who are entitled to “keep and bear arms”? Does the right to “bear” arms entail the right to carry firearms outside the home? This fall, the Supreme Court will decide whether the Second Amendment secures the individual right to bear arms for self-defense outside the home.
Continue Reading →Change of Address: Relocating Your Firearms and Ammo to Another State
“You have 30 days to decide and six months to move. We can talk more on Monday.” That was the end of the conversation I had with my manager in early May 2019. I was told my job was being moved to…
Continue Reading →Your Gun Rights — Argued In Court
You are on trial in Washington, D.C. You’ve been on trial for 230 years. You’ve won some and lost some. But soon comes the first U.S. Supreme Court argument about the Second Amendment in a…
Continue Reading →Twisting the Numbers: Drawing Comparisons Between the U.S. and Europe
Gun-control advocates love making apples-to-oranges comparisons of crime statistics in Europe to our numbers here in the U.S. Pundits often portray European countries as shining success stories while…
Continue Reading →Pro-Gun but Not Pro-2A? What That Really Means
It seems that misunderstandings, deliberations and debates about the meaning — and the scope— of the Second Amendment often focus on whether it protects the keeping and bearing of arms for: (a) the…
Continue Reading →Broad Strokes Take Rights From Folks: The New Epidemic
There’s a concerted effort these days to broaden out definitions and semantically overload terms in order to seize political power. The latest example of this comes from the coronavirus cowboy…
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