A new legal paper from SAF attorney Kostas Moros argues that special taxes targeting common firearms and ammunition violate the Second Amendment—including California’s 11% “sin tax,” Colorado’s 6.5% levy, Pittman-Robertson and some NFA taxes.
The Supreme Court is preparing to decide whether governments may ban AR-15-style rifles. Here is every amicus brief filed in Viramontes v. Cook County and Grant v. Higgins, including the arguments supporting gun owners and two supposedly neutral briefs that advance anti-gun positions.
The Supreme Court has ordered New York City to respond in Calce, a challenge to its civilian stun gun and Taser ban. The case could decide whether citizens must prove an arm is in “common use” before the government must defend its prohibition under Bruen.
Since World War II, arguments have raged over the abilities of German tanks compared to those of the Western Allies. AFV enthusiasts and armchair generals have debated the merits of the thick armor protection and big gun armament of German armored vehicles versus the less protected and under-gunn...
The Lee-Metford’s service life was comparatively brief, but its fast bolt action, detachable magazine, and .303 British chambering established the foundation for the Lee-Enfield rifle family.
Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico said he would “absolutely” vote for “assault weapon” and magazine bans, contradicting his campaign’s claim that he would protect the Second Amendment.
Roughly 30 to 35 million white-tailed deer live on the North American landscape today. That figure comes from the National Deer Association, which surveyed state and provincial wildlife agencies across the continent to build its estimate, and it lines up with independent research putting the curr...
The Trump Justice Department wants ten minutes before the Supreme Court to argue that Cook County and Connecticut cannot ban commonly owned AR-15 rifles.
A new survey puts the number of privately owned firearms in America at 461 million. More interesting is how closely its results track more than a century of federal firearms data. The post Two Numbers, One Story: 461 Million Guns in America appeared first on The Truth About Guns.
William English estimates that Americans own 461 million firearms. A separate calculation using more than a century of federal production records produces nearly identical handgun, rifle, and shotgun ratios.