Gun Rights

On Wednesday, Illinois Senate Democrats advanced bans on semiautomatic rifles and pistols and some magazines.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation said Wednesday that it had conducted a record number of instant background checks on those wishing to buy firearms in December

Amid talk of reinstating the assault weapons ban that expired eight years ago, police departments nationwide are thinking of ways to confiscate such weapons.

I see a regular stream of older shotguns brought in for work. In many cases, they are suffering from what appears to be moderate abuse, with symptoms like loose lockup, worn hinge pins, and broken locking blocks. Many of the owners of these old shotguns are convinced that they are somehow inferior or defective, since they don't seem to hold up, even with relatively light loads. Others don't understand how their fathers and grandfathers fired these old scatterguns as much as they did, considering the recoil they produce. Well, in most cases, these old guns are finely made, and they definitely didn't beat up the user then as much as they do now.

The call for stricter gun control in this game-changing environment after Newtown is inevitable. These discussions will go on for some time and we will pay careful attention to the arguments on both sides. But for now, Gun Tests magazine chooses to focus on the immediate and the practical.

Last week, the California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS), which has $751.4 million invested in Cerberus, pushed the private equity giant and parent firm of Freedom Group into selling its holdings in the gunmaking company.

The National Rifle Association broke its silence on last week's shooting rampage at a Connecticut elementary school that left 26 children and staff dead. NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre addressed the media on Friday. Here is the full transcript:

The National Rifle Association released this statement regarding the Newtown, Connecticut, shootings on Tuesday:

Last week, a gunman shot and killed 20 children and six adults in Newtown, Connecticut. The Connecticut State Police have released the names and dates of birth for 26 people who died on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, during and after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Please use the comment thread below to remember the deceased and to express support for their families. Following is a list of the deceased, including names and dates of birth, supplied by state police. If police update this information, those updates will be reflected here.

Writing at National Review Online, John Fund says there are a few things you won’t hear about from the saturation coverage of the Newtown, Conn., school massacre:

Changes to Michigan’s concealed weapons law passed the state House last week, allowing gun owners who take additional training classes and who shoot and pass additional qualifying courses to carry their weapons in places such as schools, day care centers, stadiums and churches.

The Gun Owners of America warns that the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) could impact all Americans, including gun owners, by allowing them to be indefinitely detained without trial, based on simple membership in certain pro-gun groups or because of particular firearm-related activities.