MIDLOTHIAN, Va. - When 10-year-old Austin Smith heard Barack Obama had been elected president, he had one question: Does this mean I won't get a new gun for Christmas? ...more

November 7, 2008

John McCain welcomed a Supreme Court decision invalidating a District of Columbia handgun ban. Barack Obama sought to straddle the subject by saying he favors an individual's right to bear firearms as well as a government's right to regulate them. ...more

June 27, 2008

Before Thursday, it was illegal to own a handgun if you were a Washington, D.C., resident. ...more

June 27, 2008

GUN RIGHTS ADVOCATES PRAISE DECISION; LIBERALS WORRY ABOUT PRECEDENT ...more

June 26, 2008

Floridians are now in danger from yet another act of the Florida Legislature. Allowing employees to keep guns in their cars at work even when their employers object only facilitates workplace violence. This bill should have been titled the Workplace Violence Enabling Act. Oddly enough, media coverage gives the impression that the only issue is "gun rights" versus the property rights of employers. Apparently the public safety and the safety of employees isn't worth mentioning. Gun laws passed by the Florida Legislature in the last few years flies in the face of every known fact about gun violence. Take the so-called Castle Law, which encourages gun toters to shoot whenever they feel threatened. This ill-advised law gives those who shoot first more rights in Florida than any other jurisdiction in the world. ...more

May 9, 2008