Justice Thomas's majority opinion in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen will be remembered as one of the most poorly reasoned opinions ever handed down by the Supreme Court. It ignores the real history of the 2nd amendment in order to pacify anti-government zealots in the Republican Party. The essential points are these: 1. Like other states, New York had a statute that allowed individuals to apply for a concealed carry gun permit. 2. Local officials would the

The United States is awash in guns, more so than ever before. Americans own 400 million guns. That's more than one per person. And, according to a new report from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives [ATF] we are adding more at a record pace. The ATF's study found that American gunmakers manufactured more than 11 million guns in 2020, almost three times the number produced in 2000. The report also documented a troubling shift in the type of guns Americans

If Mitch McConnell didn't like "Moscow Mitch," he is going to hate "Massacre Mitch". His new #MassacreMitch nickname is trending across the country as Americans berate the Senate Majority Leader for inaction on gun control after the recent series of mass shootings, including yesterday's massacre in West Texas which left five dead and many more injured. 51 individuals have now died as the result of mass killings in August. McConnell has refused to bring the Senate back from it

Boston University School of Public Health researcher Michael Siegel analyzed homicide data provided by the FBI and Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) and found that the information from both agencies demonstrates that controlling who has access to guns has much more impact on reducing gun-related homicides than bans on particular types of firearms. Boston University: "Siegel’s latest study, published July 30, 2019, in the Journal of Rural Health, reinforces previo