2nd Amendment

The news defies belief, even in these unbelievable times: The Supreme Court just overturned New York State's 100-year-old law that requires showing a specific need for protection in order to get a permit to carry a concealed gun in public.

"The idea of handgun prohibition is nowhere near the political agenda in the mainstream in the United States," said a Duke University law professor.

"We should all be able to agree that it's inappropriate for the largest gun lobbying organization...to host a celebratory convention," the petition says.

"All precedents of the Supreme Court have to be respected," Jackson said in response to a question regarding fetal viability and other abortion laws.

Philip Dupuis warned Missouri's H.B. 85 "will create a flood of weaponized litigation that will chill the legitimate peace-keeping duties of police."

Abbott recently joined state GOP lawmakers in backing legislation that would allow Texas to simply disregard federal laws on firearms.

Trump scoffed at the idea he could lose the Lone Star State: "The governor calls me from Texas and he says, 'sir, that's not true, you are up a lot," Trump said of Greg Abbott at a rally Monday in Pennsylvania.

Pastor John Koletas said the giveaway was meant to honor gun owners who have "been so viciously attacked by anti-Christian socialist policies."

"I have encountered the police and observed them while holding my gun from a safe distance," Omar Chatman said. "I've been displeased with every encounter."

Vice President Pence said congressional Democrats abandoned reforms on gun control, health care and opioid abuse in favor of impeaching President Donald Trump.

The National Rifle Association will shut down production of NRATV on Wednesday, according to The New York Times.

Kansas Secretary of State and Republican candidate for governor, Kris W. Kobach, waved to families at a parade outside Kansas City while riding in a red, white and blue Jeep Wrangler fitted with a mounted machine gun Saturday.

The lobby group called for a boycott of the eatery because it claimed support for gun regulations on its receipts.

"The drumbeat of alarming news about the NRA and Russia is only getting louder," an Everytown For Gun Safety official said.

The high school junior and history teacher had a lengthy spat on Twitter earlier this week.

The Parkland shooting survivor and gun control advocate celebrated his 18th birthday Thursday.

Since its founding in 2016, Redneck Revolt chapters have opened in more than 30 states.

The filmmaker wants to repeal the Second Amendment. And he's not the only one.

"I do believe it is an incite or at a minimum an expression of indifference to whether violence would occur," Kaine said of Trump's comments.

Trump never answered a question directly, but digressed into something else. Or would say, "We'll look at that."

A day earlier, Donald Trump suggested gun rights activists could stop Democratic rival Hillary Clinton from curtailing their access to firearms.