A reviewer who praised Michael Bellesiles`s book, Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture., now says, "I was badly wrong in my judgment, though it took me a while to grasp just how wrong."
Today, President Donald Trump signed into law a legislative proposal to reopen the federal government. Included in the legislation is a provision that prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from stripping the constitutional right ...
Last week the North Carolina General Assembly briefly returned from recess and re-referred Senate Bill 50, Freedom to Carry NC, to the House Rules Committee.
In a tacit acknowledgement of just how unworkable its gun ban and confiscation program is, Canada’s Liberal government quietly extended the gun amnesty for an additional year, just before it was due to expire on October 30 ...
On October 30th, 2025, Senator Jim Risch [R-ID] introduced the Firearm Access During Shutdown Act (S.3085), with Congressman Ben Cline [R-VA-6] introducing the companion legislation in the U.S. House (H.R. 5874).
Gun owners in Virgina, home of NRA’s Headquarters, are still absorbing the results of last Tuesday’s elections. In addition to the election of Democrat Abigail Spanberger, a former Mom’s Demand Action volunteer, as governor, we now ...
On Wednesday, November 12th, the House Judiciary Committee passed HB 1891 on a 14 to 12 party-line vote. The bill now advances to the House floor where it will soon be eligible for a vote. ...
On Wednesday, November 12, the House Judiciary Committee will take action on HB 1891, a gun registration bill that the NRA opposed last year and continues to fight this session. While supporters claim the bill is ...
Yesterday, the National Rifle Association joined the Firearms Policy Coalition and two NRA members in filing a legal challenge to New Jersey’s “one-gun-a-month” law.
On November 10th, 2025, the U.S. Senate passed on a legislative proposal to reopen the federal government. Included in this package was the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies bill. This legislation maintained a provision that ...
Few communities take the products they use as seriously as gun owners. A firearm is often a tool that a person needs to be able to trust their life with. Add brand loyalty and differences ...
Established in 1975, the Institute for Legislative Action (ILA) is the "lobbying" arm of the National Rifle Association of America. ILA is responsible for preserving the right of all law-abiding individuals in the legislative, political, and legal arenas, to purchase, possess and use firearms for legitimate purposes as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.