Texas Concealed Carry Eligibility: Who’s Not Allowed to Carry a Gun?
We mortals have things in our past we aren’t proud of. Times in our lives when the faces of governmental deities frown down from their marbled halls of justice and dispense bolts of legal rebuke. Some of us were overlooked, others were caught, but we pick ourselves up and move past, upward and onward. We […]
Texas–Fugitive Caught By Armed Citizen
Texas–Fugitive Caught By Armed Citizen Burnet County, TX—Burnet County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) says a fugitive they were trying to locate was caught by a property owner on 18 June. During a traffic stop, deputies contacted 40-year-old Benjamin Willis Becker for a parole violation. Becker fled the area, leading deputies on a short vehicle chase before […]
Austin City Hall Fined for Restricting 2nd Amendment Rights
A Travis County District Court judge agreed with the lawsuit filed against Austin City Hall contending that officials were in breach of laws protecting 2nd Amendment rights. Paxton’s office was notified of the issue by Michael Cargill, a Texas state Concealed Handgun License instructor and owner of a local gun store. In 2015, Cargill had […]
Top 3 Reasons Why Prohibiting the No-Fly List From Buying Guns is a BAD Idea
Yep, you read that correctly—keeping people on the No-Fly List from buying guns is a BAD idea! Back in December President Obama proposed this idea suggesting there is a “loophole” when he said, “Right now, people on the No-Fly list can walk into a store and buy a gun. That is insane. If you’re too […]
Independence Day Holiday and The Second Amendment
As we approach the July 4th holiday I’ve been pondering the founding generation’s intention when they penned the bill of rights which protects the basic and inherent rights of Americans to speech, religion, and the bearing of arms among other things. I’ve seen considerable debate about what the founders intended when they wrote that the […]