These guys weren’t armed. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) The riot and incursion at the US Capitol building on January 6 has been portrayed in the media as a violent terrorist attack, an attempt to overthrow a democratically elected government by crazed insurrectionists. However you characterize the debacle in WashingtonRead More →
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc. (Ting Shen/Pool via AP) “This didn’t seem like an armed insurrection to me,” [Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson] said in an interview on WISN-AM with conservative talk radio show host Jay Weber after condemning the events at the U.S. Capitol that day. “I mean ‘armed,’ when youRead More →
Last week’s takeover of the U.S. Capitol, which was accomplished without any known discharge of firearms by the occupiers, has now triggered a rapidly escalating campaign to punish the Second Amendment community. The widening crackdowns and denunciations have moved at an alarming speed as the countdown to the Biden/Harris InaugurationRead More →
Brady president Kris Brown (courtesy bradyunited.org) What now, after the attack on the U.S. Capitol? There are urgent steps we must immediately take enact to guard against further violent attacks — and gun safety underlies all of them. Join us at 5 p.m. ET today as we discuss with @CSGVRead More →
(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) TMZ – yes, really, TMZ – reported a significant surge in gun sales in Kenosha, Wisconsin and surrounding areas. That shouldn’t be surprising, really, although considering the gun sales spikes we’ve been seeing nationwide it’s a little startling that they can go up even more. But riotsRead More →