Anti-Gunners Won't Like The 2026 National Firearms Survey Findings

Over the years, anti-gun advocates have made numerous arguments to support their campaign to ban guns. 

Thankfully, those arguments can be easily debunked and that the Second Amendment has been bolstered by recent Supreme Court decisions. 

Townhall has posted an article that the anti-gunners won't like from the 2026 National Firearms Survey.

They begin with:

The anti-gunner lobby isn’t going to be happy about the findings of the 2026 National Firearms Survey, which destroys some of the most common arguments they make in favor of gun control.

The survey was conducted by Dr. William English of Georgetown University.

Researchers found that gun ownership in the United States has increased significantly over recent years — especially among racial minorities. It also found that defensive gun uses happen far more often than anti-gunner advocates suggest. The study also showed that a large chunk of the U.S. population owns firearms that anti-gunners want the government to ban.

Let’s dive into the numbers.

To read more, go here. 

SCOTUS To Take Up Hawaii Gun Ban

Above, up to now, Hawaii is a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to be a gun owner there. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

The state of Hawaii, like California, has a state government that is dominated by the Democrat Party. You know, the anti-Second Amendment party. 

The U.S. Supreme Court announced that they will take up Hawaii's concealed carry gun ban.

According to Gun Owners of America:

The Supreme Court announced Friday that it will take up a case challenging a Hawaii law that bans concealed carry almost everywhere.

In 2022, when it handed down its decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, the court settled one of the most important constitutional questions of our time: The right to carry a firearm in public for self-defense is protected under the Second Amendment.

That should have been the end of the matter. In Hawaii, however, lawmakers responded with defiance instead of compliance with their so-called carry law (Act 52). Even if you don’t live in Hawaii, be aware that it is doing what anti-gunners in your state would love to do.

Under this law, permit holders — people who have undergone mandatory training, passed background checks and followed every rule — are effectively barred from carrying a firearm almost anywhere. Parks, sidewalks, beaches, government property, banks and even most private property are all off-limits. A carry permit in Hawaii may as well be used to discard chewed-up gum.

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Federal Law Banning Handgun Sales 18- to 20-year-olds Is Unconstitutional

Since 18 year olds are adults by law, then they should have all rights that goes along with it. 18 year olds as adults has been around since the early 1970s.

An appeals court has ruled that the federal law banning handgun sales to 18 to 20 year olds is unconstitutional.

CNN reported:

CNN - A conservative federal appeals court said Thursday that a federal law banning the sale of handguns to 18- to 20-year-olds is unconstitutional, elevating a significant question about the Second Amendment’s reach in the wake of recent major Supreme Court rulings on gun rights.

It is the latest major ruling against an age-based firearm restriction and one that comes as the Supreme Court has been asked to weigh in on how the Second Amendment applies to older teens.

The new ruling from the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals pointed to the landmark 2022 Supreme Court ruling known as Bruen that established a historical test for assessing the constitutionality of gun restrictions. It also reviewed the legal challenge against the more recent decision by the Supreme Court that refined the Bruen test while upholding federal restrictions on gun possession for people accused of domestic abuse.

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California's One-Gun-A-Month Law Struck Down

California's hare-brained anti-Second Amendment laws are being struck down one-by-one.

The latest is the state's one-gun-a-month law is the latest to be struck down.

From Reuters:

March 11 (Reuters) - A California law barring the purchase of more than one gun in a 30-day period was struck down on Monday by a federal judge who said it failed a test for state laws laid out in the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling expanding gun rights.

U.S. District Judge William Hayes sided with a group of California residents, gun retailers and gun rights nonprofits in finding that the one-gun-a-month law did not fit within the nation’s historical tradition of firearms regulation. The law remains in place for now because the judge stayed his ruling for 30 days to give the state time to appeal.

The ruling, is the latest to deem a state gun law unconstitutional in the wake of the high court’s landmark decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, which dramatically expanded gun rights.

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Lawsuit Filed Against L.A. County Sheriff On Concealed Carry Permits

The Los Angeles County Sheriff has apparently been dragging its feet in issuing concealed carry permits in violation of the Supreme Court's Bruen decision.

In response, a lawsuit has been filed against the Sheriff Department.

Breitbart reported:

The California Rifle & Pistol Association (CRPA) filed suit against the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department claiming the department is not issuing concealed carry permits in compliance with Bruen (2022).

On June 23, 2022, Breitbart News reported that the Supreme Court of the United States issued the Bruen decision in which the court ruled against New York’s proper cause requirement for concealed carry permit issuance.

In addition to striking the proper cause requirement, Bruen made clear that the Second Amendment protects a right to carry a gun outside the home for self-defense. It also required that in cases involving challenges to gun control, courts are to weigh the controls by looking for historical precedents in American history and tradition rather than in claims that the controls serve a specific purpose.

The suit was filed December 4, 2023. Other plaintiffs joined with CRPA, including the Second Amendment Foundation, Gun Owners of America, and Gun Owners of California.

The plaintiffs contend that the LA County Sheriff’s Department maintains “carry permit issuance policies and laws that make it extremely difficult, if not outright impossible or impermissibly time consuming [to obtain a permit].”

To read more, go here. 

NM Gun-Grabbers Are At It Again

The Democrat gun-grabbers will be holding a legislative committee preview Tuesday of proposed bills infringing on our Second Amendment rights for the 2024 New Mexico legislative session.

Piñon Post reported:

On Tuesday, the Legislative Courts, Corrections, and Justice Committee, chaired by Sen. Joseph Cervantes (D-Las Cruces), will preview anti-gun bills that will be reintroduced in the 2024 Legislative Session, along with new proposals that could be brought forth.

Starting at 8:35 a.m., the committee, which is meeting in Mescalero at the Inn of the Mountain Gods, will have a two-hour discussion on the 2022 New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen U.S. Supreme Court case, which struck down anti-gun laws in the Empire State.

Then, the Committee will discuss proposed anti-gun laws, including banning what they deem “assault weapons,” mandating new higher age restrictions for firearm purchases, imposing waiting periods, increasing background check requirements, attacking gun manufacturers for gun-related incidents, and more.

Most of these bills failed to pass during this year's legislative session. But the Democrats aren't giving up.

To read more, go here. 

RFK Jr.: Gun Confiscation Won't End School Shootings

Above, RFK Jr. campaign photo.

The mantra of the far left of the Democrat Party is hell-bent on gun confiscation. But thanks to the constitution and recent Supreme Court decisions, they have been effectively thwarted. They keep trying, though.

One Democrat recognizes this and a Breitbart article points him out.

They wrote:

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. used a townhall in New Hampshire to explain he is not going to take guns and the approach of trying to do so would not stop school shootings.

National Gun Rights Association’s Will Fite tweeted about the townhall on Saturday after RFK Jr. stressed that he is not going to take away guns.

Moreover, he pointed to the Supreme Court of the United States Bruen (2022) decision and noted it is not possible to “do anything” to secure gun control, even if someone wanted more of it.

To read more, go here. 

Firearm Storage Laws Make NO SENSE...

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed HB 9 into law a few days ago. 

According to the press release on her website, she said:

“Today, New Mexico is making it clear that responsible gun ownership is the law of the land,” said Gov. Lujan Grisham. “This bill is about keeping New Mexicans safe by requiring gun owners to take reasonable steps to secure their weapons – plain and simple.”

Fortunately for us, this is not "the law of the land" as similar laws in other states have been struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court as unconstitutional, most notably in the Heller and Bruen decisions. If a statute is facially unconstitutional (as this one obviously is), the courts have stated that it cannot be enforced. It is null and void.

The issue of safety locks and storage of firearms is not new and Mark W. Smith discusses them in the video below. Such laws are stupid and unconstitutional, he says.