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National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research Announces $3.1M in New Funding for Research on Red-Flag Laws Funding will be available for one and two-year research projects The National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research (NCGVR) will award more than $3 million in funding for research on extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs), also known as gun violence restraining orders or red flag laws. The funding round will be open to research on all aspects of ERPOs, including descriptive research on how such orders are used by courts, police, families, and communities; their effectiveness in reducing firearms violence; equity impacts and effects on vulnerable communities; whether recipients ofRead More →

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Biden says US is at ‘tipping point’ on gun control: ‘We will ban assault weapons in this country’ complete text below: Despite the lack of sufficient support in Congress to pass a new assault weapons ban, President Joe Biden on Friday said the US has “reached a tipping point” in the fight to strengthen America’s gun laws, due to the activism of the gun violence prevention movement that has gathered increasing strength in recent years. Mr Biden, who was delivering remarks at the National Safer Communities Summit in Hartford, Connecticut, at the invitation of Senator Chris Murphy and a coalition of gun safety groups includingRead More →

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Support a 28th Amendment to the Constitution on Guns Add your name to say you support passing a Constitutional amendment that will make our communities safer from gun violence. It’s a small and simple action, but it will send a powerful message about the size and strength of the coalition to get this done. The time is now.Read More →

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Federal Judge Strikes Down Federal Age Limit on Gun Purchases U.S. Senior District Judge Robert Payne has delivered another blow to the Administration’s effort to limit gun rights. In a 65-page decision, Judge Payne ruled that the Second Amendment protects people 18-20 who were barred under the regulations from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Federal licensed dealers were previously told that they could not sell to buyers below the age of 21. The case is Fraser v. BATFE, U.S. Dist. LEXIS 82432(Eastern District, Va. May 10, 2023). The Biden Administration argued that 18- to 20-year-olds are not part of “the people” protectedRead More →

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Texas Bill HB 2744: pdf below A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to prohibiting the transfer of certain semiautomatic rifles to certain recipients; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty. The legislation would raise the minimum age for purchasing certain firearms but likely wouldn’t have been a hindrance to the Allen gunman obtaining a weapon. The bill still faces an uphill climb in the Legislature. HB02744I.pdfRead More →

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PROTECTING THE SECOND AMENDMENT IN FINANCIAL SERVICES ACT WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Alex X. Mooney introduced H.R. 3021, The Protecting the Second Amendment in Financial Services Act to expressly prohibit financial institutions and credit card companies from using a merchant category code that separately categorizes gun and ammunition transactions. This legislation is endorsed by the National Rifle Association and Gun Owners of America. “Leftist activists have been clear that they intend to use merchant category codes to further surveil the constitutional firearm purchases of law-abiding citizens,” said Rep. Alex X. Mooney. “The only rationale to implement a new merchant category code is to appease anti-SecondRead More →