by Smith, Lara | Nov 13, 2017 | Lara Smith, LGC Blog, Welcome
I constantly run across some variation of the following post on gun boards: “I want to buy my spouse a gun. What should I get them?” This thread nearly always involves buying a gun not to take to the range but for defense and then devolves into the dreaded...
by Smith, Lara | Nov 13, 2017 | Lara Smith, LGC Blog, Welcome
The DC Project is a non-partisan group of 50 women from 50 states who earlier this month traveled to Washington D.C. to reveal the usually unseen faces and stories of female firearms owners and Second Amendment supporters. Meeting with over 100 lawmakers and...
by Smith, Lara | Feb 25, 2017 | Lara Smith, Legal, LGC Blog
On Friday, Wayne LaPierre gave a speech at CPAC where he told the crowd that liberal protesters are paid, militant, angry, and willing to use violence against the Right. He called us fascists. And he said the NRA would mount a counter-resistance – a well-armed...
by Smith, Lara | Dec 14, 2016 | LGC Blog, Welcome
I hear it over and over and over again: “liberals hate guns.” To my conservative gun friends, I say – please stop. Instead, work with me here. I am a liberal and I am a Second Amendment advocate. Last week, I spoke with Black Guns Matter in...
by Smith, Lara | Sep 21, 2016 | LGC Blog, Welcome
I was privileged to be asked to speak on the local news against California’s Proposition 63. For those that don’t know, this is Gavin Newsom’s attempt to seem tough on gun crime while punishing lawful gun owners and costing the state tens of millions...
