SCOTUS Reinvents the 2A for the Modern Age by Looking at History
The SCOTUS decision in NYSRPA v. Bruen is going to send shockwaves through Congress and the state legislatures around the country. Most gun policy wonks had expected the Court to clarify the balancing test Courts of Appeal could use when determining whether gun law...
LGC Interview with the Washington Post
Lara, our national spokesperson just wrapped up an interview with Anne Branigan of the Washington Post, discussing the changing demographics of gun ownership in the United States- and the article just hit the presses a few hours ago. Definitely worth reading! “It’s...
So you want to do something, anything (Part 3)
There's another thing that can be done today. It doesn't require passing any legislation. We've been talking about it since 2015 here on the blog. STOP. SAYING. THEIR. NAMES. These horrific events are like train wrecks. We all doom scroll and click link after link to...
So you want to do something, anything, right now (Part 2)
As part of a series of articles starting with this one, instead of repeating the same tropes and doing exactly nothing useful, how about we take on yet another issue that should be able to fly through our governments legislative body? According to the ASCA, the ideal...
So you want to do something, anything (Part 1)
In the wake of yet another mass shooting, as we noted in a previous blog post, the two camps are predictably settling into the usual corners of "Control all the guns" and "Shall not be infringed". Maybe this time will be different. Maybe it could be different. What is...
A tale of two cities…
Two horrific events, in short order. Devastating loss of life. Mourning families. And before they can even bury the dead, the lines got drawn pretty quick (which isn't unusual never let a tragedy go unused). On one side the "we aren't coming for your guns EXCEPT..."...
California copies Texas on purpose?
California SB1327 Creates A Private Right of Action for Citizens to Enforce Gun Laws On May 19th, 2022, the California State Legislature ordered to Third Reading SB1327, a bill that creates a “private right of action for any person against any person who, within...
Official statement on the horrendous hate crime in Buffalo
The Liberal Gun Club, in light of the act of domestic terrorism against individuals in Buffalo, New York on May 14, stands solidarity with our BIPOC and Jewish members in denouncing white supremacy in all its forms. Anti-Black racism, Anti-Semitism, Anti-immigrant...
Chatting with a Gun Curious Podcaster
The animating idea of this blog is to speak (primarily) to those who are neither totally bought into the idea of guns nor totally opposed to it. That is, to the gun curious. I recently had the opportunity to chat with just such a person. Mark McNease is a politically liberal gay man living in … Continue reading Chatting with a Gun Curious Podcaster
Talking Gun Conversion with The Reverend Hunter
In October 2021, I traveled from North Carolina to Vermont to attend and present at the Outdoor Writers Association of America’s (OWAA) annual conference. After flying into Burlington, I had a 90-minute long shuttle bus ride to the Jay Peak Resort, near the Canadian border. On the ride, I listened to and participated in some … Continue reading Talking Gun Conversion with The Reverend Hunter