FOAC Monthly Meeting - 02/10/2019
South Fayette Township Municipal Building 515 Millers Run Road, Morgan, PA
FOAC Monthly Meeting - 03/10/2019
South Fayette Township Municipal Building 515 Millers Run Road, Morgan, PA
FOAC Monthly Meeting - 04/14/2019
South Fayette Township Municipal Building 515 Millers Run Road, Morgan, PA
Quote Of The Week
"The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and ignorant believe to be liberty." - Fisher Ames, speech in the Massachusetts Ratifying Convention, 1788
DA Zappala: Pittsburgh City Council does not have authority to pass gun legislation restricting some types of weapons :: 01/15/2019
PITTSBURGH —City Council does not have authority to pass legislation that would restrict certain types of guns in Pittsburgh, according to Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala.
Homicides continued to decline in Pittsburgh in 2018, even with the Tree of Life mass shooting :: 01/15/2019
PITTSBURGH —The city is spotlighting some encouraging signs for crime fighting in Pittsburgh found in the 2018 figures for homicides and shootings.
How Gun Control Failures Contributed To CA Officer's Murder :: 01/15/2019
The only thing gun control seems to do consistently is fail. It doesn’t stop crime, it doesn’t stop mass shootings, it doesn’t stop anything except for law-abiding citizens having an effective means to defend their own life.
Proposal to arm teachers in Tamaqua (PA) to get postponement vote :: 01/15/2019
School board member Nicholas Boyle, 29, believes arming an autonomous, rotating slate of teachers is a cost effective way to save lives in case of a school shooting. (Matt Smith for Keystone Crossroads)
Law Barring Illegal Aliens From Having Guns Is Constitutional :: 01/10/2019
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday joined five of other circuits in rejecting a Second Amendment challenge to a federal law prohibiting unlawful aliens from possessing firearms, though it did so without making a definitive determination as to whether such persons are covered by the amendment.
The Supreme Court's Impact on the Second Amendment :: 01/02/2019
The Second Amendment is one of most fundamental provisions of the Bill of Rights, and one of the most fiercely debated. Since it was first put to paper, legal scholars, gun owners and anti-gun activists have engaged in an endless discussion over the meaning and scope of the Second Amendment, and for most of that time, gun owners have been on the losing side of the argument.
CGF Seeks U.S. Supreme Court Review in Constitutional Challenge to California's Handgun Roster, Microstamping Laws :: 12/29/2018
Washington D.C., Dec. 28, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, attorneys Alan Gura and Donald Kilmer filed a petition for Supreme Court review in a federal Second and Fourteenth Amendment lawsuit challenging the State of California’s handgun roster and “microstamping” laws. The Calguns Foundation, an institutional plaintiff in the case, is joined by Second Amendment Foundation and four individuals. A copy of the petition for certiorari can be found at https://www.calgunsfoundation.org/pena.
Calif. denying citizens' gun rights? :: 12/28/2018
A pro-gun rights organization is joining in a lawsuit against the State of California for preventing individuals from exercising their Second Amendment rights.The Second Amendment Rights Foundation is joining Firearms Policy Foundation, Firearms Policy Coalition, the Madison Society Foundation and the Calguns Foundation in supporting individual plaintiffs Paul McKinley Stewart and Chad Linton, who contend that their non-violent felony convictions years ago have been set aside or vacated, yet the State of California refuses to allow them to purchase firearms.
Pennsylvania Self-Defense: Police: 90-year-old Homeowner Shot Intruder in the Leg :: 01/13/2019
BERLIN TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A man from Milanville is facing charges after he tried to break into a home in Wayne County.
Illinois Self-Defense: Woman With Concealed Carry License Who Shot Robber Called A Hero :: 01/09/2019
CHICAGO (CBS)– Residents are praising the 25 year-old woman, with a concealed carry license, who shot and killed a man who was trying to rob her at a bus stop.
Alabama Self-Defense: Private Security Stops Mass Shooting At Alabama Night Club :: 01/07/2019
It’s long been argued that the solution to preventing mass shootings is the presence of more guns. There’s a reason people like me want armed teachers in our schools, for example.
Arizona Self-Defense: Arizona resident shoots four burglars, killing one, police say :: 01/03/2019
One person is dead and three others are injured after they were shot by a resident of an Arizona home they were trying to burglarize, police said.
