Second Amendment

Podcast
InfluenceWatch Podcast #281: Gun Rights in Tennessee
This week, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee (R) announced a special session of the legislature to consider various proposals related to public safety. But unusually for a reliably conservative and Republican…
by Robert Stilson, Michael Watson on August 11, 2023

Organization Trends
An Anti-Gun Pledge for Law Students
Gun control activists have been broadly unsuccessful on the legislative and judicial fronts, forcing them to devise alternative methods of curtailing the Second Amendment rights of Americans. One tactic involves…
by Robert Stilson on June 26, 2023

Podcast
InfluenceWatch Podcast #268: Women’s Right to Self-Defense
With news last month that Visa and Mastercard had paused a plan to track gun purchases, and last year’s SCOTUS decision that struck down a New York law that put…
by Sarah Lee, Michael Watson on May 5, 2023

Podcast
InfluenceWatch Podcast #263: Protecting Our Children
This week, a spree shooter killed six people at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee; our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims and the others affected.
by Kali Fontanilla, Sarah Lee, Michael Watson on March 31, 2023

Podcast
InfluenceWatch Podcast #256: The Right to Self-Defense
The recent U.S. Supreme Court case New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen that curtailed a state’s ability to infringe on Americans’ right to carry publicly for their…
by Sarah Lee, Michael Watson on February 10, 2023

Featured Items
Video: What Do Conservatives Have in Common with the Black Panthers?
Truth is often stranger than fiction. In 1967 the Black Panthers were the known as the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. This early version of the Black Panthers had some…
by CRC Staff on February 7, 2022

Organization Trends
The Black Panthers Promoted the Second Amendment and Private Schools
The Black Panthers were nobody’s idea of responsible gun ownership in 1977. But it didn’t start out that way. In 1967 they were the known as the Black Panther Party…
by Ken Braun on August 16, 2021

Foundation Watch
George Soros-funded Center for American Progress leads the Left’s attack on your gun rights
The Center for American Progress, which is more or less the Democratic Party’s public relations firm, is launching a fresh assault on the Second Amendment in light of the…
by Matthew Vadum on July 23, 2012