Iowa Voters Amend State Constitution to Support the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
DES MOINES, Iowa, (Nov. 8, 2022) – Today, Iowa voters approved a ballot measure adding the right to keep and bear arms to the state constitution. Before today’s vote, Iowa was one of only six states without any protection of the right to keep and bear arms...
Detroit OKs Expansion of ShotSpotter Surveillance Tech
DETROIT, Mich. (Oct. 17, 2022) – Last week, the Detroit City Council narrowly approved an expansion of the city’s controversial ShotSpotter gun control surveillance technology. But instead of using COVID stimulus money as initially planned, the funding...
Today in History: British Seizure of Gunpowder Leads to “Powder Alarm”
On this date in 1774, British troops seized and removed gunpowder from a magazine in Charlestown, Mass., leading to what became known as the “Powder Alarm.” In effect, the move was a British gun control measure intended to limit the colonists’...