by Smith, Lara | Dec 20, 2018 | Lara Smith, LGC Blog
At the Liberal Gun Club, we have argued for years that we need evidence-based policy at all levels of government. Sadly, so much of the current demands for laws are based on fear and whipping up the base of one side or the other. California’s gun laws are a...
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...