The people behind The Citadel project, who are hoping to build a walled prepper community in Idaho, touted a milestone last week: the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has …

Tracing The Movement To Nullify Federal Gun Laws

On Jan. 11, five days before President Barack Obama unveiled 23 executive actions he intended to to take to reduce gun violence, Pennsylvania state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe (R) announced that he was working on a firearms measure of his own.

“I am currently having legislation drafted that is similar to firearm legislation recently introduced in Wyoming,” Metcalfe wrote in a memorandum sent to his fellow House members. “My legislation would prohibit the enforcement of any new federal restriction, prohibition or registration requirement for firearms, magazines, and ammunition. My legislation would also require the state to intercede on behalf of Pennsylvania citizens against any federal attempt to register, ban or restrict the purchase or ownership of firearms and firearms accessories which are currently legal products.”

Investigator Says Alabama Hostage Taker Is A ‘Survivalist’

According to an official in the Dale County, Ala. sheriff’s department, the man who took a child hostage after shooting a bus driver on Tuesday is a “survivalist” with “anti-America” views.

NRA Spent Big To Help Senate Judiciary Republicans

The National Rifle Association’s executive vice president, Wayne LaPierre, spoke Wednesday at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on gun safety. There, he came face to face with a number of Republican Senators who have benefited from his organization’s spending in recent years.

Jon Stewart: ‘Medieval Castle Chic’ Not The Right Look For Prepper Commune The Citadel

Jon Stewart on Tuesday explored what separates liberals from conservatives. Ultimately, “conservatives think government is bad and people are good, unless those people work in government, in which case they, too, are bad,” Stewart said. “But the point is this, then they can leave government and join a lobbying firm, at which point they become good again.” It’s very complicated, he said. With Democrats controlling most of the federal government, “freedom lovers have a plan to carve out a haven of liberty, safe from the liberal tyrants,” Stewart said.

Mississippi GOPers Pushing Bill To ‘Assert The Sovereignty Of The State’

A pair of Republican lawmakers in Mississippi have proposed a bill to keep the federal government in its place, and laying out a plan to create a Joint Legislative Committee on the Neutralization of Federal Law, which would — well maybe you can already start to guess what the committee would do.

Utah Yet Another State Getting In On The Gun Secession Movement

For those keeping track at home, add Utah to the list of states where lawmakers and officials are pushing back against even the idea of new gun control measures coming from Washington D.C.

The History Of The Prepper Paradise Known As The Citadel

One day in late October, one of the organizers of a dreamed-up prepper community called The Citadel took a moment to share part of his vision on the project’s blog.

Arizona Republicans Push Their Own Gun Secession Bill

A group of Republicans in the Arizona House of Representatives are pushing a bill that would limit federal gun laws’ reach into the state.

NRA Warns Members That Confiscation Could Be Next

In an email sent to National Rifle Association members on Thursday, the head of the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) warned that politicians in Washington D.C. were “closing in fast on your Right to Keep and Bear Arms.”