Posts by L.A. Paredes
Gang Homicides Drop – So Do California Gun Deaths
UC Davis researchers released a report this week that finds in the past 16 years, gun deaths have fallen in California. This is obvious good news, and the decrease has…
Read MoreModern Sporting Rifles, Scary Guns and the Rising Ignorance of Politicians
There are few things more annoying than politicians who think they are smarter than the average bear (or citizen) and thus, make laws on stuff they know next to nothing…
Read MoreCA LIBS BEG CONGRESS TO BAN ASSAULT WEAPONS
Being right may be fun sometimes, but certainly not all the time. When the gavel signaled the opening of the 2nd half of the 2017/18 Legislative Session in Sacramento, we…
Read MoreGOC’s ELECTION EYE: Where the POLITICAL Rubber Meets the Road
It’s no surprise that the 2nd Amendment faces a nasty and persistent enemy – particularly these days when anti-gun hysteria has reached such an epic, fevered pitch. But being the…
Read MoreHypocritical Hollywood Thwarts Parental Violence Filters
Wouldn’t it be nice if the left actually considered whether their policies work? Because when it comes to the “scourge of gun violence”, their response is always the same – regardless of consistently…
Read MoreNICK FREITAS: Liberty Rising and a Bonifide 2nd Amendment Statesman
The 2nd Amendment is always looking for heroes. These days when many in public service would rather hide under a rock or capitulate than be at the tip of the…
Read MoreGOC’S 2018 ELECTION EYE: Attorney General Xavier Becerra
Many Americans are still reeling from the election mayhem of 2016, but GOC has our waders on and are more than ready for the murky waters of 2018. This is…
Read MoreWhat California Can Learn from the Kentucky School Shooting
California and the rest of the country can learn a great deal from Kentucky’s response to the recent school shooting that tragically took the lives of two young students. Rather…
Read MoreGOC at the SHOT SHOW: Fighting for California
By Sam Paredes, Executive Director of Gun Owners of California Walking through the big doors at Las Vegas’ Sands Expo Center in January gives me as much of a buzz…
Read MoreNew Concerns Raised About Gun Laws and Veterans
The following is a guest editorial and analysis by Sam Bocetta of Gun News Daily It’s incredibly rare for proposed gun laws to be anything but a blunt instrument used to casually…
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