Federal Agencies
The FDIC: Another Dark Legacy of FDR
In 1933, the Franklin Roosevelt Administration brought into existence the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Along with FDR’s nationalization of gold, his adoption of a paper-money system, his enactment of Social Security, and his conversion of America to a...
Disarm the IRS, De-Militarize the Bureaucracy, and Dismantle the Standing Army
“There are instruments so dangerous to the rights of the nation and which place them so totally at the mercy of their governors that those governors, whether legislative or executive, should be restrained from keeping such instruments on foot but in well-defined...
Federal Gun Control Enforcement Numbers Dip, But Biden ATF Maintains Status Quo
Federal gun control enforcement numbers dipped in 2022, but the Biden administration still aggressively pursued enforcement, and kept things close to record levels. In his first two years, the Biden administration took up right where Trump left off and generally...
Montana Governor Informs Feds State Won’t Enforce New Pistol Brace Gun Control Rule
On Feb. 8, Montana Governor Greg Gianforte sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland informing him the state will not enforce the recent ATF rule on pistol braces based on a state law prohibiting enforcement of some federal gun control that was passed in...