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Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
PA Gov Demands Gun Control 'For The Children' While Slashing Millions From School Security :: 02/11/2020
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf is pushing Republican lawmakers in charge of the state legislature to adopt gun control legislation in the name of student safety, while at the same time slashing $50-million earmarked for school security in the 2020 budget.
Trump campaigns as a Second Amendment warrior :: 02/11/2020
WASHINGTON — After the Parkland school shooting in Florida two years ago, President Donald Trump chided Republican lawmakers for being too “scared” of the National Rifle Association to tighten gun laws — then backed away from the idea.
Anti-Gunners: Congress approved $25M in funding for gun safety research. Now what? :: 02/10/2020
Crystal Turner fell apart when two of her four children were shot and killed in Columbus, Ohio, nearly five years ago.
PA Town Feeling Heat Over Ignoring Preemption :: 02/10/2020
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto really stepped in it when he and his city council passed their own assault weapon ban. The problem is that the measure comes in a state with preemption on the books. That means he can’t actually do that.
VA Democrats Pass Bill Making Suppressor Possession a Felony :: 02/10/2020
Democrats on Virginia’s House of Delegates Public Safety Committee passed legislation Friday making it a felony to possess a suppressor in the state after July 1, 2020.
Wolf's Continued Push for Increased Gun Regulations Not Popular Among Local Residents :: 02/10/2020
CLARION CO., Pa. (EYT) – Although Governor Wolf has emphasized that his proposal for additional gun control is supported by most Pennsylvanians, the increased restrictions are not wholly favored in our region.
A Pair Of Studies Demonstrates The Anti-Gun Ignorance In Academia :: 02/08/2020
There are no shortage of idiotic academic studies out there, but a “researcher” at Arizona State University may be in the running for the dumbest research of the year after releasing two studies that purport to show gun owners don’t sleep any better than people who don’t own guns, and that gun owners aren’t any happier than non-gun owners.
DRGO: Large capacity magazines: Diagnosis or symptom? :: 02/08/2020
The December 18, 2020 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association included a Quick Uptake news article, “Large-Capacity Magaine Bans Linked With Fewer Mass Shootings, Deaths” (first online December 18). It references a study in the American Journal of Public Health by Louis Klarevas, Andrew Conner and, one of our frequent “guests” here, David Hemenway: “The Effect of Large-Capacity Magazine Bans on High-Fatality Mass Shootings, 1990–2017”.
Warren Says She'll Nuke Senate Filibuster To Get Gun Control :: 02/08/2020
During Friday night’s Democratic presidential campaign debate, Elizabeth Warren gave gun owners a stark reminder of just how important the 2020 election will be for our right to keep and bear arms when she said that, if elected, she would nuke the filibuster rule in the Senate in order to ram through gun control bills. From NPR:
Bloomberg Now Paying Social Media Influencers For Support :: 02/07/2020
Michael Bloomberg has already spent nearly a quarter of a billion dollars in his quest to become president, but he’s dropping a few more Bloomberg Bucks on social media influencers who are willing to shill for the anti-gun billionaire in exchange for cold, hard cash.
David Hogg Just Got Schooled On The History Of Gun Control :: 02/07/2020
Gun control activist David Hogg has been particularly “woker-than-thou” on social media lately. The Harvard freshman recently tweeted out that Abraham Lincoln was a good president, for example, before quickly rescinding his approval and begging forgiveness for his secular sin.
FBI Data: Violent Crime Continues to Fall While Legislatures Move to Ban Assault Weapons :: 02/07/2020
Crime continued to decline in the first half of 2019, according to new preliminary data published by the FBI. Violent crimes dropped by 3.1 percent compared to January-June 2018 and property crime fell by 5.6 percent. Looking at violent crimes, the decline was seen in every region and follows decreases in 2018 and 2017.
Pennsylvania: Here's Where Illegal Guns Are in Philly :: 02/07/2020
Plastic bags covered the rifle as the federal agent got into the car.
American Communists Call for a Violent Takeover. . and the American People are Ready for Them :: 02/06/2020
It is uncomfortable to face violent threats. We endure that discomfort because it is better to face them than run from them. Communists in the US have flocked to Senator Bernie Sanders’ campaign, and the things they want to do are horrible.
NY Sheriff Draws Line In The Sand On Enforcing Cuomo's Gun Control Laws :: 02/06/2020
I’ve been writing this week about what’s taking place in Lewis County, New York, where thousands of residents are backing a Second Amendment Sanctuary ordinance that would prohibit county funds from being spent to enforce New York state gun laws. On Wednesday’s Bearing Arms Cam & Co. I spoke with county resident Patrick Morse, who’s helped to organize support for the ordinance as was on hand for this week’s county legislative meeting where hundreds packed the local courthouse to urge lawmakers to pass the ordinance.
PA Gov Wants GOP-Led Legislature To Capitulate On Guns :: 02/06/2020
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf is no friend of gun owners. He made that abundantly clear when he stood by Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto when the mayor stated his intention to ignore state law and to pass gun control within his city. Wolfe did nothing and offered nothing but support, which is all you really need to know about the Democrat.
Pennsylvania Preemption: Polk Township gets pushback on gun ordinance :: 02/06/2020
The Polk Township supervisors received a letter Tuesday morning threatening legal action if they continue to pursue its proposed firearms ordinance.
Anti-Gun Activists Fail To Get Gun Ban On FL's 2020 Ballot :: 02/05/2020
Despite national media attention and the deep pockets of a handful of donors, anti-gun groups like March For Our Lives and Ban Assault Weapons Now have failed in their efforts to get a so-called “assault weapons ban” referendum on the 2020 ballot in Florida. The Sun-Sentinel newspaper in south Florida reports that the activists needed to collect about 766,000 valid signatures to place the referendum on the ballot, but came up hundreds of thousands of signatures short.
Bloomberg Enjoys Armed Guards While Fighting to Disarm Americans :: 02/05/2020
Billionaire Democrat presidential hopeful Mike Bloomberg is a staunch proponent of gun control for America with one caveat–he gets to spend his days surrounded by good guys with guns to keep him safe.
Stand Your Ground Laws and Firearm Homicides :: 02/05/2020
We haven’t reviewed much research lately, which is DRGO’s raison d’être. So let’s take a look at a study presented in October at the American College of Surgeons’ annual meeting’s Scientific Forum. “Stand Your Ground: Policy and Trends in Firearm-Related Justifiable Homicide and Homicide in the US” by Marc Levy et al tries to show whether the spread of Stand Your Ground laws has increased even non-justified firearm homicides.
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