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APA Study Shows Irresponsible Media Coverage Doubles Mass Shootings :: 11/16/2018
U.S.A. -(Ammoland.com)- A paper presented to the American Psychological Association found the number of mass killings, rampage killings or “mass shootings”, may be doubled by irresponsible media aggrandizement of mass killers. The desire for fame was found to be one of the main motivators of these rampage killers. From apa.org:
Feinstein's Gun Proposals Would Not Have Prevented California Shooting :: 11/16/2018
Sen. Dianne Feinstein doesn’t miss an opportunity to blame inanimate firearms every time there’s a mass shooting event in the country, and that goes double when that event unfolds in California. So it was with little surprise that we read the liberal Democrats’ statement in the wake of the tragic Thousand Oaks bar shooting. In it, she proposes a slate of gun control remedies, not a one of which would have done a thing to save the lives of those 12 people who died at the hands of a deranged gunman.
'Media Contagion' Is Factor in Mass Shootings, APA Study Says :: 11/16/2018
Psychologist calls on media to withhold shooters’ names
PSA encourages kids to steal parents' guns, hand over to teachers :: 11/16/2018
A startling new anti-gun ad released by a San Francisco-based production company encourages children to commit a series of crimes by stealing their parents’ guns and turning them over to school officials, The Daily Caller reported Monday.
Swalwell Warns Gun Owners: Government Could Nuke Them If They Don't Comply With Potential Gun Ban :: 11/16/2018
Democratic California Rep. Eric Swalwell suggested on Friday that the U.S. government could use nuclear weapons on its own citizens if they fight back against firearm confiscation. (RELATED: Eric Swalwell Unloads Gun Platform Liberals Really Want)
Anti-Gun Physicians: Growing Gun Violence Epidemic Must Be Addressed :: 11/15/2018
After a rash of mass shootings, physicians across the country are stepping up their efforts to combat gun violence.
Study Indicates CA's Universal Background Check Is A Failure :: 11/15/2018
Universal background checks are one of the current goals for gun control activists throughout the nation. It’s one of the laws we expect to see in the next two years from the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives. We’re told that this will do wonders to stop crime and mass shootings, despite zero evidence supporting that assertion.
The Present American Revolution :: 11/15/2018
The revolution of 1776 sought to turn a colony of Great Britain into a new independent republic based on constitutionally protected freedom. It succeeded with the creation of the United States.
Tree of Life shooting inspires renewed push by Sen. Toomey to close gun show loophole :: 11/15/2018
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey hopes the slaughter of 11 adults in a Pittsburgh synagogue will do what the massacres of 20 first-graders in Connecticut, 58 concert-goers in Nevada, and 49 nightclub patrons in Florida could not: persuade Congress to expand background checks for gun purchases.
UBC Fails: We don’t know enough about gun owners in California. Researchers want to know why :: 11/15/2018
A new survey by UC Davis researchers attempts to explore lesser-known facts about gun ownership in California.
DC Carry Permits Jump Over 1440 Percent Since District Went - Shall Issue :: 11/14/2018
WASHINGTON — The number of Washington D.C. concealed carry permit holders skyrocketed a little over 1440 percent since the District lost a key legal battle related to its previous restrictive gun permitting process at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia last year.
It Begins: House Democrats Introduce Bill To Ban Certain Guns :: 11/14/2018
The new Democrat majority in the House of Representatives won’t be sworn into office until January, but that hasn’t stopped them from getting a jump start on their anti-freedom agenda –namely, legislation that attacks gun owners and the firearms industry and places undue and unconstitutional restrictions on the Second Amendment.
Sen. Bob Casey On Gun Control: 'We Have Got To Have A Universal Background Check Bill' :: 11/14/2018
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The Pittsburgh synagogue shooting numbed the entire nation as the unspeakable tragedy has reignited the gun control debate.
What the Versailles Treaty Teaches us about Gun Control :: 11/14/2018
U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)- This weekend marked the one-hundredth anniversary of the end of the First World War—if we don’t count the Napoleonic Wars as a global conflict, of course. It was supposed to be the war to end all wars, and though it was called the Great War, it turned out to be only the first act of what would be a much greater horror to come.
Gun rights: Restrictions don't work :: 11/13/2018
The California mass shooting that cost the lives of a dozen people has immediately brought demands for stricter gun-control laws, but California is a state with very strict gun laws already.
Michael Bloomberg wrong for all reasons :: 11/13/2018
No matter how politically fractured the nation may seem, I believe that liberty-loving citizens of all ideologies can unite and agree: Billionaire nanny Michael Bloomberg — the soda-taxing, gun-grabbing, snack-attacking control freak — should keep his nose out of our lives and out of the 2020 presidential race.
Op-Ed Asks How Could Thousand Oaks Happen Amid CA Gun Rules :: 11/13/2018
Since we first learned of the horror that took place in Thousand Oaks, op-eds have flowed claiming that it’s time to restrict the private ownership of guns.
Student Editorial Calls For Repeal of Second Amendment :: 11/13/2018
College is supposed to be a time when you hone your critical thinking skills; when you learn about new ideas and new ways of thinking about the world. It’s a time when you begin to think and process information like an adult.
What I Learned About Gun Owners By Becoming One Myself :: 11/13/2018
R.J. Young never liked guns. The author grew up in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, a place steeped in gun culture and awash in Confederate flags.
Democrats Plan Attack On Second Amendment :: 11/12/2018
The Democrats are coming for your guns, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times reported on Friday.
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