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Want to stop mass shootings? Let's get more guns in the right hands :: 06/19/2017

The recent mass murders on London Bridge ended eight minutes after they began, when armed English police officers arrived and shot the killers. Other police officers, who had batons but not firearms, happened to be near the scene when the attack began. Some of them fled, according to an eyewitness account published in The Guardian. Another officer bravely used his baton against the multiple men with knives, incurring severe injury. Some people threw chairs at the assailants. One man heroically fought the terrorists with his bare hands, despite being stabbed repeatedly.

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CPRC: The shooting of Steve Scalise is an argument for concealed-carry reciprocity: If not for Capitol Police, would they have lived? :: 06/17/2017

Although he was seriously wounded, it is a lucky thing that Rep. Steve Scalise made it to baseball practice on Wednesday morning. Due to his position as majority whip, armed Capitol Hill Police accompanied Scalise. This security detail saved the lives of his House colleagues and two senators.

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John Lott: Scalise shooting and knee-jerk calls for more gun control - here we go again :: 06/17/2017

Before the facts were even known about Wednesday morning’s 7 AM shooting in Alexandria, Virginia, gun control advocates were already calling for more stringent laws. 

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Maine Slaps Back Against a National Gun Registry :: 06/17/2017

Remember that nutty Second Amendment thing? It reads:

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This Is a Turning Point :: 06/17/2017

Floyd Lee Corkins walked into the offices of the Family Research Council after seeing it listed as an anti-gay hate group on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s website. The Family Research Council is a pro-Christian, pro-family organization, which makes it a hate site to the Left. Corkins intended to kill the employees and stuff their mouths with Chick-fil-A sandwiches, another organization he considered bigoted. Thanks to a security guard, he never made it through the door.

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An Outstanding Post-Attack Defense of the Second Amendment :: 06/16/2017

Inevitably and almost immediately after crazed leftist James T. Hodgkinson shot and wounded five, including Republican Rep. Steve Scalise, as they practiced for a baseball game, gun control came up.

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Hero homeowner holds escaped Georgia inmates at gunpoint until arrests :: 06/16/2017

A Tennessee homeowner held two escaped inmates wanted in the killing of two prison guards at gunpoint Thursday until authorities arrived and made the arrests.

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How The Left Incites Violence, Then Spins It Into Justification For More Gun Control :: 06/16/2017

When the attack on Republican lawmakers at a Congressional baseball practice occurred Wednesday, the nation again witnessed that a good guy with a gun stops a bad guy with a gun. Yet rather than acknowledge that fact—and it is a fact—the left began blaming Congress for not passing more gun control, even as a Congressman was still bleeding on the field.

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Study: Gun Owners Don't Just Fear Crime, Believe Society 'At Brink Of Collapse' :: 06/16/2017

WASHINGTON — Gun ownership in the United States has long been a topic of controversy split along party lines, but supporters’ beliefs may be more profound that you might think. A new study finds the desire to own a handgun for self defense is not simply the result of one’s concern about being a victim of a crime, but also linked with “the belief that the world is an unpredictable and dangerous place and that society is at the brink of collapse.”

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Thomas Massie wants DC to recognize concealed carry permits from other states :: 06/16/2017

Rep. Thomas Massie introduced a bill Thursday allowing people with a concealed carry permit from their home state to use that permit while in the District of Columbia following Wednesday's shooting at Republicans' baseball practice.

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Violent Crimes with Guns Down, Washington Post Ignores Obvious Reason Why :: 06/16/2017

Violent crimes using firearms is down in the United States and though The Washington Post cites several reasons why, they overlooked the obvious: the rise in gun ownership. That’s no surprise as it would violate the anti-gun narrative of the mainstream media and no way is The Post going to admit that when American citizens are armed, criminals back off.

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DRGO: Public Health is Not Medicine :: 06/15/2017

One fundamental is crucial to understanding why doctors and organized medicine are involved in gun policy:

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No, the Second Amendment Is Not Given Special Treatment :: 06/15/2017

In the course of yet another dull, straw-clutching broadside against the right to keep and bear arms, the Atlantic’s David Frum repeats a commonly asserted myth:

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Seattle gun tax failure? Firearm sales plummet, violence spikes after law passes :: 06/15/2017

When the City of Seattle passed a tax on all sales of guns and ammunition, the measure was hailed as a way to defray the rising costs of gun violence.

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UPS worker kills three colleagues in San Francisco, turns gun on himself :: 06/15/2017

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A UPS driver opened fire with a handgun inside a United Parcel Service Inc delivery center in San Francisco on Wednesday, killing three co-workers before fatally shooting himself as police closed in, authorities and company officials said.

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Collins (NY Congressman) says he will start carrying a gun, after baseball practice shooting :: 06/14/2017

Rep. Chris Collins told a Buffalo television station that, after a shooting Wednesday morning at a Congressional baseball practice in Virginia, he will start carrying a pistol while he’s out in public.

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Maine becomes 9th state to ban future gun registration :: 06/14/2017

Republican Gov. Paul LePage on Monday gave his signature to a bill that prohibits the keeping of a list or registry of privately-owned firearms or gun owners.

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Police Warn English Subjects against Using Guns to Resist Terrorism :: 06/14/2017

In response to terrorism, police are warning English subjects to run, hide, and tell.

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Revolving door of criminals to blame for shootings :: 06/14/2017

Buffalo Mayor Byron W. Brown is calling out the judicial system for what he sees as a “revolving door” of criminals responsible for a large number of the shootings in the city.

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Rewriting American History :: 06/14/2017

USA – George Orwell said, “The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”

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