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The War on Guns, John Lott's Important New Book :: 08/19/2016
John Lott, Jr., a PhD economist who has published scores of peer-reviewed articles in top journals, has written an outstanding and important new book, The War on Guns. It is, I believe, the most important document ever written about guns.
Voter Fraud Is Real. Here Are 4 More Cases. :: 08/19/2016
With this November’s election looming just over the horizon, the topic of voter fraud is popping up much more frequently in our news feeds.
Clinton Supporters Totally Want To Repeal The Second Amendment. . .Because It Was Written A Long Time Ago :: 08/18/2016
Campus Reform is back, with Cabot Phillips asking Clinton supporters whether it’s time to abolish the Second Amendment at a campaign event in Annandale, Virginia. Of course, most of those willing to participate in these interviews were young liberals, who obviously supported the proposal.
DRGO: Disease-Free Zone :: 08/18/2016
I’m so excited—I’m going to live forever. Today I declared my body a Disease-Free Zone.
How Anti-Gunners Abuse Voter Initiatives :: 08/18/2016
If you’re in the half of the country that allows voter initiatives (26 states allow proposed legislation to be added to a ballot if a minimum number of registered voters sign a petition, according to Ballotpedia), please read the fine print before you check a box on your ballot in this fall’s election.
How to Talk About Gun Rights With Gun Control Advocates :: 08/18/2016
Guns are a tricky topic. Very rarely do you find voters ambivalent about gun violence, gun safety, etc. Someone is either strongly pro-gun rights or pro-gun control, which makes a civil conversation difficult to start or maintain. But the solution isn’t to avoid the topic.
Lighten Up, Bloomberg :: 08/18/2016
Anyone who’s ever watched the movie Stripes, starring Bill Murray, about hapless men joining the U.S. Army, should remember the scene where the new recruits are introducing themselves. One of the more disturbed members explains that his real name is Francis, but everyone calls him by his nickname Psycho, and if anyone calls him Francis, he’ll kill them. Naturally, the drill sergeant turns to the new recruit and says, “Lighten up, Francis.”
Mexico and Restrictive Gun Control: Murder Rate Over 5 Times Higher Than U.S. :: 08/18/2016
Mexico has “restrictive” gun control — including comprehensive background checks — and a homicide rate over five times higher than the rate in the U.S.
Nevada AG Laxalt opposing background check measure :: 08/18/2016
Nevada state Attorney General Adam Laxalt says he's opposing a background check initiative supported by gun control advocates on the November ballot.
PA-Proposed lost/stolen gun law tabled indefinitely by Allentown Council :: 08/18/2016
After only 15 minutes of discussion, a proposed law that would require gun owners to report lost and stolen firearms was tabled indefinitely by Allentown Council's Public Safety Committee on Wednesday, leaving the future of the bill uncertain.
Racist Hit Piece on Self-Defense Smears Gun Owners as the Bigots :: 08/18/2016
USA – -(Ammoland.com)- “The ‘Ground’ in ‘Stand Your Ground’ Means Any Place a White Person Is Nervous,” Columbia School of Law Professor Patricia J. Williams claims as the major premise for her litany of unsupported conclusions published by The Nation. “It’s not just about property anymore.”
Rutledge Urges D.C. Circuit to Strike Down Firearm Law :: 08/18/2016
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (News Release) – Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge has joined a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general, urging the Washington D.C. Court of Appeals to strike down a restrictive and unlawful firearm law put in place by the Washington D.C. City Council.
Chicago Police Chief Can't Say the G Word After 52 Weekend Shootings :: 08/17/2016
“Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson expresses frustration at the pace of gun violence in the city.” That’s the terse some-might-say jaundiced description provided by The Chicago Tribune underneath their YouTube excerpt of Sup. Johnson’s most recent press conference. A PR event stimulated by a weekend wherein 52 people were shot.
Disarming the American People :: 08/17/2016
All people justify disarming anyone whom they believe is a threat.
GOA Pushing Bill to Rein in the Gun Police :: 08/17/2016
Video cameras have changed the world we live in. Most American squad cars are now equipped with dash-cams -- a move which works for the safety of both the public and the police.
How Free Is Your State When It Comes To Gun Rights? :: 08/17/2016
The libertarian Cato Institute is out with a new list of the most free and least free U.S. states. Called “Freedom in the Fifty States”, the annual rankings entail everything from personal freedoms and business regulations to labor rules, drug arrests and charter schools.
Missouri: Gun Control Lobby In Overtime to Prevent 2A Rights :: 08/17/2016
Washington, DC – -(Ammoland.com)- In September, the Missouri General Assembly will reconvene for a veto session.
PA Lawmaker Targets Philadelphia's Sanctuary Immigration Policy :: 08/17/2016
An illegal immigrant living in Philadelphia has been charged with raping a child, spurring opponents of the city’s “sanctuary” policy to use his arrest to bolster their argument that such practices leave dangerous criminals on the streets.
What This HuffPo Writer Said Explains Problem Of Gun Control :: 08/17/2016
Writing in the Huffington Post Monday, self-confessed “radically-moderate” New Yorker Mark Ellis perhaps unintentionally highlights the problem with gun control, or at least its advocates.
Bloomberg's Everytown Defends Celebrity Support For Gun Control; Excuses Hollywood's Use of Guns in Film :: 08/16/2016
In response to the social media outrage over celebrities pushing gun control while making millions using guns on camera, Michael Bloomberg-funded Everytown for Gun Safety stresses that Hollywood “gunplay and real-life violence are not as intertwined as today’s tweet storms suggest.”
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