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Fearing violence at RNC, police union president asks governor to ban open carry :: 07/18/2016
Ohio Gov. John Kasich won’t — and can’t — suspend the open carry of firearms in Cleveland during the Republican National Convention despite the request from the city’s police union and recent violent attacks on police in other parts of the country.
Guns & Politics: The Battle Of Athens, Tennessee :: 07/18/2016
As we watch the formerly magnificent United States of America slide, inexorably, into decline, we wonder if this destruction from within, as rapid and lethal as it has been, could be corrected. Too many say no, it has never been done and never can be done.
FBI Reverses NICS Denial after Lawsuit Filed :: 07/17/2016
USA – -(Ammoland.com)- A citizen denied his right to purchase a firearm even though he is not a prohibited person has won admission from the government that his appeal has been recognized, Stamboulieh Law, PLLC announced Thursday. The client has been trying since 2010 to get his denial reversed.
Brady Campaign: Trump/Pence Ticket Would Support NRA's Twisted Vision For America :: 07/16/2016
The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence is warning that the Donald Trump/Mike Pence ticket would mean the implementation of the “NRA’s twisted vision” for America.
Detective: Forget Gun Control; Focus on Criminal Control :: 07/16/2016
On July 14, Texas police detective Nick Selby penned an op-ed in which he described gun control pushes as misplaced, arguing instead for criminal control.
For black gun owners, bearing arms is a civil rights issue :: 07/16/2016
In February 2015, Philip Smith started a Facebook group to make space for the often-overlooked concerns of law-abiding, license-carrying gun owners who happen to be African-American.
Forget new gun laws. Here's what could really keep people from shooting each other. :: 07/16/2016
President Obama relayed a message of hope and perseverance while delivering remarks at the memorial service for the five Dallas police officers killed by a sniper July 7. President Obama relayed a message of hope and perseverance while delivering remarks at the memorial service for the five Dallas police officers killed by a sniper July 7. (Reuters)
HuffPo Editorial: Second Amendment - Never Meant to Protect an Individual's Right to Own a Gun :: 07/16/2016
The Second Amendment “was never meant to protect an individual’s right to own a gun.” That is the statement — the historically, constitutionally, and grossly incorrect statement — made by Larry Harris, Jr. in an op-ed published by the online Huffington Post.
Nice Terror Attack Stopped by Civilian Jumping into Truck :: 07/16/2016
Law enforcement sources in Nice confirmed Friday that the July 14 terror attack was cut short by a citizen who jumped into the cab of the semi-truck and fought with the terrorist driving the vehicle.
Senator Murphy Reveals Slippery Slope Strategy on ABC This Week :: 07/16/2016
On ABC This Week, June 19, Senator Chris Murphy revealed what Second Amendment supporters have said was the anti-Second Amendment strategy all along. Pass incremental infringements on the Second Amendment until nothing is left that means anything. That is why anti-Second Amendment plotters push so hard on legislation that seems unrelated to the current terrorist atrocity.
Bastille Day bloodbath in Nice proves that gun control advocates are liars :: 07/15/2016
At least 84 people died Thursday night in Nice, France, when a terrorist plowed a truck into a crowd celebrating Bastille Day. Their deaths should free all of us, once and for all, from the toxic and seditious lie, spread by the likes of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, that guns--not madmen or radical Islamics--are a threat to civilized people in America, or in France, or anywhere else.
Crimson Tide student paper editor: Do away with the 2nd Amendment :: 07/15/2016
“We have to repeal the 2nd Amendment and implement a mandatory buyback program for all privately owned firearms in the United States,” writes the Opinions Editor.
Florida - Is the 2A a Right or Licensed Privilege? :: 07/15/2016
USA -(AmmoLand.com)- There is no right to keep and bear arms in Florida and I say this as a Florida resident. Recently the Florida Supreme Court heard arguments for open carry.
Ginsburg's Gabfest Suggests She is No Impartial Judge :: 07/15/2016
It’s summertime in Washington, which means the Supreme Court justices jetted out of town as the ink dried on their final decisions of the term.
Gov. Mike Pence on Gun Control :: 07/15/2016
Voted YES on prohibiting product misuse lawsuits on gun manufacturers.
It is Not the Gun's Fault :: 07/15/2016
It happened after Sandy Hook. It happened after San Bernardino and Orlando. It happened last week after Dallas.
NACOP Survey Results Show Top Cops Support Second Amendment :: 07/15/2016
BELLEVUE, WA – The results of an annual survey of top law enforcement officials by the National Association of Chiefs of Police (NACOP) shows most of the nation’s top cops support the Second Amendment and concealed carry, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today.
New Harvard Study Finds No Racial Bias in Police Shootings :: 07/15/2016
“It is the most surprising result of my career,” Roland G. Fryer Jr. told the New York Times after releasing the results of an interesting new study that found no racial bias in the use of lethal force by police.
Pseudoscience, Guns and the Canadian Medical Assn. Journal :: 07/15/2016
USA – -(Ammoland.com)- The recent article, Association Between Gun Law Reforms and Intentional Firearm Deaths in Australia, 1979-2013, in the Canadian Medical Association Journal by Simon Chapman and his colleagues exemplifies why CMAJ’s scientific pretensions cannot be taken seriously.
The Threat of Deadly Assault Trucks :: 07/15/2016
Dozens dead in France after Bastille Day terrorist attack. A large box truck, the kind that makes deliveries to shops and stores in cities around the world, was used as a deadly weapon in Nice, France Thursday evening as revelers were celebrating Bastille Day, the commemoration of the launch of the French Revolution.
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