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New Tennessee law blocks international treaties that would limit gun rights :: 04/21/2016

Republican Gov. Bill Haslam signed a popular House bill on Tuesday prohibiting the enforcement of international laws in the state that could affect the Second Amendment.

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Scathing audit accuses Pa. Coalition Against Domestic Violence of mishandling public funds, donations :: 04/21/2016

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – An audit of the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence raises concerns of how the nonprofit handles grant money and donations.

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Arkansas tops ATF list for lost or stolen guns :: 04/20/2016

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says Arkansas had more lost or stolen firearms last year than any state in the country.

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Colorado: Proposed bill to allow under-21 military members to concealed carry just makes sense :: 04/20/2016

Too often we’ve scratched our heads at proposed bills that have us wondering what our legislators could have been thinking. Other bills are based so much on common sense we wish to see them zip on through the legislature. (OK, that’s a lot to ask for in today’s polarized political quagmire.)

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DRGO Goes to Sacramento to Stop California Junk Science :: 04/20/2016

Sparks flew today in the California Senate Public Safety Committee. DRGO was present at the the committee’s hearing this afternoon on a slew of gun control bills, including SB 1006.

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French Promise 20 Minute Massacre Response, Or Your Next One's Free! :: 04/20/2016

I swear that I did not rip this from The Onion or any other satire site.  The French government is actually bragging that the next massive coordinated terrorist attack on their disarmed civilian population will be addressed in just 20 minutes!

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Mainstream Media's Support for Gun Control Increasingly Ineffective :: 04/20/2016

The chart above (ed. note: below) illustrates the trajectory of support and opposition for a federal “assault weapons ban.” The chart starts in the middle of 1994, when Congress passed the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act (a subsection of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act).The Act banned “assault weapons.” At the time, the mainstream media’s influence on American option was near its height. With the full support of the media, proponents of the AWB were not bothered by . . .

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Remember Isaiah - Gun Grabbers Never Rest :: 04/20/2016

The prophet Isaiah, in one of his many insights on human nature, warned us in Chapter 57, Verse 20 in the Old Testament book bearing his name, that the wicked never rest.  He likened them to “the troubled sea .  .  .  whose waters cast up mire and dirt.” 

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US Senate: Shredding the Second Amendment Is Not Your Job! :: 04/20/2016

Now we know what hell is like.  As usual, the Obama game plan is that, if his lapdog allies repeat his dimwitted mantra (“Do you job”) ten million times, it will somehow seem less stupid.

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Bill would allow dealers to sell handguns to out-of-state buyers :: 04/19/2016

A New Hampshire congressman proposed a measure last week to amend federal law so consumers could buy handguns from out-of-state gun shops.

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Colorado school district to arm security officers with semiautomatic rifles :: 04/19/2016

A Colorado school district is set to arm its security force with 10 semiautomatic rifles, FOX31 reported.

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Concealed carry on campus won't trigger Wild West, will make university safer :: 04/19/2016

Amanda Collins was a young college student in Nevada when she was brutally attacked and raped at gunpoint on campus a few years ago. Collins usually carried a concealed firearm, but was forced to leave her firearm at home when she went to school -- the campus was a gun-free zone. The rape occurred just a few feet from the office of campus security, but since no one knew the attack was occurring, no one came to help her. The man who attacked her went on to rape two other women and murder one.

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Gun-Controlled Chicago: 169 Homicides Already in 2016 :: 04/19/2016

These 169 homicides are the exclamation point on a previous report that the city witnessed 862 shooting victims between January 1 and April 14 of this year.

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Gutless Prosecuter Refuses to Charge Man Who "SWATted" Two People To Death :: 04/19/2016

A special prosecutor is refusing to charge Ronald Ritchie for the deceptive 911 call that he made that left two people dead in Beavercreek, Ohio in 2014.

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Orthodox Jewish leader allegedly bragged about NYPD bribes for pistol permits :: 04/19/2016

NYPD cops pocketed cash bribes to “expedite” pistol permits for members of the Orthodox Jewish community — and a Boro Park Shomrim patrol leader offered another officer a near $1 million payday to keep the scheme going, the feds charged Monday.

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Proposed Gun Rights Protection Act Gains Support :: 04/19/2016

In an effort to protect and restore citizens’ Second Amendment rights, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) has introduced the “Protecting Gun Rights and Due Process Act“.

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Spreading Failure for Profit in California: the politics of gun control :: 04/19/2016

Political failure never looks good.  Failure during an election year looks particularly bad.  The first thing a politician does is look for someone to blame.  Socialist politicians in California decided to blame honest gun owners for the recent surge in crime.  The political effects will be wonderful, while the side effects will be horrible.  Watch and learn from California’s failure.

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Suspect with 14 prior arrests released from jail 4 days before shooting Philly cop :: 04/19/2016

The 23-year-old man who is facing charges for shooting a Philadelphia police officer following a carjacking Sunday night has a lengthy criminal record and, in fact, was released after being jailed on gun charges less than one week prior to Sunday’s shooting.

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Young women value gun rights as much as abortion access, equal pay :: 04/19/2016

Both sides in the gun debate have locked horns over the best way to go about protecting a coveted demographic — young women.

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Cruz in Cicero: 'I will not compromise away religious liberty, Second Amendment' :: 04/18/2016

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz held a rally in the town of Cicero, calling on his supporters to stay united. But Cruz is coming in last in New York state in recent polls.

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