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If You Can't Stop Prisoners From Bringing Guns Into a Holding Cell . . . :: 08/23/2015

what chance do you have preventing criminals from accessing guns on the street? I’ll tell you: none. There is no chance whatsoever that gun control legislation will stop bad guys from tooling up. I choose the phrase “tooling up” carefully; a firearm is a tool of the criminals’ trade.

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NSSF Threatens Costly Lawsuit If Seattle Mayor Ed Murray Approves Gun & Ammo Taxes :: 08/23/2015

No one has ever unjustly accused Seattle’s liberal government of using their brains when emotions were available, and that inability to act intelligently is likely going to lead to the city into a costly lawsuit if Mayor Ed Murray signs in law a “gun violence tax” that clearly runs afoul of state preemption laws.

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Planned Parenthood Controversy Reveals The Left's Double Standard on Gun Control :: 08/23/2015

“Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz published an opinion piece in USA Today using Fox News talking points to advocate for the full defunding of Planned Parenthood,” mediamatters.com reports. “That could result in millions of Americans losing access to crucial health care — all thanks to a handful of lies pushed by conservative media.” Do you see where I’m going here? Try it this way . . .

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Utah Revokes Concealed Carry Permits After Screwing Up Fingerprints :: 08/23/2015

Folks, if you live in a state where getting fingerprinted is part of the concealed carry permitting process, make sure that the person taking your fingerprints gets a good set of prints. If you don’t, you might find yourself running afoul of FBI background check requirement that requires a permit be rejected if two consecutive sets of prints fail to pass muster:

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Anti-Gun-Rights Activist Gets Navy Boat :: 08/22/2015

Giffords on Hand as Navy Christens Namesake Vessel. The USS Gabrielle Giffords, christened in June 2015, a 419-foot ship built in Alabama, is the Navy’s 10th littoral combat ship, designed to operate in shallow waters near the coast.

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Firearms And Forgiveness :: 08/22/2015

Two pastors and a gun expert opine on self-defense and forgiveness from biblical and practical perspectives.  Is self-defense biblical? Are Christians required to forgive, as in the case of the Charleston massacre families forgiving the young White supremacist who killed their relatives?

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Gun Free Zones: NJ Armed Vet Shoots NY Security Guard in Federal Building :: 08/22/2015

“An armed veteran [not shown] slipped through a side door of a federal building on Friday and shot a security guard in the head, killing him, before fatally shooting himself,” chron.com reports. Wait. How is that possible?

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Movie Theater Dilemma: Beefed-Up Security Has Hollywood, Filmgoers on Edge :: 08/22/2015

Moving too slowly, or too quickly in wake of shootings could worsen situation for studios and theater chains like Regal Movie theaters are walking a fine line as they step up security in response to the recent deadly attacks at movie theaters in Lafayette, Louisiana and Nashville, Tennessee.

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Crime blame game: The old 'lax gun law' excuse? :: 08/21/2015

Yesterday’s homicide body count in Baltimore reached 211, according to WBAL News, and during the course of the discussion Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake was calling for tougher federal gun laws, though the report acknowledged that the city’s violence “surges on despite Maryland’s gun laws, some of the toughest in the country.”

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Desperate Officials Try To Cover Up Failure of "Gun Free" D.C. :: 08/21/2015

Washington, D.C. is infamous for having some of the nation’s strictest gun control laws. It is also incredibly violent, and there has been a recent surge in murders that the district’s Democrat leadership has been unable to slow, much less stop.

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GOA: Abolish Gun Free Zones By Making Their Creators Financially Liable :: 08/21/2015

On August 19 Breitbart News spoke with Gun Owners of America (GOA) executive director Larry Pratt and he described gun free zones as “murder magnets” that must be abolished by hitting their creators where it hurts–“in their bloody pocketbooks.”

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Gov. Walker: We deserve a president who will fight, win :: 08/21/2015

There are many candidates running for president who say they will fight to make America a better place, but very few have a record of actually following through on their campaign promises and winning those fights.

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Gun Group: Democrats Are Tyrants Who Prefer Their Subjects Unarmed :: 08/21/2015

On August 20, Gun Owners of America executive director Larry Pratt described the Democratic Party on the federal level as “increasingly” tyrannical and focused on passing laws to take guns away from law-abiding Americans.

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The lost gun rights of Oz :: 08/21/2015

Gun control advocates love Australia.  That country is famous for having surrendered guns and gun rights after the Port Arthur massacre of 1996.  President Obama has spoken longingly about the Aussie solution, though we’re constantly reassured that he’s not coming for our guns.

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A defense of Stand Your Ground :: 08/20/2015

What does it mean to stand your ground?  The answer depends on the context in which this question is made.

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Central Montcalm school board talks guns and student safety :: 08/20/2015

STANTON — The world is a different place since 1999, when the Columbine High School massacre occurred. School districts now have to focus on reading, writing, arithmetic … and safety.

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Constitutional Carry: Maine Gun stores reporting spike in sales :: 08/20/2015

POLAND, Maine (NECN) -- Gun stores across Maine are reporting a spike in sales, ahead of a change in the state concealed carry law this October.

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The 'Gun Free Zone' Loophole :: 08/20/2015

Buckeye, AZ –-(Ammoland.com)- Gun control advocates are fond of the word “loophole,” and if you ask them, they will tell you that U.S. gun laws are full of them.

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The Shuty Hybrid 3D Printed 9mm Pistol Raises Questions About 3D Printed Gun Control :: 08/20/2015

I say this as both a firearm enthusiast and an advocate for strong firearm regulation. It is becoming evident that there is a point when we as a society are just going to have to accept that 3D printed weapons are not going to disappear behind walls of legislation. Will that point be when entire guns can easily be 3D printed and constructed at home?

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Tragedy's Playbook :: 08/20/2015

Preventing Gun Violence Through Effective Messaging” is the public relations guide for anti-gun lobbyists and advocates. The more accurate title would have been, “Anti-Gun Hate Speech for Beginners.”

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