Presidential Candidates Attend Town Hall Hosted By Formerly Incarcerated People Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) thought The View was going to be friendly territory, but it turned out to be the only place he’s visited on the campaign trail where he was challenged about his gun control plan, including his bizarre proposed “gun buyback” scheme. During […]
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FAIRFAX, Va. – The National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) welcomes Oklahoma as the newest constitutional carry state. Constitutional carry, now the law in 16 states across the country, allows law-abiding citizens to carry concealed firearms without first getting government permission to do. The NRA-backed law, which takes effect Friday, Nov. 1, fully […]
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Second Amendment Foundation Joins Amicus Brief Supporting Challenge To MD Gun Law BELLEVUE, WA – -( AmmoLand.com )- The Second Amendment Foundation has joined four other organizations in an amicus curiae brief to the U.S. Supreme Court supporting a challenge to Maryland’s restrictive gun control law requiring applicants for concealed carry permits to provide a […]
Continue ReadingThe Supreme Court is poised to rule on a range of controversial political issues in its current term, potentially putting the high court’s broad popularity with the public to the test. The court’s docket this term will have the justices weighing in on workplace rights for gay and transgender people, the first major Second Amendment […]
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Anne Anderson Buy Photos The interpretation of the Second Amendment commonly accepted by many Americans is that the right to bear arms is necessary to maintain freedom against a tyrannical government. However, when looking back at the historical context of why the amendment was passed, it is painfully obvious this was far from the intent […]
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Micha, Flickr For Dan Davies, the owner of Mary’s Pistols, one Tacoma City Council measure could mean the death of his livelihood. That measure is the city’s proposed tax on firearm sales — $25 per gun, 2 cents per round of ammunition up to .22 caliber, and 5 cents per round of ammunition greater than […]
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Constituents demanded answers from State Sen. Mary Beth Carozza, (R-38C), about gun control during the state senator’s Listening Hours event on Monday, Oct. 28, at the Ocean Pines Community Center. Technicality allows abusers to buy weapon, local says (Nov. 1, 2019) “What is the value you place on life?” Ocean Pines resident Kady Everson demanded […]
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A mural at the nonprofit Creative Visions in Des Moines lists the names of more than 200 victims of gun violence. As the Democrats running for president travel through Iowa ahead of the first-in-the-nation caucuses, they’re talking about what they would do to reduce gun violence in the U.S. In early August, campaign trail conversations […]
Continue ReadingShannon TL Kearns’ world premiere play asks, "Who has the right to defend themselves?" Part of Uprising Theatre’s season-long exploration of gun rights, the drama "In a Stand of Dying Trees" hinges on a confrontation between friends who stand on opposite sides of the big-city/small-town divide and on the issue of gun ownership. (7:30 p.m. […]
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Earlier this month, in Freeport, a sleepy Illinois town just south of the Wisconsin border, a small group gathered at the public library for an information session on the state’s new red flag law. It was part of statewide advocacy to increase awareness of the policy, which allows concerned family members or the police to […]
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