Addresses articles that are for and against gun rights.
SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – A proposed gun control bill passed its first hurdle in a Senate committee Tuesday afternoon. The ‘red flag’ bill would temporarily take away someone’s guns if they’re seen as a threat to themselves or to others. There were so many people who wanted to speak, that the committee had to […]
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The golden calve child of progressivism has spoken. No, not Greta Thunberg. The other one. The one who went to Harvard because he doesn’t like guns. Parkland teen turned national gun control advocate David Hogg is in the news today after making the strangest (false) claim about American history. Gun control activist David Hogg said […]
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The Sumter County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday approved a resolution supporting gun rights, but stopped short of declaring the county a gun rights sanctuary. Quoting the Constitution’s Second Amendment that the right of people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, the resolution “declares Sumter County a protector of the rights of […]
Continue ReadingOKLAHOMA CITY – After successfully persuading lawmakers to eliminate firearm licensing and training last session, Second Amendment supporters say they’re now shifting their sights to college campuses. But gun rights supporters acknowledge they’ll likely face a tougher fight in the Legislature. Advocates are urging lawmakers to remove restrictions that have long prohibited carrying firearms on […]
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Photo: WDEL’s Mark Fowser Crystal Heath doesn’t want other families to go through what she’s facing. "Today is 1,731 days that Eddie has not been here with me." Her son, Eddie Heath, was gunned down in Bear in 2015. The homicide remains unsolved. Crystal Heath has joined up with others whose loved ones’ homicides have […]
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The governor of West Virginia, in a stunning move that echoes the Civil War-era creation of his state, on Tuesday invited Virginia counties upset with Richmond’s liberal, anti-gun turn to shift borders and join his state. “If you out there, no matter where you be, Virginia or wherever you may be, as an individual or […]
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On a cold December day in 2012, a 20-year-old walked into an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, and fired on first-graders and staff before he shot himself. The shooter used a Bushmaster AR-15 assault rifle. This semi-automatic non-military version of the U.S. military’s M-16 had been illegally marketed by Remington Arms Co, the company that […]
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Image: Adobe Stock Even before one gets to the heart of the matter – namely, a) constitutional law, and b) the dangerous message of lawlessness and violence the concept conveys – it must be stated that there is something fundamentally incongruous and just plain wrong about the idea of a “gun sanctuary.” Merriam-Webster offers multiple […]
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Gun rights advocates attend a rally organized by the Virginia Citizens Defense League on Capitol Square near the state capitol building on January 20 in Richmond, Virginia. Zach Gibson/Getty Images How a state’s attempts to disarm the populace could spiral out of control More than 22,000 gun owners gathered at the Virginia State Capitol on […]
Continue ReadingNearly two years ago, the governing board of Effingham County, Ill., passed a resolution declaring itself a “sanctuary county” and barring “employees from enforcing the unconstitutional actions of the state government.” Those actions? Gun control laws, which are resoundingly unpopular in the rural county some 215 miles south of Chicago. Since then, more than 400 […]
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