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11 more examples of how firearms save gun owners’ lives, property
At a time when some gun control advocates appear intent on painting lawful gun ownership as a danger to society, and the Second Amendment as little more than an outdated protection of a person’s right to hunt, it’s important to remember the regular role armed citizens play in defending inalienable rights.
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Myth busted: Campus carry never caused that increase in violence liberals predicted
The argument in favor of arbitrarily revoking the Second Amendment rights of college students, as is done in dozens of states, has ostensibly been rooted in safety concerns.
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My husband was shot dead in a gun-free zone — Now his imprisoned killer sends me love letters
My stalker just won’t go away. Ten years ago, he murdered my husband, Ben, right in front of me in the middle of a busy restaurant. But my nightmare didn’t end with my stalker’s incarceration, as I recently found out that he is writing me letters from prison. The letters show absolutely no remorse and profess his twisted love for me.
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Tazewell County Board of Supervisors passes resolution to emphasize right to militia
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) — Several Southwest Virginia communities have passed resolutions to become Second Amendment sanctuaries, but Tazewell County took it a step further.
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I wonder …
…@RepLizCheney talks and seems so much like her father. I wonder if she’s ever accidentally shot a good friend of hers in the face.
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Note to gun control advocates: Wishing for the impossible isn’t a plan
- Robust defense of Second Amendment rights reiterates the key point that no inanimate object commits a crime — some people using one do
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Citizen suggests council declare BHC a Second Amendment sanctuary
BULLHEAD CITY — A resident has asked the Bullhead City Council to consider declaring the city a Second Amendment Sanctuary location.
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Mohave County declares itself a Second Amendment sanctuary
KINGMAN — The Mohave County Board of Supervisors on Monday voted unanimously for a resolution declaring the [Arizona] county a Second Amendment sanctuary location.
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A Florida man says his pregnant wife saved his life in home invasion — with an AR-15
A Florida man said two armed men invaded his home and were beating him when his wife, eight months pregnant, saved the day by shooting one of the intruders with a semiautomatic rifle, CNN affiliate Bay News 9 reported.
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With all the concern about assault weapons, how has the share of murders with rifles changed over time?
With all the concern about assault weapons since the federal ban sunset in 2004, it is interesting to see what a small share of murders are committed with any type of rifle and how even that share has fallen over time. The percentage of firearm murders with rifles was 4.8% prior to the ban starting in September 1994, 4.9% from 1995 to 2004 when the ban was in effect, and just 3.6% after that (3.9% if you look at just the first ten years after the an ended). The data is from the FBI UCR reports.
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Debunking the myth of ‘concealed-carry killers’
The Violence Policy Center — a gun control advocacy group — released a study last month it wrongly claims shows that “too many concealed-carry permit holders are a direct threat to public safety.”
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Oklahoma judge rejects challenge to ‘permitless carry’ law
An Oklahoma judge on Wednesday rejected an attempt by a Democratic state lawmaker and gun safety advocates to block a new law that will allow most people in the state to carry a firearm in public without a background check or training.
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Judge strikes Pittsburgh ban on use of AR-15s, ‘high cap’ magazines
The Allegheny Court of Common Pleas on Monday struck down Pittsburgh’s ban on the use of AR-15s inside city limits.
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Superior Court judge strikes down Seattle gun storage ordinance
Superior Court Judge Anita Farris struck down Seattle’s gun storage ordinance Monday, ruling it violates the state’s 36-year-old preemption law.
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Mexico’s soaring murder rate proves gun control is deadly
- Its laws are among the world’s least permissive. And most criminals don’t get weapons from the U.S.
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One answer for three questions
- How to fail the victim interview.
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New Concealed Carry Report for 2019: 18.66 million Permit holders despite 16 constitutional carry states, over 1.4 million more than last year
A copy of this report is available here. Copies of our annual reports from 2014 through 2018 are available here.
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Debunking ‘assault rifle’ lies
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Second Amendment rights
For those who do not understand the meaning of our Second Amendment rights, let us make it clear once and for all:
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The NRA stands upon a cornerstone of liberty
The NRA isn’t just under attack in the opening salvo of this political season because it stands steadfastly in defense of our right to keep and bear arms. The NRA also is under an unprecedented assault right now because, by stubbornly refusing to give up this most fundamental of rights, the NRA is taking a stand upon a cornerstone of individual liberty that, by default, also protects the very nature of American freedom.