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The assault weapons ban didn’t work. A new version won’t, either

“There is no denying that the AR-15 — an open-source, modular weapon platform that’s the fruit of many tens of billions of private and public dollars in small arms research and almost six decades of innovation — is the most easy to use and one of the most lethal guns available to civilians. Those of […]

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Why the Left Won’t Win the Gun-Control Debate

“It’s too hard to persuade people to willingly surrender the right to protect their own lives. Last week I wrote a long essay in The Atlantic that represented my best effort to explain “gun culture” to those who may be more hostile to gun rights than, say, the typical reader of National Review. I began […]

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The Assault Weapon Myth

“OVER the past two decades, the majority of Americans in a country deeply divided over gun control have coalesced behind a single proposition: The sale of assault weapons should be banned. That idea was one of the pillars of the Obama administration’s plan to curb gun violence, and it remains popular with the public. In […]

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Today is the last day to enroll. 5th Annual Leukemia Charity Handgun/Rifle Course

Today is the last day to enroll! Everyone must be enrolled 3 weeks before the course! March 23rd, 2018 This year’s charity course is going to be EPIC!!!! If you don’t have formalized training from licensed instructors, you need training! If you have formalized training, you need more training! Enrollment is almost closed!!! www.CharityCourse.gives You […]

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AR-15’s Have Been Sold For 60 Years, But Mass Shootings Are New. Here’s Why They’re Happening…

“Guns Have Existed in America For 200 Years and people have purchased AR-15’s for 60 years, but School shootings are new. The REAL issue is this… Mother Jones recently published a study about the 96 mass shootings that have occurred since 1982. Their report shows that there have been 796 total people killed in mass […]

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Delta Airlines: Dis the NRA and loose a $50 million fuel tax break

” The Georgia Senate blocked a lucrative tax break bill on Monday that would benefit Delta Air Lines days after the air carrier severed ties with the National Rifle Association, setting up a showdown between state Republicans and the state’s largest employer. The measure was effectively grounded after Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle said he wouldn’t […]

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A Key Commonality In School Shooters The Left Refuses To Address

“In the wake of the tragic South Florida high school shooting which ended with 17 deaths, Democrats and their allies in the mainstream media have launched a full-scale attack on the National Rife Association (NRA), Republican politicians, America gun owners, and the Second Amendment. And while there is chatter about so-called “toxic masculinity” bubbling up […]

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Why You Should Want Gun Owners/Shooters as Neighbors

“Remember the whimsical, lyrical words in call and response style from Barack Obama, “it’s not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion?” And of course his side-kick, Double-Ought Slow Joe reminded his bros in the black community, “They’re gonna put y’all back in chains.” As we’ve seen with the recent church […]

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Former Air Marshal: Arming Pilots Post-9/11 Worked, So Will Arming Our Teachers

“Proposals to arm teachers and other staffers to better secure schools against mass shooters are worthwhile, just as arming pilots was following 9/11, said Chad Robichaux on Thursday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight in an interview with hosts Rebecca Mansour and Joel Pollak. Robichaux is a former Special Agent with the U.S. Federal Air […]

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Opinions: I used to think gun control was the answer. My research told me otherwise.

By Leah Libresco “Leah Libresco is a statistician and former newswriter at FiveThirtyEight, a data journalism site. She is the author of “Arriving at Amen.” Before I started researching gun deaths, gun-control policy used to frustrate me. I wished the National Rifle Association would stop blocking common-sense gun-control reforms such as banning assault weapons, restricting […]

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