M. Duncan
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Who Lost Iraq?
After the pro-Western government of China was forced to flee to the island of Taiwan in 1949, when the Communists took over mainland China, bitter recriminations in Washington led to the question: “Who lost China?” China was, of course, never ours to lose, though it might be legitimate to ask if a different American policy…
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Governor Christie Has Pardoned Steffon Josey-Davis From NJ’s Gun Law Nightmare
Governor Christie has pardoned Steffon Josey-Davis! I want to thank every single New Jersey Second Amendment Society (NJ2AS) member who made this a reality. We worked tirelessly to make this a reality. I want to give you some background information on Steffon and I. I met him in January when he reached out to us for…
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The Imperial American Overstretch
Toward the end of the presidency of George H.W. Bush, America stood alone at the top of the world — the sole superpower. After five weeks of “shock and awe” and 100 hours of combat, Saddam’s army had fled Kuwait back up the road to Basra and Bagdad. Our Cold War adversary was breaking apart…
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Following the Destruction of Australia’s Firearms Heritage, Aussie Shooters Fire Back
In 1996, Australian shooters were subjected to confiscation of their semi-automatic rifles and pump action shotguns on an unprecedented scale. Many of our own critics point to that as a model for dealing with gun crime here in the US, while others describe it as a barbaric display of authority. In 2002, the same thing…
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Our Constitution in Peril
“Whenever you hear people talking about ‘a living Constitution,’ invariably they are in the process of slowly killing it by ‘interpreting’ out of existence its restrictions on government.” ~ Thomas Sowell Our Constitution provides for the destruction of each of its elements, and indeed the entirety of itself. The process of destruction is “amendment.” Governments have…
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Pro-Second Amendment House Stands Up for Your Rights in Funding Bill
Last Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives showed its strong support for the Second Amendment by sending H.R. 2578 — the Fiscal Year Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (CJS) — to the Senate with numerous pro-gun, pro-liberty provisions. While a number of these are listed in our accompanying press release, a few deserve…
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Supreme Court Lets Stand Gun Storage Requirement, Ban On Hollow Point Ammo
On June 8 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) chose not to overturn two gun controls in San Francisco, one of which requires gun owners to lock their guns up in their homes and another which bans hollow point ammunition. The case came to the SCOTUS on appeal from the NRA and…
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Democrat’s New Legislation Mandates Flying Cars
Within five years, all new cars must fly. Used cars must fly within ten. Democrats in Congress have introduced legislation requiring that five years after its passage, all handguns manufactured or imported into the U.S. must have “personalization” technology incorporated into them that prevents “unauthorized” users from firing them. Okay, that’s not flying cars, but…
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Fanciful “Smart Gun” Bill Seeks to Make Law Out of Wishful Thinking
We all have our hopes for the future. In that regard, we’re not so different from Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren (both D-Mass.). Where we’re just a little bit different, however, is that while we recognize some people might wish to replace travel by automobiles with on-demand flight via pollution-free unicorns, we’re not…
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Massachusetts Senator Markey’s Smart Gun Bill is More Enforced Helplessness
Liberal Sen Edward Markey (D/MA) has just introduced a bill that mandates within five years, as yet undefined “personalization technology” [aka smart gun technology] on all handguns manufactured within, or imported into, the USA. Such, as yet non-existent, technology is intended to prevent “unauthorized users” (also undefined) from firing these pistols. Like most liberals, the Senator…
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NYC Embraces Bloomberg’s Gun Control & is Rewarded with 20% Increase In Homicides
New York City has Michael Bloomberg’s favorite gun control measure in place and is facing a crime epidemic that includes a “nearly” 20 percent increase in homicides. When NYPD Officer Brian Moore was shot on May 2 2015 with a stolen gun, I reported that the strict gun controls in New York were no hindrance to…
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[WATCH] This Is What Gun Control Looks Like: Shaneen Allen’s New Jersey Ordeal
It’s great that Shaneen Allen is free and was able to share her story with us at a Citizens for Liberty meeting. I just couldn’t post this video without commenting on her call for national reciprocity for state issued carry permits. She’s in favor of them, I’m not. Here’s why. National reciprocity is just more…
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Democrat Legislation Proposes $60 Million for Anti-Gun Research
NRA F-rated Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) introduced legislation to authorize the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to give $60 million of the taxpayers’ money to anti-gun activists over the next six years, to conduct “research” promoting gun control. The two longtime anti-gun legislators say that their bill is necessary…
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Bloomberg’s Gun Control Group ‘Everytown’ Loses Big in Nevada
Say goodbye to handgun registration in and around Las Vegas, Nevada. Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval signed Senate Bill 175, abolishing Clark County’s “blue card” handgun registration system while ushering in a host of other pro-gun changes to state law. Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun group, Everytown, tried hard to defeat the bill. The bill contains several provisions…
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Two Year Rise In Shootings Prove New York’s SAFE Act Not Working
Time for legislators to have an honest discussion about New York gun laws. The New York Times first reported last week that shootings in New York City have been rising for the past two years. This was followed by the NYPD reporting a 19.5% increase in City homicides during the first five months of the…
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Stop Obama’s Planned Gag Order For AmmoLand Shooting Sports News
Even as news reports have been highlighting the gun control provisions of the Administration’s “Unified Agenda” of regulatory objectives (see accompanying story), the Obama State Department has been quietly moving ahead with a proposal that could censor online speech related to firearms. This latest regulatory assault, published in the June 3 issue of the Federal…
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Obnoxious Baseball Fan Told off by Michael Keaton
The next time you feel like being obnoxious at a baseball game, be forewarned: there’s a chance you may get dealt with by Batman*. At a Pirates-Braves game in Atlanta Friday night, a fan heckled Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder Andrew McCutchen so badly that the hitter pointed to the man after whacking a late-inning double.…