Second Amendment
News pertaining to the second amendment
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Obama Loves Australia’s Gun Ban, But The Actual Results
In 1996 a massacre in Tasmania left 35 people dead, and caused Australia to establish draconian gun control laws. They literally rounded up, destroyed and banned guns. Now the rumor goes….. In 1996 a massacre in Tasmania left 35 people dead, and caused Australia to establish draconian gun control laws. They literally rounded up, destroyed and banned guns. Now…
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HBO To Boxer Sergey Kovalev – NO Ammunition Logos, Too Scary for Network Viewers?
Light Heavyweight World Champion Sergey Kovalev defends his title against Nadjib Mohammedi live Saturday, July 25, on HBO. The Russian fighter has fought his way to the top with notable victories over former light heavyweight world champions Gabriel Campillo, Nathan Cleverly, Bernard Hopkins and Jean Pascal. Kovalev’s latest fight against Pascal pulled in 1.2 million…
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Armed Chattanooga Marine First Raised on Vanderboegh Blog
The FBI has recovered a pistol that may have been privately owned and used by one of the Marines killed Thursday during the shooting at the Navy Operational Support Center according to law enforcement officials, The Washington Post reported Monday. ‘Investigators are trying to determine, based on forensics, whether the pistol, a 9mm Glock, was used…
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Homeowner Opens Fire with AK On Suspected Burglars
Somewhere, everyday in the USA, 2100+ people use a gun for self defense, to stop a crime or save the lives of themselves or their family. “We believe that the American public deserve to understand that on the average, guns save 2,191 lives and are used to thwart crimes every day,” says Alan Gottlieb of…
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Underground Arms Cache across the border from McAllen, Texas
A recent confiscation of some rifles and ammunition made headlines from an AP report. The arms were found near Reynosa, Mexico, not far from the border with the United States and McAllen, Texas. While the AP report claimed that 33 “assault rifles” were found, the pictures from Mexican sources indicate that is an exaggeration. This…
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[WATCH] Gunshop owner declares his store “Muslim-free zone” in VIRAL video!
A Florida gun shop owner’s video declaring his store a “Muslim-free zone” has sparked controversy with some people believing he may be violating civil rights. “We’re in battle, patriots,” Andy Hallinan, 28, is heard saying in the video, as he sits in front of a Confederate flag with his arms crossed. Hallinan is a self-proclaimed…
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DOJ Seeks To Overturn Ruling Striking Down Interstate Handgun Transfer Ban
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed its opening brief with the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in Mance v. Lynch seeking to overturn a lower court ruling that struck down the federal interstate handgun transfer ban. The district court found the ban unconstitutional after a Washington, D.C.-based couple attempted to purchase two handguns in…
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FBI: Alleged Chattanooga Gunman Purchased Some Of His Guns “Legally”
The FBI indicates alleged Chattanooga gunman Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez had three firearms with him on July 16 2015 – two long guns and one handgun. The FBI also indicates Abdulazeez bought at least “some” of the guns “legally.” That means he bought “some” of the guns the same way that Dylann Roof (Charleston), Elton Simpson and Nadir…
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A Time For Mourning – And Then Time To End The Military Gun Ban
Once again, a tragic shooting — this time at the two military locations in Chattanooga, Tennessee — has gripped the nation. And here at Gun Owners of America, our thoughts and prayers are for the families of the victims. Sadly, the Brady Campaign announced — just hours after the shooting — that this massacre requires…
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Gun Control Sure Isn’t Helping “Charm City”
Baltimore, which despite Maryland’s restrictive gun control laws, consistently has among the worst violent crime problems of any major U.S. city. Well, like salt in a wound, the city has now been forced to suspend a local anti-crime program after police seized guns and other contraband from one of the program’s offices. The Washington Times…
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Sporting Purpose – Just One of Many Problems with the 1968 Gun Control Act
The term “sporting purpose” is embedded throughout U.S. gun control laws, and its use is a violation of the Second Amendment. That has been my position for decades. My brother Chris raised the issue in a speech before the Gun Rights Policy Conference some three years ago, and our dad Neal Knox was making an…
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New Study: More Carry Permits = Less Crime
A new study by the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) finds that the number of people with concealed firearm carry permits has reached an all-time high, and that increasing the number of permit-holders is associated with a decrease in murder and total violent crime. The study notes that the number of carry permit-holders has increased…
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Chattanooga Attack Shows Need for Armed Citizenry
During a July 16 2015 nighttime appearance of Al Jazeera’s America Tonight, Colonel Gary Anderson, USMC (Ret.), said the Chattanooga attack is a reminder that Americans need to be armed because an armed citizenry “is probably the only way you can truly deter the kinds of things that we saw in the church in Charleston…
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Everytown’s Editorial Arm, “The Trace”, Pushes Propaganda on Self Defense & Firearms
Bloomberg’s “The Trace” reported last week “breaking news” that anti-gun researcher David Hemenway has “debunked” the myth of self defensive gun uses in America. Of course, this “breaking news” amounts to nothing more than another failed attempt by Hemenway to challenge common sense and shared experience here in the United States. Hemenway has been trying (and…
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Firing Blanks on Ammunition Law Deal?
Gun rights advocates may recall that New York’s “SAFE Act” was passed only 24 hours after it was introduced, with no debate or public scrutiny, and with Governor Cuomo signing the bill an hour after the State Assembly approved it in January 2013. Among the law’s restrictions is a requirement that within 30 days of…