Second Amendment
News pertaining to the second amendment
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CORNELL UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL: Individual Right to Bear Arms Created in 2008
On Cornell University Law School’s Legal Information Institute (LII) webpage introducing the Second Amendment, the individual right to keep and bear arms is presented as dating all the way back to 2008…? They claim the “theory” of an individual right was given legs by the Supreme Court of the United State’s decision in District of…
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Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action Stick with Winning Strategy – Lying
As the Texas Senate considers attaching campus carry language to House Bill 910, the gun-control organization Everytown for Gun Safety, along with its subsidiary Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, continues to warn Texans about the dangers of forcing guns into college parties, football stadiums, and fraternity houses—three locations not affected by the…
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How many unsolved Homicides are Self Defense?
In a previous essay, I mentioned that we do not know what proportion of unsolved homicides are justified homicides. The reason is that most homicides are violent criminals killing other violent criminals, and that because a person is a criminal, they are reluctant to report a self defense shooting to police. From the previous essay:…
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BREAKING: Texas Open Carry to go to Governor Abbott
I just watched hours of debate in the Texas Senate on Committee Substitute HB 910. The Senate Committee had removed the Dutton amendment, that stipulated that the police could not stop you for merely exercising your right to carry openly, and ask for a permit or license. Here is the amendment: CERTAIN INVESTIGATORY STOPS AND…
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Prohibiting Firearms for Political Profit
Politicians make political profit by passing ineffective laws. I study firearms laws, so that is where I noticed it first. When it comes to violence in our society, a politician doesn’t need to actually improve things with their legislation. In fact, the next gun law they pass can actually make things worse rather than better.…
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FAIL: Professor Claims Gun Rights Lead to Grade Inflation
Most critics of campus carry couch their cultural bigotry against firearms and their owners in the dubious rhetoric of “public safety.” Yet an instructor at Texas Women’s University has come up with a new argument to suppress Second Amendment rights on campus. Writing in Newsweek, TWU Assistant Professor of Sociology Jessica Gullion stokes fears that…
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Anti-Gun Lawmakers Seek to Stop Online Ammunition Sales
On May 12, 2015, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.) introduced H.R. 2283 or the Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2015. According to a report from The Hill (full text of the legislation has not been received by the Government Publishing Office at press time) the bill would require that ammunition sellers be federally licensed,…
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Guns, Guns, Whose Got The Guns?
No one knows how many American households have guns. That’s the good news. The only way to know with any degree of accuracy would be through national registration, which hasn’t happened – at least not yet. But a lack of knowledge doesn’t keep the gun ban lobby from trying to marginalize those who choose to…
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UPS Refuses to Ship Firearms Suppressors Used for Hearing Protection
National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) this week learned that United Parcel Service (UPS) had changed its policy regarding the shipment of firearms suppressors. New policy states that UPS will no longer ship suppressors, even between licensees. [Silencers or suppressors are used for increased hearing protection and reduction of gun fire noise by caring gun owners.]…
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Shaneen Allen Reminds Us Why We Need Concealed Carry Reciprocity
Concealed Carry Reciprocity is Desperately Needed Remember Shaneen Allen? She was the Philadelphia mother of two who was arrested for having a gun in her car while in New Jersey. Despite being a permit holder in Pennsylvania, she was run through “legal hell” because New Jersey refuses reciprocity with its neighboring state. She was finally…
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North Carolina: Anti-Gun Extremists Attempting to Derail the Second Amendment Affirmation Act
Anti-gun extremists, such as former New York City Mayor and billionaire Michael Bloomberg, are funneling out-of-state money into North Carolina in an effort to derail the Second Amendment Affirmation Act, House Bill 562. As previously reported, the North Carolina Sheriffs’ Association (NCSA) is also working against this bill. Both misguided efforts are focused on trying to…
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Democrats Pushing Legislation That Targets Online Ammunition Sales
House Democrats are pushing legislation requiring face-to-face ammunition sales. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.) has introduced the Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2015. The bill unveiled Tuesday would require federally licensed ammunitions dealers to confirm the identity of individuals who arrange to purchase ammunition over the Internet by verifying a photo ID in-person. The…
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The Guns vs. Cars Comparison is No Accident
In the Art of War, Chinese military theoretician Sun Tzu advised, “appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.” Since gun control supporters are trying to make guns look bad by comparing the number of gun-related deaths to those due to motor vehicle accidents, they’re apparently applying the second part of…
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Oklahoma: Governor Mary Fallin Vetoes Pro-Gun, Self-Defense Legislation
Despite public support and strong bipartisan votes in the Oklahoma House of Representatives and Senate, Governor Mary Fallin vetoed pro-gun Senate Bill 41 yesterday. The Governor caved to pressure from the Oklahoma City Chamber, which disseminated misinformation based on a flawed legal analysis. The NRA is extremely disappointed that this common sense legislation was put…
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The Return of Obama’s Hoax-Spreading Bitter Half
She’s baaaaaaaack. And she’s maaaaaad. First lady Michelle Obama delivered the commencement address at Tuskegee University last weekend. She’ll do it again at Ohio’s Oberlin College — the UC Berkeley of the Midwest, Ground Zero for racial grievance-mongering and fake hate crimes —next week. Commencement FLOTUS is not the same first lady who shows up…
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Oregon Gun Control Law Supported by Sandy Hook Promise Funded by Tim McGraw Concert
On May 4 2015, Sandy Hook Promise, the beneficiary of Tim McGraw and Chase Bryant’s upcoming gun control fundraiser, praised the passage of Senate Bill 941, which heaves new gun control requirements on the backs of law-abiding Oregonians. On April 14, Breitbart News reported that Tim McGraw had announced the gun control fundraiser for Sandy Hook Promise.…
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Armed Citizen Stops Suspect’s Furious Assault on a Cop
On Tuesday, an armed citizen drew his gun and intervened to save an Oklahoma City police officer who gotten separated from his fellow officer during a foot chase and was allegedly being savagely beaten by a burglary suspect. The incident happened at approximately 2 pm. According to News 9, Rookie Officer Adam Eller and field training officer Sgt. Michael Lambert”…