Second Amendment
News pertaining to the second amendment
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REPORT: Accidental Gun Deaths At All-Time Low
NSSF has recently updated its report “Firearms-Related Injury Statistics.” Complimentary to both NSSF members and non-members, this report utilizes data from sources such as National Safety Council and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to highlight declining trends in firearms-related injuries and fatalities. Unintentional Firearms Fatalities Remain at Historically Low Levels Data released by…
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GUN-FREE ZONE: Two People Robbed At Gunpoint At North Carolina State Fair
After a North Carolina State Fair was declared to be a “gun-free” zone, two people were reportedly robbed at gunpoint as they left the fair. Police said the robbery occurred at around 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, when two people who were walking back to their car were accosted by men in a tan or cream…
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159 Times More Likely Struck, Killed By Car Than Shot, Killed In Mass Shooting
Numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and the FBI, show that Americans are roughly 159 times more likely to be struck by a car and killed than shot and killed in a mass shooting. Breitbart News previously reported that FBI stats show a total…
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Would You Provide Security To A Disarmenter Who Mocked You?
A poster at opencarry.org, Southern Covenanter, recounts an ironic experience in Charlotte, North Carolina. From opencarry.org: I made it a point to stop and meet my parents for lunch in Pineville while I was passing through town, and after I left, I stopped at the QT on Woodlawn Road (right off I-77 where Woodlawn…
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Homicides per 100,000 in G-8 Countries
You can see from the chart below that Russia has about twice as many homicides per hundred thousand as the United States, even though Russia has very restrictive laws on possession and carrying of firearms. If you look at the chart below created by ABC, the United States seems to be an outlier. No data…
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Election Official Says the Three Pro-Gun Letters on This Man’s Baseball Cap Make a Political Statement, So They Made Him Remove It
Are “people’s perceptions” enough of a reason to ban pro-gun apparel at polling places? The National Rifle Association may not be a political party, but apparently in some places elections officials will make you remove or cover clothing emblazoned with three letters — NRA — because of, they claim, the pro-gun group’s political overtones. That’s…
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[VIDEO] Open Carry Advocates March Through Downtown St. Louis
Dozens of armed demonstrators have marched through the downtown St. Louis to confirm their right to carry firearms openly in public. Only some 10 policemen watched the march without much interest, even after the group met counter protesters. A heavily armed crowd of over 40 people marched on Saturday afternoon from the Citygarden to the…
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WASHINGTON POST: ‘Thank God’ a Good Guy Had a Gun to End Terror Attack in Canada
The Washington Post (WaPo) published a story on October 23 expressing thanks to God that Canadian Sergeant at Arms Kevin Vickers saved an untold number of lives and further carnage in Canada’s Parliament. He drew a gun and shot and killed Michael Zehif-Bibeau, the recent Islamic convert who had shot and killed a Canadian Forces reservist and…
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[VIDEO] BACKDOOR GUN CONTROL: D.C. sets impossible hurdles for carry permits
The District’s newly minted concealed carry laws require gun owners seeking permits to complete 18 hours of firearms training. One problem: As of Wednesday, the day before a court-ordered deadline for the permitting process to begin, no instructors had been approved to teach the compulsory course. The disparity is emblematic of the city’s reluctant scramble…
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Another Michigan Public School Adopts Compliant Weapons Policy, Allows Guns
Last night, Traverse City Area Public Schools (TCAPS ) adopted a new weapons policy and it’s good news for Michigan CPL holders. The new policy appears to respect Michigan law and your rights, by allowing those “permitted by law” to carry at TCAPS facilities and events. Earlier this year TCAPS learned that Open Carry on…
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More Crazy Gun Laws From…California
In California, we recently passed a law that lets a doctor take away your guns. Now a mental health professional can ask a judge for a firearms restraining order. So can a cop or a family member. They get to take away your means of self-defense; every gun, bullet and gun part. This new legal…
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Super Model Chrissy Teigen Responds to Canadian Attack by Criticizing America
With one attacker dead and up to two more still on the loose in Ottawa on October 22 2014, super model Chrissy Teigen tweeted a joke about gun control in America and defended the joke by tweeting that she was unapologetic. The tweets began at 8:34 a.m., when Teigen wrote: “active shooting in Canada, or…
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UK Gun Owners Now Subject to Surprise Warrantless Firearm Storage ‘Inspections’
A new firearm policy from the United Kingdom Home Office, put in force on October 15 2014, has accelerated the once-proud nation’s devolution into a police state. The Home Office’s October 2014 “Guide on Firearms Licensing Law” adds a new rule allowing for police to conduct warrantless surprise inspections of a gun owner’s firearm storage…
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D.C. Council Presses Forward with Backward Concealed Carry Law
This week, D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier announced that the District would soon begin accepting applications for licenses to carry a concealed pistol. It’s questionable if many applicants will actually receive a license because of the nearly unfettered discretion given to the chief under the temporary law that is currently in effect. That law has…
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New UK Gun Policy Should Be A Warning To American Gun Owners
A new policy announced by the British Home Office recently to allow unannounced searches of the homes of registered British gun owners should raise alarms among Americans who are threatened with increasingly restrictive gun laws pushed by wealthy anti-gunners including billionaire Michael Bloomberg, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said…
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Defensive Gun Use and Ebola
The possibility of infection during and after a defensive gun use has long been a matter of concern. On the positive side, guns give you some “stand off” distance; they are effective without coming into direct contact with the attacker. On the negative side, if you have to shoot someone, there will be lots of…
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Woman Arrested for Protecting Children from Snake
Who would have thought that it would be illegal to defend children from a poisonous snake? This is where the insanity of extreme gun restrictions have brought us. In Florida, a mother was at a school event during a football practice session. A water moccasin was discovered on the practice field, but attempts to kill…