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Stats Reveal Truth: Guns Don’t Cause Crime (Update)

December 22nd, 2009 · 6 Comments

A ten percent drop in murders during the first six months of this year at a time when gun sales were up dramatically is more proof that there is no correlation between gun ownership and violent crime, say officials with the Second Amendment Foundation. The FBI released data Monday that shows murders dropped by 10 [...]

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Barack Obama Reason Why ‘Good citizens are flocking to firearms dealers in record numbers’

December 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Barack Obama is the reason why “good citizens are flocking to firearms dealers in record numbers,” according to Richard Pearson, interim chair of the Illinois State Rifle Association’s Political Victory Fund. In a statement released this morning in response to comments made by Obama during a weekend press conference, Pearson took issue with Obama’s reiteration [...]

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Are Gun-Free Zones Solution to Lower Crime Rate?

July 17th, 2007 · 1 Comment

The video below provides a tongue-in-cheek solution to rid the world of violent gun crime: Gun-free zones. Be sure to share it with your friends in the anti-Second Amendment crowd. It’s certain to cause them fits! Hat tip to Terresa at NoisyRoom.net.

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Appeals Court Upholds Second Amendment

March 9th, 2007 · No Comments

A federal appeals court overturned the District of Columbia’s long- standing handgun ban Friday, rejecting the city’s argument that the Second Amendment right to bear arms applied only to militias. Hat’s off to the judges who recognized that the authors of the Constitution intended every American to have and retain the right to keep and [...]

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Giuliani Dances Around ‘Anti-Gun’ Past

February 12th, 2007 · No Comments

In an Associated Press article being carried across the country today, the former New York City mayor-turned Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani was quoted by reporters as saying, “I used gun control as mayor,” before adding that his policies as mayor to get handguns off the streets helped reduce crime in New York. Apparently hoping [...]

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