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Constitution Gives Individuals Right to Bear Arms

January 18th, 2010 · 2 Comments

This morning, a reader shared a link to a USA TODAY online poll in which readers are asked to answer the question, “Does the Second Amendment give individuals the right to bear arms?” It was not until after I clicked “Yes” that I noticed the poll had been online for approximately 26 months.  The results:

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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 percent [...]

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Congress Reminded to Respect Gun Rights

February 26th, 2009 · No Comments

Responding to Attorney General Eric Holder’s comment yesterday that the Obama Administration will attempt to reinstate a ban against semi-automatic rifles, the National Shooting Sports Foundation reminded Congress and all Americans that such a ban would cause jobs to be lost in a difficult economy, have no effect on reducing crime and would deprive millions [...]

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State of Discontent Spurs Boom in Gun Sales

February 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

I think it would be funny if, one day soon, the economy turned around and credit for the turn-around went to those folks then-candidate Barack Obama described as “bitter” folks who “cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them.”  With President Obama in the White House, anything is possible, right?
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Homicide Stats Don’t Support Gun Ban Scheme

January 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

Homicide statistics for 2008 in Seattle do not justify a proposal by anti-gun Mayor Greg Nickels to ban legally-carried handguns from public property, nor his plan to lobby for a change in the state’s preemption law, according to Alan Gottlieb, founder of the Bellevue, Wash.-based Second Amendment Foundation.
“Less than half of Seattle’s homicides in 2008 [...]

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