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: [...]
Constitution Gives Individuals Right to Bear Arms
January 18th, 2010 · 2 Comments
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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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Rasmussen Reports: 75 Percent Believe U.S. Constitution Guarantees Right to Own Gun
March 5th, 2009 · 5 Comments
Seventy-five percent of Americans believe the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right of an average citizen to own a gun, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey* of 1,000 adults conducted Feb. 27-28. Just 14 percent say gun ownership is not a constitutional right, and 11 percent are not sure. Of those with a [...]
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Gun Rights Policy Conference Set for St. Louis
February 4th, 2009 · No Comments
The 24th Annual Gun Rights Policy Conference (a.k.a., “GRPC 2009″) will take place in St. Louis Sept. 25-27, offering gun rights advocates their once-a-year chance to network and get involved with pro-gun rights strategies for the coming year. Past GRPCs have outlined victory plans and made public the latest firearms trends, according to the Second [...]
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Brady Campaign Banking on Another Tragedy
December 26th, 2008 · 6 Comments
Forty-eight-year-old Bruce Pardo set into motion a series of events on Christmas Eve that, according to a Los Angeles Times report, has resulted in nine deaths inside the Covina, Calif., home where members of his ex-wife’s family had gathered for the holidays. Not surprisingly, little time passed before the folks at the Brady Campaign began [...]
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Firearms Auction a Gold Mine for Gun Collectors
August 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
Anti-gun activists are far-outnumbered in Missouri by law-abiding, gun owners, and I suspect many of those gun owners will head toward the St. Charles (Mo.) Convention Center Sept. 6 to bid on items in a collection of more than 300 firearms and more than 25,000 rounds of ammo that will be sold at auction. The [...]
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NRA: The Untold Story of Gun Grab After Katrina
July 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments
The YouTube video below, posted four months ago by NRAVideos, alleges systematic violation of Second Amendment and other Constitutional rights of the citizens of New Orleans and surrounding communities in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. It is accompanied by the description below which, if accurate, should cause your stomach to churn: The video you will [...]
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