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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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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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 [...]
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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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Before You Vote, Listen to ‘The Poll Whisperer’
October 20th, 2008 · 2 Comments
My fellow Americans, I implore you to heed this advice: Before casting a vote for president Nov. 4, listen to “The Poll Whisperer.” The Poll Whisperer speaks to you from somewhere deep inside your head, in a voice that only you can hear. He speaks to you at the moment you consider each vote you’re [...]
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