guns
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An analysis of school shootings by the U.S. Secret Service doesn’t really tell us anything new.
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Just because business bigwigs are surrendering to the Left on gun control doesn’t mean the Senate should.
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Government
RealClearInvestigations Links Obama Policies to School Shootings
by Edmund Contoski April 6, 2018RealClearInvestigations cites a deliberate Obama policy of allowing thousands of troubled, often violent, students to commit crimes without legal consequence.
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The recent tragedy at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High has sadly raised this question again. The failure to prevent the loss of young lives reflects both an unpleasant reality and some problems of politics.
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Much has been made about the unprecedented number of Obama Administration “midnight regulations,” those rules issued between Election Day and the Trump inauguration.
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Featured
The Dangers of Preventive Law Enforcement in Suppressing Liberty
by Nancy Thorner and Ed Ingold September 8, 2015With the tragic deaths of two newscasters at the hands of a disgruntled ex-employee on Wednesday, August 26 come the predictable calls for tighter gun control and keeping guns out the hands of “crazy” people. In no case, however, do the proposed solutions bear any relationship the crime itself. According to the media and progressive politicians, we have a “crime problem” and a “gun problem.”
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FeaturedLegal AffairsLiberty
The Militia Myth: Understanding the Language of the 2nd Amendment
by John Engle June 5, 2014The issues surrounding the right to bear arms are many and varied. Most often the debate centers around the lethality of modern firearms, especially “assault weapons” that can fire rapidly with large magazines. Yet one element of the debate frequently referenced obliquely in the mainstream media concerns the actual intent and function of the Second Amendment. Some progressive groups have been endeavoring to turn the originalist position against itself, so to speak. Their arguments are often baffling to those unprepared for them, but they are easily beaten with a little preparation.
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As we have come to learn, the facts never stop President Obama from using every murder to advance his agenda to strip Americans of their guns.
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Thanks to Janet Napolitano and her Department of Homeland Security (DHS), it won’t be surprising if President Obama next comes for our scissors. DHS has released a video entitled “Active Shooter…
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Legal AffairsLiberty
Forget Market Failure, Our Crumbling Democracy Speaks To Political Failure
by Peter Ferrara January 28, 2013Government does not even have the power to take guns away from criminals. It can only take guns away from the victims of criminals. This is not a matter of…
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LibertyPodcastPolitics
Heartland Daily Podcast: Good Stuff You Might Have Missed
by Jim Lakely January 21, 2013Are you among the sad folks whose life is not quite fulfilled because you don’t yet subscribe to the Heartland Daily Podcast on iTunes? Are you still missing out on the…
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It is a natural tendency on the part of most human beings, when confronted with great evil, to want to do something about it. We want to stop the horror…
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Politics
Heartland Institute Legal Expert Reacts to Fast and Furious, White House Executive Privilege
by Jim Lakely June 20, 2012The White House today invoked executive privilege, refusing to give the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee documents to assist in the investigation of the “Fast and Furious” gun-walking operation.…