second amendment
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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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Loveland High School student Nathan Myers recently did what many Colorado kids do: He ventured into the great outdoors for some target practice with his mom.
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Budgets/TaxesEconomicsEnvironment/EnergyFeaturedPodcastRegulationTaxes
In The Tank (ep191) – CHERNOBYL! Loan Shark Prevention, and GoT’s Libertarian Ending?
by Donald Kendal May 17, 2019Heartland’s Donald Kendal, and Justin Haskins are joined by Isaac Orr in episode #191 of the In The Tank Podcast. Today’s episode features work from Environmental Progress, The Heartland Institute, the Cato Institute, the Heritage Foundation.
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ConstitutionGovernmentLiberty
Second Amendment’s Future Rests With Control of Supreme Court
by Nancy Thorner April 8, 2019On Tuesday March 26, 2019, the Heartland Institute featured David Keene, Editor at Large of The Washington Times.
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GovernmentPolitics
3-D Printer Firearm Parts Much to do About Nothing
by Nancy Thorner August 20, 2018Seven states and Washington DC sued and successfully obtained a restraining order against release of plans to make firearm parts using 3D printers.
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ConstitutionFeaturedGovernmentLibertyPoliticsRegulation
Gun control threatens Americans’ Natural rights
by Lennie Jarratt and Chris Talgo July 18, 2018In the wake of Parkland and several other recent mass shootings, it seems clear that gun control advocates do not understand natural rights and the founding principles of the United States.
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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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ConstitutionGovernment
Emotions a Poor Substitute for Common Sense in Confronting Gun Violence
by Nancy Thorner and Ed Ingold March 6, 2018It is not difficult to appreciate the initial remarks from President Trump on gun violence about the need to stop just talking about gun violence but instead do things that will make a difference.
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Government
Washington, D.C. Shuns Gun Law: Rep. Scalise Becomes a Victim
by Nancy Thorner July 12, 2017Rep. Scalise is just the latest victim in a stream of violence in gun free cities.
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FeaturedLibertyPolitics
Launching a Non-Lethal Firearms Training Product In A Gun Phobic Culture
by Brian Watt May 15, 2017Promoting a legal, non-lethal firearms training product that uses no ammunition and is in fact safer than a child’s water pistol in today’s extreme anti-gun culture has its challenges
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FeaturedLegal Affairs
There’s a Huge New Demand for Guns — Not from Fear of Confiscation, but for Self-Protection
by Ross Kaminsky December 30, 2015Last week my wife said to me, “I think I’d like to get a gun.” By which she meant a gun she can carry with her. If my wife were from Texas, this might not be surprising. But she is from Australia, a country which for two decades has had restrictive firearms laws and whose citizens largely do not understand Americans’ commitment to protecting gun rights.
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It is a rare occurrence when Hollywood produces a film that neither glorifies the welfare-warfare state, nor vilifies capitalists and businessmen. Yet that is exactly what Marvel Studios has managed with the Iron Man series. In the character of Tony Stark we see the pinnacle of the capitalist fantasy: an ingenious businessman who values property rights and self-defense, and who does not compromise those fundamental rights in the face of government intimidation and force.
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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.