Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, scrambling to appear in control amid what amounts to a bloodbath in her city’s streets, has blamed the rising body count on “the federal government’s failure to conduct background checks, a measure the state of Illinois has already implemented,” according to the Washington Free Beacon. It’s a familiar fallback, according […]
Blistering Critique of Gun Control’s Racist History Could Hurt Antis
The National Review online has just published a blistering critique of gun control’s racist history which, author T.S. Furey suggests in the first paragraph, could make the gun control movement “the next casualty of cancel culture.” “For decades,” writes Furey, a fellow with the London Center for Policy Research, “gun-control advocates promoted greater police power […]
Gun Rights Group Says ‘PPP Loans’ to Anti-Gun Organizations an Outrage
The revelation that federal Paycheck Protection Program loans went to at least two gun prohibition groups brought a scathing reaction from a national Second Amendment organization which called the loans “an outrage.” Alan Gottlieb, founder and executive vice president of the Second Amendment Foundation, a non-profit that specializes in education and litigation, released a statement […]
Seattle Council Majority Backs 50% Police Defunding; Time to Arm?
The Seattle Times and other local news organizations are reporting that a majority of the City Council supports “a high-level proposal” to slash police department funding by 50 percent, igniting an uproar among citizen critics. Sentiment among some respondents to the Seattle Times story can be summed up in two reader reactions. One reader suggested […]
Does Center for American Progress Consider 2A a Right or Privilege?
A July 8 article from the Center for American Progress (CAP) regarding gun control laws and firearm sales ignited by the coronavirus pandemic might lead the reader to suspect this organization regards gun ownership as a privilege that should be strictly regulated by the government, rather than a fundamental right that is protected from […]
Report: Teen Killed in Seattle Was ‘Seeking Safety’ in CHOP
The Daily Mail is reporting that the 16-year-old killed in Seattle’s so-called “Capitol Hill Occupied Protest” (CHPP) zone June 29 was a homeless runaway who had allegedly carjacked the white Jeep Cherokee in which he was shot, and was advised by a friend to “drive to the police precinct in the CHOP for safety.” Instead, […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 212
- 213
- 214
- 215
- 216
- …
- 404
- Next Page »