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Czech Republic: a Right to Armed Self DefenseBy Dean Weingarten. July 29, 2021In 2015, after the series of Paris Jihadi Terrorist attacks, the bureaucrats in the European Union found an opportunity to further restrict the ownership of firearms in European countries. They created extremely restrictive new protocols which further restricted the ownership of common arms [...] |
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"The Gun Problem" is a Social IssueBy JPFO. July 28, 2021It has become totally obvious to everyone except the people nominally in control. The media is carefully obscuring the truth. So-called "gun control" is totally out of control, a product of ceaseless rhetoric, subversion and failed policy, with daylight murders on city streets a common occurrence [...] |
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Opinion: Getting Serious About CrimeBy Len Cabrera. July 26, 2021The past few weeks have seen a typical display of just how formulaic and predictable our local elected officials are as they echo national talking points while trying to micromanage our lives, threaten gun rights, and in general treat us like incompetent rubes who couldn't exist on our own without their guiding wisdom [...] |
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CO Rep. Would Rather See You Die Than Defend With a FirearmBy Dan Zimmerman. July 24, 2021We can remember the days when the story of a woman successfully defending herself against a masked, armed attacker was considered good news. Times have apparently changed. At least they have for a certain breed of rabidly anti-gun politician and their civilian disarmament advocate allies [...] |
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Gun Sales Drop Significantly in June of 2021By Dean Weingarten. July 22, 2021The National Instant background Check System (NICS) numbers are in for June of 2021. There has been a significant drop from the numbers for June of 2020, a year ago. Total background checks have declined 29%, and total gun sales have declined 47% from last year. June of 2020 was a record setting month. [...] |
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Research Update: It's [Still] Not the GunsBy NRA-ILA. July 21, 2021Much has changed since last summer. In July 2020, notoriously anti-gun researchers circulated a paper that alleged an association between what they deemed "excess" gun purchases early in the pandemic and violence. This year, the same researchers disproved their original findings with the addition of new data [...] |
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Marginalized Minorities are at Greater RiskBy JPFO. July 20, 2021Every American has a Second Amendment right to self-defense, which is at the heart of an amicus brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court by Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership, supporting a challenge of New York State concealed carry laws by the New York State Rifle & Pistol [...] |
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