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NRA's top lawyer was convicted of murdering his girlfriend's mother in 1964

The cover story for Mother Jones this month is about Bob Dowlut, NRA's general counsel, "who for 30 years has been the architect of the National Rifle Association's legal and cultural agenda."...

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The 17 states where guns kill more people than cars do

Motor vehicle deaths continue to drop in the US this century. Firearm deaths continue to rise. If the CDC's WISQARS data holds its path since 2013, guns will soon be America's top killing machine. The...

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Christians ‘serious about their faith’ should get a handgun carry permit,...

Just days after yet another mass shooting in America, Tennessee's Lieutenant Governor says Christians who are ‘serious about their faith’ should consider buying guns. The unbelievably idiotic decree...

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Is this the most effective political ad of 2016?

US Senate candidate Jason Kander was consistently trailing incumbent Roy Blunt in the Missouri race until this month. Many attribute the shift to a simple and memorable ad in response to criticism of...

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Seattle authorities used "Red Flag" gun laws to disarm a Neo-Nazi

Kaleb J. Cole (aka "Khimaere") is the 24-year-old leader of the Washington State cell of the Atomwaffen Division, an international network of violent Neo-Nazis. Aside from generally spewing hateful...

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Most "black market" guns in America are purchased legally across state lines

States' rights are one of the greatest impediments to reducing gun violence in the United States. This was something I noticed when I chronicled the journey of getting my gun license in Boston. It's...

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Gun Violence Isn't a Problem — it's actually 5 Problems, with Different...

I’ve written extensively on gun violence, spoken on international TV and radio on the subject, and even pursued a gun license in the strictest city of one of the strictest states in the country....

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This "bulletproof" hoodie comes with a lifetime warranty

Lest you thought the "bulletproof" backpack trend wasn't heinous and exploitative enough, Wonder Hoodie is now selling a "bulletproof" hoodie. I use "scare-quotes" here because, like most "bulletproof"...

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A fascinating computer analysis of the linguistic context around the 2nd...

The Second Amendment is perhaps the most controversial part of the U.S. Bill of Rights. But that's not just because of our grander cultural debate around gun rights and gun violence — it's 'cause the...

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A Christian crowdfunding site has raised over $300,000 for the Kenosha...

A campaign on the Christian crowdfunding site GiveSendGo has raised $380,779 from 8987 people as of 9am EST on Thursday, in order to support the legal defense of Kyle Rittenhouse, the Antioch, Illinois...

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Gun stocks fall after news of coronavirus vaccine

On Monday, November 9, Pzifer announced that their trials of a coronavirus vaccine had been 90 percent effective. That's good news! But as Reuters reports, this news was a bummer for stockholders in...

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Smith & Wesson sued the state of New Jersey for having an "anti-Second...

From Courthouse News: In a federal lawsuit filed in New Jersey on Tuesday, Smith & Wesson claims New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal has tried everything in his power to stymie gun sales, and...

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America has an unprecedented shortage of bullets

Gun sales in the United States have surged over the last year, with the FBI seeing a 40 percent increase in background checks. It didn't help that Remington Arms also recently filed for bankruptcy,...

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Someone invented a "Safe Space Desk" for school shootings.

From Fox8 Mississippi: Serving 20 years in law enforcement, four of those years as a school and research officer in Hancock County, [Todd] Drummond grew to love protecting school children. He retired...

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A new investigation from the Trace shows that the ATF rarely enforces the law

A few years ago, an investigation from The New York Times revealed how the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives had a basically unrestricted checkbook, which was fragrantly abused by...

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How do the latest 3D-printed, mostly-plastic ghost guns fare on the shooting...

The ghost gun debate has been a boogeyman of firearm reform discussions since at least 2013, when Defense Distributed's now-infamous 3D-printed "Liberator" pistol first burst onto the scene. The brain...

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Guns have finally beat out cars as the leading killer of American kids

From a recent report in the New England Journal of Medicine: For more than 60 years, motor vehicle crashes were the leading cause of injury-related death among young people. Beginning in 2017,...

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New Hampshire State legislature votes on a bill to override all federal gun...

On Friday, May 6, 2022, the state legislature of New England's Texas, also known as New Hampshire, voted to pass the HB1178 bill, which makes it illegal for anyone to enforce any federal gun laws. No...

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Texans suddenly scared of guns when they're used to protect Drag Queens Story...

Fox News warned of "armed Antifa members showing up at 'kid-friendly' drag show — 'They want to intimidate.'" The Daily Mail called it "terrifying." The Washington Times chillingly reported that "Video...

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Iowa Police Chief arrested after selling black market military machine guns

Police departments in America have a lot of unnecessary military hardware, thanks to sweetheart deals between legislators and arms dealers that allow for layers of creative financial accounting as long...

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Mother of Parkland shooting victim writes a new children's book about her...

Patricia Oliver lost her son, 17-year-old Joaquin Oliver, in a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in 2018. Since then, Oliver has committed herself to the cause...

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Maryland Supreme Court makes it illegal to say which gun shot a bullet in...

The Baltimore Banner reports on a recent ruling from the Supreme Court of the state of Maryland, which states that it is no longer admissible in court for so-called expert witnesses to testify that a...

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