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Republican Arizona Congressman Backs Bills On Silencers
/in Featured, Gun Rights, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Chris Woodward Written by Chris Woodward Editors ‘ Note: At the risk of seeming picky, we don’t like to use the terms “silencers” and “suppressors” interchangeably.” The reason is that the term “silencer” suggests that a firearm emits hardly any noise at all. This conjures up Hollywood movie scenes of assassinations and murders where […]
The Shot Heard Round the Web: Freedom Fighters Across Many Aprils
/in Featured, Gun Rights, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Catherine Salgado Written by Catherine Salgado From Lexington to Warsaw, from Dublin to Concord, freedom lovers throughout history chose the month of April to stand up to tyranny and make the choice for liberty or death. We could benefit from their dauntless spirit today. Passover began this past weekend and Easter this upcoming weekend, […]
The Prickly Pear Announces A Strategic Alliance with Patriot Mobile
/in Featured, Gun Rights, Liberty, Life Advocacy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Neland Nobel Written by Neland Nobel The Prickly Pear, an online news and opinion magazine, has entered into a strategic alliance with Patriot Mobile. We made this decision based on what would be a good deal for our readers, what provides the best cellular coverage for customers, and Patriot Mobile’s values. As to the […]
The Left’s Assault on the Second Amendment: A Threat to Our Freedoms
/in Gun Rights, National Security, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy The Editors April 14, 2025/by The Editors Published by The American Conservative | March 11, 2023 The left’s relentless attack on the Second Amendment continues, with progressive activists pushing for gun control measures that would strip law-abiding Americans of their constitutional rights. From banning so-called ‘assault weapons’ to imposing universal background checks, these radicals […]
The Other Side Of The Story
/in Featured, Gun Rights, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy David (Cowboy Dave) Segall Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes Prescott, Arizona, is a small town in Yavapai County. It is rich with the heritage of our Western ancestors and is known as “Everyone’s Hometown USA.” On this particular morning, of April 5, 2025, many Prescott residents were gathering around the courthouse, as is common […]
Florida’s Red Flag Law
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Gun Rights, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy Royal A. Brown III The below article is a good follow-up of presentation I made at Winter Haven 912 meeting on that portion of Florida Red Flag Law allowing unconstitutional Risk Protection Orders to seize firearms, ammo, permits from someone accused of being a threat to themselves or others, e.g. based on something that […]
The Shot Heard Around the Web: Liberty or Death
/in Featured, Gun Rights, Liberty, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Catherine Salgado Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes “Liberty or death!” Patrick Henry thundered out that stark alternative to his fellow Patriots at the Second Virginia Convention 250 years ago on March 23, 1775. His words echoed across the colonies, which rose up and demanded independence. And his challenge has rung out in our nation […]
While Dems Flounder, GOP Speeds toward More Wins
/in Budget and Finance, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, Gun Rights, Politics, Regulation, Religion, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council Just how bad are things for the Democratic Party? Apart from the quiet mutiny against Senate leadership, the party of Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is staring down its worst approval ratings in the history of NBC polling. Only a quarter of voters (27%) have positive views of the party, […]
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ State of the State Address for 2025
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Gun Rights, Politics, Religion /by DrRichSwier.comBy Royal A. Brown III Florida Governor Ron DeSantis gave the State of the State address on March 4th, 2025. The following excerpts are of great interest to those of us who support the 2nd Amendment, including Constitutional Carry and rescinding Risk Protection Orders, part of Florida’s Red Flag Law. Governor DeSantis is spot on […]
The Democratic Fork in the Road and the Woke Repudiation Imperative
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Energy, Environment, Featured, Gun Rights, Healthcare, National Security, Politics, Religion, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Signal Yogi Berra, the mid-century New York Yankees Hall of Fame catcher known for his pithy and often humorous life observations, once famously quipped: “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” It was sound advice, perhaps, for a traveler on the go and in search of a quick […]
‘Remember the Alamo’: The Freedom Fighters Who Inspired Millions
/in Education, Featured, Gun Rights, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Catherine Salgado Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Today, March 6, marks the anniversary of one of the most famous fights in American history, the 1836 Battle of the Alamo. While the Mexican troops under brutal and dictatorial Gen. Santa Anna seized the Alamo and massacred its American and Mexican defenders, the legacy of the […]
Teenage boy confronted by two armed home invaders and guess what happened?
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Gun Rights, National Security, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy Leo Hohmann Things did not turn out well for the two middle-aged men who thought they’d rob a soft-target household while the child’s parents were not home. A 14-year-old Kentucky boy protected his home from two armed intruders during a brazen pre-dawn home invasion that occurred around 4:24 a.m. on Feb. 15 in the […]
IDF Reveals 10-Month-Old Baby, 4-Year-Old Brother Beaten To Death By Hamas Terrorists
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, Gun Rights, Immigration, National Security, Politics, Regulation, Religion, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Daniel Hagari, the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) spokesperson, announced that the dead children returned Thursday to Israel from Gaza were beaten to death by terrorists. “We can confirm that baby Kfir Bibas, aged just 10 months old, and his older brother Ariel, aged four, were both brutally murdered by terrorists while […]
The First Indian-Origin FBI Director and a New Chapter in U.S. Law Enforcement
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Gun Rights, Immigration, National Security, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy Amil Imani Kashyap “Kash” Patel has made history as the first Indian-origin Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), a role he achieved after a contentious and politically charged confirmation process. On February 20, 2025, Patel secured his position as the head of the FBI with a narrow Senate vote of 51-49. This […]
President Eisenhower and President Trump Both Strategic High IQ Thinkers
/in Commentary, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Gun Rights, Immigration, National Security, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy Geoff Ross USN retired Surface Warfare/Air Warfare The massive corruption, fraud, waste and abuse of our tax money, illegally confiscated from our paychecks and retirement accounts then laundered through the U.S. Treasury to fund unconstitutional expenditures is finally getting exposed by President Trump and his superior high IQ DOGE team led indirectly by Mr. […]
Trump Moves On Ukraine, Euros Panic
/in Commentary, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Gun Rights, Immigration, National Security, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Kenneth R. Timmerman Isn’t this a great time to be alive in America! We finally have a president who cares for this country, who puts our interests first, and who is willing to tell the truth as he sees it, not as our “allies” or adversaries want to hear it. This week, of course, […]
DEI Wall Crumbling in U.S. Military
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Gun Rights, National Security, Regulation, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Royal A. Brown III The Center for Military Readiness does great work. Our military should never have been subjected to Marxist CRT/DEI pushed by Obama3/Biden and their clones DOD Secy Lloyd Austin and the equally bad JCS who supported him. DOD has put into place a total opposite of a merit based system at […]
What is RFK Jr’s real job as Secretary of Health and Human Services?
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, Government Transparency, Gun Rights, Healthcare, Immigration, National Security, Politics, Religion /by DrRichSwier.comBy MercatorNet – A Compass for Common Sense Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s confirmation as the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the US is the ultimate repudiation of the Covid policy response. The scheme of lockdown-until-vaccination was the biggest effort of government and industry on a global scale on historical record. It was all […]
‘Trump Administration Is Serious’: America’s Southern Border Hasn’t Been This Quiet Since The 1960s
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Gun Rights, Immigration, National Security, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller As the Trump administration continues to overhaul the country’s immigration enforcement apparatus, encounters along the southern border are bottoming out to levels not experienced in decades, federal data shows. Border czar Tom Homan, who is spearheading the White House’s ambitious deportation operation, revealed Monday that there were merely 229 Border Patrol encounters along […]
It’s on! Kash Patel CONFIRMED for FBI Director
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Gun Rights, National Security /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report Let’s go! The hammer of justice is coming. Crooked, criminal Democrats are terrified. ABOUT FBI DIRECTR KASH PATEL Mr. Patel served as the former Chief of Staff to Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller and is responsible for leading the Secretary’s mission at the Department, including his executive staff and providing […]
Cry Baby Cry… Nobody is Listening
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Gun Rights, Immigration, National Security, Politics, Regulation, Religion, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Leo Hohmann The crybaby U.S. Catholic Bishops sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over its decision to end funding of refugee resettlement, calling the action unlawful and harmful to newly arrived refugees and to the nation’s largest private resettlement program. In reality, they could care less about the refugees. What they really are concerned about […]
Stacey Abrams Stole $2 BILLION From Taxpayers
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Featured, Gun Rights, Immigration, National Security, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report These depraved criminals were so sure, so confident that they would never be caught, the magnitude of their colossal crimes would be comical if it were fiction. But it’s real and it’s monstrous. And the bigger their crimes, the higher they ascended in the Democrat party rackets. All made possible by […]
God is Great, America is Good and Democrats are Crazy
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, Gun Rights, Immigration, National Security, Politics, Regulation, Science, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Dr. Richard M. Swier, LTC U.S. Army (Ret.) We were inspired to write this column after listening to the 2008 song by Billy Currington titled “People Are Crazy.” Hope you enjoy our column. Please feel free to leave comments if you wish. God is Great America was founded as a Judeo-Christian nation. The […]
Some Suggestions for DOGE
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Featured, Gun Rights, Healthcare, Immigration, National Security, Politics, Regulation, Science, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy John Droz, Jr. Powerful, Practical, Plausible Recommendations for DOGE Arguably, for the first time in modern US history, the federal government is: 1) open to making radical changes in government agencies, 2) has the right political perspective, and 3) is receptive to citizen inputs. Yes, there are always reasons to be skeptical — but the upside is so great that we […]
Trump Pulls Welfare Rug Out From Under Illegals
/in Budget and Finance, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Gun Rights, Healthcare, National Security, Regulation, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Leo Hohmann Those who enabled taxpayer dollars to flow to illegal aliens at a time when everyday Americans are struggling to put food on their tables should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. President Trump last night signed what may be his most explosive executive order yet, and once enacted it […]
America Is Seriously Unimpressed By Congressional Democrats, Poll Finds
/in Budget and Finance, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, Gun Rights, Immigration, National Security, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Americans’ approval of Democrats in Congress just plummeted to an all-time low while approval of congressional Republicans soared to an all-time high, according to a new poll. Only 21% of voters approve of the way that congressional Democrats are handling their job, which is a record low, according to a Quinnipiac University poll […]
Governor DeSantis and Florida Legislature Mend Fences; Enact Strong Immigration Enforcement Legislation
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Gun Rights, Immigration, National Security, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Federation for American Immigration Reform On February 13, Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law two immigration bills, SB 2C and SB 4C, that will help President Donald Trump enforce our immigration laws. Governor DeSantis says the immigration package places the state “ahead of the curve on ending the illegal immigration crisis.” The enactment of this package comes after a month-long […]
The 8 Cartels and Gangs that Trump Is Naming Terrorist Organizations
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, Gun Rights, Immigration, National Security, Regulation, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council In its effort to end the nation’s illegal immigrant crisis and protect Americans, the Trump administration is preparing to designate South and Central American cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. The U.S. State Department is planning to classify six Mexico-based criminal cartels and two international gangs as foreign terrorist organizations on February 19, according […]
As Musk Bulldozes Waste, Johnson Warns ‘Deep State Is in Full Panic Mode’
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Gun Rights, Immigration, National Security, Politics, Regulation, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council Elon Musk can’t steal a job no one’s doing. But Democrats disagree, angrily griping that the tech mogul’s new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is somehow a hostile takeover, a “shadow government” blowtorching the Constitution. That’s absurd, the billionaire has fired back. “The people voted for major government reform, and that’s […]
The Gulf of America Floods America’s Gulf
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, Gun Rights, Immigration, National Security, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council The conqueror always draws the map. And when President Donald Trump issued among his first executive orders a directive to rename what was formerly known as the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, it was more than simply a naming preference. It was a signal to the world that he was […]