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The Numbers Relating To Interracial Violence
By John Lott Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Interracial Violent Crime. Blacks committed violent crime against whites 9.2 times more than the reverse. Blacks committed violent crime against Asians 88.9 times more than the reverse. The video here starts with a sucker punch where the white man is hit from behind. The woman is knocked […]
Featured Video: Another Attack On The Second Amendment That Needs Attention
By Neland Nobel Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes The following video by Matt Walsh commands your attention. A new attack on the Second Amendment seems to be unfolding, this time with the “cooperation” of a foreign corporation. Glock pistols are perhaps the most popular self-defense pistols on the market today. While we personally prefer other […]
My Special Connection to Charlie
By Bruce Bialosky Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Editors’ Note: The more we learn about Charlie Kirk, the more we realize the enormity of the loss. He was good at everything: Bible study and current events, organizational ability, talent-spotting, podcasting, speaking, debating, fatherhood, being a good husband, and fundraising. It is difficult to do any […]
The Terrible Smallness of Public Killers
By Rachel Lu Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes Editors’ Note: Although the author has written an accurate description of those committing political violence, there is little discussion of several major transformations in our society over the decades. America and the West have become increasingly secular with a breakdown in faith-based family life. Many of our […]
Crime And Civilian Use Of Firearms
By Neland Nobel Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes In the post-George Floyd era, the left has advanced numerous flawed theories about human nature. Evil deeds are committed because of racial oppression or economic injustice, not because some people are sinful and want to take other people’s stuff. The environment shapes the person, and humans are […]
New FBI Releases From Tennessee Christian School Shooter Call Out And Depict Demons
By Joy Pullmann Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Under President Biden, the FBI attempted to keep the transgender murderer’s writings under wraps. New pages are out. Newly released pages from a Nashville child murderer’s diary show the gender-confused Christian school shooter calling herself “the Devil’s apprentice,” writing in multiple personas, and taking the persona of […]
DOJ Officials Brainstorming Ways to Restrict Access to Firearms for Trans-Identifying People
By Family Research Council Officials inside the U.S. Department of Justice have convened several internal meetings about how to limit access to firearms for people who identify as transgender, according to multiple sources. But any policy formulated from these meetings would raise multiple concerns. The meetings, first reported by the Daily Wire, have now been confirmed by […]
Are We All School Shooters?
By Conlan Salgado
Stop the VA’s Assault on the Second Amendment — Support HR 1041
By Royal A. Brown III Fellow Veterans — did you know that the VA has stripped the rights to possess firearms from over 250,000 veterans by reporting them to the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS)? Because of this totally wrong VA determination process without any judicial hearing or due process and related […]
VIDEO: How to Turn Your Home Into a Fortress in 30 Minutes or Less
By Royal A. Brown III Transform your home into a fortress in just 30 minutes with powerful diy home security upgrades and prepper-approved defense strategies. This video is packed with high-impact survival tips for anyone prepping for shtf, civil unrest, or just wanting to boost affordable home security fast. Whether you’re a seasoned prepper or […]
The Prickly Pear Will Celebrate Flag Day in Prescott, Arizona on June 14, 2025
By John R. Ammon Written by John R. Ammon Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes On Saturday, June 14th, The Prickly Pear will take part in the Flag Day celebration at the Yavapai County Courthouse Plaza in the great American city of Prescott, Arizona. In addition to celebrating our beloved American Flag, the day is also […]
Gun Owners Can Be Arrested For Concealed Carrying After Crossing State Lines — But There’s A Solution
By The Daily Caller While Americans acquire training to apply for concealed carry permits, Second Amendment groups are pushing Congress to pass concealed carry reciprocity legislation so gun owners are not arrested after crossing state lines. The Daily Caller went to the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) gun range in Fairfax, Virginia, and attended Live Fire Instruction’s pistol […]
“Be Glad You Live in Arizona”: A Response to Firearm Rights, Self-Defense, and the Importance of Constitutional Legislators
By Michael Infanzon Written by Michael Infanzon In two separate incidents reported from Florida and Nevada, we are witnessing the fallout of government and corporate actions rooted not in Constitutional principle or common sense, but in fear-based policy and ideologically driven overreach. One case involves a Fort Myers Florida tenant who was reportedly given a […]
The Role of State Legislatures in Upholding the Second Amendment
By Michael Infanzon Written by Michael Infanzon In two separate incidents reported from Florida and Nevada, we are witnessing the fallout of government and corporate actions rooted not in Constitutional principle or common sense, but in fear-based policy and ideologically driven overreach. One case involves a Fort Myers Florida tenant who was reportedly given a […]
DERELICTION OF DUTY: Chief Justice John Roberts Admits It’s His Job to Rein in the Judicial Insurrection—and He’s Not Doing It
By The Daily Signal The deep state and its allies have launched a judicial insurrection against President Donald Trump, and Chief Justice John Roberts effectively just admitted he’s not doing his job to stop it. Roberts made a rare public statement back in March, criticizing Trump and other Republicans who have suggested impeaching judges to prevent them from […]
Data Cops Catching Data Gangsters
By Conlan Salgado Written by Conlan Salgado There is a particularly vicious cartel, growing in size and number in the United States: I call them the “data gangsters.” These criminally idiotic people are a subset of the larger, more notorious “Trend Ing Da Wrong Way” gang, who traffic large numbers of lies over international and […]
Republican Arizona Congressman Backs Bills On Silencers
By 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
By 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
By 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
By 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
By 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
By 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
By 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
By 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
By 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
By 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
By 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?
By 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
By 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
By 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 […]