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Why I Need an AR-15
/in Culture Wars, Gun Rights, Liberty, Politics /by Daniel GelernterA man disarmed by his government is not a citizen—he’s a subject. I don’t need an AR-15 for hunting: It’s not even legal to take a deer with one in my state—the caliber is too small. I also don’t need an AR-15 for self-defense, though I’d want to have one if someone broke into my […]
ATF Nominee Amplifies Concerns About Stance on Second Amendment
/in Culture Wars, Gun Rights, Liberty, Politics /by Amy SwearerWhen President Joe Biden released his plan in February to tackle gun violence, he also announced the nomination of David Chipman to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, or ATF. Chipman’s nomination as ATF director raised immediate concerns from Second Amendment advocates, many of whom see it as a slap in the […]
SCOTUS: Police Cannot Seize Guns Without A Warrant
/in Courts & Law, Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Gun Rights, News, Politics /by Pamela GellerThe Supreme Court rejected the notion that police could take someone’s guns without due process. Bing. Bang, Boom. SCOTUS: Police Cannot Seize Guns Without A Warrant By John Crumb, may 17, 2021; WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(Ammoland.com)- In a case argued in front of the Supreme Court, that could affect Red Flag laws across the country, SCOTUS ruled unanimously […]
‘No Evidence’ That Gun Buyback Programs Reduce Gun Violence, New Economic Study Finds
/in Culture Wars, Gun Rights, Liberty, Politics /by Jon MiltimoreThe latest research dovetails with previous studies that found gun buyback programs were ineffective but popular with the public Shortly before Christmas in 2018, a woman named Darlene voluntarily turned in a 9mm pistol to the Baltimore Police Department. It was just one of about 500 firearms the department collected that day as part of […]
Why Indiana’s ‘Red Flag’ Law Failed to Stop the FedEx Shooting
/1 Comment/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Gun Rights, News, Politics, Regulation /by Foundation for Economic Education (FEE)The failure of Indiana’s gun law to prevent the FedEx shooting reveals the inherent problems with red flag laws. Last week 19-year-old Brandon Hole did the unthinkable. He stormed into an Indianapolis FedEx facility with a Ruger AR-556 semi-automatic rifle and killed eight people. He then took his own life. CNN recently pointed out that Indiana is one of […]
Are Biden’s Guns ‘Smart’ or Under Control?
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Gun Rights, Politics /by Richard DouglasWhether you’re familiar with the administration’s plans or not, Joe Biden is one of the politicians pushing for smart guns. If you’re wondering what that means, why it rings a bell, or why we don’t have them already, you’ve come to the right place. What Are Smart Guns? While they sound futuristic and the technology […]
It Takes a Village
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Gun Rights, Politics /by Richard DouglasMaybe you own a few firearms or maybe you’re content with one, but no matter how good you are with that red dot sight on your 5.56 rifle you’re only human. There’s a reason Wyatt Earp wasn’t alone at the OK Corral, so why not consider arming your neighbors? The Best Defense… If you’ve seen […]
4 Reasons Gun Control Can’t Solve America’s Violence Problem
/in Courts & Law, Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Gun Rights, Politics /by Foundation for Economic Education (FEE)These 4 underlying sociological problems, not guns, are the key drivers of American violence. The gun-control paradigm—the idea that the solution to American violence is more laws restricting guns—is unhelpful. Gun control doesn’t work. Indeed, any statistical connection between gun policy and violence is tenuous. But even if gun control was effective, it would still be flawed. […]
Everytown For Gun Safety Claims to Speak For America, But We Can Fight Back
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Gun Rights, Politics, Waste, Fraud and Abuse /by 2ndvote .comIn the wake of two mass shootings within a week, leftist nonprofit Everytown For Gun Safety aims to spend at least $1 million in ads to “[pressure] Republican senators to support measures that would strengthen and expand background checks for gun buyers”. Their funds come mainly from Mike Bloomberg, longtime proponent of gun control and one of Everytown’s […]
Biden Administration Argues for Warrantless Home Entry and Gun Seizures Before the Supreme Court a Year After Breonna Taylor’s Death
/in Courts & Law, Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Gun Rights, News, Politics /by Foundation for Economic Education (FEE)A cursory overlook of the justice system’s operations reveals that the expansion of police powers almost always impacts marginalized communities more harshly – communities the Democrats claim to stand for. In a case argued before the US Supreme Court on Wednesday, the Biden Administration, along with attorneys general from nine states, submitted arguments asking the justices to […]
READ: The Gun Background Check Form Where Hunter Biden Claimed He Wasn’t Using Drugs
/in Culture Wars, Gun Rights, News, Politics /by Kylee ZempelHunter Biden might have lied on the federal forms he filled out to buy the gun at the center of a bizarre new story, forms The Federalist has now obtained. Hunter Biden was the subject of a strange missing firearm case in 2018 after Hallie Biden, the wife of his late brother and subsequently, Hunter’s […]
Netflix Declares War on Jesus [and Gun Owners]
/in DrRichSwier.com, Gun Rights, Politics, Religion /by Robert SpencerNot content with glorifying pedophilia in Cuties, Netflix in season three of the animated Paradise P.D. features an episode that, according to NewsBusters, is not only devoted to “attacking gun rights,” but was also “blasphemous against Christianity, featuring a video of a gun-wielding Jesus that turns into a porno.” Great, Netflix! Edgy! Courageous! Cutting edge! Stunning and brave! Now, […]
COLORADO MASSACRE: Syrian Immigrant Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa didn’t do it. The Ruger did it!
/in Courts & Law, Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Gun Rights, Immigration, News /by Ann CorcoranIt looks like in less than his first one hundred days, Biden has an Islamic terrorist attack on his hands, but you will likely never hear those words uttered. Just a nut with a gun, move along, nothing to see. Of course, a week ago the nut with a gun was a white guy perpetrating […]
Guns Prevent Thousands of Crimes Every Day, Research Shows
/in Courts & Law, Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Gun Rights, Politics, Science /by Foundation for Economic Education (FEE)How many lives are actually saved by gun ownership? It never fails. A split-second after a mass shooting occurs, grandstanders and ideologues issue statements demanding new gun controls—even if the laws already on the books failed or the laws they want would have made no difference. Case in point: the tragic incidents in Dayton, Ohio, and […]
House Passes Democrat Bill Criminalizing Private Gun Sales
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Gun Rights, News, Politics /by Pamela GellerLike the Nazis, the Democrats wish to disarm the citizenry. Gun control has never been about guns. It’s about control. “Every episode of genocide in the past century has been preceded by assiduous efforts to disarm the victims first. Turkish Armenia, The Holocaust, The USSR, Soviet Occupied Poland…” “….totalitarian governments are the most likely to […]
‘From My Cold Dead Hands’
/in Courts & Law, Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Gun Rights, Politics /by Pamela Geller“This is happening while Biden and his henchmen are smearing their legitimate political opponents – supporters of President Trump – as ‘extremists’ and ‘terrorists,’” she emphasizes. “He is trying to use the fantasy of violent opposition to his regime in order to justify the trashing of the Second Amendment.” ‘From My Cold Dead Hands’: US […]
Dick’s Sporting Goods’ New CEO Needs To Protect 2nd Amendment Rights
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Gun Rights, Politics /by 2ndvote .comDick’s Sporting Goods CEO Edward Stack is stepping down from his 37-year stint as CEO of the family-run company this February. He’s being replaced by Lauren Hobart, formerly President of the company, but now promoted to President and CEO. Some have noted that Hobart is the first person outside of the Stack family to hold […]
VIDEO: The Myth That the U.S. Leads the World in Mass Shootings
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Gun Rights, Politics, Waste, Fraud and Abuse /by Foundation for Economic Education (FEE)To understand the misleading narrative, we must look to the era of narrative-driven journalism and the politicization of society, both of which subjugate truth to ideology and politics. If you asked me this morning which nation has the most mass shootings in the world, I would have said, with perhaps a flicker of hesitation, the […]
DEFEND FLORIDA ACTION ALERT: Please Take Action on Two Key Gun Bills
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Gun Rights, News, Politics, Regulation /by Defend FloridaACTION ALERT 1 Florida State Legislation House Bill (HB)133 – Surrendered Newborn Infants aka “Baby Box Bill”. (Related bill is SB122) This bill extends the safely dropping off of unwanted babies from 7 days to 30 days. It is being heard in the Children, Families, & Seniors Subcommittee tomorrow, Feb. 16, 2021, in Tallahassee at […]
VIDEO: Beijing ☭ Biden Comes For Your Guns
/in Courts & Law, Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Gun Rights, Politics, Regulation /by Pamela GellerParkland parent calls Biden’s gun control agenda far from ‘common sense’ On the 3rd anniversary of Parkland shooting, Biden pushes Congress to enact gun control measures. Shredding our Constitutional rights, the First and now Second Amendments, in the continuing destruction of the American greatness. Joe Biden Marks 3rd Anniversary of Parkland Shooting with Gun Control […]
WATCH: The Dangers of H.R. 127 — Then Take Action!
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Gun Rights, Politics, Regulation, Waste, Fraud and Abuse /by Dr. Rich SwierUPDATE: TODAY: President Biden issued statement calling on Congress to: 🚨Ban commonly owned firearms (AR-15s) and 10+ round mags🚨Criminalize private firearm transfers🚨Run firearm manufacturers & dealers out of business. NRA will NEVER stop fighting for the 2nd Amendment! — NRA (@NRA) February 14, 2021 Dudley Brown, President of the National Association for Gun Rights posted […]
The Decline and Fall of the National Rifle Association
/in Gun Rights, Liberty, Politics /by Charles M. StraussYou could make a plausible argument that the National Rifle Association (NRA) was responsible for Donald Trump winning the election in 2016. They spent over $50 million on the 2016 election, of which over $31 million was for Trump, with the most important part being ads in swing states in the final weeks before election […]
Stop School Shootings Like We Stopped School Fires – From The Inside
/in Culture Wars, Education, Gun Rights, Life Advocacy, News /by Karl JenkinsSaturday, Dec. 1, 2020, marked the 62th anniversary of the 2nd worst school fire in US history – the Our Lady of the Angels Catholic School fire in Chicago killing 92 children and three nuns. The worst school fire was in Collinwood, Ohio on March 4, 1908, killing 172 students, two teachers, and one […]
Best Components of a Scope that Makes a Good Scope at a Cheap Price
/in Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Gun Rights /by David RoyHere is the guide to find the best components of a scope that makes a good scope at a cheap price with quality perfection. Components of a scope that makes a good scope at a cheap price When you start hunting and shooting the first question that flashes through your mind is what can be […]
DEFEND FLORIDA ALERTS: Biden Overreach and Concealed Carry in the Sunshine State
/1 Comment/in Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Gun Rights, Politics /by Defend FloridaCaroline Wetherington – DefendFlorida! Florida Alert #1 – The Florida Senate Judiciary Committee Added Concealed Carry to the Committee Agenda. Concealed Carry Bill is Being Publicly Heard on Feb. 1, 2021. That means you can voice your approval at the hearing! The Chair of the Judiciary Committee has added Senate Bill 498 (Concealed Carry at Religious […]
PODCAST: Don’t Let Anti-Gun Activists Weaponize the Capitol Hill Riot!
/in Courts & Law, Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Gun Rights, Politics /by Conservative Commandos Radio ShowGUESTS AND TOPICS: JOHN R. LOTT, JR. John R. Lott, Jr. is the president of the Crime Prevention Research Center and the author most recently of Gun Control Myths. Up until this week, Lott was the senior advisor for research and statistics at the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Policy. TOPIC: Don’t Let […]
Fleeing Political Persecution, NRA Files for Bankruptcy, Moving From New York To Texas
/2 Comments/in Courts & Law, Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Gun Rights, Politics, Waste, Fraud and Abuse /by Pamela GellerNew York is run by the Democrat criminal syndicate. The Attorney General is pursues political prosecutions while allowing violent criminals to prowl the streets. NRA files for bankruptcy, moving from New York to Texas Gun rights group blamed state’s ‘toxic political environment’ for move By: Graeme Massie, The Independent, January 17, 2020: The National Rifle Association has […]
Biden Says He Will Defeat Our Constitutional Right to Bear Arms While in Office
/in Courts & Law, Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Gun Rights, News, Politics /by Pamela GellerFirst our first amendment rights – free speech – have been crushed. Now, the second amendment is in the crosshairs. But rest assured, Beijing Biden and his cadre of D-bag leadership will be well-protected by armed guards. Biden Says He Will ‘Defeat the NRA’ While in Office By Zachary Stieber, The Epcoh Times, January 10, 2021: President-elect […]
PODCAST: Biden Tweet was Attack on all Gun Owners!
/in Courts & Law, Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Gun Rights, News, Politics /by Conservative Commandos Radio ShowGUESTS AND TOPICS: DR. HUGH MCTAVISH Dr. Hugh McTavish is the founder and Executive Director of COVID Sanity. He is a Ph.D. biochemist and immunologist and also a patent attorney. He has authored 18 refereed scientific journal articles and is the inventor on 21 U.S. patents. He has started two pharmaceutical companies off of his […]
PODCAST: D.C. Swamp Ready To Pass Gun Control!
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Gun Rights, Politics, Regulation /by Dr. Rich SwierGUESTS AND TOPICS: DUDLEY BROWN Dudley Brown President NATIONAL ASSP. FOR GUN RIGHTS, has nearly three decades of professional experience in political activism with 25 years as a gun lobbyist, firearms instructor, and expert in American firearms laws and legislation. He founded Rocky Mountain Gun Owners in 1996, which is one of the most successful […]