Tag: 2nd Amendment

Defending the Constitution: The 2nd Amendment Is Not Outdated

May 4, 2021
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Commentary This is the seventh installment in a series defending the Constitution against slanders from “progressive” critics. A lawyer in Boulder, Colorado, has been buying billboard space attacking the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. One billboard reads: IMAGINE HIGHWAYS USING TRAFFIC LAWS WRITTEN IN 1791. IMAGINE RADIO, TELEVISION, AND INTERNET RUN BY…

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Video: Why Gun Control Doesn’t Reduce Crime—John Lott Breaks Down the Data

April 17, 2021
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Recent mass shootings have brought guns back to the center of national debate, and President Joe Biden has announced new executive orders on gun control. At the center of the discussion is a question: do gun control measures prevent crime or do they actually do the opposite? To understand what the data says, I decided…

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The Virtue of Gun Ownership and the Decline of Manliness

March 26, 2021
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Commentary The latest horrific mass shooting in America, this time roughly 30 miles from my Denver home, happened on Monday. Ten died, and the suspect—a Trump-hating Syrian immigrant, hardly the MAGA hat-clad white man that the media so clearly desired—has been charged with 10 counts of first-degree murder. The Boulder, Colorado, shooting has, predictably, reopened…

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TV Shows Push Gun Control Myths—in Sync With Biden

February 18, 2021
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Commentary Last week, the Biden administration promised gun control groups that it will soon roll out a massive push for limits on firearm purchases and other measures. President Biden reiterated that promise on Sunday. And the television networks aren’t waiting to lay the groundwork for this effort. CBS is in a full-court press for gun control on…

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Opinion: TV Shows Push Gun Control Myths—in Sync With Biden

February 18, 2021
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Commentary Last week, the Biden administration promised gun control groups that it will soon roll out a massive push for limits on firearm purchases and other measures. President Biden reiterated that promise on Sunday. And the television networks aren’t waiting to lay the groundwork for this effort. CBS is in a full-court press for gun control on…

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