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In Colorado, They're Cracking the Code on Gun Control: It Doesn't Work :: 04/05/2021

-(AmmoLand.com)- Writing over the weekend in the Denver Post, George H. Brauchler—former district attorney for the Centennial State’s 18th Judicial District—wrote something that might be considered blasphemy among anti-gun politicians and gun prohibition lobbying groups.

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Iowa the 19th State to Push Back Against Biden Gun Control :: 04/05/2021

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed into law on Good Friday the latest manifestation of the pushback against federal tyranny taking place across the land. The instant issue is “constitutional carry” — the freedom to enjoy a right without first being required to obtain governmental permission to do so — but the larger issue is this: People belonging to the Country Class are getting sick and tired of the Ruling Class and its condescension and its imposition of its tyrannical agenda.

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Analysis: Biden White House tries to craft gun executive orders that can't be undone :: 04/04/2021

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is trying to craft a series of executive actions for President Joe Biden to sign to try to limit gun violence, hoping they cannot be quickly dismantled in court, according to aides and gun safety groups.

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Big Cities Defunding The Police Not Working Out So Well :: 04/04/2021

It should come as no surprise to any reader that the United States is a complete powder keg that’s been smoldering for quite awhile. 2020 was a dumpster fire and the way 2021 is shaping up, we might be dealing with more of the same. The only difference is, after over a full year of political unrest and COVID related lock downs, some might bring their marshmallows to the party and make the best of staring at the flaming refuse.

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Delaware Senate Approves Gun Magazine Confiscation Bill :: 04/04/2021

Democrats in charge of the Delaware State Senate have signed off on a bill that would compel gun owners to turn their “high capacity” magazines to law enforcement in exchange for a cash stipend or else face criminal prosecution, less than a week after the bill was first introduced in the state legislature.

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Op-Ed: All Gun Laws Are Unconstitutional :: 04/04/2021

We all do it. We’ll share a pro-gun piece from a news source that’s normally anti-gun and get a good laugh out of how, say, the New York Times is making a pro-gun case.

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According to the Founders, all federal gun restrictions are unconstitutional :: 04/03/2021

Following the recent tragic shooting at a grocery store in Boulder, Colo., President Biden joined a chorus of congressional Democrats demanding strict gun-control legislation, including a ban on guns commonly referred to as “assault weapons. 

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Americans Buying Guns in Record Numbers :: 04/03/2021

Americans bought about 2.2 million guns last month, the second-largest March figure on record, according to consultancy Small Arms Analytics and Forecasting. After hitting the annual record of almost 23 million units in 2020, gun sales in America have continued to sustain momentum.

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Democrats Push To Add AR-Style Pistols To NFA List :: 04/03/2021

The AR-15 is the most popular rifle in the country, but it’s still classified as a rifle by the federal government. Which is fine, because, you know…it’s a rifle.

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Why Other Countries Can't Tell Us Much About Gun Control :: 04/03/2021

One of the go-to arguments for gun control activists is to point to other countries that have very restrictive gun laws as examples for the U.S. to follow. “Just look at Australia, or England, or Japan,” they exclaim, without ever really bothering to dig in too deeply into the history of gun controls in these countries.

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Ilhan Omar tries to make car and knife attack at the U.S. Capitol about AR-15s :: 04/02/2021

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) somehow tried to make the latest attack at the U.S. Capitol about AR-15s and she received a lot of ridicule and mockery from social media in exchange.

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Iowa Governor Signs Constitutional Carry Bill :: 04/02/2021

And then there were three.

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109 Members of Congress Want AR Pistols Regulated Under the NFA Like Machine Guns :: 04/01/2021

The House Civilian Disarmament Caucus Gun Violence Prevention Task Force has written a letter to the desiccated husk that sometimes sits at the Resolute desk, asking him to do to AR platform pistols what President Trump did to bump stocks.

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Amid Gun Control Push, March NICS Numbers Surge To All Time High :: 04/01/2021

Nothing drives gun sales like the prospect of new gun control laws, and the push by Democrats in Washington, D.C. to impose new restrictions on gun owners has resulted yet another surge in gun sales. The FBI released data on the March NICS figures earlier today, and according to the agency there were 4,691,738 background checks conducted last month, which is an all-time record for the NICS system.

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Poll: 59 Percent of Republicans Against Stricter Gun Control Laws :: 04/01/2021

A Morning Consult poll released Wednesday shows 59 percent of Republicans are against stricter gun control laws, which is 13 percent more than in 2019.

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Criminal Justice Fail Put Suspected Killer Back On The Street :: 03/31/2021

A 17-year old from California’s Bay area is facing murder charges in the shooting of another teen in Richmond, California earlier this month, but he never should have been on the streets to begin with. According to the Times Herald newspaper, Carl Townsend was released from the Alameda County jail back on March 18th after serving a brief time behind bars for a probation violation, but when Alameda County officials sent Townsend on his way, they neglected to check to see if there were any outstanding warrants for his arrest.

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Gun Control Activists Turning To States To Advance Their Agenda :: 03/31/2021

The high hopes for quick action that gun control activists had when Joe Biden was inaugurated back in January have turned to frustration and anger over the slow movement by the White House and the fact that, at the moment, there aren’t even 50 votes in the Senate for the first gun control bills to clear the House of Representatives in Congress. That doesn’t mean that the anti-gun groups are giving up, however.

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Chuck Schumer Pronounces Lawful, Regulated, Licensed Firearms Dealers are 'Evil' :: 03/30/2021

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has one word for lawful, regulated and licensed firearm retailers.

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FOIA Request Shows FBI Adding Non-Prohibited Buyers to NICS Preventing Gun Purchases :: 03/30/2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(Ammoland.com)- A Freedom of Information Act document request (FOIA) obtained by Gun Owners of America (GOA) shows that people who haven’t committed a crime that would not make them a prohibited person could still be put on the prohibited list.

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Philly Gun Arrests Rise, But Convictions Are Declining :: 03/30/2021

Police in Philadelphia are on pace to arrest more than 3,000 people for carrying a gun without a license this year, but that doesn’t mean that thousands of individuals are going to end up in jail as a result. In fact, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer, while arrests are going up, prosecutions and convictions for illegally carrying a gun are going down, and the paper pins the blame on Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner.

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