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Tensions High As Armed Protesters Return to the Michigan Capitol

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On Thursday, hundreds of "Liberate Michigan" protesters showed up in Lansing at the State Capitol to show their continued displeasure with Governor Gretchen "Half" Whitmer's tyrannical edicts. Some of the protestors brought their long...
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Federal Lawsuit Filed Challenging Jackson, Mississippi Mayor’s Ban On Open Carry

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Last week, Jackson, Mississippi Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba announced that he had signed an order banning the open carry of firearms in the city, despite the fact that such an action violates multiple state...
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Muse: White Armed Protestors Are Less Intimidating Than Black Armed Protestors

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History has a funny way of coming back around. Both the Black Panthers and these protestors were exercising their First Amendment right to peaceably assemble. Both were exercising their Second Amendment right to...

Anti-Lockdown Protests Grow With Some Protestors Showing Up Well-Armed

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The lockdown orders used to be about controlling the Coronavirus. In many places across America, it feels like the lockdown is now used to control the Deplorables. And Americans have taken to the streets...
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11-Year-Old Girl Brings Her AR-15 to Idaho Statehouse for a Hearing, Internet Melts Down

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The great 2020 Virginia Gun Rights Rally last month has shown that pushing back twice as hard against gun control gets results. America's gun owners turned out in Virginia and they brought their guns...
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Virginia Protests Highlight the Debate Over the PR Value of Open Carry

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On Monday, the House of Delegates advanced the assault-style ban to its final reading, with Democratic lawmakers contending that it will not infringe on anybody’s Second Amendment rights. Republicans argue otherwise, saying it would...
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VCDL: Please Don’t Bring Long Guns To Jan. 20 Lobby Day

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With radical Virginia Democrats pledging all manner of gun control following November's election, the Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL) has planned a lobby day for January 20, 2020 in Richmond. In their press release,...

New Virginia Bill Would Criminalize Second Amendment-Related Speech

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Virginia State Senator L. Louise Lucas prefiled Senate Bill 64 titled A BILL to amend and reenact § 18.2-433.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to paramilitary activities; penalty. The relevant portion: A person shall be...
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Walmart Generally Not Enforcing Their New Open Carry Ban

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Anti-gun activists and the media (BIRM) rejoiced at Walmart's announcement last week "requesting" that customers not open carry in their store.  Now, the New York Times has a piece detailing how, in Texas at...

Slate: Springfield Open Carrier is ‘America’s Best Gun Control Activist’

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Recently, Walmart changed its corporate policy to effectively forbidding the open carry of firearms in their stores. Following Walmart's lead, a number of other large retail chains did the same. Why the change? In part,...
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Springfield, Missouri Walmart Open Carrier Explains Why He Did It

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"It was foolish. I didn't give it thought." Those words rolled off the tongue of 20-year-old Dmitriy Andreychenko, the guy who donned a tactical vest and carried a braced AR pistol into a Springfield,...

Walgreens, CVS, Others Also ‘Ask’ Customers Not to Open Carry – Are Open Carriers...

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In a single-sentence statement Thursday, pharmacy giant Walgreens joined Walmart, Kroger, CVS and others in asking customers not to open carry in their stores. Walgreens Statement Regarding Open Carry in Our Stores 05 September 2019 We are...