THE NATION: There’s No Second Amendment on the South Side of Chicago

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I have been close to gun violence my entire life. Growing up on the South Side of Chicago, I’ve seen my classmates carry firearms to keep themselves and their families safe from harm. And...
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Firearm Industry Advertising Hasn’t Caused Americans to Buy Guns in Record Numbers, THIS Has

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A new study on 2021 homicide trends released by the Council on Criminal Justice found an additional 5 percent rise in homicides (on the heels of a 30 percent increase in 2020) in 22 major American...
Hamilton County Sheriff Charmaine McGuffey

Ohio Sheriff Vows to Blame Governor DeWine for ‘Gun Violence’ If He Signs Constitutional...

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A group of gun control advocates is urging Republican Gov. Mike DeWine to veto Sub Senate Bill 215, legislation that would allow Ohioans to carry concealed weapons without a permit or training requirements. Hamilton County Sheriff...
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With Russians Marching Through His Country, A Ukrainian Writer Regrets His Lack of Firearms...

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I have never written political essays. I generally find texts like these too temporal, too full of hot air and pathos. Not enough nuance. But right now I want to anchor this moment in...
San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo

‘The Trace’ (Yes, ‘The Trace’) Reveals the Lie Behind San Jose’s New Gun Owner...

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Liccardo, the mayor, has said that safe gun behavior will determine insurance rates and lead to discounts. He told Slate last month: “When you notify the insurance company, the insurance company can start to ask questions...
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CNN Panics as Almost Half the States Have Passed Constitutional Carry Laws

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John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety, said in a statement to CNN that permitless carry laws "make gun violence worse, which is why law enforcement leaders have opposed them time and again."...
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Ukraine’s Armed Civilians Make a Liar Out of Joe Biden Every Day

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  https://youtu.be/qPrfcugXAxs   In the United States, critics of the Second Amendment have claimed that in modern warfare, small-time weapons are useless as a check on the power of standing armies. "Well, the tree of liberty has not been watered with the...
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Charles: Blacks Should Reject Guns Because the 2A Hasn’t Guaranteed Their Freedom Or Safety

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Despite the ways that gun violence disproportionately affects communities that bear the scars of structural inequality, gun rights activists would have you believe that gun control of any kind represents the “real racism.”  To accept that the...
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Constitutional Carry Bills Headed to Governors in Alabama, Ohio While Florida…Waits

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  A concealed weapons permit would become optional and the requirement that individuals “promptly” notify police officers that they are carrying a concealed weapon would be eliminated under legislation approved along partisan lines by Ohio's...
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Iftin: Our Goal Should Be Global Gun Control To Disarm Tyrants Like Putin

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Think about the lasting effects gun violence can have on Americans. That brief moment when someone opens fire at a school, a restaurant or in the mall, and people die while others are traumatized...

Gun Control: Rich White Liberals Sniffing at Normals Wanting to Defend Their Own Lives

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Let's talk about gun congrol. Banning or restricting firearms is the most white privileged idea ever. Rich liberals scoffing at the notion that a person might need to defend their own life is a...
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Chicago: Where Guns – Not Gangs – Are Our Common Enemy

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Some say we don't do enough for the police. Others say we do too much. All of this must stop. We have a common enemy: it's guns & the violence they bring. — Mayor Lori E....