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Time to End Another Failed California Gun Control Law

August 1, 2021
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Commentary Gun control laws don’t work. Yet politicians eager to curb Americans’ Second Amendment right to “keep and bear arms” keep pushing for tighter laws to grab more guns. A good example is California’s Armed and Prohibited Persons System (APPS), defined by Attorney General Rob Bonta’s website as “a database populated with data from a…

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Gun Buyback ‘a Huge Taxpayer Boondoggle at the Worst Possible Time’: Tax Advocacy Group

July 20, 2021
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The federal government’s plan to buy back newly banned guns will cost a lot more than its initial estimates, says a tax advocacy group. “The cost could be hundreds of millions of dollars more than what we were sold on,” said Franco Terrazzano, federal director with the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. “Really, this has the makings…

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Gun Buyback ‘a Huge Taxpayer Boondoggle at the Worst Possible Time’: Taxpayer Advocacy Group

July 20, 2021
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The federal government’s plan to buy back newly banned guns will cost a lot more than its initial estimates, says a tax advocacy group. “The cost could be hundreds of millions of dollars more than what we were sold on,” said Franco Terrazzano, federal director with the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. “Really, this has the makings…

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The Mind of a Writer

July 19, 2021
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Commentary The late Kurt Vonnegut had a simple yet profound approach to writing. “When I write,” he said, “I simply become what I seemingly must become.” Stephen Hunter, another great American writer, has a similar approach to his craft today. His process isn’t so much about writing prose or creating plot or conducting research. What…

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 White House Creates Gun Trafficking Strike Force for Los Angeles

July 12, 2021
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LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The White House announced July 12 that the U.S. Department of Justice launched a gun trafficking strike force in Los Angeles to prevent guns coming across state lines from areas with weaker gun laws. The funding for the strike forces—which will also be in New York, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and the Bay Area—comes…

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Missouri Officials Vow to ‘Fight Tooth and Nail’ to Protect 2nd Amendment Rights and Fight Federal Overreach

June 18, 2021
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson and Attorney General Eric Schmitt have sent a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) defending their state’s recent gun rights legislation while denouncing what the pair called “potential federal overreach and encroachment on Missourians’ Second Amendment rights.” Parson signed a bill into law last week that declares some federal gun…

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Gov. Abbott Signs Into Law 7 Bills Enforcing Second Amendment in Texas, Including Constitutional Carry

June 18, 2021
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on June 17 signed into law seven pieces of gun-rights related legislation aimed at enforcing the protection of Second Amendment Rights in Texas. The governor appeared at Alamo Plaza in San Antonio for the bill signing ceremony and was joined by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, House Speaker Dade Phelan, and several other Republican lawmakers…

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Hundreds Attend Right to Keep and Bear Arms Rally at Pennsylvania Capital

June 8, 2021
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On June 7, hundreds of people gathered in front of the Pennsylvania State Capitol for the 2021 Right to Keep and Bear Arms Rally, including several dozens of pro-Second Amendment state lawmakers standing on the Capitol steps. State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, a Republican, said: “We will not allow any new federal dictates on gun control…

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Hundreds Attend Right to Keep and Bear Arms Rally at Pennsylvania Capital

June 8, 2021
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On June 7, hundreds of people gathered in front of the Pennsylvania State Capitol for the 2021 Right to Keep and Bear Arms Rally, including several dozens of pro-Second Amendment state lawmakers standing on the Capitol steps. State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, a Republican, said: “We will not allow any new federal dictates on gun control…

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California Bill to End State Gun Shows Passes in Senate

June 4, 2021
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A California Senate bill that seeks to end the sale of firearms and ammunition on state property, including county fairgrounds, passed in the California state senate June 2. The vote came just days before the Crossroads of the West Gun Show was set to be held June 4 through June 6 at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa….

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