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Dozens of hospital and healthcare executives converged on New York City for a conference to discuss their role as “leaders” in reducing criminal misuse of firearms. Criminal misuse of firearms isn’t a public health issue nor should it be addressed as such. It’s a criminal issue caused by individuals breaking …
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When testifying on HB1005, a government official made it clear they don’t want you to carry a firearm. Remember these eleven words. “I don’t think someone should be able to carry either one.”  HB1005 is simply a clean-up bill to ensure that Tennessee state laws are not violating the civil rights …
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“You wouldn’t know it by watching the news or listening to the haters. But on crime, Mayor Lightfoot’s got a plan.” At least, that’s what a commercial touting Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot and her campaign for reelection would have you believe.  Lightfoot is running for a second term in a tight mayoral …
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A group of House and Senate Republicans are requesting records from the Biden administration about its “zero tolerance” policy for federal firearms licenses (FFLs). Congressional Republicans are demanding the Justice Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) turn over communications about how the legal definition of …
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In the face of a furious backlash against changes proposed to Bill C-21, Canada’s Liberal government has dropped two expansive amendments to the bill. Gun rights groups, opposition politicians and ordinary Canadians opposed the bill because it would not only criminalize mainstream hunting and sport shooting firearms lawfully owned by millions …
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“More than a few eyebrows were raised in 2010 when the U.S. Department of Agriculture bought 85 semi-automatic submachine guns.  However, the USDA is just one of 73 federal government agencies employing full-time law enforcement officers who are authorized to carry firearms and make arrests in the United States.” Friends, …
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The newly elected members of the U.S. Congress are shown here on the steps of the Capitol Building. Two things are simultaneously true. One: That the Republican party did not get the “red wave” that it had hoped for in the 2022 midterm elections. Two: That the Republican party improved …
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Background check expansions are on the move in the “Industry” State and we’re counting on you to help block H.B. 225 & 226 leaving the House Committee on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice today at 2:00 PM! H.B. 225 requires agencies to run a background check when returning a firearm to an individual from evidence. …
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The recently released new Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) rule that reclassifies pistols with a stabilizing brace as short-barreled rifles (SBRs) under the National Firearms Act is cause for concern for millions of lawful gun owners. The new rule specifies: “For purposes of this definition, the term ‘designed or redesigned, …
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On Friday, January, 13, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) posted the “final” Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached “Stabilizing Braces” rule to its website. The proposed rule was first posted by the agency in June 2021, and, is the most recent in a long line of ATF guidance, rulings, and …
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