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President Biden and his Attorney General, Merrick Garland, have championed “red flag” laws that authorize courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from possessing or accessing guns based on unproven and uncorroborated allegations by family members, coworkers, law enforcement officers or others. A key feature of these laws is an initial order that is …
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Dozens of Republicans in the U.S. House recently sent a letter  to the federal Department of Justice (DOJ) and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) leadership demanding that the Biden administration rescind a recent proposal to redefine what constitutes a firearm frame and receiver. The proposal, titled “Definition of ‘Frame …
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Dozens of Republican senators recently signed a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding that the Biden administration withdraw its recent rule change on how pistol stabilizing braces are classified. The 48 Republican senators wrote that “the way the proposed rule is written makes clear that the ATF intends to bring the most common …
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According to the president and his ever-obliging attorney general, a “crackdown” is coming on America’s federally licensed gun dealers (FFLs), with “zero tolerance” for allegedly illegal behavior. While no decent person – least of all the NRA or its members – supports arming dangerous criminals, a recent case from Texas provides disturbing …
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President Joe Biden, along with U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, spoke briefly on Wednesday, June 23, about the administration’s plans to combat rising crime. This came after a roundtable event with a select group of mayors, a police chief, eight state attorneys general, and a group that was referred to …
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President Joe Biden took to the podium to address the crime surge plaguing the country in several large metropolitan centers that just so happen to also be Democratic-run with strict gun control laws in place. Instead of purposing real solutions to address the criminal violence by lawbreakers, the president regurgitated …
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President Joe Biden (D) made clear his intent to push his anti-gun agenda in a press conference on June 23. Biden’s speech on his “Crime-Prevention Strategy” outlined a number of curious strategies as part of his plan to combat the “epidemic of gun violence” in our nation. The president initially focused a …
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While running for president, Joe Biden said repeatedly that he’d act as a check on the radicals within his own party. When he became president, however, Biden quickly invited those radicals to serve alongside him in his cabinet. Despite his rhetoric of “inclusion,” there is not a single person on …
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The Biden administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) released model legislation it says states can use to craft “extreme risk protection order” laws, also known as “red-flag laws,” and a proposed rule change to how handguns equipped with stabilizing braces are classified and regulated. “Today we deliver on our promise to help save lives while …
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In May, Attorney General Merrick Garland told lawmakers that the Department of Justice’s civil rights work was “critical to protecting the American dream.” Since then DOJ has made clear that Garland’s selective definition of “civil rights” has no room for the Second Amendment or even basic due process under the law. Moreover, …
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