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Gun Rights Actually Are a Civil Rights Issue

by Jarrett Stepman

7:00am Thursday, April 05, 2018

It is becoming increasingly fashionable for those who support gun control to compare the post-Parkland, student-driven movement to the civil rights movements of earlier generations. However, the author’s historical argument, whether intentionally or not, actually reveals that it is gun control, not gun rights, that generally has been used for the purposes of white supremacy. Gun rights and civil...

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Virtue Signaling Chokepoint: Citigroup Becomes First Major Bank to Restrict Some Gun Sales

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Wednesday, April 04, 2018

Bloomberg.com is reporting that Citigroup is the latest business to join the virtue signaling crowd, enacting policies to discriminate against persons engaged in lawful activities. From the article : Citigroup Inc. plans to prohibit retailers that are customers of the bank from offering bump stocks or selling guns to people who haven’t passed a background check or are younger than 21. The bank is...

Yes, Gun Control Advocates Do Want To Take Away Your Guns — Just Ask John Paul Stevens

7:00am Tuesday, April 03, 2018

In a New York Times op-ed, former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens flat out calls for repealing the 2nd Amendment. While his reasoning makes one wonder how he got on the Court in the first place, he does expose the true agenda of gun control advocates. Stevens begins by praising the "civic engagement" of the youthful protesters, and says Congress should respond by passing a ban on semi-...

Another Ohio school board moves to protect its students with armed staff members

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Monday, April 02, 2018

The Kenyon Collegian is reporting that another Ohio board of education has voted to authorize the arming of school staff members to decrease response time in the event of an active killer attack. From the article : The East Knox Board of Education passed a resolution this month that gives the superintendent the authority to allow staff members to carry weapons in school. The March 15 vote took...

March for Our Lives: Gun control ideas sound good, but are deeply flawed and won't save lives

by John R. Lott

3:00pm Friday, March 30, 2018

America continues to mourn the 17 people killed in a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida last month. There is an understandable emotional desire to “do something” in response – but without evaluating what the “something” will actually accomplish. This is the driving force behind the March for Our Lives [which took] place Saturday in Washington. The motivations of many...

The Incredible Shrinking World of Social Media

by Jim Scoutten

7:00am Friday, March 30, 2018

“What ’cha gonna’ do when they come for you?” Two news items largely escaped notice this month: Twitter “restricted” a tweet from the President, and one from Donald Trump, Junior, that could be “offensive”. The offense? Linking to an article on Drudge. And YouTube “restricted” the videos from Prager University, the online series of conservative videos hosted by such notables as Mike Rowe and...

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"G is for gun" debuts to an engaged and questioning crowd

by Jim Irvine

7:00am Thursday, March 29, 2018

The movie, “G is for Gun: The Arming of Teachers in America” has debuted and will be coming to a PBS station near you. It was directed and produced by Massachusetts-based independent filmmakers. The promotion said about the film: This is the first documentary film of its kind to examine the rapidly growing, controversial trend of U.S. Kindergarten through 12 public schools arming teachers as a...

The Second Amendment rights of more than 4 million Americans are at risk thanks to Republicans in Congress (and President Trump)

by John R. Lott

3:00pm Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Republicans are jeopardizing the Second Amendment rights of 4.2 million senior citizens. At the same time, they have voted to funnel tens of millions of dollars to gun control organizations and support other actions that Democrats will love. About 10 percent of all people 65 and older risked being classified as “financially incompetent” – about 4.2 million in all. Using the Congressional Review...