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Second Amendment
early and often
June 21, 2024
Supreme Court Backs Off on Gun-Rights Absolutism In an 8-1 decision, the Supreme Court grudgingly accepted a federal law prohibiting firearm possession by domestic abusers.
capitol riot
Oct. 26, 2021
Marjorie Taylor Greene and the Right’s Creeping Embrace of Revolution It’s easy to dismiss her as making yet another extremist statement likening January 6 to 1776. She is far from alone, though.
u.s. supreme court
Oct. 5, 2021
Supreme Court Could Go Totally Extremist This Term In at least three areas – abortion, guns, and federal regulatory powers – the Court could take a big and consequential leap to the right.
Supreme Court Accepts Case That Could Overturn State Gun Laws A New York concealed-carry licensing regulation that requires demonstration of a distinctive need for self-defense outside the home could soon fall.
The Six Rationalizations for Doing Nothing About Guns Every time there’s another massacre, the same old excuses and evasions parade through Washington.
When Domestic-Violence Prevention Collides With the Religion of Guns The lapsed Violence Against Women Act once enjoyed strong bipartisan support. Now many GOP lawmakers oppose it because of a new minor gun restriction.
Another QAnon Sympathizer Knocks Off GOP Congressman in Colorado Primary Despite a Trump endorsement, Scott Tipton was no match for the owner of a gun-themed restaurant called Shooters Grill who defied public-health orders.
Struggling California Town Wants to Be ‘Sanctuary City’ for Guns It’s an effort that combines “sticking it to the liberals” with true economic desperation.
GOP Extremism Was Powerful Before Trump, and It Will Outlive Him We’ve forgotten how many radical causes the GOP embraced prior to 2016, and will likely embrace for some time.
Georgia Gubernatorial Candidate Points Gun at Teen in New Ad Brian Kemp is in a competition with his Republican rivals to show how much he loves guns. But they could go too far.
Not So Long Ago, the Second Amendment Didn’t Guarantee the Right to Own a Gun A slim Supreme Court majority transformed the law of the land in 2008. Another such decision might restore its narrower meaning.
CPAC Audience Lets Trump Know It Cares More About Guns Than Tax Cuts In a strange but revealing direct poll of his adoring audience, Trump finds confirmation that the culture war matters most.
Do We Need Assault Weapons to Kill ‘Tyrannical’ Cops and Soldiers? Let’s take a closer look at the sinister argument that we need a heavily armed population in case violent revolution becomes necessary.
Clarence Thomas Angry That SCOTUS Doesn’t Love Guns Thomas can’t seem to get three other conservative justices to get aggressive in defending gun rights. So he’s drawing attention to the problem.
‘Bump-Stock’ Bill Offers Chance to Isolate Second Amendment Absolutists Dianne Feinstein’s proposal to ban “bump-stock” devices creates an opportunity to drive a wedge between 2nd-amendment absolutists and other GOP.
las vegas shooting
Oct. 3, 2017
Fear and Roaming in Las Vegas Crime-scene enthusiasts, tour guides, and regular Las Vegans float along the Strip, trying to process what happened in their city.
Trump’s Assassination ‘Joke’ Was Thinly Veiled Sedition He’s not the first conservative pol to suggest a right of violent revolution against liberalism. But leave it to him to make it bloodthirsty.
Trump ‘Jokes’ That Gun Lovers Will Need to Kill Clinton to Save the Constitution “If she gets to pick her judges: Nothing you can do, folks,” Trump said.
“Although, the Second Amendment people, maybe there is.”
‘The Bullet Box’ Is an Option If the Ballot Box Fails, Says Gun-Rights Advocate The head of the Gun Owners of America lets the veil slip and reminds us that revolutionary violence is his fallback plan.
Mississippi Defies Feds in Brave Struggle to Bring Guns to Church If you love your guns, why wouldn’t you want to carry them to worship with you, Feds be damned?
Secret Service Says Republican Convention Must Be Held in Perilous Gun-Free Zone Despite a popular petition demanding that open carry be allowed at the GOP convention, the Secret Service says conservatives must go defenseless.
gun control
Jan. 17, 2013
Obama Hasn’t Taken Away Any Gun Rights Just Yet The president’s plan faces a tough path through Congress.
second amendment
Mar. 27, 2012
important things
July 22, 2009
New York Still Allowed to Enforce Its Own Gun Laws A controversial concealed-gun law has been defeated in the senate.
