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Governments restore individual Second Amendment rights to all citizens, which they should have done after SCOTUS made clear in various decisions that the police do not have to protect individuals or their property. (That’s right liberals, your very own New York Times wrote about it in 2005...
Are the 2A Sanctuary Resolutions of any value? Will they accomplish anything of substance? Or are they just feel-good measures that are vitually worthless?
Second Amendment Sanctuaries: Rhetoric vs. Reality
https://mises.org/wire/second-amendment-sanctuaries-rhetoric-vs-reality
‘I’m Not Going to Enforce That’: Sheriffs Disobey New Anti-Gun Laws—Refuse to Disarm Citizens
https://thefreethoughtproject.com/sheriffs-gun-laws-disobey/
Spend very little time online anymore. I can be seen from time to time around the Fredburg area. A couple of weeks ago, an acquaintance who walks the Spotsy Mall for exercise said they have recently seen people OCing there. Kind of took me by surprise as they had gun-buster signs posted. I...
WATCH: Hidden Cam Shows Anti-Gun Congressman and Staffers Refusing To Promote Homes As “Gun Free Zones”
You know, the concern is, oh if there’s no gun, let me just kick down the door...
The Second Amendment, the Bill of Rights, and the Constitution
What the historical evidence says about the Second Amendment and individual rights.
By Damon Root (Reason)
http://reason.com/blog/2016/06/20/the-second-amendment-the-bill-of-rights
BOOM: Surging Gun Sales Create Thousands of High-Paying Jobs
Jobs related to gun industry increased 73% since Obama took office!
http://www.infowars.com/boom-surging-gun-sales-create-thousands-of-high-paying-jobs/
Thousands sign petition for open-carry at GOP convention
Calls for arena to temporarily set aside ban on weapons inside venue
http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2016/03/24/3000-people-have-signed-a-petition-demanding-open-carry-inside-quicken-loans-arena-during-the-rnc
"As Volokh noted, such interventions seem to be pretty rare, which is not surprising given that so many mass shootings occur in "gun-free" zones where law-abiding people are disarmed. But bystanders with firearms demonstrably can save lives, which is more than you can say for Obama's gun control...
Brazil Seeks to Copy U.S. Gun Culture
Lawmakers want to make it easier for Brazilians to get weapons
http://time.com/4108421/brazil-u-s-gun-culture/?xid=time_socialflow_twitter
"More children are being given names related to guns, knives, historical warriors, dark goddesses and macho movie stars, according to a survey by a US baby name website."
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/number-of-us-babies-being-named-after-guns-on-the-increase-10479753.html
"Eric Cantor, the former House majority leader who was tossed from Congress by voters in 2014 who perceived him as making too many concessions to Democrats, has not only come forward to endorse Jeb Bush for president – but he’s also going to be leading up the former Florida governor’s campaign...