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Gun Control Works In Chicago, Leaves 47 Shot , Eight Dead, Over Weekend

Wake Up America – by Susan Duclos Take guns away from law abiding citizens and criminals are the ones that benefit. That is how gun control works and it worked exactly like that last weekend in Chicago, Illinois, a state and city with some of the toughest gun control laws in the nation. Those gun control laws work so well that Chicago saw 47 people shot […]

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Nevada Governor Will Veto Firearm Background Check Bill After Receiving Thousands of Calls From Gun Owners

Mr. Conservative – by Bookworm While Washington may be ignoring you (at least, when it’s not spying on you), your voice can still be heard, at least at the state level. Although Nevada’s Republican governor Brian Sandoval had already announced that he intended to veto the Nevada legislature’s “universal background check” bill, thousands of citizens […]

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On guns and more, NH Sen. Ayotte backs GOP leaders

Double-Barreled-Pistol1 U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte has endured sustained and sharp political attacks on New Hampshire television for voting with her Republican Party and against universal background checks on gun purchases, and Republicans close to the first-term lawmaker acknowledge that her popularity has suffered. But there’s more to it than that. The gun vote says a lot […]

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Guns and Grade-School Panic

The specter of school shootings has brought a too-typical staple to local newspaper sections: the boys disciplined at (or suspended from) grade school for bringing a toy gun or anything resembling a gun. The Washington Post just found the latest wild overreaction, from Calvert County, Md., a blue state that’s cracked down on gun rights. […]

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