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  • JUST IN: US Supreme Court Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson Just Defended The US Government Violating the 1st Amendment During Arguments in Case Sen Rand Paul Calls “the most consequential free speech case in U.S. history”

    03/18/2024 1:09:29 PM PDT · by bitt · 93 replies
    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/ ^ | 3/18/2024 | Patty McMurray
    This afternoon, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) tweeted about today’s US Supreme Court case (Murthy v. Missouri) that involves several plaintiffs, including The Gateway Pundit, who have been harmed by censorship by the government and big tech. In his tweet, Senator Rand Paul wrote: Today, SCOTUS heard Murthy v. Missouri, the most consequential free speech case in U.S. history. This isn’t just about social media companies; it’s a critical examination of government overreach. The Biden administration and FBI’s efforts to influence Big Tech into silencing dissent tramples on the 1st Amendment. Our focus must be on preventing government censorship, not compelling...
  • 2 armed robbers got into a shoot-out with a security guard, then returned and got shot at by a concealed carry holder, Chicago police say

    03/17/2024 6:32:25 AM PDT · by george76 · 27 replies
    CWB Chicago ^ | March 17, 2024
    CHICAGO — Prosecutors say two Chicago men robbed a construction crew, exchanged gunfire with an off-duty sheriff’s deputy at the scene, fled, then returned to fire another shot, only to have one of the victims pull out a gun and open fire on them, too. No injuries were reported. And, according to court records, one of the men was eyed as a suspect in a series of robberies last fall but ended up being charged only with a misdemeanor. He’s also on “first-time weapon offender probation” for a 2022 gun case. The robbery occurred on March 1 in the 11500...
  • An Open Letter From Author Alan Korwin

    03/13/2024 5:47:45 PM PDT · by chickenlips · 3 replies
    Dear Reader, It's important to keep in mind everything conceivably wrong or criminal about firearms is already illegal. So, when new laws are proposed, they typically only impact the innocent. It's precisely why we, the people, object so strenuously to new laws: They affect us and don't impact crime and violence. Because new proposals omit the criminal problem, new rules raise the real specter of actual conspiracy within some halls of government to wrest control and disarm the public. Many in government furiously deny this, but it's supported by evidence and countless public statements. I'm a Utopian Pacifist. I support...
  • FBI director warns of ‘very dangerous threats’ at border, smuggling network with 'ISIS ties'

    03/11/2024 9:41:45 PM PDT · by george76 · 32 replies
    Fox News ^ | March 11, 2024 | Adam Shaw
    FBI Director Christopher Wray 'very concerned' about smuggling network tied to ISIS .. FBI Director Christopher Wray on Monday warned of a "wide array" of dangerous threats coming from the U.S. border, including drug trafficking, violent gangs and smugglers with ties to ISIS. Wray was asked by Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing about the threats at the border, including the Tren de Aragua gang from Venezuela. Wray said he couldn’t speak to a specific gang, but said that there were dangerous individuals entering via the southern border. "From an FBI perspective, we are seeing a...
  • Rapper Says to Carry Guns Amid Migrant Crisis: 'Extremely Dangerous'

    03/08/2024 2:20:34 PM PST · by Oldeconomybuyer · 17 replies
    Newsweek ^ | March 6, 2024
    Rapper Meek Mill is encouraging Americans to "strap up" with guns due to danger on the streets resulting from illegal immigration. The 36-year-old Philadelphia native, whose real name is Robert Rihmeek Williams, ranted about migrants, drugs and a mental health crisis in a new social media post. The platinum-selling artist went to jail in 2009 on gun and drug charges, was paroled after five months and given a 10-year probation period. In 2017, he was sent back to prison temporarily for technical violations. "Make sure you strap up in America it's extremely dangerous on the streets!" Mill wrote on March...
  • Gun Owners of America speaks out against John Cornyn's bid to replace McConnell as Senate GOP leader

    03/03/2024 2:05:56 PM PST · by chickenlips · 21 replies
    Just the News ^ | March 3, 2024 | Madeleine Hubbard
    Gun Owners of America, a conservative firearm rights group, spoke out against Texas Sen. John Cornyn's bid to replace Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell as Senate Republican leader. "The Senate deserves a conservative pro-gun leader, and John Cornyn is not that person," Gun Owners of America Federal Affairs Director Aidan Johnston said last week in a statement posted by the group on X, formerly Twitter. "Every time a gun issue comes up, he’s right there with a compromise. And that’s not leadership. That’s just capitulation to gun control." Johnston reiterated his group's opposition in comments to Fox News Digital on Saturday....
  • Louisiana Constitutional Carry Bill Passes State Senate

    03/01/2024 5:09:46 AM PST · by marktwain · 8 replies
    AmmoLand ^ | February 26, 2024 | Dean Weingarten
    Louisiana will likely become the twenty-eighth state to restore Constitutional Carry (permitless carry). South Carolina is in the process of rectifying versions of a (permitless) Constitutional Carry bill in a conference committee. There is a good chance South Carolina will pass a bill acceptable to both the South Carolina House and Senate. Louisiana already passed a Constitutional Carry bill in 2021. The bill passed with veto-proof majorities, but Governor Bel Edwards (D) was able to sustain a veto with a combination of arm-twisting and promises.In 2023, Louisiana voters elected Governor Jeff Landry (R). Governor Landry has promised to sign a...
  • Ketanji Brown Jackson, we know your were born stupid and on the down side of the Bell Curve. But Elena Kagan, what's your excuse? Do you two bimbos really believe that any commercial firearm can file 800 rounds per second? (Vanity - Opinion)

    02/29/2024 10:41:14 PM PST · by Enterprise · 31 replies
    https://freerepublic.com ^ | 2/29/24 | Enterprise
    It is assumed that on some issues, judges are obviously not experts and get advice from their clerks or seek expert testimony. This does not appear to be the case with Jackson and Kagan. Perhaps their staffs let them down. Perhaps they're too lazy to do some basic research on the internet. Maybe they actually are so stupid to believe that there might be a firearm commercially available that can fire 800 rounds per second. If so, both need to resign due to terminal ignorance. However, don't resign until Trump wins the election and is sworn in.
  • Fees for proposed Iowa ‘don’t tread on me’ license plates would fund NRA-affiliated gun trainings

    02/29/2024 4:14:26 PM PST · by Mean Daddy · 5 replies
    Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau ^ | Feb. 29th, 2024 | Caleb McCullough
    DES MOINES — Iowans could soon purchase a license plate that features the yellow “don’t tread on me” Gadsden flag, with the fees collected going to fund training and education by National Rifle Association-affiliated groups. The flag, which features a coiled rattlesnake and the slogan “Don’t tread on me,” has become a symbol of individual liberty favored by Libertarians and conservatives. It has its origins in the American Revolutionary War and was designed by Christopher Gadsden, a South Carolina delegate to the Continental Congress. House File 2424, which would make the plates an option for drivers in Iowa, was passed...
  • Chicago shootings: 15 shot, 2 killed in weekend gun violence across city, police say

    03/03/2024 11:38:51 AM PST · by Oldeconomybuyer · 31 replies
    ABC News Local ^ | March 3, 2024 | ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team
    CHICAGO (WLS) -- Fifteen people were shot, two fatally, in weekend gun violence across Chicago, police said. A teenager has died after being shot in the parking lot of a bank in Downtown Chicago, police said. The shooting happened Saturday evening at the 500-block of West Roosevelt Road near Canal Street, in the South Loop, authorities said. When police arrived they found two people shot, both were taken to Stroger Hospital and were initially reported to be in critical condition. A 17-year-old boy died at the hospital from his injuries. One person is dead after being shot at a stop...
  • VIDEO – Police: Kansas City Man Gives Dollar to Suspects Before Being Shot, Robbed at Gas Station

    03/03/2024 1:20:55 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 19 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/03/2024 | Amy Furr
    Police are searching for a group of suspects accused of targeting a man in a violent incident outside a gas station on February 22 in Kansas City, Missouri. Surveillance video shows a man exit the gas station, located on the 4500 block of Cleveland Ave., just before 11:00 p.m. when three suspects approach him, KMBC reported Friday. Law enforcement said the suspects asked the man for a dollar and the man gave it to them. However, as the man appeared to try and get back into his vehicle, the suspects closed in and one of them allegedly shot the man,...
  • After 20 years of wantign one, I have have my grail gun

    03/02/2024 5:45:53 PM PST · by CMS · 58 replies
    I have wanted an HK Mark 23 for 20 years. i just couldn't justify the price. Well i finally said screw it and bought it. I now have my dream gun.
  • Conversations with Brandon Maddox | Silencer Central’s Origin

    03/04/2024 5:20:01 AM PST · by marktwain · 2 replies
    AmmoLand ^ | February 26, 2024 | Dean Weingarten
    Brandon Maddox and Silencer Central is an American success story. Brandon went from a Federal Firearms License (FFL) in his home to the largest silencer dealer in the USA. Today, Brandon’s companies dominate the silencer/suppressor market, regulated under the National Firearms Act (NFA). This correspondent met Brandon Maddox at the 2024 SHOT Show. Brandon had read several AmmoLand articles, recognized this writer, and started a conversation. Brandon graciously agreed to be interviewed. This is the first in a series of articles resulting from several interviews.Brandon was born in Alabama. His father spent a tour in the Army after a Reserve...
  • ATF Chief Tells CBS He’s Willing To Skirt Laws To Ban Guns He Doesn’t Even Know How To Use

    03/04/2024 12:57:52 PM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 29 replies
    The Federalist ^ | MARCH 04, 2024 | JORDAN BOYD
    President Joe Biden’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms Director Steven Dettelbach seems to know as much about guns as Democrat-nominated Supreme Court justices. As ATF head, Dettelbach, who was confirmed in 2022 with the help of Senate Democrats and two Republicans, is expected to understand to some degree the items his agency regulates and enforces. Unfortunately for Americans who have endured a slew of attacks on their Second Amendment rights at the hands of the Biden administration, Dettelbach is publicly ignorant about the guns and gun parts his agency wants to ban. During his appearance on CBS’s “Face The Nation”...
  • VIDEO: ATF Firearms Tech Chief Struggles to Disassemble Gun on TV

    03/04/2024 6:17:09 AM PST · by PJ-Comix · 46 replies
    Rumble ^ | March 4, 2024 | DUmmie FUnnies
    VIDEOImagine you are Chris Bort, the acting chief of the ATF Firearms Ammunition Technology Division and you are struggling to disassemble a Glock style handgun during a TV interview. In fact you are struggling so much that you come off as either an unknowledgeable klutz or another Inspector Clouseau. This laughably embarrassing episode took place on "Face The Nation."
  • Va. Democrats fast-track marriage equality, gun bills headed to Youngkin

    03/04/2024 12:25:55 PM PST · by fwdude · 5 replies
    Virginia Mercury ^ | March 4, 2024 | Graham Moomaw
    Gov. Glenn Youngkin has until the end of this week to act on dozens of bills the Democratic-controlled General Assembly sent to him on a faster-than-normal timeline. The governor has until 11:59 p.m. Friday to take action on a batch of more than 80 bills that includes measures to preserve same-sex marriage, restore Virginia’s participation in the multi-state ERIC voter roll maintenance program, ban legacy admissions preferences at public colleges and universities and require local school boards to inform parents about the importance of safe gun storage.
  • MLG holds photo op at ABQ school to sign two anti-gun bills (NM Gov)

    03/04/2024 4:45:27 PM PST · by CedarDave · 18 replies
    The Piñon Post ^ | March 4, 2024 | Piñon Post staff
    On Monday, far-left anti-gun Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham had a photo op at Albuquerque’s West Mesa High School, where she signed two anti-gun bills and two crime-related bills. “These four bills are an incredible effort to do more,” she said at the presser, per the Santa Fe New Mexican. At the press conference, she was flanked by discredited anti-gun group “co-president” Miranda Viscoli of “New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence” and the sponsor of the extreme H.B. 129 anti-gun bill State Rep. Andrea Romero (D-Santa Fe) “All four bills become effective immediately, the governor said as she prepared to sign...
  • 'Mentally Incompetent' Americans Would Have Access to Guns Under New Bill

    03/04/2024 6:49:28 PM PST · by where's_the_Outrage? · 40 replies
    Newsweak ^ | March 4, 2024 | Giulia Carbonaro
    A deal made by congressional leaders to avert a partial shutdown of the U.S. government includes an attempt to ease some veterans' access to gun ownership, even when they are deemed "mentally incompetent" to handle their own finances. The $436 billion funding package agreed on by congressional lawmakers Wednesday extended the deadline for the expiration of funding for government agencies—including the military and Department of Veteran Affairs—from March 1 to March 8. It was the fourth extension painstakingly agreed on by a divided Congress during this fiscal year, but it spelled optimism that a deal for the long-term budget plan...
  • Primary opponents gang up on Gonzales post-Uvalde gun vote (could be lame-duck tonight)

    03/05/2024 3:48:17 AM PST · by cotton1706 · 5 replies
    WKRG ^ | 3/4/24 | Julian Resendiz
    EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – It’s been a year since the Republican Party of Texas voted to censure him for supporting tougher gun checks after the Uvalde school massacre, and not backing an anti-same-sex marriage bill. And though U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, has put that episode behind, his critics have not. Those issues are frequently cited on the campaign trail by the four fellow Republicans running against the incumbent in Texas’ 23rd Congressional District in the March 5 primary. Gonzales is being challenged by Medina County Republican Party Chair Julie Clark; Second Amendment advocate Brandon Herrera; retired Border...
  • Here We Go: SC Sheriff Says He Fears Constitutional Carry Will Turn State Into 'Wild, Wild West'

    03/09/2024 3:48:00 AM PST · by CFW · 82 replies
    Bearing Arms ^ | 3/8/24 | Cam Edwards
    Now that South Carolina has officially become the 29th state to adopt Constitutional Carry (and the 28th to have the law formally take effect, since Louisiana's new statute doesn't kick in until July 4th), the state's few pro-gun control voices are ramping up their fearmongering. Everytown for Gun Safety's South Carolina chapter is already predicting the new law will lead to more violence and less safety, while the state's most politically powerful sheriff says he's turning to the Almighty to protect the state from Constitutional Carry's effects. "Law enforcement agencies in South Carolina are bracing for what could happen as...