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The Truth About Crime Rates From 18-20 Year Olds

The Truth About Crime Rates From 18-20 Year Olds

John Lott, founder and CEO of the Crime Prevention Research Center, takes on a "fact" now being used by gun-control groups, and all the media members who repeat their "facts" without challenging them, that 18-20 year olds are particularly dangerous. Read More

John Lott Said What?

John Lott Said What?

When John Lott, founder and CEO of the Crime Prevention Research Center, was called to be an expert witness—as he has been many times before—for an Oregon committee hearing, he was happy to oblige. With a 10-hour trek standing between his home in Montana and the state capitol in Salem, Ore., Lott set out to testify. He had a lot to say. Read More

An Executive Order to Get … the Good Guys?

An Executive Order To Get ... The Good Guys?

n March, President Joe Biden (D) released an executive order that managed, in the space of just a few pages, to demonstrate the remarkable cluelessness of his administration on the questions of crime, gun control and his role in determining federal law. Among the entities that are targeted by the document are gun dealers, gun manufacturers and Americans who buy their firearms legally. Read More

Canada's Struggle Matters

Canada's Struggle Matters

Canada is giving Americans a very vivid example of what could have happened if, say, in D.C. v. Heller (2008), just one more justice in that 5-4 decision had fallen for the unhistorical lie that the Second Amendment doesn't protect an individual right. Read More

President's Foray Into Print Journalism More Fizzle Than Sizzle

President's Foray Into Print Journalism More Fizzle Than Sizzle

Apparently tired of spouting the same gun-control nonsense into a microphone again and again, President Joe Biden (D) has taken to the printed word, allegedly penning a USA Today op-ed published last week in which the newspaper listed him as an "opinion contributor." Read More

Obama Gets It All Wrong

Obama Gets It All Wrong

Former President Barack Obama (D) had a lot to say about our Second Amendment rights in a recent interview with CBS, where the headline read, "Barack Obama says public attitudes around gun rights have to be reshaped." "I think somehow, and there are a lot of historical reasons for this; gun ownership in this country became an ideological issue and a partisan issue in ways that it shouldn't be. It has become sort of a proxy for arguments about our culture wars," said Obama in the interview. Read More

Former First Lady Just Doesn't Get It

Former First Lady Just Doesn't Get It

Michelle Obama, first lady to former President Barack Obama (D), is following in her husband's footsteps by making absurd claims about firearms ownership and the Second Amendment. "We are the only developed country on the planet where its citizens can have unfettered access to firearms. That is not a good thing and more of us have to feel strongly about it, in particularly our young people. Read More

Minnesota Goes for Gun Control

Minnesota Goes for Gun Control

A Minnesota measure that will inflict unjust gun-control restrictions on the law-abiding citizens of the North Star State was recently signed into law by Gov. Tim Walz (D) Senate File 2909, called the "Public Safety Omnibus Bill," infringes on the constitutionally protected rights of gun owners, and not just their Second Amendment rights. Read More