Browsing All posts tagged under »Gun Control and Violent Crime«
Supreme Court To New York: Second Amendment Means What It Says
June 24, 2022 by PA Pundits - International
By Amy Swearer ~ The Supreme Court on Thursday issued its first significant opinion in a Second Amendment case in well over a decade, striking down a New York state law that effectively denied ordinary residents the right to carry a firearm in public for self-defense. This decision, in New York State Rifle and Pistol […]
Canada's Crackdown On Guns Sounds A Warning For Us
June 3, 2022 by PA Pundits - International
By Jarrett Stepman ~ "Other than using firearms for sport shooting and hunting, there is no reason anyone in Canada should need guns in their everyday lives." That's what Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said at a press conference Monday when announcing a proposed law that would ban the sale of handguns in his country. […]
OH COME ON: CNBC Buries Elon Musk Quote Voicing Support For Gun Rights
May 28, 2022 by PA Pundits - International
By Joseph Vazquez ~ CNBC twisted exclusive comments it received from Tesla CEO Elon Musk to make it seem like he's a gun control activist but buried his overall support for the Second Amendment. Musk reportedly emailed a number of comments about guns to CNBC following the mass murder of children and teachers at an elementary school […]
America's Ruling Class Wants To Reduce Us To Incompetence
March 11, 2022 by PA Pundits - International
By Richard M. Reinsch II ~ New York Gov. Kathy Hochul blamed the recent shooting death of Jason Rivera, a New York City police officer, on "a shot from an illegal gun." In this strange passive voice, the Democratic governor didn't mention the officer by name, but concluded that the true threat facing New York City […]
This County Is Utah's First Sanctuary For Second Amendment
February 20, 2020 by PA Pundits - International
By Allison Schuster ~ A county in Utah has shot down the idea of more gun control by becoming the first county in the state to declare itself a Second Amendment sanctuary. The three-member Uintah County Commission voted unanimously Jan. 29 to pass an ordinance making the county a stronghold that refuses to comply with […]
Esquire Editor Wants To Ban All Guns
By P.J. Gladnick ~ Liberals always seem to be declaring they only want bans or restrictions on certain types of guns. Added to that is their declaration of support for the Second Amendment. However, once in a while, one of those liberals lets their mask drop and makes their true intention known. Such a person […]
'Your Prayers Don't Work'; Hollywood Uses Shooting To Push Gun Control
By Corinne Weaver ~ Sympathy and charity are the natural reactions to a tragedy. Using the deaths of innocent people as an immediate platform for political gain is inhuman. So, naturally, that's the route Hollywood elitists chose to take just hours after the school shooting in Santa Fe that left 10 dead and several injured. […]
4 Takeaways From Trump's NRA Speech
May 5, 2018 by PA Pundits - International
By Fred Lucas ~ President Donald Trump spoke Friday to the nation's largest gun rights advocacy group, but touched on numerous other issues apart from the Second Amendment and school safety. Trump addressed the National Rifle Association's annual meeting in Dallas. The president's nearly hour long remarks came less than three months after the Feb. […]
Americans Grapple With Evil Amid Decline In Religious Faith
April 2, 2018 by PA Pundits - International
By Jennifer Marshall ~ Blaise Pascal once described a "God-shaped vacuum in the heart of each man." But in modern-day America, few statements can raise eyebrows more swiftly than expressing faith in the transcendent. From Joy Behar mocking Vice President Mike Pence as mentally ill for believing that God guides him, to former President Barack […]
School Personnel In These Gun-Control States Are Trained In Firearms Use
By Fred Lucas ~ Mark Zilnskas, a high school math teacher in Pennsylvania, took firearms and emergency-response training even though his state prohibits guns in school. Allowing teachers to have access to firearms at school became a national issue after President Donald Trump advocated it in response to the Feb. 14 massacre of 17 at […]
Train Teachers To Shoot Intruders
By Tom McLaughlin ~ Five years ago I wrote a column titled: "Time to Arm Teachers." That wasn't a popular notion in 2013 but perhaps its time has come after the Florida shootings last week. The idea was pitched to me by men uniquely qualified to train those teachers willing to carry concealed weapons and […]
NY Times Sheds Journalistic Inquiry, Goes All In On Anti-Gun Children's Crusade
By Clay Waters ~ The New York Times has fully and unapologetically embraced the children's crusade of gun control, in the aftermath of the Parkland school killings, and is now cheering on the promised nationwide school walkout today. The lead National section story for Wednesday, reported by Stephanie Saul and Anemona Hartocollis, was headlined "Too […]
White House Releases New Details On School Safety Agenda
By Fred Lucas ~ President Donald Trump will push states to make it easier to seize weapons from people a court finds dangerous, hold federal agencies more accountable for background checks, and promote arming teachers. The White House's formal release of a school safety agenda is an early step, as the president is also naming […]
Millennials Aren't More Liberal On Gun Control Than Prior Generations, Polls Find
By Kyle Perisic ~ Millennials aren't more liberal on gun control than their parents or grandparents, according to recent polls. To the contrary, there's some evidence that gun control is supported less by people 30 and younger now than previous generations. Gallup has been surveying adults under 30 for the past three years, and on […]
Industry Leaders Defend Violent Video Games In Meeting With Trump
March 9, 2018 by PA Pundits - International
By Fred Lucas ~ President Donald Trump met Thursday with representatives of the video game industry to discuss the impact of violent games as he advocates ways to make schools safer. Among the president's guests were Strauss Zelnick, chief executive officer of Rockstar Games; Pat Vance, president of Entertainment Software Rating Board; Mike Gallagher, president […]
Politico Writer Angry At Broward Sheriff For Hurting Liberal Anti-NRA Narrative
By P.J. Gladnick ~ Michael Grunwald expressed his anger in Politico magazine at Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel. He is upset because Sheriff Israel's inept leadership and boastful manner has diverted attention away from the anti-NRA narrative being promoted by the left and the mainstream media. Yes, instead of being primarily concerned about how the […]
Repealing Gun-Free School Zones Act Would Make Schools Safer, Kentucky Lawmaker Says
By Rachel del Guidice ~ Schools would be better protected from mass shootings if federal legislation enacted in 1990 that bans guns from school zones is repealed, a Kentucky congressman says. "I have used the statistic on 'Meet the Press' Sunday that 98 percent of mass public shootings happen in gun-free zones, and I believe […]
She Was Raped At 22. Now She Advocates For Women To Have Choice To Carry A Gun.
October 1, 2016 by PA Pundits - International
By Kelsey Harkness ~ Amanda Collins had never planned on becoming a Second Amendment advocate. But on Oct. 22, 2007, when she was just 22 years old, her life would change forever. "I lived through the worst fear that I had had up until that point," Collins, who's now a mother of three, told The […]
NBCNews.com Post Wonders: Is Gun Control The New Frontier For Gay Community?
August 12, 2016 by PA Pundits - International
By Curtis Houck ~ In a piece that was pointed out on Thursday afternoon by The Blaze's Dana Loesch on Twitter, NBCNews.com and it's NBC Out section promoting the gay community published an article that actually tried to argue that passing strict, liberal gun control would mean that they could be "even more relevant to […]
Gun Control?!
A Dry Bones Cartoon ~ Nope. Gun control won't stop it. Read More by Yaakov Kirschen at Dry Bones . http://drybonesblog.blogspot.com/
The First Priority Is What's In Their Heads, Not Their Hands
By Andrew Bolt ~ In response to the Orlando murders, the Left would rather talk gun control than Islamism – and that means they're just whistling in the wind: As authorities investigated the shooting Sunday that left 50 people dead, President Obama and other advocates for gun control made calls for stricter laws governing gun […]
Maybe Obama SHOULD Take Our Guns, Daily Beast Contributor Trolls
January 8, 2016 by PA Pundits - International
By Ken Shepherd ~ Whining that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution "has been contorted, misinterpreted, and applied in a way that destroys its intended meaning and threatens the safety and stability of our nation," self-described "race-and-culture journalist" Barrett Holmes Pitner set out to explain today at the Daily Beast's website that no, "President […]
AP Admits: Obama's Gun Actions 'Would Not Have Prevented' Sandy Hook
By Matthew Balan ~ The liberal media, especially the Big Three networks, have been so caught up in President Obama's "deeply emotional appeal," as he issued his executive orders on gun control, that they haven't bothered to check the effectivity of the actions. On Wednesday, the AP's Michael R. Sisak pointed out that "the gun […]
America Doesn't Have A Gun Problem, It Has A Democrat Problem
By Daniel Greenfield ~ America's mass shooting capital isn't somewhere out west where you can get a gun at the corner store. It's in Obama's own hometown. Chicago is America's mass shooting capital. There were over 400 shootings with more than one victim. In 95 of those shootings, 3 or more people were shot. 2,995 […]