2nd Amendment Rights

While Russians have an average life expectancy similar to that of those living in the poorest African nations, the United States has gun violence death rates that are on par with failed and violent nations such as Venezuela, Yemen, and parts of Brazil. Ironically, the U.S. even has more gun-related deaths than Palestine, Somalia, or Iraq. It’s clear that the...

Drazen Zigic/iStock/Getty Images Plus In an op-ed published in the Arizona Capitol Times, “international human rights attorney” Dianne Post took upon herself the obligation of warning her countrymen that “Violence is being used to destroy democracy.” The title of her article is certainly shocking — unless you’ve ever read history. “Democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have...

Commentary A favorite talking point from the Biden White House is that guns are the leading cause of death of children. The problem is that it is false. “The number one cause of death of the children in America is gun violence,” Vice President Kamala Harris claimed on June 2. Later the White House tweeted, “Guns are the #1 KILLER of CHILDREN.” President...

gradyreese/iStock/Getty Images Plus Now that the Secret Service has ended its laughable probe to find out who left cocaine in the White House, it can start searching for whoever in the First Family or on the White House staff has been puffing the wacky tabacky. That’s marijuana, for those unfamiliar with the patois of heads, dopers, and pharmaceutical experts such...

OMAHA, Neb.—Police in Omaha say they found a “hit list” at the home of a Nebraska man suspected of a homicide and carjacking before being fatally shot by police in western Iowa over the weekend. Investigators said they found two guns in the stolen car driven by Matthew Briggs, 41. When detectives searched his home in Papillion, Nebraska, they found...

Commentary Back in March, people shopping at Target began noticing a new line of clothing on full display on mannequins at the front of the store—LGBT clothes, clothes from a Satanic brand, and merchandise with Satanic messaging. These included clothes for small children and onesies for babies. Also included were “tuck-friendly” clothing for males who identify as females and want...

mirza kadic/iStock/Getty Images Plus Gun Owners of America (GOA) and its affiliate, Gun Owners Foundation (GOF), filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the ATF, charging that it is unlawfully shutting down gun dealers for even the most trivial of bookkeeping errors. The ATF is the weapon being used by the Biden administration to shut down all gun dealers, making it...

John Whitehead There is now the capacity to make tyranny total in America.― James Bamford, journalist We’re all being targeted now. We’re all guilty until proven innocent now. And thanks to the 24/7 surveillance being carried out by the government’s spy network of fusion centers, we are all now sitting ducks, just waiting to be tagged, flagged, targeted, monitored, manipulated,...

This past Monday, *, a new anti-immigration law took effect in Florida. This past Monday, *, a new anti-immigration law took effect in Florida. It is a step backward for human rights and a new attack by the Republicans on the Hispanic community in the U.S. In past months, when Republican legislators proposed that U.S. armed forces enter Mexico to...

mj0007/iStock/Getty Images Plus Soon, the U.S. Supreme Court will usurp the authority to redefine the Second Amendment … again. Here’s a quick background on the case that will be heard by the Supreme Court this fall, as provided by Spectrum 1 out of New York: Justices on the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments this fall to decide if a...

Commentary In recent months, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) have been crisscrossing the country. They are offering dueling narratives regarding the upsides of their own states while lambasting the downsides of their opponent’s states. Why are these two governors sniping at one another? Are they raising their national profiles and jockeying for position in...

News Analysis The Supreme Court ruled on June 29 that affirmative action is unconstitutional. Nonetheless, history suggests that liberal states and institutions could obstruct implementing the decision that race-conscious admissions violate the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. GianCarlo​ Canaparo, senior legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation’s Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, predicted to The...

John Whitehead Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear.—Harry S. Truman How many Americans have actually...

lucky-photographer/iStock/Getty Images Plus “Decency,” Jill Biden told us on October 27, 2020, “is on the ballot.” Clan Biden, we were to believe, would bring modesty, decorum, and grand manners back to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. What “Dr.” Jill didn’t say: The First Family would bring cocaine, too, mostly likely courtesy of drug-addicted and first son Hunter, he of the famous laptop. And...

A judge on Friday awarded Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, a black church in the District of Columbia, over $1 million in damages in a lawsuit against the Proud Boys. The lawsuit was filed in response to the Proud Boys’ destruction of a Black Lives Matter banner during a protest in 2020. Superior Court Associate Judge Neal Kravitz additionally imposed...

From Afghanistan to Iraq, from Libya to Syria, the United States has always intervened in the internal affairs of other countries and waged wars under the banner of “democracy” and “freedom.” This has resulted in tens of millions of civilians being displaced and turned into refugees. In 2001, the United States launched military strikes against Afghanistan. Over the next two...

Ron DeSantis said if he’s elected president, he’ll look to eliminate four major federal agencies. And he’s got a Plan B if he can’t get rid of them. In an interview with DeSantis on June 28, Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum asked the Florida governor, “Are you in favor of eliminating any agencies? I know conservatives in the past have...

Commentary It’s approaching three months since the horrifying murders of three children and three adults at Nashville’s Coventry School and no one really knows why they happened. Well, there are theories, of course, most revolving around the contents of the so-called “Manifesto” and other documents left by the killer, Audrey Elizabeth Hale, who fortunately was stopped before she continued her...

Commentary Living on the streets is a crime. A violation of law. To force citizens to react, or worse, not react to the plight of their fellow man, and pretend not to notice, ultimately may force everyone to leave. This includes those born and raised in San Francisco, and this author. It’s not okay for people to live on the...

rawpixel The courts continue to play a pivotal role in shaping immigration policy in America. On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court, in an 8-1 decision, ruled that states do not have the authority to challenge the administration’s rules establishing migration deportation priorities.  The case arose from a suit by the states of Texas and Louisiana against the Department of Homeland...