On Aug. 19th, Louisville, Kentucky Metro Chief of Police Erica Shields flashed her tyrannical instincts on local television. Chief Shields' sanctimonious comments perfectly illustrate an attitude that habitually pops up throughout the gun rights debate: It is your responsibility, the anti-gunners believe, to surrender your civil rights and other legal protections to make enforcing the
Due to the Clinton 'assault weapons" ban (AWB), when I first became interested in modern sporting rifles there were two AR-15s on the market, Colt and Bushmaster. Some features that we now take for granted weren't available, and we had to use old magazines because only government employees could purchase newly manufactured mags. Somehow, despite
In the more than two decades I've been involved in the Second Amendment community one thing has been constant. The public conversation around guns has always focused on the unkindest stereotypes of gun owners and the left's self-serving caricature of those of us who defend the basic human right to security. Because of the overall
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